God’s Jigsaw Puzzle

19 Thursday Mar 2015

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Reblogged posts, Spirituality, This month That year

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atheist, death, exams, God, luck, memory, mercy, messenger, Mumbai bomb blasts, Savior

An exam, an error, a delay …God’s larger plan via a stroke of bad luck? Reblogging my favorite post from This month That year. March 2014 Read on …

Impractical Dreamer: Sweety Shinde

Circa 1993 . H.S.C exams. Biology, my favorite paper. Every answer on my fingertip; and from there fluidly onto the answer paper. The giddy bubbly feeling when everything is sailing smooth. Life is perfect!

My answers fill Main plus 3 extra sheets. I crosscheck my roll number and hand over the paper bang on time. I stroll out with a silly smug smile hovering over my lips. As I collect my bag, Disaster strikes! I have forgotten

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Book Review : 13 Steps to bloody good luck. Ashwin Sanghi

04 Sunday Jan 2015

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Constructive Criticism: Book reviews

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Ashwin Sanghi, book review, confidence, criticism, fear, inspiring, luck, motivation, opportunity, risk

Good luck and 13 ?

Triskaideaphobia – the fear of number 13, is rampant in hotel rooms, in aeroplane flight seatings, in the quest for ‘auspicious days’ and in Friday the 13th.

Ashwin Sanghi deliberately flaunts ‘13 rules’ as a thumbs down for superstition. He re-defines luck from ‘chance’ to ‘choice’ and from ‘destiny’ to ‘definitely achievable’, from ‘trial and error’ to ‘trainable’ and from ‘probable’ to ‘practical’.

Genre: Non-Fiction.