Thank God We Don't Look Like What We've Been Through

One of my favourite things about meeting new people and deliberately getting better acquainted with them is the opportunity to see life through their eyes and be inspired by their survival stories. Life itself starts teaching us the very minute we're born that it is neither a walk in the park nor a bed of roses. We all learn that lesson eventually, but the more fortunate ones learn more quickly than the rest.

Usain Bolt in the 10,000-Metre Race

Imagine this for a second: You've just had the ghastliest Sunday of your entire life. You woke up way less enthusiastic than usual this morning, after barely getting a wink of sleep the previous night, and you had to will yourself to leave home at the crack of dawn for some special service in church. Somehow, your day has sped by in a flurry of activities even you cannot recollect. All you know is that it's 9.49 P.M. and you've just getting home. 

If Your Reputation Could Look in the Mirror

Practically every rational human being should be interested in building a solid reputation. That's a value we subconsciously adopt from early childhood. I know I did. It was, after all, the exceptionally wise King Solomon who wrote about how a good name is more desirable than great riches, and the man knew exactly what he was talking about.