Turn the Day Around..!
“This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it..” Psalm 118 How you get up from bed and face the day, with a smile or with a frown, may well be how your day will turn out to be. The day before may…
Stop Being Wallpaper..!
“I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper…” Yoko Ono Quite often I see people who don’t want to be noticed. It’s not that they are not noticed, it’s just that they feel that by blending into the background, nobody will be aware of their existence. “Come…
Burdened with Work?
“Apply yourself..” Lee Iacocca Am putting up a play for two schools, both writing and directing them, and quite enjoying myself. But what I hear constantly from many, especially my well -wishers is, “Bob, why are you working so hard?” “Because, I love what I am doing,” I reply. Not…
The Gift of Boredom..!
Tomorrow I’ll be addressing teachers and my talk is on ‘Fostering Creativity and Imagination,’ “What’s a gift we all have received but we most dislike?” I’m going to ask, and then will tell them, ”it’s the gift of boredom.” Then I’m going to go a step farther, “If you feel…
Stop Thinking, Start Thanking..!
While walking in the park a few years ago I passed an elderly gentleman, a friend of mine, who seemed to be walking a tad slowly and pensively, “A penny for your thoughts?” I asked. “I think I’m getting old!” he said sadly, and at that time his daughter passed…
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.