tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post1692458445474813314..comments2024-03-27T03:57:15.929+05:30Comments on Time and Tide: It is faith that keeps us all goingPradeep Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-30038368057913583362007-01-14T20:12:00.000+05:302007-01-14T20:12:00.000+05:30I have a natural instinct to trust unless I have a...I have a natural instinct to trust unless I have a strong reason not to - but my faith is more often shaken than sustained.<br />Nice piece.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-30082338247838531832007-01-14T17:12:00.000+05:302007-01-14T17:12:00.000+05:30-- Kishore:
Thank you. Wish you the same.
-- Nari...-- Kishore:<br />Thank you. Wish you the same.<br /><br />-- Nariyal<br />Well, I never thought this could be linked to blogs<br /><br />-- Payyans:<br />Vasudevan Sir does come out with such beauties!<br /><br />-- Riyaz:<br />Thanks for the greetings. Probably next time you come to Bangalore, we can meet up.<br /><br />-- Rajesh:<br />Yes, faith plays such a huge role in our every day lives. We in fact take it so much for granted.Pradeep Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-48896898298064537142007-01-14T08:06:00.000+05:302007-01-14T08:06:00.000+05:30dear pradeep,i could connect to your post on faith...dear pradeep,i could connect to your post on faith.recently i took a letter, actually a prereciept of provident fund of my relative who just passed away.i took it directly to the concerned desk in a huge office. as i requested the clerk to sign a reciept,he refused saying that in that case i would have to take it 9floors down to inward it at mail section.being a gov servant i knew how long will that inwarded letter take to wind its way up to the ninth floor and that was exactly what i wanted to avoid.i decided to raise the levels to speak to his officer.its from him i relearned 'faith'.he requested me to trust him,and that loss of documents could take place whether inwarded or not and just a reciept may become 'legal' but isnt a guarantee against loss.i had to agree to that fact albeit with some embarassment for having mistrusted his system.<br /><br />in my job we entrust one man to look out through a persicope and we pin our lives on the trust that he does that sincerely. <br /><br />in a low tech-every day context when we get in an autorickshaw,we give the responsibility of our safety to that man who has the handle bar.you wouldnt have seen him before you may not see him again.no reciepts no affidavits.we hop in and go.similar is the case of flights,trains and buses.faith happens here too where lives can be at stake in everyday events.<br /><br />does this mean absolute unconditional eternal faith?what do we do when our faith is breached.like when a letter is lost or some one dies due to an error in operations(surgical or otherwise).there is often a temporary lapse of faith.how long and how severe should be this loss of faith.or should we remain steadfast on this path of faith more than ever?. that i guess remains a dilemma to me.<br /><br />i have observed that faith redeems the loss to a great degree-provided every thing humanly possible has been done right.thats the trade off for faith.<br /><br />rajeshAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04476729421482258846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-47860448508372962752007-01-10T06:12:00.000+05:302007-01-10T06:12:00.000+05:30Very well written. Fully agree. Many times we coul...Very well written. Fully agree. Many times we could be creating dishonesty. But if you lean too much on faith, you might be creating a possibility of mistrust... <br /><br />Happy new year to you. Sorry could not contact you since I cancelled my Bangalore tripMuhammad Riyazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189018079359830582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-23894310154234397192007-01-05T13:58:00.000+05:302007-01-05T13:58:00.000+05:30Reminds me of a "Vasudevan sir quotation" - "Belie...Reminds me of a "Vasudevan sir quotation" - "Believe everyone till they give you a reason not to". I am not sure if in this day and age that is practical.Payyanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00022321630870693825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-46876772130050028132007-01-03T19:52:00.000+05:302007-01-03T19:52:00.000+05:30Well "Faith is to believe in what we do not see; a...Well "Faith is to believe in what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe" . Was just connecting this with blogs and was comparing it with the personality that you can derive through the personal posts made by a blogger . <br /><br />P S:I saw this in Times of India in Delhi yesterday :) and was thinking it could be you . OOpz my hunch turned right :).N A R I YA L C H U T N E Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02604417510164019594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-74693684464975407632007-01-02T18:05:00.000+05:302007-01-02T18:05:00.000+05:30Happy New Year! :)Happy New Year! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com