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Nothing lasts forever.... Even the corona virus! How many pandemics and epidemics the world has gone through?! We read about them in history. So, this COVID-19 will also be history very soon. I do firmly believe in this. Be it any calamity, disaster, loss....., the passing of time certainly heals the wound. Of course, the scar may remain forever. The intensity of pain will gradually fade away. The grief will surface once in a while after some time. Time is the time-proven healer for all maladies. Okay, some people may differ from my views and I can understand that. Likewise, even the happiest moments pass off with the running of time. We would not feel the same intense feeling of happiness after some time. Everything will pass. So, no need of over-rejoicing (at happy times) or total depression (over grief/loss). The scriptures teach us this very clearly. Take everything in its stride. When we face the moment of happiness, we should enjoy it (not overdo it) and when we face sad and...

A scene from an old movie goes like this. The bride's parents meet the to-be-bridegroom and enquire about his background. He says he is having a government job, earns handsomely, no bad habits like drinking or smoking etc. But finally he says that he has the habit of telling lies....! That was the master stroke. That negates whatever he said earlier. Human beings are supposed to speak only the truth and refrain from telling lies. All scriptures preach this dictum. But are we able to follow this in real life? An emphatic NO. In real life situations, it is rather very difficult not to tell a lie. At some point or the other, we will be facing such situations where we have to tell a lie or at least camouflage a truth. There are some lies, which are called "white lies". They do not harm anyone. There are no ill-effects of telling that lie. It is said that there is nothing wrong in telling a lie, if it causes a good result. A helpless poor guy is avoiding to be found by a...