“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”-Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen( APJ) Abdul Kalam was born in a small village to a boat owner and his wife. At an early age he was selling newspapers to help his family sustain themselves. His first dream to become a fighter pilot was […]
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Kalam- The Extraordinary True Story that inspired Billions
Posted: 22nd August 2015 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: APJ Abdul, birth, cardiac, essence, failure, human, kalam, life, mark, missile man, nation, nuclear, students, teacher, touch
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The Little and Big Joys of Life
Posted: 5th December 2014 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: big, charity, child, coffee, dog, dream, existential, failure, father, happiness, happy, her, hungry, journey, joy, kindness, life, little, lost, love, music, nephew, petrichor, purpose, random, realize, road, smile, stranger, wanderer
The smile from a random stranger in return to a genuine smile from you. Conversations with strangers in a language you don’t even understand but the kindness and warmth of that conversation beams a universal message of good will. Finding the one when you weren’t even looking. In the process finding the questions to your […]
The Adventure
Posted: 25th November 2014 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: adventure, ascetic, blame, brethren, certainty, countless, day, extremes, failure, forges, friends, glory, heartbeat, humour, joy, joyous, marriage, men, priest, spirit, strange, success, unknown, vows, winter
On a clear winter night he ventured further into the unknown. Despite his love of adventure and a spirit tempered in the forges of extremes of failure and success he was still shaking inside with a curious mix of joy and trepidation. He was prepared for the unpredictable dangers that lurked on this path he […]