ABSORB NEW IDEAS/ FILTER OUT OLD ONES

 

Growth is less about how hard you work than how well you learn.

You get a lot farther by being a self starter.

As we become more spongelike, we become better equipped to achieve greater things.

Prosperity rises as people become more capable of absorbing new ideas and filtering out old ones.

Absorptive capacity is the ability to recognise, value, assimilate and apply new habits.

Absorptive

having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)

Adam Grant

Hidden Potential

BETTY ELSA JACOB, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ENGLISH CMS COLLEGE KOTTAYAM CURRENTLY ON LEAVE

 

I had posted the Video of  Evana singing "O come all ye faithful" the popular Christmas Carol without any accompaniment to our nephew Sandeep at Philadelphia, USA with a note

Perhaps Betty can tell her something.
Not feedback.
Not critiquing.
But advice

It led on to some great interactions.
Here are them all.

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Sandeep responded at once

Thank you for sending the video of Evana singing. I will forward it to Betty.

Betty comes up with impenetrable gems

She truly doesn’t need advice, because she is already richly blessed. God has placed within her a beautiful voice and a distinct calling, and those gifts were never given without purpose. In His perfect time, He will gently lead her onto the path He has already prepared for her. What matters most is not the many voices around her, but her willingness to listen to His. With faith and trust, her journey will unfold naturally, guided by the same God who gifted her so wonderfully in the first place.

I could only appreciate her

Thank you for the thoughtful message Sandeep shared.

"With faith and trust, her journey will unfold naturally, guided by the same God who gifted her so wonderfully in the first place."

A brilliant exposition.

There is a reason for seeking your advice

Though children or anyone else get fed up with a host of advice solicited and unsolicited, the right advice lead you on the right path

At present I am into Adam Grant, HIDDEN POTENTIAL.

It's loading me with inputs that never crossed me earlier.

Ball Hog is one.

He soundly explains it with a real story.

The writer argues well  one should not look for feedbacks or criticism but only advice for all round improvement at the personal level. It made sense.

He explains, if we look for feedbacks, no one would give us anything adverse.

Everyone prefers to be in the good books. And you gain nothing in the bargain.

As for criticism, what I understood was, it would stifle you for good. The initiative deserts you.

But advice makes you introspect and reengineer.

I felt, since you sing so well - we admire you for that, you could be of terrific assistance t…

Betty closes

Thank you for your generous words about my singing and teaching, but honestly, I believe each journey unfolds in its own time and way.  With the gifts God has placed in her and the path He has set before her, she will surely excel. If at any point I can be of help, I’ll gladly do so.

FINISH HOMEWORK

 

India's independence ushered in a flurry of reforms.

It made education an undeniable right. Focus on women's empowerment brought more and more women into the work force.

The corollary was, family income was supplemented. New found prosperity ensured the comprehensive growth of the family. 

But growth had posed questions. Both the parents had to leave their homes much earlier to report for duty, much earlier than their children awoke, leaving their children in deep slumber. Of course there would be someone at home to take care of the children or to send them off to their schools in the form of maids or grandparents.

However, mothers could never leave their children in the lurch. They take care of their children well even in their absence.

Look at how a proactive mother does it so well.

SOS TO THE MAYOR CORPORATION OF THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (TRIVANDRUM) KERALA

 

SOS TO THE MAYOR CORPORATION OF  THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (TRIVANDRUM) KERALA

Respected Sir,

FOR URGENT ATTENTION AND QUICK RESOLUTION

We have been finding it extremely difficult to reach the main road as our access is closed at will by the the people who do some work or the other at their own pace. 

Of course there are a few other exit points, but the road to them are very narrow.

It has been weeks since the main exit has been curtailed to one third of its original width. It is unfortunate that this lifeline too is denied to us most of the time. Our suffering is high.

The one third space so graciously gifted to us is enough for us to walk it over, or for an autoriksha or vehicles the size of a Maruti 800 to negotiate. Bigger vehicles we certainly can take, but at our own risk. 

It just is impossible

To employ a bit of HUMOUR it seems the proletariat alone need to survive here and not the bourgeoisie who drive a bigger vehicle. And today the proletariat are much better off than the much abused and much hated bourgeoisie who do not exist in this part of the world.

Humour apart I request you to save our souls from this suffering imposed upon us by the callous

Yours faithfully
Abraham Jacob
House No 28
NSS Karayogam Road
Anayara PO
Trivandrum 695029

Phone 9447253532

EVANA AT HER WORKPLACE

 

                                                         EVANA AT HER WORKPLACE

                                                                                    

                                                                                   

 

What Evana came up with on our wedding anniversary

 

                               What Evana came up with on our wedding anniversary

                                                                         

                                                                               

                                                                             

 

Joke of the day SOS

 

Joke of the day

SOS

We had a strenuous trip yesterday. It was the engagement of my cousin Siju's daughter at Olakettiyamblam. Siju is the son of late Rev. P V John. The place is way off from  the Mavelikara - Kayamkulam Road. Preethi Convention Centre. You could reach the place only with the assist of a location chart. We had to negotiate a winding road 3 or 4 metres wide through the  interior contours of the village. It was three km long once we left the highway. The blessing was, it was not an uphill climb. We took the MC Road to the destination and as it had drained us we returned via the NH that was the icing. We were knocked out.

Morning, Lila prepared Puttu with a great effort. I wondered how she did it because we both were exhausted beyond salvation.

At times when the salt content in the preparations go up or down, I used to key in my input, that the Tata salt had a high content of salt or Tata salt had to be urgently purchased, without even lifting my little finger to lend her a hand in her toil.

Today, the suggestion was the latter. I said we had to tell Ashwin to bring at least 4kg of Tata salt immediately.

Lila enjoyed the joke. 

She has a high sense of humour.

She blurted out with a serious expression, "We have to tell David Joy Achen (in whose office I work) to keep the seminary office open all days."

When I probed whether she meant 365 days a year, she nodded in assent, Jeeves' style.

And Ann quipped, "If the Seminary is functioning, Papa would go off quickly, gulping down whatever is on the table without letting the taste buds run riot."

The humour we all enjoyed and we had a hearty laugh.

Perfect start to a beautiful Sunday.