Insight # 100

We are born with an almost limitless storage space, a sophisticated operating system and a complex circuitry capable of independent thought and action. Everyone knows that but yet, only a few can make good and proper use of them ...

Insight # 99

Education today - most parents who send their children to school are unable to teach them how to learn, and few teachers can teach the children how to acquire and use knowledge. So, most children learn the hard and expensive way or never learn at all ...

Insight # 98

Very few people, if any, can honestly say that they have no worries. To some, the decision to let go itself is a source of worry. So, some smart fellows decided to make money by teaching others to stop worrying even though they are not free from worry. Therefore, the bottom line is; the intensity of our worry is what we should be worrying about ...

Insight # 97

We are what the knowledge we put into our minds or frontiers we place on our thoughts. Anything beyond that is just conjecture. What we don't know or not sure of, we tend to replace it with "I believe". Using logic and deductions to prove or explain something, relies on the fundamentals or base information we use. However, whether the starting points of the debate are correct or wrong, they are also dependent on the knowledge and frontiers in our minds. Such is Science vs Religion ...

Insight # 96

Simply put, there are many things we want to do that can be easily done than said. If only, we seriously make up our minds to do and not just talk about them ...

Insight # 95

Trying to justify what's been done, whether good, bad or neither good nor bad, is often a sheer waste of time. The result will clearly provide the answer sooner or later. Preparing for the consequences is a more wiser thing to do ...

Insight # 94

After spending a significant part of my life on community service, I realized that those who care for me without any vested interests are, but a handful. So, when you care for someone or others, you will be part of their handful too ...

Insight # 93

On cause and effect, a good relationship is when someone keeps on reminding you of your "bad" past, keeps on harping on why you are suffering now and keeps on nagging that if you don't change you will continue suffering ... you may get enlightened at a faster rate ...

Insight # 92

Often, we tell others off that nothing is free and yet we expect free things ourselves ...

Insight # 91

In most Effective Communication courses, the "gurus" will not tell you that silence (just shutting up) is a powerful tool to prevent spread of ineffective communication or miscommunication because they can't make you pay for nothing ...

Insight # 90

After watching the movie "About Time" I realised why we are created without the ability to turn the clock backwards to correct the errors or to perfect our lives. We are supposed to acquire the wisdom through learning from our mistakes to lead a happy, if not a perfect life. The Creator didn't want to take the chance since we have insatiable "wants" ...