I wrote this essay when I was in my 30’s. This is as much I can reveal about my age as a woman’s vanity will permit.

Writing generates the excesses of emotions that sustain life. Writing unifies. And to write better, I learnt that I had to read more. So, in the summer of 2014 I went on a book reading binge. I read irrationally.

When I fell asleep on books, I dreamt heavily. Like any child, I have been taught to avoid being presumptuous. So, the absurdity and the gall of a recurrent dream prompts me to write it down. In that, I see myself walk to the stage and read a prepared speech.

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December 10th, 2044.

Stockholm City Hall, Sweden. 

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Growing up in India, I used to see street fights for a bucket of potable water. Even at a young age, I had understood that we were the privileged few that had ready access to clean water for our daily needs. Of course there were days and months where we had to store it because public water supply was restricted to few hours a day.

But, I’m not talking about something that happened 30 or 40 years ago. Many places like Malawi in Africa, and Flint, Michigan in America still lack access to clean water even in 2021.

According to World Vision, a global humanitarian organization, 844 million people lack basic drinking water access, more than 1 of every 10 people on the planet. Women and girls spend an estimated 200 million hours hauling water every day. The average woman in rural Africa walks 6 kilometers every day to haul 40 pounds of water.

See photos HERE. https://futurestrongacademy.com/even-in-2021-access-to-clean-water-is-a-luxury-in-flint-michigan-podcast/

One of the most difficult things a parent can do is continue living after the loss of a child. It shows us that, even after an insurmountable tragedy, we can find meaning in our life. 

In our grief, we often lose sight of what we still have. In our sadness, we ignore the people and occasions that still need us.

Here is the thing. We don't have to move on, we can carry our grief with us and continue to move forward together. 

In the end, our dignity lies in getting a sense of the ending, and letting go gracefully. 

How To Develop Courage:

Courage is a responsibility that we must inculcate in ourselves. So we can do our best to help ourselves to make our world a better place to live in. So we can help others to do the right thing even in the most difficult of times.

The Cultural Context of Courage:

All said and done, here’s something important about the concept of Courage. The truth is, we’re not even half as courageous as the mythical heroes we read about and our super heroes we see in movies. Similarly, the Western and Eastern cultures have their own thresholds for what acts of courage might look like. In most countries, culture determines to what extent the community goes to in the name of courage. Whether, you’re trying to fight the blues of a global Pandemic, or fighting off a 6th grade bully, or jumping into a pool to save a stranger’s life, or fighting off a cockroach in your bathroom, your courage is yours.

In the end, Courage is a Personal Choice. When was the last time you put a courageous face on?

Read more HERE. https://futurestrongacademy.com/courage-in-the-time-of-corona-and-covid-19/

"Take a closer look at the $24 million USD 11-carat pink diamond implanted in Lil Uzi Vert's forehead.." 2021 in for the long haul. - A User comment on Uzi's Twitter post. 

Read More HERE: https://futurestrongacademy.com/sorry-madagascar-lil-uzi-vert-is-busy-growing-a-fake-third-eye-video/

If you're pondering life's biggest mysteries like, "Who am I?" Or "What's the purpose of my beautiful life?", you're at the right place. Come, let's discover the answers together. 

Listen To The Epilogue HERE: Resolve Identity Crisis At Any Age And Make Peace With Your Unlived Life (Video)

Read more HERE: https://futurestrongacademy.com/its-time-to-unburden-yourself-from-yourself/

Studies show that 40% of teens say the adults in their lives are chronically distracted. It’s no surprise, addictive tech behaviors have become alarmingly evident.

The first thing we reach out to when we can even perceive the slightest hint of boredom is our phone. The last thing we kiss goodnight is usually a deeply personal digital device. The first thing we check on in the morning is our smart phone’s wellbeing and safety. Before we ingest the food on our plates, we must post it for strangers and friends miles and miles away to acknowledge and like it. We’ve more programs and content in our bucket list than we will be able to watch in our lifetime.

When describing the poverty of attention, Herbert Simon, the Nobel Prize winner for Economics in 1978 says, “What information consumes is the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”

The point is, how can there be anything on the other side of the screen that’s more important than what’s happening in our real lives in real time? Are we not living as if our busyness is just a proxy for our productivity? It’s in our hands to stop consuming everything that meets the eye, to take back the control and to stop living in the margins.

How is our future sustainable this way? How long will we continue to be stay zapped under a technology spell?

Forget all this. Here’s one question I want you to ask yourself. “Is technology enhancing my personal human capital, or depreciating it?”

Read More HERE: https://futurestrongacademy.com/ugh-why-is-my-smart-phone-so-addictive-well-here-is-the-lure-video/

Imagine dinner time at home and how you’re barking orders for everyone to come to the dinner table, but no one shows up. Let’s turn the tables, and now it’s you on your device and your children are trying their best to grab your attention.

As busy parents, we must constantly evolve if we have to stay relevant to modern times. And so must our digital habits. When we engage with our phones and not with our surroundings and the people around us, we’re signaling to our impressionable children that their surroundings and their friends are not that important or interesting.

Here are a few questions we can ask ourselves to stay in the present moment rather than getting sucked into our screens all times of the day.

1. Am I looking for something, could I be doing something meaningful at this moment?

Read more HERE: https://futurestrongacademy.com/feel-you-are-a-distracted-parent-heres-how-to-redeem-yourself/