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

Increasingly in today's world, we have people who know the price of everything but the value of none. So what does it profit a man to gain the whole world but to lose his own soul? What do you value? Appreciation of beauty and excellence, Empathy, Forgiveness, Kindness, Honesty, Curiosity, Spirituality, Energy, Humour, Perseverance, Principle, Hope, Love of Learning, Gratitude, Open-Mindedness, Humility, Courage, Fairness, Justice, Sincerity, Creativity, Self-Control,  etc. In a recent survey, Singaporeans value in order of what values people hold closest to their hearts (on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most important) - (1) 8.92 for Honesty (Truth, Upright and Genuine), (2) 8.55 for Kindness (Benevolent, Compassionate and Helpful), (3) 8.50 for Gratitude (Aware and Appreciate the good things that happen, saying    Thanks), (4) 8.43 for Fairness (Unbiased and Impartial), (5) 8.32 for Forgiveness (Accept Shortcomings of Others, Giving People a Second Chance), (6) ...

According to Mark Twain, the difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. It is not nice to use profanity especially among people you do not know well. Why not build up your vocabulary by being a voracious reader. Whether you are writing or speaking, just express yourself simply, elegantly and eloquently. Reading also help expand your mind more than anything else can do for you. Do self reflection everyday and make time for it as an exercise to increase your own value so that when it is well-honed it will naturally lead to allowing your actions speak louder than words. Boastfulness There are some people who are boastful and at one time or another we may be guilty of the same thing especially when we have achieved something but by always talking about ourselves it becomes nothing nothing more than an outward manifestation of an inferiority complex. Truly capable people do not need to trumpet their achievemen...

Resolution Many of us would like to forget 2009 as 2010 beckons. In every people and culture, celebrating a new year presents an opportunity to close a door and open a new one. Forget the past and look forward to the future. Like when you go bowling and you couldn't strike nor spare and you wanted to denote that you are going to have a fresh start so you draw a thick line at the end of your last miscue hoping for better returns. This very thought makes people around the world do a resolution list of things to stop doing or to start doing. Weeks and days leading to the end of the year, you start to give yourself pep talks but at the same time realising that it is an onerus task ahead since you have probably achieved little from the previous years' list and with the add-ons the list is getting longer. Just like in the midst of a motivational seminar, hordes of people could even walk on heaps of burning coal and they walk out still feeling smart about the event but as the ...

Continuation from Inner Piece 1 - A New Hope... Ever wonder how things will be like if you only had one more day on earth? Nature becomes more beautiful than ever before, simple things in life would bring about great pleasure, you'll fight for every chance just to spend quality time with family and friends, build better relationships. You'd probably smile at everyone and that is because your senses are sharper. Change Obama said: Change has come tonight. I wish him, America and the world well. Often, people wanted change because they got tired of the same things. The new President will have his hands full. Six months down the road, can all the good things come and be sustained? Just like you and me. Can we change and sustain? Our world becomes how we choose to make it. You can achieve success or just accept a miserable life beyond hope. It's our choice. When one takes positive action, a powerful force is released for a more fulfilling life be it love, fami...