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His Hands Are Bigger Than Ours
His Hands Are Bigger Than Ours
Most of us, at some time or another in our lives, have offered a prayer. For example, back in our school days, we must have prayed to pass…
Param Shanti
Feb 26
A Love Of
A Love Of
Perched high above all, Floor-to-ceiling- windows tall, A city glistens bright, This desire of a home, always has been my delight A love…
Param Shanti
Feb 14
Reimaging Resolutions
Reimaging Resolutions
The last week of the year is one of my favorite times. As the magic and busyness of the holiday season begin to wind down, the last week of…
Param Shanti
Jan 31
Pause and Patience for Personal Growth
Pause and Patience for Personal Growth
In a book entitled The 3-Second Pause That Can Save a Morning and Spare Some Pain, Angel Chernoff describes an experience that we can all…
Param Shanti
Jan 18
Breathtaking
Breathtaking
I looked over at my wife. Our eyes met, and we took a collective deep breath before I rang the doorbell. This was going to be hard.
Param Shanti
Dec 28, 2020
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The Smell of Criticism
The Smell of Criticism
Why is criticism so hard to accept?
Param Shanti
Dec 8, 2020
Why I Vote
Why I Vote
I care about voting. So much so that I advocate it for a living.
Param Shanti
Nov 2, 2020
Accept, Embrace, and Move On
Accept, Embrace, and Move On
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.”
Param Shanti
Sep 24, 2020
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Quiver of Arrows: A Lesson on Unity
Quiver of Arrows: A Lesson on Unity
Isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has hit me hard. Being back at work as an educator, I feel the inner loss of connection…
Param Shanti
Nov 26, 2020
Forgiveness: A Reflection in Diwali and My Pathway for the New Year
Forgiveness: A Reflection in Diwali and My Pathway for the New Year
It is almost Diwali — one of my favorite times of the year! As the Hindu calendar year comes to a close, a New Year of promise beckons…
Param Shanti
Nov 13, 2020
Embracing Stress
Embracing Stress
“It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” — Hans Selye
Param Shanti
Oct 12, 2020
Keep Calm and Yoga On
Keep Calm and Yoga On
Every day can seem like a blur when you have a million and one tasks to complete on your to-do list. Even with the restrictions of…
Param Shanti
Aug 31, 2020
Quarantined with My Monkey: My Rewiring Project
Quarantined with My Monkey: My Rewiring Project
My Monkey and The Rigged Algorithm
Param Shanti
Aug 12, 2020
In Your Own Hands
In Your Own Hands
On one side you have the honey bee. And on the other, a fly. Both fly here and there, but each has a very different approach.
Param Shanti
Aug 5, 2020
Live in the Now
Live in the Now
Have you ever caught yourself saying, “That was the best moment ever!” or “That was such a great day!” Why was that? What made that moment…
Param Shanti
Jul 24, 2020
Speed Limits
Speed Limits
The traffic in Atlanta is awful. Legendarily awful. In 2017, it was rated the eighth-worst in the world. Rush hour is miserable — starting…
Param Shanti
Jul 13, 2020
A Precedented Solution for an Unprecedented Time
A Precedented Solution for an Unprecedented Time
I finished packing my weekender with only the essentials for my red-eye flight out of Saint Louis to Miami, where I would be spending the…
Param Shanti
Jul 2, 2020
My Wish for our “New Normal”
My Wish for our “New Normal”
What an interesting flow of events the past few months have been. My journey of isolation has been a very eye-opening experience! At the…
Param Shanti
Jun 18, 2020
A Game of Cards
A Game of Cards
In life, it’s all about how you play your cards.
Param Shanti
Jun 10, 2020
Project Quarantine: Redefining Productivity
Project Quarantine: Redefining Productivity
Friday, March 13, 6:00 AM. I was sitting in the parking lot of the high school, getting ready to go into work. School districts in our…
Param Shanti
May 27, 2020
Baking a Better Me
Baking a Better Me
Having watched a no-way-you-can-mess-this-up-baking-bread tutorial online, I was recently motivated to escape the confinements of my tiny…
Param Shanti
May 18, 2020
Quaran-time, Why You Punish Me?
Quaran-time, Why You Punish Me?
I remember lying in my dorm room in the early 1990s listening and singing along to Time by the band Hootie and the Blowfish. It was a…
Param Shanti
Apr 26, 2020
A Solution for Hopelessness
A Solution for Hopelessness
At this moment, many of us are thinking the same thing — when will this end? The COVID-19 pandemic started on the other side of the planet…
Param Shanti
Apr 17, 2020
Facing the COVID-19 Crisis — Thoughts of Inspiration and Hope
Facing the COVID-19 Crisis — Thoughts of Inspiration and Hope
With the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, fears are rising around the globe as we now live in extremely uncertain times. We have seen…
Param Shanti
Mar 29, 2020
Begin at the end
Begin at the end
What DO we really want? What SHOULD we really want?
Param Shanti
Feb 25, 2020
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