Seriousness? Health Alert

#The #Catalyst 

It's said that if you restrain your laughter it goes back and inflates you at the hips ! 😊

But seriously 

If Philosophers also told jokes why are we so serious ! 

I mean,  even P G Wodehouse and his ilk delivered great messages

Anyway ......

 WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO GO ! 

Serious Health Alert 

Be wary of laughing alone

( tell jokes that others will also find funny )

☺😊😀😁😂😆

Appearances can be Deceptive

Two separate  events from my West  African journey( 1982 - 2000 ), which were lessons ( amongst many )  in giving value to people  and avoiding ' talking down ' 

 At an airport in Eastern Nigeria I engaged a car to go to my destination , a nearby town . Just outside the airport premises the car stalled . The driver opened the bonnet and there was a burning smell 

Me : (In my best pidgin ): " Eye dey hear burning smell O!  " 

Driver : "Oh you too percieve the odour of  burning  Sir ? " 

#mistake to misjudge his level of communication based on a prototype in my head 

The other was an encounter with a ' village idiot ' the likes of whom are to be found in most villages in the world - an unkempt figure dressed in rags who goes around without purpose being ridiculed and pelted with stones by village urchins 

I was part of a timber export operation ( one of the many sins I am atoning for ) which needed trucks loaded  with felled logs to cross a small bridge built by us over a rivulet on their path out . One section of the bridge collapsed and the required spare beam had to be moved into place to fill the gap. My team of sturdy musclemen were in a sweat but could not move it ! 

Dusk was fast setting in and the line of trucks lengthening and hiring money mounting . I was standing in the good section scratching my head when along came the ' idiot ' laughing his head off ! My discomfited team was hurling choice abuse and I was sceptical ! 

In the local language he said " Float it to the point under and prop  it up ! " 

With all my schooling I had forgotten Archimedes ! A most unexpected person had remembered ! 

We were out of there in less than an hour ! 

Just sharing and if you see the message please take it on board !

Best Wishes for the New Year !

Best Wishes from 

#The #Catalyst 

At the stroke of midnight, like Cinderella , we have all have a choice 

Leave whats fallen by the way and dash on - its part of the past 

Or 

Dally for the fallen shoe and let the carriage and horses become pumpkin and mice ! 

We all know the outcome of the story for her . 

Move on and your Kingdom will be found ! 

Believe faithfully that your  fortune will find you next year !

Thoughts for the year ahead

In keeping with the Season 

Throughout history men have felt

The desire to wear cloak and belt

Go out upon some battle fields

With guns, ere, with swords and shields

All that they could achieve

Was killing and making someone grieve

Could they not have tried to talk

Kept their arms and used some chalk

Man is part of nature’s scheme

God’s eternal peaceful dream

Like the early morning dew

Every day we are born anew

We can try and spread the #love

Transmit the message of the dove

Put an end to war and strife

Understand every one’s need for life

Then we will not think of battle

Then our sabres will not rattle

Words and thoughts will rule the day

And surely will keep war at bay

" Emoticons from a Rambling Life " 

Vikaas Nafde

Management View

#The #Catalyst 

Lesson in Management 

From the perch on high I view the territory and my recce tells me which way lies my advantage ! 

But it gets lonely at the top ! 😊

The Spirit of Christmas

The Catalyst  

hope you find time to read this my friends . 

#Each one of #you is a source of #Divinity ! 

" Hark the Herald Angel sings " 

Imagine that cold night on this day when there was a manger where a light glowed and the stars seemed to have a strange extra sparkle.  

The soft chiming of bells on the necks of the camels gave notice of arrival of the Wise Men from the East,  who were carrying gifts for the Newly Arrived Baby whom the world was to call The Saviour .

It must have been a crisp cold night ! 

Born of #immaculate #conception 

He came from or emerged from the Cosmic Universe .

#Think of it , my friends , is this not what happens when you get an #idea 

It comes out of nowhere , you get help from wise men that reside in your mind and then that can be a Saviour to the world ! 

#Merry #Christmas !

None of the pieces of a jig zaw puzzle are complete symmetrical shapes yet when they fit together they make a beautiful picture ! 

 It takes all types to make the world

One cloudy day doesn't wipe out the sunshine of yesteryear

one or two mistakes don't wipe out the good done before or mean it's all bad after 

Tolerate others' inefficiencies and imperfections as we expect others to accept ours 

Give others the same right to err and stumble as we do 

Nobody is perfect though some are almost there.

The Grammar of Human Relations

Space and Gap – the difference explained as per my understanding 

Someone I consider a good friend said to me : There should be space in a relationship.
 I agree and agreed 

Kahlil Gibran says, in The Prophet, as counsel and advice on marriage (which was then considered to be the closest relationship)
“Be apart just as the pillars of the temple have to stay apart to keep the roof (relationship) from collapsing “
I agree 100 %

In my own world of words I realize that SPACE between characters and alphabets is essential for the structure of the sentence and its meaning .If space is removed the structure collapses!
So what my friend said is universally true and an essential teaching for any friendship to survive.

So I contemplated and came to understand that insecurity and lack of confidence make the SPACE  to be perceived as a GAP which we try to fill continuously

A GAP is defined in the dictionary as “an empty space between two things “ but if a friendship or any other relationship is worth anything this cannot be the definition

If we are sure of ourselves and confident of the position of the other just as the pillars and words are we will see the difference as a space and will respect it and honour it !

That is my aim going forward

There is another aspect of rules of Words which can also be applied to relations among Humans 

 Homophones: 

The Mimics 

 Same sound, different meaning, sometimes different spelling    

Examples: toed vs towed, flower vs flour, knight vs night.

Homonyms: Persons who look different but have similar intentions 

Same spelling and sound, but different meanings.

 Example: bat (the animal) vs bat (used in cricket/baseball). 

 Homographs: Same spelling, different meanings, may or may not sound the same. 

Example: lead (to guide) vs lead (the metal).

So if we go into the rules of grammar we come across many things to learn !

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