SINOJ JACOB

Before we begin, let me explain two important terms used in this piece of writing. The first one is MEMORIES and the second one is MEMORABLES. The term ‘memories’ refers to all that we remember from the happenings of the past and the term ‘memorables’ refers to all that we will remember from the happenings of the future. Living in the present simply means examining the past memories (beautiful and melancholic) and expecting the future memorables (hopeful and anxious). All that we think and do today are either reactions to the past memories or preparations for the future memorables. Thus, life becomes incessant consideration of the memories and ceaseless arrangements for the memorables. Memories are lessons and inspirations for memorables. Memories and memorables go hand in hand with close mutuality and affinity. The quality of our past memories reflects on the quality of our future memorables. If we have more beautiful memories in the past we tend to have more beautiful memorables for ...

Are you HAPPY? If you think, YES; that's awesome, especially today! Keep it up. And, if you think, NOT; that’s common nowadays! But, why should you settle yourself with something unhappy when you have options for something happy in life? Let me ask: why are you UNHAPPY? There are some reasons for that, for sure: cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, professional or any other. Find them and fix them out at the earliest. Some of your causes of unhappy living can be correctible and solvable; but some are out of your control and rectification. If resolvable, do it fast for a happy life ahead. If unresolvable, learn to forgive, forget, ignore, and get along with them as if you are unaffected by them. You must be thinking that I am impractical by suggesting you to be unaffected with something real and felt in your life. Yes, I am impractical and idiotic to keep you happy anyway. Because I am helpless here to suggest something concrete to avoid your unhappiness. And, that’s why I rely on s...

I sincerely wish you to be intelligent enough rather than being innocent, be practical enough rather than being spiritual and be scientific enough rather than being dogmatic. Yet, I wish you to balance between your emotion and reason, your fancy and reality, or your ideation and action. I explicitly mean that you are not required to sacrifice your happiness to make others happy, to reject your freedom to set others free, and to leave your opportunities to give others opportunities. And, this notion does not mean that you have to deny others from their happiness, to hinder others from their freedom or to grab others’ opportunities as well. Just take yours for yourself and give theirs for themselves. Ironically, the people of this world is generally divided into two major sects by development, not by default: selfless (simpletons) and selfish (exploiters) or you can call them givers and takers. But, what is required today is the unnoticed minority of a third smart sect of people who are ...