I decided to add this new section onto the web site for various reasons. The site already talks about my take on Humanity and on Spirituality. However on a daily basis how does this Humanity and on Spirituality fit in. To me, by firstly living good lives and secondly by knowing where our rewards truly come from. This I always felt provided me with good parameters to live my life within (though not always possible, but yes for a vast percentage it does help me be who I am). When times have been rough, I have questioned either my inner light, the divine forces or God almighty to guide me, and I have often got the lead that I was seeking. The answer comes in various forms, all we need to do is look and listen. In my personal life, one of the main messengers that bring me my lessons are the children in my world. The Messenger is my third topic that I am currently conceiving in my talks to the world. Here they are, in brief, for you.

Humanity & Success

Does one have to compromise on Humanity to become successful? Shame on you, if you said yes to that. We evolve, become doctors, artist etc as we grow and learn these fields. We becomes very good at these things that we learn as we grow. What about the things that we have always had within us? God's own flavours of love, goodness and humanity? Who said that we need to drop these from our baskets of wisdom to accommodate academic or worldly knowledge? So my dear fellow mortals, go ahead, get all the success that you seek, emotionally and monetarily, but take your humanity, your love and your goodness with you along that path. Here are five steps that I suggest

1) Have a dream – Remember great men became great because they dared to dream. This could be anything from buying a new car, villa to taking your family on a world cruise. This is YOUR dream.

2) Keep YOUR dream YOURS. If you want to achieve your dream, YOU will have to work hard towards achieving it. Don't think that you can pass on the dirty or hard work to someone else. There is a layer of divinity associated with this dream and the moment you pass the hard/dirty work to someone else, the divinity gets diluted and perhaps eventually disappears.

3) Keep the purity alive – By this I mean that you will not cheat, you will not backstab and you will not take credit for something that you did not work towards. Don't stamp on someone else to reach your dreams. God is watching, God is listening and God is most merciful.

4) God – Have the faith. Offer your hard work, your gratitude and the smaller mile stone victories to God in equal surrender. God is your only partner in this mission, regardless of the fact that the fruits will be shared with your family and/or other loved ones.

5) Never stop partying. What I mean here is that you must never let this struggle to achieve your goal control you life to the extent that you forget your own self, you family and your world. So make the time for yourself, your family and your world, coz remember they are the smaller blessings given to you, and you must make the time to appreciate them.

The Unsung Hero

The Unsung hero to me is about ALL of us. So many a times we do so much for others, specially our families and friends, and we never get appreciated. Like a mother sho does all the chores in the house, and how many people in that house notice that? Like a father who works all day long to put food on the table, a television in the living room, how many times do we let him watch something of his choice? Haven't you been there? Now I know it's very difficult to digest this, but I truly believe that if you realize that you are a part of this world, just a part of it, you have a role to play and yes there is just one great director watching you from the heavens, then you would know that the others around might make you feel happy or sad by what they say or do, or the lack of it, but your real reward comes from the director yeah? So, be practical and try my dearest brothers and sisters not to let those who do not appreciate you or take you for granted, bring you down in spirit. If you can avoid them do so. Always remember, my Unsung Hero, your reward awaits you on a level that you can't imagine.

The Messenger

Children – Look at them. See how they don't know jealousy, they don't understand hatred, they are full of mischief – like little naughty angels. Now look at them when they go out of the house, to a park for example. See their faces light up just seeing the outdoors. Now look at them beam in happiness when they see their fellow children playing. They want to go an be a part of it, they want to go and play with them. Why? Because they connect within themselves. What happened to us grown ups? Some of us have even forgotten to smile. Smile for an entire day to everyone, not expecting a smile back. See how you feel.

I would love you all to write to me about this LIFE thingy that I am going on about. Share with me your feelings on this, enlighten me, help me see a bigger picture that perhaps I haven't seen, and in return I hope that I too can touch your lives. Like little children at park, let's at least try and smile at each other, not even knowing our names, but yet feeling so connected with each other. Have we, as adults, really lost that purity? I hope not. I have talked about these to youth and corporate audiences, in person and on local radio, and I would love to share it with you'll. I can be reached at info[at]tagorealmeida[dot]com