Allure
I love a clean dining table with no utensils, food or dust with the chairs tucked in place and everything is orderly. However there is something very alluring about waking up after a late night with friends at home and the dining table has stains, remnants of food all over, and the chairs in disarray. […]
Trepidation
In modern times, behind our smiles, is great trepidation. I wonder if our ancestors, who had to confront wild animals, disease, and famine, lived in as much fear as we do. There is a lot less in modern times to dread, but we have much greater trepidation in our lives. Even politics has become a […]
Reputation
All of us have a public persona that we strive to maintain at any cost. We have a reputation to maintain. It matters to us what opinion or image, people have of us. Those who say that they don’t care about their reputation are liars. Such liars probably care about their repute, more than others. […]
Nepenthe
Nepenthe is a drug described in Homer’s odyssey which banishes grief or trouble from a person’s mind. There are days when I yearn for the golden urn, with the somber colored liquid, with the magic of Nepenthe mixed in it. There are other days, which I do not want to end as if there is […]
Plethora
In this time of a brewing pandemic, we sometimes go online to order food. There are a plethora of choices which makes the process more tedious than it should be, as we narrow down the choices and expand our list beyond need. We have a plethora of viewing choices on streaming services and making the […]
Entangled
The journey of our life is consumed by trying to get out of the entangled mess that we create for ourselves. Unlike the insects which get caught in a spider’s web, we create the web for ourselves and once we get caught in it, we expend all our energy trying to get out of it. […]
Cherish
Everyone has someone or something that they cherish. It could be our home, our family, or our prized possessions. The word cherish means to cultivate with care and affection. I remember the first bicycle that I got as a birthday gift. It was a beaten-down bike that perhaps cost a few dollars. I got a […]
Senses
We are all familiar with the five basic senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. The senses are defined as the process during which the sensory system of our body responds to external stimuli. Being able to see a bird in flight or the dewdrops glistening in the early morning sun is such a […]
Inured
We humans have become inured to inhuman behavior. We are now inured to violence at schools and injustice of all sorts in society at large. We have created a society where 800,000 people die due to suicide every year and are one of the leading causes of death in 15-29 year-olds. We have become inured […]