I think everyone will agree that the greatest source of stress in our lives are our problems. But is it really our problem or just how we relate to our problem is the problem? Meaning what makes us stressful is our attitude towards our problem but not necessarily the problems
July 15, 2023
You must have heard of this famous Robin Hood scheme of winning the hearts of the people: that it is ok to steal from the rich and give it to the poor. The intention is good but the method of acquiring the money is questionable. This was actually done in
July 7, 2023
In Ray Dalio’s book, “Principles: Life and Work”, he defines principles as fundamental truths that back up his beliefs. One of his principles is “pain + reflection = progress”, meaning pain from failure when you reflect well on it, on how you arrived at that failure, will only contribute to
July 6, 2023
On earth it is natural and right to love some people more than others, and this preferential treatment is true of all forms of love, including charity, the highest form of love. We should give our family more love than we give to strangers. And this is also true in
July 3, 2023
Seth Godin, a best-selling author of a number of self-improvement books, came up with a latest book on how to enhance our creativity entitled “The Practice: Shipping Creative Work”. Seth Godin defines creativity as “the generous act of making things better by doing something that might not work.” A doctor
July 1, 2023
Anders Ericsson, the author of this book, “Peak: How to Master Anything” was the first one to come up with the idea that if you want to be proficient with any skill you need to practice that skill for 10,000 hours. The Beatles and Bill Gates reached their level of
June 26, 2023
Is Christianity hard or easy? Christianity has a lot of paradox such as to gain life we have to lose it (Matthew 16:25), to die to ourselves in order to live, to empty ourselves with the things of this world in order to be filled by God, and to give,
June 22, 2023
With the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ celebrated last Sunday, let us talk about the Eucharist. The Catechism of the Catholic Church narrates to us how the Holy Eucharist was established, “At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice
June 20, 2023
In this harshly competitive, technology centered, globalized marketplace it might be tough to get a good paying job. Companies are outsourcing work to people thousands of miles away, who produce high quality work for a fraction of the cost. Soon artificial intelligence will be powerful enough to replace all truck
June 16, 2023
A book that motivates us to read books as well as improve our reading and comprehension is the one written by Jim Kwik entitled “Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life.” The author has a fascinating story on how he improved his reading abilities. When
June 14, 2023
This is the feast that talks about God the Father and as Three Persons in One God. We have separate feasts for the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, Jesus Christ on Christmas Day and that of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity last
June 6, 2023
The Feast of the Pentecost which we celebrated last Sunday, was an ancient Jewish thanksgiving celebration in the Old Testament, in gratitude to God for the yearly harvest about to be reaped. It was celebrated fifty days after the feast of the Passover. The word “Pentecost” comes from the Greek
June 5, 2023