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Inspire

Inspire is about imagination. It might be an idea that lights up your imagination; or it could be an object that gives you added sensory response, and your imagination kicks in. It opens up possibility. Imagination takes us out of our present situation to think that the less possible could…

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Thinking

Far better that I remain where I am, the friend said. He has not chosen to join discussion group. It’s a deliberate choice. He prefers to think things through. The friend has been doing a lot of thinking for years, decades. It’s not that I think he thinks in some…

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Traversing uncertainty backward

Dictators live long. Their staying alive is the working out of their dictatorialship. One feeds the other. Longer and longer life, stronger and stronger dictatorialship. The world breathes a sigh of relief, a big one, or a series of big ones, when dictators are dead. We know they will never…

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A misstep of place

Previous The COVID-19 pandemic has put us through long and sometime repeating periods of isolation, not only of self, but with others. Some of these are/were voluntary, others are/were not. With ease of long-distance travelling, it had become relatively “easy” to meet with people. But COVID had put a stop…

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A misstep in pain

Previous Pain is something we associate in negative ways. The experience of a person passing away is often described as “painful” for those remaining behind. The person might have also experienced pain in the (very brief) process of passing, and / or that pain is central to a set of…

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God who chooses to be present

Previous We “miss” the company of a person when they pass away. Even though the presently felt “miss” of the person is not as great as if the passing was sudden, tragic and / or full of pain, no avenues or means could prepare us to realise that the passing…

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A misstep is an inconvenient

A misstep is an inconvenient. A miss of whichever means and whatever kind is probably not much or of nil effect until it gets personal. That is me-centric to the core and outright selfish.   Example Think of an exam you prepared so much for, and missed it on some…

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When is a good time?

Time – we cannot control it. When is a good time is an even more abstract question – Without fullness of time, we can only judge a time is “good” against history, or possible future Out of three three: Way, Truth, and Life; the first two are arguably beyond time,…

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East to west. Big happy.

Every individual broke out with a big smile. Some were gigglish, some sheepish, some in the moment but their eyes in a flash of time reflection and the relief and joy in their smile is the real presence. From ear to ear, they can’t hold back their smile. Or in…

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For a laugh

In case you didn’t know, today is first of April – April’s fool Relax, have a laugh Don’t over do it though, but maybe also not the all-very-mundane joke. I was tricked by friends who said somebody was looking for me. I swiftly went to look for that person, could…