Lengthen Your Stride..!
Have you ever watched a child who doesn’t want to go someplace? His steps become smaller, he drags his feet, and finally sits down. Have you watched a relay in which the last runner has to catch up with the others to win? His strides become longer and longer and…
Keep Your Eyes on Your Goal..!
A few years ago I heard a long talk by a speaker about how hard work pays. “Do you have anything to add to that Bob?” asked the convener. “Yes,” I said, “If your eyes are not on your goal, all the hard work you put in, is a waste!”…
Naughty Abhinandan..!
It made delightful news to hear Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman had been awarded the Vir Chakra! We all remember the video clip showing his capture in Pakistan, bloodied and roughed up, yet courageous and fearless. How, flying a highly inferior MIG-Bison fighter jet, he still managed to shoot down a…
Never Grow Old..!
While shopping the other day, I noticed I was paying more attention to the pavement I was walking on then the display in the shop windows. I was being so careful about slipping on the uneven tiles that I didn’t dare look up, “You’re growing old Bob,” I said to myself…
Let Your Rolex Go Missing..!
’Twas just the other day I read about a contest which offered a luxury sedan as a prize, and I thought, why not, wouldn’t mind getting one. Imagine my surprise when I opened the form and found the luxury car offered was the same model I was driving! I realized…
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.