How Do You Want to Be Remembered When You are Long Gone?
Well, this question always intrigued me. For every beginning there is an end. We will be gone. This is the second installment on how you wanted to be remembered. By how we response to this question, I believe, it will determine our thoughts and actions. Please, I am not trying to rob you off, of
Abiding Grace: Finding Joy in the Slow Pace of Life
It rained the previous night. The soil is still wet. After getting our boy readying up for school, I walked him to catch his school bus. There we waited for the school bus to arrive. A snail, we noticed, was crawling at its normal pace nearby us. My son wanted to help the snail reached
Abiding Grace: The Joy of Letting Go
Our thought-process, sometimes, is beyond our control. Our innate being has been blessed with great diversity, which altogether made up a sane being. God’s abiding grace makes the necessary adjustments in our life. Memories formed an important part of our living. Memories help us retain good and bad things we came across. We cannot simply
Abiding Grace: The Joy of Feeling Pain
Pain is, undeniably, one of the gifts of life. It is beneficial to our existence. Yet it also leads to unpleasant living conditions. Pain is a four letter word, however, with vast contents. All types of pain can not be discussed in detail here. Very broadly speaking, it can be categorized into two: One, physical
Abiding Grace: The Joy of Experiencing Hallucination
In my journey of life, several times, I’d experienced hallucinations due to health related problems. Those series are not my cherished moments yet it is worth recalling in counting God’s abiding grace. In some ways, it is beneficial to me, in the walk of life. Hallucination may mean, a state of mind or experience involving
Abiding Grace: The Joy of Companionship
In moments of sadness and happiness, we always need someone’s company to be with us. ‘Companion’ in its verb form could be ‘accompany’ with whom one spends lots of time with or travel with. Synonyms of ‘companionship’ are friendship, acquaintance, togetherness, and many more. We do know that God is always with us. His abiding
Abiding Grace: The Joy of Sleeping
It was well past midnight. I close my eyes but I did not sleep. I am in my thirties, not old as yet. My normal body functioning has changed, some years ago. Just one mistake, I did not take my medicine in time. My body needs rest. My mind needs rest. And the pain will
Abiding Grace: The Joy of Breathing
I feel obligated to talk about the abiding grace showered upon me. Synonyms of abiding are: enduring, persisting, long-lasting, lifelong, unending, constant, stable, unchanging, and many more. While grace in its verb form is also used as dignify, bestow honor, favor, enhance, and the likes. Here in this series I wanted to emphasize ‘His abiding
With my little ones: In the same shade
Reflecting back on what has happened to me when I first take up almost the full job of looking after our two children; my three-year-old son and eight-month-old daughter, then. I had undergone right Amygdalohippocampectomy on December 14, 2015, and the unexpected huge repercussions that happened early in January 19, 2016 that nearly ended my