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

What have we learned? You may be a successful individual, organisation, group or country, you can even be very learned but truly what have we learned? We are never too old to learn and when we stop learning we stop living. There is so much to learn from one another and learn from others, everyday. So many new things to discover and learn.  The exuberance of youth had been overtaken. The faster sports I used to play has slowed to a trickle to almost none. Lest I forgot how to,  I started running since one and a half years ago and has not stopped. From a real struggle, I learned I could run again. This year I bested my personal best time since I grew to a certain age three times with 15.5 minutes for a 2.4km run two weeks ago. Nothing great I would say and my marathoner and triathlete friends may laugh but I face two challenges every time. Whenever I look at the bed, the sofa and the air-conditioner, I feel silly not to just use my instinct to plonk do...

Someone said - I have a hunch that men are pigs. If I were you, I'll rather not. Look what happened to Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame). He had a hunch too. I'm was on leave and decided to pen this. Sometimes, I just need a day off to have a different pace of life. I could wake up late, watch a movie, read the papers casually, run errands. It's on days like these that I could experience a different facet of life like watching workers clear the rubbish from the estate. I learn to appreciate them.  I saw two yellow birds chirping and flying around. Hearing morning birds singing is a good therapy. I smell the roses. In the meantime, as I flipped through the papers, some controversy arose which is inevitable following Tiger Woods' fall from grace. Whether you like it or not, golfers are affected and tainted. The first group are golfers who ply the circuit like Tiger or some other pros. Sorry, maybe the correct word is "prowl" as in pro...

T he Phantom Menace - the phantom is a menace. Commitment/Charity/Caring/Giving/Service It is a fact that most of us have tried and failed before we achieve any success. We may even have given the extra miles often only to no avail. But if you quit trying, you will surely miss out on the riches that awaits you at the end of the rainbow. Without commitment one cannot sustain in the long run. Great achievements are as a result of a commitment to do the right things regardless of the consequences.  When you get to the end of a rainbow you will know there's no real glittering gold at the end of a rainbow, not even the pot. That pot of gold will be the arduous journey and struggles along the way that builds and strengthens you and that is the pot of gold. Do you know how important it is to offer service freely to your community or anyone without expecting anything in return?  There are always so much intangible benefits of personal self-respect, inspiration and feel ...