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Life is short, live it carefully and mindfully
Recently, I came across one question: how long is life? Is it a 100 year, 90 yearrs, 80 yearrs or 70 years? The answer is life is as short as the in-and-out breath. If we breathe in, we do not breathe out, we die and if we breathe out, we do not breathe in, we…
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It is stated that we have learned how to live a life since we were born or young. This learning will continue until we die. There are many teachers, teaching us how to live, starting from parents at home, teachers at school and college to lecturers at university. What we learn or study is mostly…
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It is stated that we should bear in our mind: ‘Time waits for no man’. What should be done, it must be done. In other word, we should put the first thing first. Many times, we postpone things should be done by saying, “I am not ready, I shall do it tomorrow, next week, next…