What’s Your Ikigai?

Let me begin with an example. My job required me to wake up at 5 in the morning and leave home to be at my stop five minutes early. While waiting for my bus, I would see mendicants sleeping peacefully on the footpath, amidst the chaotic honking of the passing vehicles. It was still a good-night-sleep-tight sleep for those people. The parity between us could be the feeling of joy – doing something we enjoyed : the disparity would be the purpose of life. (I doubt if mendicants have any purpose.)

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Touch wood

We often say ‘touch wood’ when good things happen to us. But do we all know the origin of this word?

I didn’t know either until I thought of writing this blog. Ya, Google baba has answers to all our queries.

Here’s a brief insight into the origin of the word. (I am sure you do have 3 minutes more to read this short interesting piece of information.)

So, what about it? Why am I giving you unnecessary gyan? (Thinking out loud, hm.)

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