I was having dinner with some friends a couple of weeks ago when the discussion suddenly got heated up. The subject at hand was society and how we should only be hanging out with people of the same “social standing”. I was [...]
I was having dinner with some friends a couple of weeks ago when the discussion suddenly got heated up. The subject at hand was society and how we should only be hanging out with people of the same “social standing”. I was [...]
“The source of life is within you. If you remain in touch with that source, everything about you will be beautiful.” – Sadhguru I didn’t want to share my whole experience in one single post, for fear of boring [...]
“If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough. ” – Mario Andretti I work in finance and as all know, the famous idiom goes “without risk there is no reward”. There are simply no [...]
“And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Having lived far from my [...]
I often wish I could go back to 17-year-old Dana and tell her to flip off those dickheads in school that picked on her, and just walk away shrugging her shoulders. But she had to learn it the hard way. Now that I’ve matured a [...]
I have the pleasure of living in the wonderfully cosmopolitan city of Dubai. Many people complain that it isn’t culturally aware and diverse enough. Yet a lot is being done to change that with the likes of Art Dubai and Design [...]
I love my phone. And when I mean phone, I clearly mean my cell phone, or as Europeans put it, my “mobile”. How else would I be able to draft this post during my lunch break? Or message my best friend who lives and works [...]
Tinder. Boy, oh boy, oh boyssss…. If you’re married, or living under a rock, you may not have heard of Tinder. Otherwise, you’re probably on it. Basically Tinder is a mobile app that allows you to swipe right if you [...]
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The beginning of my spiritual journey
“Joy is a natural phenomenon. Misery is your creation.” – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev I’ll start off by saying I’m sorry. Sorry but not sorry. I wish I could divulge all the wonderful spiritual teachings I [...]