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Resilience

In the spirit of women in recent public eye who have stood by their partner through thick and thin... Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the presidential candidate John Edwards was on the news lately after the much publicized affair of John Edwards. She has recently published a book 'Resilience' that talks about her life thus far, her fight with cancer and also her relationship with her husband and how it has evolved. I listened to her interview, in which she talks with so much clarity and explains how she reacted to the affair and how she and her husband are coping with it.  In part of her conversation she says  “ He made this one mistake, so do I throw out all the good stuff and say, ‘That doesn’t matter, only this matters?" She mentioned that he (John) had a weakness for a brief moment which he is trying to overcome and neither can abandon their life and kids that they so carefully put together. She explained how it takes work and commitment to stay in a relationship for a long...

small gestures...

I left for school early this morning as always... There is this little kid in the house opposite where I live, and he is usually riding his little bike overlooked by his nanny.... I've seen quite a few times before, but today he called out and said HI ! and I replied hello with a smile.... It just brightened my day.... It is surprising how small gestures can go a long way... 

What's in a name?

It's 12.53 am, what am I doing up so late..... checking on my laptop to make sure I can plug it in so it doesn't die on my running matlab code....  And then I began to wonder, out of no where about times, when you read a name in the paper, or on t.v or  were even introduced to someone and you thought... "Man his parents must be out to get him/her, having named them so..." There were quite a few instances, who can miss "Dick wolf" the producer of Law and Order, "Dick Cheney"... (an apt name to spring up at midnight, :P) And then I began to wonder, what does my name really mean, so I looked it up.... "Priya" means loveable or darling, and "Shilpa" means perfectly made, to sum it all up, my parents called me a darling so perfectly made... I don't know about perfect, but just the thought that they gave me one that means so much makes me feel special and wonderful. Anyways, lookup yours and you might be pleasantly surprised, or m...