Tots of Thought

The Disastrous Spread of Emotional Stenography The Curious Case of Social Media Statuses. Fighting change is like trying to beat back the waves of the ocean. It’s impossible. Resisting change is like postponing death. It comes around anyway – unless, of course, you are Elijah. Change is the only constant in life and has, since time immemorial, been the catalyst which ignites the eternal torch that brightens the path for the fated march of mankind towards development. The 21st century has seen drastic series of change as compared to any other before it. The greatest of these changes by far has resulted from the pervasive power of the internet. There is hardly a facet of our lives that has not changed drastically over the past few years. This global system of computers has changed the way we learn, play, trade, seek and administer healthcare, travel, and communicate among other things. Gone are the days when we had to write long letters to pen pals and relatives with the an...

The Heart and The Mind. The heart and the mind are meant to walk side by side Like a husband and his wife But when in one’s favour, we allow the balance to tilt or slide We set them forever in strife.  The mind is to be the light in the darkness where passions preside And the heart must check so logic in all things doesn’t autonomously decide. Each has its role; each must be allowed to do its deed For the more we restrain one, the more we provoke its speed. How then do we keep a melodious tune with these discordant notes within? Heed! We can do so by observing forever betwixt two possibilities, a golden mean. The Perpetual Pendulum. 

Humility: The Mark of True Greatness The title of this piece is deliberately designed so that each one of us can approach it from a personal point of view and test our relevant previous knowledge against the thesis proposed herein. For many people, to say ‘humility is the mark of greatness’ is counter-intuitive. How is it possible for someone who is truly great and powerful to be humble? Is it probable for someone who has made it to the very top to remain down to earth? Our answers to these questions, whether yeses or nos , depend on how we ourselves define humility. Humility does not mean humiliation even though the two words share the same Latin root ‘humilitas’. Humility does not mean allowing yourself to be used and abused. It does not mean making yourself a doormat. C.S. Lewis, the famed British novelist, summarized it to the point when he said “humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.” Thus, to be humble doesn’t imply degrading o...