SLOTH

Of course,at times its great to just to wear our sarongs,laze around,eat,relax, watch the TV and don't care about anything else.But the danger is this.Those detachments tends to be addictive-and sleepiness is just one example.When one loses the reisitance against sleepiness,the mind descends into inertia, which I believe is dangerous.In such moments we tend to agree with everyone just to avoid a disagreement and get them out of our way quickly.Because mental sloth has set in.Remember- dont let the good things in life be your undoing.In society,it is dangerous today to be unalert.One needs mental sharpness to survive in society today.Surrender to sloth in any form, mental or physical and the decay sets in soon and you will be resembling like the guy in the picture here. Vijay- The Midnight Owl

SMILE

FALLING IN LOVE

When falling in love,remember the one whom you have fallen in love with is capable of transformation and revealing their real stripes later on.Don't feel alarmed.It happens in all relationships. After all everyone in society have their own stripes.Unfortunately,the stripes show only when the pressure is on.Udsually when the familiarity sets in and the magic of romance is diminishing.Love is a very wonderful thing.But the other side of the coin is this.It is by far very much easier to hate the ones whom we love most.Because love,under presurre can cross the boundary and become hate.It has happened so many times.So when you do decide to admit love into your life,make sure that do no end up embracing a monster with too many stripes. Vijay- The Midnight Owl.

TEMPERS

Learn to keep your temper under control.Each time you are in disagreement or others did not do things your way,or see your point of view-do not immediately bare your fangs and growl fiercely.It just proves that you are ruled by negative emotions which inevitable cloud your reasoning faculties.The next time you find yourself in such a situation,take a deep breath and resist that rising spirit within you.Do this and you will not lose your personal peace.Such responses will exhaust you emotionally and feelings of resentment will linger on throughout the day-sometimes several days.Ignore this advice,and others will start pushing your buttons,sometimes without knowing it, and literally rob you of your peace of mind. Vijay- The Midnight Owl

SAILING AWAY

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.So throw off the bowlines.Sail away from the safe harbour.Catch the trade winds in your sails.Explore.Dream.Discover."

It's pretty dangerous to accept statements at face value without analyzing them first.Of course sailing way,sounds very,very exciting.But Mark Twain forgot to tell us that many ships which left the safe harbour and caught those winds returned, all in a total shipwreck.Of course some ships will not return, because they discovered the winds were too powerful and they really had little or no expertise to steer the ship out of the merciless,unforgiving storm.The result? Many ships found its way to the bottom of the ocean and to lay there for ever.Think carefully before you sail away from the safe harbour.Better to be safe and feeling at home in familiar turf than to be sailing away without having a clue as to your destination. Vijay- The Midnight Owl.

AMERICAN GANDHI

My name is etched in World History.I gave slaves their freedom.Mahatma Gandhi,my brother did the same for India too.But his war was totally different.While the Americam Civil War was fought with guns and cannons,my brother Gandhi fought his war without firing a single shot.In fact,in world history that was was the only war,which was fought on such a large scale,that was won without any firepower.Very humbling for all military minds.

But as brothers,Gandhi and me shared a common destiny.For what we won for mankind, both Gandhi and me paid the ultimate price- a bullet in our heads,our lives were just snuffed out. We departed in humiliation.The truth is no victory can be won without some sort of painful personal sacrifice.Even God could not escape from this timeless principle.The Cross is an example.

SUDANESE PROVERB

There are two kinds of stupid people in the world- those who lend books and those who return them.