Ceiling on desires fund – put to good use… August 7, 2007
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The St. Jude’s hospital, here in Chicago, has been sending us regular mailers informing us of thier work towards cancer in children, and in goodwill, keep sending us very lovely return address labels, which we use for all our local letter mailing. And since he didn’t want to use something without giving something back, R donated some money to the hospital. Ever since, we are getting more such goodies from them. Just yesterday, we received a very nice personalised notepad…the kind in which you can scribble shopping lists, to-do things, etc. I always get delighted with varities in stationery. And of course there’s also a little donation card attched with us, asking for our generosity.
And here’s where our first contribution of $20 towards the ceiling on desires fund will go to…. St. Jude’s Hospital! It feels good to find a cause to channel this money to.
Little changes, one at a time… August 7, 2007
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Days go by, one after another, and at the end of each day…we are left with a feeling of dissatisfaction. Over the many things that we never got around to doing. We have been reading so much, opening our thoughts to so many spiritual possibilities, and yet, not adopting a single one with discipline. That’s the worst kind of ineptitude there is according to me. Where you know what is wrong, you know what needs to be done to correct it, and yet you don’t do it!
But thankfully, there are still moments of lucidity when we begin to take charge. As recent as 3 days ago, we decided to one and for all, start making little changes in our lives. The motto is this : one little change at a time, but make it for good and make it an indelible part of our every day.
The first real change is our prayer time. Family prayer time. Something we have been wanting to institute forever, and we finally started. Its been 3 days now. Come 6:30 PM, we all wash up, and assemble in our little worship place. Say a few verses in prayer, have a little arthi, prasadam and then we go back to doing our stuff. Its a nice change. With consistency, it will hopefully become a cherished family tradition for the boys.
