Sampath-Musings

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:    APPROPRIATE and INAPPROPRIATE      Empty vessels make the most noise for nothing;   The frog's own tongue is its worst enemy, especially during rainy season;   The nicest gesture one can be to sport a smile at others;   Go on the fastest track to help others;   In this modern age where  the world has shrunken into a global village, the widest is the global human network for interaction transcending all borders and barriers;   While we talk to our relatives and friends abroad on the phone/WhatsApp for hours, why avoid interacting with our neighbours, keeping ourselves within the confined cocoons?   While you drive with utmost speed on the road, rushing ahead of others, why go in the slowest mode to the rescue of a person in distress on the road?   Overall, it's the best course to put into practice what you preach and be a role model;  just teaching is...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   WEIRD YET TRUE       Even the scorching Sun can't burn the sky;     Nor can any amount of rain drench the sky;     Even a heavy snowfall will not solve water problems;     While digestive enzymes burn the eaten food in the stomach into calories, they don't harm your belly.     Although two-thirds of the Earth is ocean/sea water, it still doesn't intrude or encroach into the landscape and annex it with water territory;     Even if the mother-hen tramples its chickens, they will not be maimed;     We do not get two summers a year because seasons are controlled by Earth's fixed 23.5-degree tilt as it orbits the Sun just once annually. Each hemisphere tilts toward the Sun only one time per year, giving every location a single summer and a single winter.     The blinking stars you see in the night sky actually sent their l...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   THINGS TO LIVE WITH AND WITHOUT     The greatest thing to live with is SIMPLICITY;   Avoid EGOCENTRICITY;   Uphold unity in DIVERSITY.   Your talent lies in converting ADVERSITY into CREDIBILITY and AUTHENCITY;   Shun things and matters of UNNECESSITY;   The least of things you can't miss is RECIPROCITY;   The norm must be GENEROSITY;   If you adopt these, they will enhance your CAPACITY;   Double your VIVACITY;   Get you a lot of FELICITY.   And, of course, automatically PUBLICITY;   You thus become a high-value UNIVERSITY!         R.SAMPATH 19.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: GAPS   If something conveyed is wrongly understood, it's COMMUNICATION GAP.     If two persons have seen the same object but described it differently, it's DISTANCE GAP.     If children pooh-pooh your suggestion, it's due to GENERATION GAP.     When a boy solves a simple computer/mobile phone problem while you blink, it's DIGITAL GAP.     Today's students are more intelligent because they have exposure to different streams of education and information, unlike in the old days, when we had only a limited number of subjects to study. It's KNOWLEDGE GAP.     Nowadays, there are mind-blowing advancements in many fields and avenues that were not even available earlier. This is because of TECHNOLOGICAL GAP.         R.SAMPATH 16.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   The LESS, the MORE     The less you talk, the more you purchase peace;   The less you eat, the more scope for life longevity;   The less you say 'no', the more sought-after you will be;   The less fear for the future, the more comfortable and safe your life journey will be;   The less your ego, the more you attract people;   The less you fail, the more your strength to leapfrog stumbling blocks and reach the life goalposts;   The less credit you take, the more you're accommodative in nature and appreciative of others' contributions;       R.SAMPATH 15.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   "TWO" DECIDE THE 'ONE'       Day and night are reflected by the same sky;   Happiness and suffering are two parts of life;   Land and water territories are the gifts from Mother Nature;   Pride and jealousy are two opposite elements of  one's psyche;   Rich or poor - is decided by your wealth;   Disease or life longevity is decided by your health;   The depth or hollowness of your love depends on your heart;   Conduct and character decide one's personality mould;   Greatness or disgrace is decided by your actions;   The two eyes don't see different scenes but only one!         R.SAMPATH 14.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   THESE HAVE NO LANGUAGE BARRIERS       A baby's cry;   Chirping of birds;   Sounds made by animals and other non-human living-beings;   Burst of thunders;   Roaring of downpours:   Riotous noise of the surf on the seashore;   Natural white noise coming from turbulent water flow from waterfalls;   Whistling noise of gales;   Rustling of tree leaves;         R.SAMPATH 11.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEE?     Sky without clouds;   Rain without clouds;   Water without rain;   Good health without water;   Happiness without good health;   Peace of mind without happiness;   Fulfilment without peace of mind;   A wholesome life without fulfilment!       R.SAMPATH 10.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   STARK REALITIES     The best thing to live with is good conduct and CHARACTER;   The worst thing is JITTER;   Your conscience is the best ALERTER;   To avoid things that are BITTER !         It's great to be HUMBLE;   Don't treat life as a GAMBLE;   Because you may STUMBLE;   Ignore people who GRUMBLE!         It’s better to plow a lonely furrow rather than live in a bad COMPANY;   For they will give you only AGONY;   Money is everything for MANY;   With good people around, we will have HARMONY;   And a SYMPHONY;   Overall, it will be a good friends’ COLONY!         R.SAMPATH 8.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   DEPENDENCE  / INTER-DEPENDENCE       One's dependence on another is natural;   Child is a typical example;   However qualified and meritorious one may be, you need a godfather to sponsor and/or promote;   And be recognized and rewarded;   Another example is the siblings;   Then, the wife's dependence on her husband and vice versa;   Students depend a lot on teachers and classmates/schoolmates;   Workers on the supervisor, co-workers, and/or the workplace head;   Sailors on the Captain;   Passengers of a bus on the driver;   Train travellers on the engine operator;   Air passengers on the airplane crew, including the pilots; All elements and bounties of nature, including the flora and fauna, are intertwined for their survival and sustainability; Thus, dependence and interdependence are inevitable;   Overall, we need t...