Sampath-Musings

  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...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: POSITIVITY       It's natural for anyone to be POSITIVE;   At any cost, avoid being NEGATIVE;   Always be CONSTRUCTIVE;   And  CREATIVE!         Pessimism kills your daring ABILITY;   And AGILITY;   Eclipses your SPECIALITY;   Brings down your activity QUALITY;   Drives away your NATURALITY,   Apart from your EFFECTUALITY;         Always have a confidence-laden and hope-driven HEART;   Keep at bay evil thoughts, including REGRET;   Opt for choices that are GREAT;   Keep your senses UPBEAT;   Do things NEAT:   And strive hard to achieve any FEAT;   Scaling any HEIGHT;   Much to others' DELIGHT!       R.SAMPATH 5.8.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   LIFE'S MISSION & VISION       While short-term activities represent the life MISSION,   Those pursued for long-time objectives typify the life VISION!   Intensify your PASSION -   For unfailing execution with perfect PRECISION!           Problems are part of life CYCLE;   Don't consider them as an OBSTACLE;   With intellect RECYCLE,   You can even do MIRACLE!           Helping others will heighten your HAPPINESS;   And eliminate feelings of NOTHINGNESS!   Selfless service increases your JOYFULNESS;   Enabling enhanced GREATNESS!           Don't dread the AILMENT;   Rather, be happy if it has a TREATMENT;   This ACKNOWLEDGMENT -   Will take you to the pinnacle of ADVANCEMENT!       ...

FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   GREAT PEOPLE       Great people are HUMBLE;   And SIMPLE;   They don't FUMBLE;   In thought and action, they're NIMBLE!         They aren't unduly EMOTIVE;   But are ACCOMMODATIVE;   And work ACCELERATIVE;   Further, APPRECIATIVE!           They're RESOURCEFUL;   Highly HELPFUL;   Their efforts are mostly FRUITFUL;   Their guidance is always WONDERFUL;   Their presence is JOYFUL!         R.SAMPATH 30.7.2026

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   MEMORY LANE WHO CAN FORGET THESE?     The School/College studied;   The classrooms you navigated;   The house you lived in, according to your oldest memory;   The first cycle and the first ride thereon during schooldays;   The final day you spent in school/college;   The day you received an order of appointment for a job, the first day in your workplace, and your first salary;   The day you purchased a two-wheeler or four-wheeler, and the first travel in them;   The house you purchased and the first day of your residence there;   The date and day of your marriage;   The day and date your first child was born and that of other children;   Days and dates of the wedding of your sons/daughters;   The births of your grandchildren;   The last day in your workplace before retirement and the farewell party;   And so on and so...

  FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   இயற்கை (NATURE)       இயற்கையை ரசிப்பவன் ஆக மாட்டான் தனிமை :   ஏனெனில் , அதில் ஒரு திகட்டா இனிமை ;   அழகின் அற்புதத் தன்மை ;   சலிப்பில்லா மகிமை !         அனைவரையும் கவரும் வானம் ;   அதன் வர்ணஜாலம் ;   அது வழங்கும் மழையும் ,   இயற்கையின் வரப்பிரசாதம் ,           நம்மை சுற்றி ஒலிக்கும் ஓசைகள் அற்புத கானம் ;   அதில் பலப்பல ராகம் ;   கண் கவர் காட்சிகள் இதயத்தை வருடும் ;   எல்லாம் மனநலத்தைப் பேணும் !         கா ற் று,  அலர்கதிர் ஞாயிறு , நிலவு , விண்மீன்கள் மற்றும் -   மலைகள் , நதிகள் , நீர்வீழ்ச்சிகள் , நீண்ட நெடிய கடல்கள் , வழங்கும் தோற்றம் ;   இன்னும் பல எண்ணிலடங்கா நில , நீர்வாழ் உயிரினங்கள் ,   அனைத்தும் நமக்குத் தரும் நல்ல வாழ்க்கை மாற்றம் , முன்னேற்றம் ;   இவையெல்...