www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Sometimes in life, the way forward could be gleaned from the past. I am not talking about using historical trends to teach the future which is most frequently the case. Very often it does not work that way. However, old stories when taught holds great truths for all regardless of where you are or who you are. Aesop, an ancient Greek philosopher was one such great teacher and story-teller. He simply use humble incidents to teach great truths. More than that, he added a moral to each story as profound advice for us. He spoke great truths in all of his stories which everyone knew that those stories were not true for they were all fables and mostly illustrated using animals. There have been suggestions that Aesop who was born around 620 BC was a black Ethiopian slave. However, nobody knew if Aesop ever existed but he was described as ugly - squint-eyed, pot-bellied, dwarfish, short-armed and the list goes on. Apparently, if he ever existed then maybe God is fair as the law of comp...

Just like honesty is an absolute, so is sincerity. There is no more honest or less honest people, just honest or dishonest people just as there are no more sincere or less sincere people, just sincere or insincere people. Agree? Sincere comes from the Latin word sincerus which means clean, pure and sound. It is the quality or condition of being sincere; genuineness , honesty and freedom from duplicity. So what should we value in life? Sincerity, honesty, humility, fidelity and loyalty? To be genuine is to be real not fake while freedom from duplicity means more Batman than Two-Face though Batman wears a mask, haha. There are people who treats wealthier, more powerful people or their bosses very well appearing to be a very nice person but step on and over all others. Why the double standard? Why do you get pissed when a restaurant served a Westerner better but ignored you? What is uttered from the heart alone, will win the hearts of others to your own. - Johann Wolfgang von Goe...