Stress Management

Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 04

Qasim gets to the treasure, but can he get it out?

Stressed minds make mistakes. Mistakes can be fatal.

Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 25

Alibaba goes to the secret cave when thieves make no more moves.

What he finds, changes his life forever.

"Senior Management is happy as it believes the workforce has become efficient, customers are happy because they believe the company is delivering value for money, and workers won't squeal because they need jobs. Whoever bells the cat, won't be making any friends. So, I guess for the moment, we have a stalemate."

"As long as he pretends that you are getting a fair wage", she responded, "you can pretend you're working hard. Outlast him."

"See, I can't even see what is so obvious to you. I am like these coffee beans soiling whatever they touch and completely useless thereafter."

"Wish I were more like these other two, still holding their own after all their troubles."

“I won’t forget to smile”, he said, nuzzling her lovingly “as I face my fears. But do you know how to protect yourself against lightning strikes?”

His face was serious again. She didn’t know what she would do when the crash came, but it didn’t matter.

“Will you leave us to beg on the streets?” Isha turned her face away in anguish, “while you illuminate the world. Why must Yashodharā always pay the price of Siddharth’s enlightenment?”

Her world was falling apart, and she with it. Rosh felt pity. He knew how hard it was going to be for her.

Insightful story: Memoirs Of An Intern

Hosh panics on his first night shift during his Trauma elective when compressing a wound doesn’t arrest patient bleeding.

Funny tragic story: Rejecting Rejection

A necessary survival skill in the modern world.

How Rosh learns to deal with his New Zealand job rejection letters…

Rosh waited. She came over and melted in his arms. Despite being depleted, he grew more aware of her.

Slowly, hesitatingly, she began.

Quietly he lay, staring at the white hospital ceiling. It was a plain canvas, unlike his own life. If only life could be as uncluttered as ceilings were.

His life had been full. Made full by his own ambition and effort. It had been a life of becoming.

Liam O'Flaherty story: The Sniper

Irish Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war in the 1920s.

A sniper hunted from a Dublin rooftop on a dark night

Insightful story: This Too Shall Pass

Shakir taught the Sufi fakir that fate doesn't care whether a person is good or bad.

Life is about constant change.

‘What do we work for?’ Rosh reflects, when his son tries to buy an hour of his time.

For money, or for the ability to spend our time & money with our loved ones...