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TO LIVE OR TO DIE

By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you

WORDS OF WISDOM

1. ON EARNING: Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second chance. 2. ON SPENDING: If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need. 3. ON RATINGS: Do not save What is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving. 4. ON TAKING RISK: Never test the depth of a river with both feet. 5. ON INVESTMENT: Do not put all eggs in one basket. 6. ON EXPECTATIONS: Honesty is very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people. 7. If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. Past is a waste paper. Present is a newspaper and future is a question paper. 8. When bad things happen in your life you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you or you can let it strengthen you. 9. Empty pockets teach you a million things in life but full pockets spoils you in a million ways. 10. Our eyes are in the front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back. 11. We used a pencil when we were small but now we use pens... do you know why? Because mistakes in childhood can be erased but not now. So read and write carefully otherwise life will be a tissue paper.

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