Rosy Grier is a great (and huge) football player from the 60s. When Neil Pasricha talks about this interest in needlework we hear an audience burst into laughter. Mind you, this is an audience of Sep 2010, open-minded and accepting. Neil tells us... Post retirement, Rosy Grier joins needlework clubs and even brings out books on it. Imagine his confidence, his authenticity!
Rosy Grier to broke social notions of ‘what a football player must do’and followed a passion that made him famous all over again!
Saalu marada Thimmakka ignored sniggers and had the gumption to plant and nurture 284 banyan trees along a highway in Karnataka, India, ...and this resulted in 8000 more!
My Dodamma (aunt), Papacchi, sat for her graduation exam along with her grown up children, and then went on to a commendable career in education.
We are often caught between what people expect and what our heart says. The heart only whispers. People and Duty scream. To hear the heart you need to bend down, and listen deep.
But in the rush of life and commitments, we are not able to strike that balance between duty and authenticity. We are not even sure if we are listening to head or heart!
But sometimes we pause and listen.
I am trying to do that now.
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Listening to the heart is a risk we cannot afford not to take
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A Happy Thing from the Papers Today
Yesterday Darpan won the Chennai Open Chess tournament playing against players who could see. Darpan Inani became blind at the age of four. The family could - Mope or Move. And move they did. And how! ... This is a success story of Darpan, his parents and tutors who hand held him and then allowed him to grow and excel.
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Rosy Grier to broke social notions of ‘what a football player must do’and followed a passion that made him famous all over again!
Saalu marada Thimmakka ignored sniggers and had the gumption to plant and nurture 284 banyan trees along a highway in Karnataka, India, ...and this resulted in 8000 more!
My Dodamma (aunt), Papacchi, sat for her graduation exam along with her grown up children, and then went on to a commendable career in education.
We are often caught between what people expect and what our heart says. The heart only whispers. People and Duty scream. To hear the heart you need to bend down, and listen deep.
But in the rush of life and commitments, we are not able to strike that balance between duty and authenticity. We are not even sure if we are listening to head or heart!
But sometimes we pause and listen.
I am trying to do that now.
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Listening to the heart is a risk we cannot afford not to take
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A Happy Thing from the Papers Today
Yesterday Darpan won the Chennai Open Chess tournament playing against players who could see. Darpan Inani became blind at the age of four. The family could - Mope or Move. And move they did. And how! ... This is a success story of Darpan, his parents and tutors who hand held him and then allowed him to grow and excel.
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nice one! will read Darpan's story.
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