Krishna's Musings on Life

  Raising a healthy, happy child is one of the most challenging jobs in the world. Sometimes we rely on our gut instincts and at other times we resort to the same parenting techniques our parents used while we were growing up. Good parenting helps foster qualities like honesty, empathy, kindness, cheerfulness, cooperation, self-reliance and self-control in children. It promotes intellectual curiosity while instilling a desire to achieve. It also protects children from developing depression, anxiety, eating disorders, antisocial behavior or substance abuse. So if you’re wondering how to be a good parent, here are some parenting tips that can help you.   1. Set an example Whether it’s the way you treat yourself or those around you, your children are constantly learning from you. Try not to react in the spur of a moment and always reflect on what it is that you want to achieve with your behavior.   2. Spoil your kids with love This is one of the most important parenting ...

We all somewhere grew up hearing that good things happen with good people and bad things happen with bad ones.  And, that’s how the law of karma works! That’s what most people believe, at least! These are some amazing Karma Quotes for you to better analyse the law of karma.  So, when faced with adversity, pain, and trauma, we start questioning our karma. Why me? Am I a bad person? What did I do wrong? Why is all this happening to me? But is it the right way to perceive the law of karma? I think no! As humans, when we enter this world, trials and tribulations are going to be a part of our being. One cannot shy away from difficulties and pain, no matter what. They are part and parcel of our lives. Even if you are rich or poor, bad or good, or anything, adversities can knock on your door any day, without any invitation.  So, there’s not always an answer for “why me?” This also puts a question mark on “why do bad things happen with good people?” The simple answer, as far as ...

Why are most of us not living the life we always wanted? Why are we not truly content with ourselves? Want to become our best version, but not really breaking the habit of being yourself ? Have you ever wondered? Well, it can be mainly because of the habits we want to inculcate in our lives but are not able to. As they say, your present habits determine your future! We try with all our willpower and motivation but fail to form new healthy habits and how to be at peace with yourself .  Not to mention, when it comes to the manifestation of your thoughts and feelings, your subconscious mind is the boss. Yes! It makes or breaks things in a massive manner.  We cannot achieve success in our life without having our subconscious minds aligned with the desired actions. In this whole tussle of the conscious and subconscious mind, almost 95% of the time, the latter wins, and how! Because…. Your subconscious mind is the most powerful. It processes some of the deeply involved functions in ...

The things that make us happy vary vastly with our age and circumstances. What made us happy at age 4 is not likely to make us happy at 34 (though if it does, congratulations! You’ve already cracked the happiness code and don’t need this article.) Where an extra biscuit at snack-time would have had us squealing with joy at 4 years old, it’s a gourmet dinner that will likely satisfy us at 34 years old. Thus, happiness is a state of mind . What if we could bring back the joy we felt, at 4 years old, for an extra biscuit? Imagine the innumerable joys we would experience then, every single day. Almost every moment would become a cause for celebration. Here’s how to be happy . Cast aside your self-doubt and uncertainty, embrace this list, and watch your life transform! Play in the rain. Ask for rainbow sprinkles on your ice cream. Dial a random number, ask them if their refrigerator is running. If they say yes, ask them to catch it before it gets away! Call up someone you love and tell t...

Gianna didn’t believe in the law of attraction . Her life had been too hard-wrought for her to leave anything up to the universe or the fates. Abandoned at the age of two by a drug-addled mother who had simply walked out the front door one rainy afternoon, she had been found by a neighbour late that evening when he walked past and found the door wide open and a hungry, cold Gianna wailing loudly. She’d been handed over to Child Protective Services and her life had become one long foster care-laden drama until the age of 18. At the stroke of midnight, she’d walked out the door without a second look and made her way to the local women’s shelter where she stayed nights until she landed a job as a receptionist at the local law firm. She had no qualifications and had barely scraped through high school but something in her tone and air convinced Mr. Paige of Leslie&Paige that she deserved a chance. Why did Mr. Paige, the founder of the firm, interview her for a lowly receptionist positi...

The single-most challenging thing I’ve ever had to do in my whole life is deciding . Not deciding about any one thing in particular but deciding about anything and everything! Where did we want to go eat? Oh god, too many choices! What did I want to do in life? How should I know? Shouldn’t life show me? What time did I want to go to bed every night? Uhhh… when I’m sleepy? What shampoo did I want for my hair? Scrolling for two hours didn’t help, so I guess I don’t know. Name any aspect of my life and I was indecisive. What does indecisive mean ? It wasn’t that I was just unsure in that moment. It indicated a deeper, more fundamental refusal to commit to living itself. I was wishy-washy about life and it showed in the small decisions I had to make, which I couldn’t. But if there’s one thing I’ve learnt, it’s this: everything is a habit. And so it was with my indecisiveness too. I had made it a habit to not decide, to either let others decide for me or put off decision-making for as long...

Boredom is one strange phenomenon. Really. Isn’t it incredible that the world is filled with endless options, with countless opportunities and with infinite activities yet all of us, at one time or another, find ourselves afflicted with this dull state of mind called boredom? Everything seems lacklustre. Nothing seems interesting enough, exciting enough, captivating enough. Have you Googled Things to do when bored yet and looked at the numerous ways it provides to tackle boredom? You should try :) It’s quite entertaining and may stave off your boredom for a while. I found myself so bored today that I Googled knock knock jokes. Here’s a good one: Knock knock! Who’s there? Alex. Alex who? Alexplain when you open the door! Funny, right? :) Here’s another that made me laugh out loud: Knock knock! Who’s there? Abby. Abby who? Abby birthday to you! But that was just a few minutes and then, I was back to being bored again. In fact, I found myself ruminating on boredom itself. I convinced my...