Thought of the Week – 28th April 2025 (2)
personal transformation
Thought of the Week – 7th April 2025(3)
Book of the Month – March 2025 – As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
“To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.”
“You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration:”
How the author had managed to deliver so many helpful lessons in so little number of pages seems most incredible. Self-help or Self-development books are often long and descriptive books, typically attempting to orient the reader along a particular school of thought (which is not a bad thing). But this book is an exception to that rule. An incredible amount of principles are explained in this tiny book, and in such a clear way, with all the characteristics of any other self-help book. I’m certain that this should be a must have book for anyone whose interested in this genre. It won’t take you more than an hour to read the entire book, but you will be surprised how much you’ll come across.
– Tharindu
Ageing is not for the weak
“Aging is not for the weak. One day you wake up and realize that your youth is gone, but along with it, so go insecurity, haste, and the need to please… You learn to walk more slowly, but with greater certainty. You say goodbye without fear, and you cherish those who stay. Aging means letting go, it means accepting, it means discovering that beauty was never in our skin… but in the story we carry inside us.”
– Meryl Streep
This is a beautiful reflection on aging that touches on several profound truths. The passage eloquently captures how aging brings not just physical changes, but also emotional and spiritual growth – a kind of wisdom that comes from life experience.
I particularly appreciate how it reframes aging as a process of gaining rather than just losing. While youth fades, the text suggests we gain valuable traits like:
- Self-assurance that replaces insecurity
- Patience that replaces haste
- Authenticity that replaces people-pleasing
- Wisdom in relationships – both in letting go and cherishing
- A deeper understanding of beauty as something internal rather than external
The metaphor of walking “more slowly, but with greater certainty” is especially powerful – it captures how aging can bring a kind of confident deliberateness that youth often lacks.
Would you say this resonates with your own experiences or observations about aging? I am curious know how this perspective compares with common cultural narratives about getting older.
– One Tusk
The Cure for Loneliness with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Simon Senek
Thought of the Week – 18th November 2024
Use the Difficulty
(Suggested by Andrew D)
ONE TUSK 