Happiness

I NEED A DRINK By VIKRAM KARVE   One evening a friend of mine landed up at my place and said, “I’ve had a really hard day at work. I need a drink.” “I’ll get you a cup of tea,” I said. “Tea…?” he exclaimed astounded, “haven’t you got some whiskey or something…I ...

DO YOU SMILE and LAUGH Your Smile, Your Laugh, Your Personality Signature By VIKRAM KARVE While I was clearing up some old papers in my bookcase, I came across some jottings in an old diary I had made more than thirty five years ago probably while sitting in my university library. I had scribbled ...

Everyone has anxious moments regardless of who you are or what you do. A little bit of anxiety is not going to hurt anyone but there are levels of anxiety that can actually make you physically ill. This is a full blown panic attack. You may be asking what a panic attack is exactly. The panic attack is an immediate and overwhelming attack of anxiety that comes on without any warning. One ...

Just a few years ago, and I recall it like it was yesterday, I had an accident that caused chest compression and rib cage dislocation. The pain was what the doctors call exquisite. Exquisite pain is purest and strongest, hardly tolerable, pain” before you pass out from pain. By that description it was exquisite and resulted in my inability to use my arms, nor hold things in my ...

Peace seems like a good idea, sure. But with the worries and struggles we feel in life, with the problems that surround us in the news, and with the effort needed to get or stay ahead, peace seems like something we almost never feel. Yet precisely for these reasons peace is such a valuable thing to feel in our lives. A little peace can go a long way to reducing struggle and worry in ...