roadside streams

A stock photo of a tide in the ocean with the moon in the background. There is that one thing that most of us don’t seem to constantly remember, the fact that we walk this road but once. That every day that goes by brings us closer to our end and further from our beginning. Many of us have developed the habit of pushing the things we need to do today to tomorrow forgetting that tomorrow is never promised.  One wise man's words ring true every day; "If you did not do it today, what makes you think that you will do it tomorrow?" There is only one answer to the puzzle of life. Do it now. If it is that business you have been dreaming of starting, do it now. The time is ideal, and I am saying it in every sense of the word.  There might be no money right now but don’t tell me that there is no time. What you cannot directly do due to factors beyond your control, take time to study to the finest details so that money finds the dinner table well laid and the stom...

From Left: Former US First Lady Michelle Obama, Barrack Obama and Oprah Winfrey as she endorses Obama's candidature for US Presidency What is that one thing that Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, Barrack Obama and a host of other people that we look up to have in common? Sure there are many things, like relative success in their ventures, a massive and almost god-like following, unassailable influence on people, and a host of other qualities, but that’s not the focus today. The focus is on unconventionality. Leo was a highly eccentric character whose spirit of discovery and curiosity transcended art and science at the time and has hugely influenced humanity to date. He invented, wrote and drew some amazing ideas that many of us cannot dream of even with the advent of cutting-edge technology. Barrack Obama and Oprah Winfrey share one thing in common. They both rose from families that had no right or even duty to get to where these tw...

It is a common habit amongst all of us to point fingers at people who are considered different or those who do not tick the tables of conventionality as we are used to or as we perceive to be right.  It is a normal human reaction to draw down rules that we believe should govern everyone and their behaviors. The moment anyone strays from them, we consider them weird and strange. At times we might fail to remember that a single word said to someone at the wrong time and with little consideration is enough to permanently break them and turn their lives inside out. It is inevitable that society to a huge extent determines what people turn out to be. Sadly many people will end up carrying some form of resentment because of the words uttered to them by their colleagues, friends, schoolmates, and sadly, their families. It is without a doubt that some of us are here because of the tears we shed. Some of us are still struggling with broken parts that we will...