Harison Xavier

"If the horses are drinking, drink that water. The horse will never drink dirty water."   "Roll out your bed where the cat sleeps. The cat will not sleep in a noisy place."  "Eat worm infested fruits. Worms do not bite poisonous fruits." "Eat mushrooms where insects sit. Poisonous mushrooms are not eaten by insects." "The tree can be planted in the pit dug by the rabbits. The tree will flourish." "Dig a well where the birds rest to avoid the heat and you will definitely get water." "Sleep when birds are asleep and wake up when they are awake. Everything you touch will succeed."   "Swim in the water like a fish. When you walk on land, you will feel like a fish when they are in water." "Often look up at the sky. Light and clarity will be born in your thoughts."  "Be very calm and talk a little. Silence will beat in your heart. Your soul will always be at peace." "Eat more natural food...

I am lucky, I am safe, I am here  I am able to breath, I am able to see, I am able to hear I am able to feel, I am able to taste, I can speak I am at the present, I am blessed. Life have been very tough. It could have been worse Yet here I am moving on. I have been cheated and abused, It could  have been worse Yet here I am falling forward. Failed,  embarrassed, lost and wounded Still holding on to that twig Never let go, hold just a bit longer I tell myself, we will survive. 

Trees and Sky - Just trying my photography skills     I am happy. Am I lying to myself? I am confused but recently I have been spending more time observing things around me - the clouds, the cool breeze, tree leaves and tall grasses moving along with it, beautiful sunny days and occasional rain, animals and birds. Observing all this I ask myself : Why didn’t I see them before? Where was I?  Life is beautiful.  After a long time I am back in my hometown and I am happy here, parents and friends so close to me and I could eat the most delicious home cooked food.  So peaceful and silent nature, it is a gift to people who spend a very long time in cities.  The hugs and friendly fights with friends, spending time with them, eating out and sitting silently at the cliff watching the city below.  All is colourful but I must say that I am also going through a tough time. It's been awhile since I felt completely peaceful inside. I am concerned about 100 things ab...

   Ebenezer Mamabolo  I would like to share about someone. A man I know but never met in person, he is a certified and licensed facilitator, coach, speaker and teacher with The John Maxwell Team. We have a long story behind our small friendship.  It was in the year 2014, I was going through a tough day. All my plans have failed and I was lost, that day evening after dinner, I was depressed and sad about how hard life has been lately. I couldn’t make a decision. Alone in my room, the very room where I am writing this blog. That night I logged in to Facebook and there was a group for people who were depressed and sad. The group was filled with a lot of people sharing their problems. So  I shared my problems and thoughts too, after a few mins  came a comment to my post, it was King Ebby from South Africa. Isn’t it a miracle?  The technology these days, we could talk with people around the world in real time.   An encouraging message to me t...

It's Just A Drink  My thoughts on a problem that we are facing for more than few thousand years. Yes, Alcohol. I am writing this to find where we can stand when it comes to drinking, and if we could find a middle ground. I am trying to come to a conclusion using the stories of few of my friends and from the books and experiences of people. You might have heard this before, "it's just a drink", "just this one drink", "this is the last one" , "One last peg" , "I am stopping this today".  I have seen many of my friends who say this, they all wanted to stop at some point, but they never did or never could. They all started drinking just for fun or relaxation. Relaxation from what? A few were going through a very tough time in their lives. I had my first taste of alcohol when I was very young at the age less than ten. My dad poured a bit in a glass and mixed it with a lot of water and told me to taste it. It was so bitter. Yuck! We h...

      She untied the knot of her spinal brace belt for her back pain in the morning. I did not feel anything special as it was one or two years since I started hearing the story of this pain. As usual, I said, let's go to the hospital. I know her pain will go away. She refused because she knows very well that I have no cash. I have taken her to the hospital once before because I could not bear to hear her pain. Then the doctor said she needed an MRI scan. On hearing this she was the first to come out saying that it needs ten thousand more rupees. I couldn't afford it back then too.  Then her usual dialogue was  "I am in pain!! " and my usual response was "Let's  go to the hospital." Today without any hesitation she was ready to leave and I got ready too. When we got there, the doctor wrote me some tests. When the final result came, the doctor said with a sigh that she had cancer inside her spine. At first I did not understand what I heard. When I look...

  One evening my mother made dinner after a hard day's work. She put a plate of eggs, salad and burnt toast in front of my father I immediately noticed, the burnt toast and, I was waiting to see if he was going to complain about it, but my father started to eat them, smiling and asked me how I spent my day at school. My mom apologized to my dad for the burnt toast. I will never forget his response to her: "Honey, I love burnt toast!" Later when I went to bed and my dad came over to kiss me goodnight, I asked him if he really liked the burnt toast? He hugged me and said, "Your mother has had a difficult day and she is really tired. She went out of her way to prepare this meal for us, why blame her and hurt her. "Burnt toast never hurt anyone; but words can be very painful! " We have to know how to appreciate what others do for us, even if it's not perfect, because it's the intention to do well that counts, and no one is perfect. -John Thiessen I lov...

I had a very productive and engaging sales management class today, I was so happy about the task we got  today from Giridaran sir, which is to find 10 or more negotiation techniques or lessons from a short video clip from the movie The Godfather. I was hooked. I have both read this book and also watched the movie. The following 10 lessons I learned on negotiation from the movie.    Intro : One of the best movies in the history of cinema by Maria Puzo, still considered the best. However I love the book better, the movie could not come up to the level of the book so is the case with most movies. But still the movie is something special and there is something more than just a movie.    After watching the above video I came up with the below points.  1. Always negotiate at the position of power : Vito calls Sollozzo to Vito’s place where Sollozzo is playing at Vito’s home ground so the Sollozzo don’t have any power over Vito. This is a key method to use while n...

Yes. I am doing it again. This is the third article or post I am writing something related to death, here I want to talk about all the people that are at rest or that passed away. Future is one of my favorite topics, I am always interested and also fascinated to know more about the future. The final event of my life will be facing my death. I will be just gone and the world will never see me again.  Mind-blowing isn't it. We all will be gone from this beautiful world someday. Yet we are still here now complaining and fighting. I always wonder about the people who have gone before us. I wonder where they are now, if they have a soul or an afterlife. Should they be around here somewhere? Who could ever leave such a beautiful earth behind. What is more beautiful out there than earth’s nature?  Dear Herbert Fingarette, I know you are long gone. I just wanted to say thank you for your lessons on life. I was moved by your story from the  video.  It would have been a privil...

  I wrote the above title about  three months ago and now it is September. I didn't want to write about it because  something tells me this is just the tip of the iceberg. Yes. this is a rant on things that could have been done before in the past effectively. Yet for some reasons we didn't do it.  I wanted to reach out to people and make them understand how serious the situation is.  I know most people are perfectly heathy and they will not die due to Corona. Yet we can't risk loosing our older generation to this disaster, that should not happen due to our irresponsibility. For the past 6 months I am spending my days in a room alone away from friends and family, I definitely want to see my family and be with them but due to many reason I don't want to go there at this time also on top of that I may risk bringing Corona to my home. I don't want to do that. I have done enough.  Recently I read an article by Muralee Thummarukudy, he is the Chief of Disaster Ri...