Solitude seeks company
It has been six days indoors continuously. This is the time when we get to reflect. Even if you are not the reflecting type, you still will be forced into reflection. Your only friend is the mobile phone resting in your hands. You keep peering into its entrails hoping to see something new or interesting. When it rings weakly you hope it is someone with good news, or at least interesting news. All you get are the various posts in the different groups you are a member of. Nothing is happening.
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A lovely couple
Rita Joseph and Binoy T Cherian have been our friends for more than forty years. We met and studied at Mar Ivanios College. They were perhaps one of the most loved couples to all there and it was little wonder that they decided to spend the rest of their lives together. Which they did, until, fate and cancer took Bijoy away. This is the story of two very close friends of mine.
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Was it just a missed chance?
The one query, “What is the problem you face?” if asked on time can be the difference between someone committing suicide or living on to overcome the problem and having a long and fruitful life. It is the timeliness and the sincerity that will save a life. It cost you nothing but will give someone back his life. Swami has very well put that thought into my mind, with just one statement.
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Sharing your success
There are some skills that can help a successful person a source of social welfare and relief too. The first skill is one of active listening. This is necessary for social workers to understand and identify a persons or a community’s needs. Listening carefully, concentrating, asking the right questions, helps social workers to engage and establish a link with those in need.
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Your Choice of Friends
In the various walks of life, we meet, co-operate, give and seek help from, get involved professionally and personally and mingle with different types of people. Largely divided, we see that they all fall into one of four categories. The first is the “makes no difference “types. They make up the vast majority we meet and work with. They do their bit and leave our bit to us.
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A Few Reflections
With the world tottering on the brink of mass annihilation of humankind, through ingeniously engineered pathogens, with no cure whatsoever, some wise men realized that the solution starts just a few steps away, in the soils in our backyard. They stepped out and planted a few seeds for starters.
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Abey George
Social activist | Humanitarian | Lyricist
Abey George, is a renowned social activist and humanitarian and a former Indian National Congress politician. He works with various welfare organizations to help the needy across Kerala.
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