1. They say nothing succeeds like success and failure is the stepping stone to success.. So either way you succeed – and somehow that seems to me a farce.
2. I have for ever dissented kiss-ups and have always believed in the virtues of honesty and integrity and this* happensL.
3. Life hits me hard in my face in so many ways and I want to cry real bad.. but at the same time, I’m the happiest person in the world because my niece was born on Monday!... I know this is not a good welcome speech, but she’s never gonna read it. Anyway, WELCOME SHARADA!!!! J

*In retrospect, I think it would possibly be wiser to celebrate the living.. I just remembered my cousin in the army who embodies these qualities and about the times he told me he’d heard of his own death being broadcast on the radio in Poonch..But that didn’t deter him and he is alive (touch wood) and making that difference.. So maybe it is wrong to let one incident change your beliefs.