Myth and Reality of Work Life Balance

I mean nothing can be more accurate than this description ! 

Imagine what would be said when centuries  later this would be found somewhere just as we wonder today on the cave paintings depicting life of that time !

Courage from Confidence

#The #Catalyst 

I just ❤ the spirit of this message ! ( and I admire the guy in the picture ) 

Ultimately , in Life , we are truly on our own . Contribution  from people , environment , circumstances is what we imagine but what remains , after all , what counts -Is 

the inner Lion , the indomitable spirit , the lessons of which our scars are evidence and the realisation that if you don't do it yourself it will never get done.

All capabilities are within us and whenever we look in the mirror we have to see only the Lion within and the roar is only for our inner ear driving us to that place of courage !

Song and Dance of Life

Song and Dance of Life 

Life is just 

The March of Time ,

Sometimes Blank verse 

Sometimes Rhyme 

Rhythm and metre 

Is within our choosing 

Pacing it out well makes 

For Winning or Losing ! 

Can go on till we are breathing

Filling out the history of ages 

Only thing we can't control is

What will be the number of pages

So my friends Be quick to compose 

Create , Daily ,  your 'top of the chart'

Dance to the  symphonies and the beat

Do everything with a Happy Heart ! 

Choreograph it for a group 

Or for a solo dance 

Make use of the Stage you are given

Till you physically have the chance.

This Daily soap is full of excitement 

Highs and lows are all contained 

In your strides they must be taken

Happiness , at all costs , must be  maintained 

Vikaas Nafde 12th May 2018  

Kathmandu , Nepal

Of Percy the fly !

#Confessions #from #Quarantine 

#Introducing #PERCY 

It must be admitted that this period of having to stay at home by myself has been more than a trifle trying but then help always comes in ! 

Since the last three weeks i have had a house guest albeit #uninvited ! 

He refuses to leave 😀

He just moved in one day and has not allowed me to be alone . Has been a source of entertainment and a #patient #listener  without offering any opinion or advice . 

Helpfully his presence has been non - invasive in a sense but he always likes to let me know he is around by lighting on my sleeve when i am busy doing something but NEVER in the morning or when i am sleeping . 

The only  irritating habit he has is that , when i am ' still ' in thoughtful meditation , he is not happy and makes it a point to alight on my nose , ear or cheek ! 

As if to say " Hey ! Where have you gone away ? " 

The #attention #seeker ! 

Otherwise , he does his own thing and i do mine and though its a spacious flat , he likes to be around wherever i may be , during the day

#Healthy #Companionship

Medicinal plants

Interestingly at one point of time quite long ago when involved in exports of agricultural products from West Africa I got interested in the business of medicinal plants . For my research I was very fortunate to lay my hands on a book which was a comparative study of the treatment of a large number of diseases by " modern medicine " and " native medicine" by the so called " witch doctors " 

It was seen that the preparations concocted by the local medicine  man ( consisting of barks of specific trees , roots , leaves etc ) for a specific ailment contained THE SAME  elements and chemicals which modern medicine was going to combine to treat it and wanted the plants for extraction.

Also , animals instinctively know about plants and treat themselves 

Eg: Dogs eat certain types of leaves and grass to settle their stomachs .