Refraction

'Tick Tick...' Sound of a clock ticking. Sometimes when we are sitting alone in a quiet room and if you have an analogue clock on the wall, there is a chance, you will hear that 'tick tick' sound. Whats special about that ticking is the synchronisation with time. when you are listening to that ticking sound, you might not notice but those seconds are gone out of your life and no matter what you do, you will never get it again. We often don't realise that our time is limited. During school exams, we get a specific time to write answers and we are not permitted for extra time. If some get that extra time that could be their advantage. Our lifetime is also like that exam time but the examiner is the god, who is biased towards some people and does not offer same time limit. Just like exams, we have so many questions in our lives and they all start with our birth.  Look at any child around you, try to talk to them about something they are curious about. You will be...

What do we want in our life? What are our needs? Most people will say, they want wealth, power, happiness, success, love, fame, security and freedom.  Of course, all these things are needed in our life. But there are other things too, which are highly valued but we often neglect them. interestingly most of these things are free of cost. for example air, you can not live without it. Hold your breath for a minute and you will experience how important it is. We don't value it because it is available in abundance. Just like air, there are so many gifts of nature available in abundance and we never appreciate it. We are slaves of our worldly desires - wealth, power, pleasure, comfort and fame. We spend almost all of our time seeking them with a feeling that having them will make us happy.  But unfortunately, no matter how much we get it, we will get used to it and will start demanding more. The greed takes over the needs. The most valuable things are free and there is no n...