Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   MAN AND NATURE     1. The streaming water in a water body generates froth - transitory, though!     2. The reaction of the thunder results in the production of lightning, giving bright light all over, only to disappear in a jiffy!     3. When you're on the move, you will keep going steadily, but if you stop, you will lose balance. Yes, it's nothing but a bicycle!     4. Earth’s gravity is a fundamental factor in generating water waves in a sea or ocean. Waves are also formed by wind transferring energy to the water's surface through friction, creating ripples that grow into waves as the wind continues to blow over a distance. The rise and fall of waves are human life lessons! Aren't they?     5. Flying birds inspired man into designing and manufacture airplanes, and the echo to make radios, phones, TVs, etc.!     6. Fishes, whales, and dolphins influence...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   WHO/WHICH IS THAT?     1. Who is supplying fuel to the Sun, enabling it to dispense the endless light and heat to the Universe?     2. Which is the home to the breeze?     3. Who has spread the limitless blue carpet on the Sky?     4. Who is controlling the oceans and seas so as not to generally breach their shores?     5. Who is supplying different colours and scents to different flowers, enabling them to diffuse pleasurable look and fragrances in the air?     6. Where is the water stored in huge quantities before it is poured down as rain in different parts of the world?     7. Which agency is supplying a pleasant smell and a sweet taste to the ripening fruits?     8. Who is making the Earth revolve and rotate at a particular speed to create different weather seasons/conditions from time to time, and cause day and night al...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   'TION' - TONGUE TWISTER     EXECUTION without PERFECTION is like a paper rose with ATTRACTION, but without proper  MANIFESTATION. That's only EXPLOITATION of a given SITUATION and without bona fide COMPLETION.     COMMUNICATION without full INFORMATION, appropriate DESCRIPTION, PRESENTATION, CONFIGURATION, DOCUMENTATION, SPECIFICATION, EXPLANATION, and CLARIFICATION, wherever needed, doesn't give the right PERCEPTION for the recipient to take requisite ACTION.     Failure should not lead one to DESPERATION or morale DEGRADATION, or success to arrogant JUBILATION.     CIVILIZATION and TRADITION are the gifts handed down from GENERATION to GENERATION for observance with DEDICATION.     EDUCATION is the knowledge FOUNDATION and FOUNTAIN.     Nostalgic NAVIGATION, EXPLORATION, and EXCAVATION is a feel-good factor.     Music RENDITION wie...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: INSEPARABLE   Tiny Tots from Toys;   Flowers from Fragrance;   Sun and Stars from Sky;   Pupils from Play;   Birds from Beauty;   Gold from Glitter;   Water bodies from Waves;   Hearth from Heat;   Air from Aroma;   Mind from Memories;   Mountain from Might   Lightning from Light;   Soil from Sand;   Plants from Produce;   Diamond from Dazzle:   Steel from Strength;   Flames from Fire;   Brain from Beliefs;   Summer from Sizzling;   Police from Patrol;   Palace from Pomp;   Pathway from Pitfalls;   Expertise from Experience;   Genious wlfrom Greatness.     R.SAMPATH 10.1.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: REAL, IDEAL P OSITIVES   Flowers with beautiful colours and shapes, fine textures, and fragrance;   Plants gifting us edible, nutritious produce;   Trees with sweet fruits;   Rivers with perennial water availability;   Birds with pleasant chirping;   Air dispensing a gentle breeze;   Sun's warmth in the winter;   Faces with a smile and a caring look;   Eyes genuinely shedding tears for  the sad things happened to others;   Ears that refuse to listen to gossip, rumours, and tell-tales;   Hearts with sympathy and empathy;   Legs that rush to the rescue and succour of the deserving people in distress;   Lips praying for others;   Hands that help the needy; The mouth that speaks kind words and expresses thanks even for small things;   The vociferous voice given for the voiceless;   Giving hope for the hopeless; ...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   NEGATIVES TO AVOID   A face without a smile,   A heart without love,   Hands without helping others,   Financial richness without sharing at least your mite with the needy,   A mindset that doesn't have  sympathy or empathy,   The legs that don’t rush to the rescue of others in distress,   Eyes without a kind look or grace,   The ears that are vulnerable to one-sided gossip, rumours, tell-tales, evil ideas, and wicked intentions,   A mouth that speaks for selfish ends and promotes ill will, Those who don't raise their voice for the voiceless,   AND   An intelligent brain full of ego and without a forgiving attitude and forgetting approach -     THEY ARE ALL USELESS & WASTEFUL!   R.SAMPATH 29.12.2025

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: HAIL MOTHERHOOD   Food for thought:   Can you pay the rent for the period of your gestation and stay in the womb of your mother? Can you fix the compensation for the labour pain suffered by your mother? Can you pay for the Mother’s milk you had after your birth? Can you pay for all the warm hugs and caresses you enjoyed from her that protected you from time to time? Can you pay for her musical feast, especially the lullabies, to make you fall asleep every day as a child?   Can you pay her for your safety and protection she ensured without even blinking an eyelid throughout as you grew up?   On how many occasions would you have given anxious moments to her intentionally or otherwise?   How many times would you have taken her for granted in giving her pin-pricks deliberately or otherwise? And, at whose and what cost? What volume of toil and tiresomeness she would have put up with to raise you? These questions...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   UNDENIABLE FACTS OF LIFE   Unity and integrity are passport to prosperity; Diversity is not disparity; But it is a bond bridge building commodity; Uniformity is a peculiarity, That ensures equality!   Knowledge and understanding represent scholarity; That provides us with physical and psychological salubrity; People call it human maturity; With the greatness of superiority!   Human intellectual power is a treasure; To have it is a pleasant pleasure; Leading to right decision-making with no pressure; But with clarity and composure!   The whole universe is the storehouse - Full of things for human use; We have a galaxy of nature's bounties around us; All that are God's boons; Facilitating us to live our lives at ease!     R.SAMPATH 1.11.2025

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: DO, DON'T   1. Love the soul, not the body; 2. Steal others' hearts, not their money or property; 3. Give help, not trouble; 4. Think good, shun evil thoughts; 5. Praise, don’t do flattery; 6. Call a spade a spade in the open, don’t backstab; 7. Heartily smile at others, not with evil eyes; 8. Play for the physical well-being, not with the lives of others; 9. Run for others, not away from them when they are in crisis; 10. Abandon your ego, but not your self-esteem at any cost; 11. Drive home your positive and valid points and ignore the empty negative narratives of the disgruntled elements; 12. Unite people in bond and friendship, don't cut wedges among them; 13. Don’t envy or grudge, as it wouldn't do anything good to anyone, much less you; 14. Opt for kind words and deeds, don't promote hatred or enmity; 15. Fooling others may be easy and even funny at times, but getting fooled will be difficult to bear! 16. I...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   FAMILY - An Attempted Definition   Man is hardware, wife is software; The duo complements each other; And operate computer-like life together; Yes, they keep life in appropriate gear and steer; Like the two parallel steel rails of the railway track running forever; Always keeping themselves astir!   Parents are asset to children ; Children are a gift of God and a pillar of strength to parents; Elders are fond of children; Children like elders, especially grandparents; Without any inhibitions!   Mother's love is limitless; Father's commitment is matchless; Son's caring for parents is priceless; Daughter's affection and longing for parents, even after marriage, is ceaseless; Parents' blessings will never go fruitless!   Daughter-in-law is key to posterity and prosperity; Son-in-law is a bridge of relations with complementarity; Brother-in-law is an extension of solidarity; Sisters-in-l...