Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   WASTE   வீணடிப்பு / வீணடிக்கப்பட்ட व्यर्थ /   बेकार   करना     There are no hard and fast rules to define what makes waste. It depends upon individual and situational factors. You cannot strictly call a time just whiled away by one as ‘waste’. Don’t hurriedly jump to a conclusion. Your haste may make waste.   There are basically two wastages - material things and time.   I only wonder, in India, we serve too many food items on special occasions –Weddings and the like. Most people waste more food than they eat. Whenever I happen to see it, I will get saddened. There are so many people in this world who find it difficult to satiate their hunger. Such being the case, why waste? Both the servers and eaters behave indiscreetly. While the servers serve the items very fast and perfunctorily, giving no time for the eater to say that he/she required it or not (diabetics may reject sweet items). If you d...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   PURPOSE   நோக்கம் / குறிக்கோள் / உத்தேசம்   उद्देश्य / प्रयोजन / मकसद     The purpose of life is not a water-tight or air-proof compartment. It’s rather subjective and varies from individual to individual, although overlapping, convergence, and confluence of ideas and similar thought processes cannot be ruled out altogether. That apart, personalized and individualized ideas, objectives, targets, goalposts, etc., are unique and different depending on the mindset of individuals, their life expectations, and upward aspirations. It’s certainly not ‘one size fits all’ and/or ‘the same cap fits all the heads.’ Finally, the purpose of life is what each person chooses to make it. Needless to say, finding meaning and fulfillment is a key aspect of having a purpose.   Variety is the essence and spice of life. To cite a common example - Differences and diversities are like flowers with different colours, differen...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   WORD-PLAY WITH 'C' AS THE INITIAL LETTER   I am not CRAZY about COMPETITION. I CAN’T be CALLED so either.   Let people CRY in joy but not in CURSE pain.   I am CURIOUS and CONCERNED about taking CARE of myself and others, too.   None CAME to this world to suffer, but only to live a COMPLETE and COMFORTABLE life in COMPANY with family and friends CIRCLE.   To succeed in life, first CHECK and CROSSCHECK your CAPABILITIES, and CHANGE and CHALLENGE yourself to enhance your CREDIBILITY.   CAMEL CANNOT CRAWL. So, don't CRINGE before anyone; for only a COWARD or CULPRIT will do that, when CAUGHT.   A well-CONSIDERED CRITICISM is a no-COST research. COMPREHEND it in the CORRECT sense.   Help and fight for the right CAUSES, CONSIDERING it as your CUP of COFFEE (or tea).   There is no short-CUT for instant and CONSTANT growth, progress, and development. Only CAREFUL, CONSCIOUS, ...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:     CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGES   A challenge per se is not a threat to your existence, but it's a touchstone or rubbing stone to burnish your intellectual power and prowess to help you leapfrog the obstacles in your life journey and for the onward right course of action for solutions for the problems, even if you happen to fail in the initial instances. Even the bitter experiences encountrred and the pains suffered will help you  safely  wriggle out of uncomfortable and distressed situations in the future.  It is part of the life game for training you to become smarter and come out of a trying situation unscathed even as you surge ahead and reach your goalpost. Challenge yourself first before extending the gesture to and experimenting with others.   Life is a challenge; face it with your wisdom. A challenge is not a crack or setback in your life. The biggest challenge is keeping one step ahead of the trend. ...