Living Today

  Adaptation Adaptability is the simple secret of survival. Jessica Hagedorn                 Habituating a new atmosphere with unexpected changes. A new power to resist the changes with a moderate attitude. Adaptation is inevitable to survive the new changes.   It takes time to familiarize the atmosphere with new changes and we need to pursue an absolute silence during the period of patience.                 Adaptation is painful as it derives from a departure. But it is time to place ourselves into a new environment for a better chance.   Learning new habits and leaving the existing ones might be irksome for a few when they adopt the new changes.   The varied culture and its practices may feel contradictory with the new cuisine. The language and its fluency are other major tasks for a great adaptation.   ...

  Self-respect Respecting ourselves with extreme care. To raise self-respect, one needs to be very honest about one’s values. There might be a quiet introspection after every deed. In fact, self-respect is regarding others through accepting and realizing what they are. The care that we stretch to our brethren reflects the attention that we render to ourselves. Great leaders were respected in society as they were highly enriched in the art of self-respect among them. The more we respect ourselves the most we will be respected by others. We change accordingly depending on the respect that we give ourselves. A man with self-respect is widely accepted. At first, it starts with the family. If the father has self-respect on him, naturally the whole family members will be equally respected. When we move into our community with mutual understanding and respect its members, we are respecting ourselves. So, self-respect is something that we respect ourselves where all will be equally r...

  Risk “ To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.” Jean-Paul Sartre An opportunity strikes instantly to accomplish a target. It is not completing a dangerous task and receiving praise for it. Its meaning is something deeper where one takes an extra step to complete a task for self-esteem. Leaping forward .                 Fear is the common foe for all to enter into a risk. It should be limited as it hinders progress. Risk never urges us to undertake a hazardous task. Commonly risk can be coined as a task that is impossible for a common man to complete with normal efforts. The ratio of risks varies according to the events from person to person.     For instance; a skydiver may be able to complete skydiving comfortably but may fail to speak before the public. So, the skydiver has to take risks to face the people.         ...