Month: September 2020

Who Are You? 

Who Are You?  If I ask you this question, you will answer in one or more of following ways – Your Name – but that’s your name. Not you. Father, Sister, Husband, Friend – but that’s a role you play. Not you. CEO, VP, Manager – but that’s your position. Not you. Musician, Adventurist, Painter – but that’s your passion. Not you. American, British, Indian, Australian – but that’s your nationality. Not you.  Beyond all the tags you have collected, who are you? Keep asking that question till you find (your) answer.

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(Ab)Normal

Abnormal is a deviation from ‘norm.’ But when it comes to human behaviour, no norm qualifies as the statistical mean Physics, yes. Nature yes. Human behaviour, No.   We can talk about Social acceptability here – what is normal for society. But even that varies from culture to culture and country to country. So there are no clear and objective benchmarks for normal.   On the other hand, social abnormals have been the deviations we have treasured and celebrated (apple ad) – Artists, Scientists, Poets, Philosophers.   We don’t start from the middle of the bell-curve and deviate out. We

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Job, Work, Identity, Income

We tend to mix-up these concepts in our minds, and that can complicate things for us. Here are some broad ways of classifying them: Job – Think of Job as a project we are hired to do. It is usually defined by a contract and some rules of engagement Work – Work is the essence of a multitude of activities that we do – teaching, gardening, cooking, meditating, farming, parenting. Identity – Identity is the cloak of self-worth and self-identification we wear for ourselves and also for the world. Self / social identities play out as a musician, carpenter, homemaker, parent, entrepreneur Income –

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