My Motivational & InspirationalTakes On Life
CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Fiction and fact as expressed in the written word has distinctly been another creative area of interest for me. My contribution in the form of a weekly column in My Paper, a mass-circulation free-sheet newspaper in Singapore, features inspirational and motivational capsules meant to spur highly-strung and stressed-out homo-sapiens onto more meaningful things.
REALITY CHECK
My wish is for these pieces to speak to every readers’ soul, drawing out that part of them that requires a gentle word of encouragement, a soft nudge to remind them to re-balance elements in their lives, or perhaps offer a few non-threatening suggestions on how they can maximize their potential and live their lives to the fullest.
CAVEAT
I dish these out with full admittance that although I try and practice what I preach, imperfection prevails. And that’s when GOD floats into the picture, puts everything into the right perspective, and makes Himself real to me.
- Treat your troubles as stepping stones
- A wake-up call from the obituary pages
- A blind girl’s painful lesson
- Apply the brakes on life and savour the now
- Bad situations can have good outcomes
- Between lanterns and a galaxy of stars
- Bonding with the iGeneration
- Don’t be a slave to the daily grind
- Gaming helps me understand my son’s world
- Focus on the journey
- Focus on the big little things in life
- From advertising to baking
- Humbled by youth’s chivalry
- I’ll take the bumpy road any day
- Invest in people, not stocks
- Laughter is a simple effective antidote
- Lesson in Olympic ideal
- Let’s be a nation of Jerrys
- Life’s lesson from an in-line skater
- Life is like building a house
- Live every day as if it’s your last
- Live your life like a coffee bean
- Money can’t replace parental guidance
- My 12-year-old son wrote me a contract
- Put heart into work even if it goes unseen
- Smelling the roses is transient idea
- Spend if you can afford to
- Spending too much time in office
- Spread a litte happiness
- The modern-day paradox of plenty
- The living starts right now
- Take timeout to pursue your dreams
- Treasure the three Fs this Christmas
- Treat your troubles as stepping stones