The Joy of Beginning…!
This morning I began my sixth book. Sixth. Which either means I am hardworking or that publishers have not yet figured out how to block my emails. The book is titled One Note at a Time. It is about choral music and life, and how both can go gloriously right…
Learn to Repair, Not Replace..!
My first car was a 1959 Fiat. When I bought it, it was already old enough to qualify for senior citizen benefits. I was in my late twenties and felt like royalty. A king does not question the age of his chariot. He only enjoys the fact that it moves,…
Welcome Hardships and Challenges..!
How often we long for a life without problems. And what a terrible life that would be in reality. I once read that when people go through depression, psychologists give them activities called problem solving. These tasks may be as simple as untying a knot or solving a small puzzle….
A Time to Prepare..!
Whenever someone talks about their articles being rejected by newspapers or magazines, I tell them that I call this a God given time, the time to prepare for bigger opportunities. I have lived long enough to know that rejection is not the end of the road; it is often the…
Facing Your Little Goliaths..!
In Chicago last month, I spent a lot of time with little Emory, my granddaughter. Every morning, before breakfast, she would climb onto my lap, point to my iPad, and insist, “Goliath!” That was her favourite video, the story of David and Goliath. And so, every day, there we were,…
Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.