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The title is an answer to one of humanities Big questions: What will make me happy ? Anyone who pursues happiness (which is everyone) knows for a fact that there is no one thing that will keep a person happy forever. As a matter of fact, in most of our experience the average longevity of a happiness is utmost a few days. Think about, winning a competition, getting a job, making a discovery, etc. Yet, the human spirit refuses to resign to contentment; it longs for something bigger, better. So that beckons the question: What is it that we really seek ? ...

Yesterday I read an article in the https://www.thereligionteacher.com/ which talked about apathy as the #1 enemy of catechists. I cannot agree more personally.

What is love ? Is it something true and real ? God is Love and hence Love has all the qualities of God – it is true, good and beautiful. Being made in the image and likeness of God, we share in God’s Love. Only two persons can love and in that love there is always the lover and the beloved. God loved us first and thereby taught us to love. ...

I have been blessed to catechise children for 3 years now. I am writing to share what I felt were the most important things to remember of being a catechist. Most of what I share were learnt, and I continue to do so as I wrestle with the challenges of living the faith. I am thankful to the loving ones who lead me with their light. So, why do I catechize and why is it hard at times ? ...

With the awesome demo of Google Duplex I/O 2018, I got another chance to think about AI and the future. While a lot of buzz may be made about this technology, I was trying to get my finger on what may be the true potential of this technology and how it may get integrated into our everyday lives. For one, the top level consumer IT products such as those from Google are already making use of AI. One example is that of Google Photos and it’s ability to search in images with astounding ease and accuracy. However, beyond that, I must confess I make little use of AI in my day-to-day life. ...

To apply the metaphor of war to life is not something I personally like. However, I felt inspired to think that way today; and what I saw was very comforting. Read on and enjoy this report from the battlefield ! The warring powers: Father in Heaven (perhaps “God” is His most popular name), Satan (Warlord, Ruler of Hell) Commanders: Jesus (Second person of the Trinity, the only begotten son of the Father), Satan (emperor himself commands the army) ...

In my mind, humility is an essential virtue necessary to progress in studies. Imagine the study of Mathematics. The more earnestly you pursue the more you find what you don’t know. This can be a agonizingly intimidating and disorienting experience. Those are the times when you realize that if just understanding what is already known is difficult, how more would it be to contribute to the unknown. Do I, with my modest abilities, even have a place in the tall order of the truly gifted people ? What good can be a student if he has lost the motivation to proceed. ...

Look at politics and a sense of hopelessness fills. How could we end up with people with nothing but personal interests be our leaders ? A lot more other questions. I believe, changing is present is a frustrating task and to a large extend futile in itself. What is more rewarding and feasible is to invest in the next generation through education – in other words invest in the future.

I wanted to have a picture of the title posted; then thought of copyrights and decided I will simple leave a link to google search here. Career choices are hard to make; In the moment it always seems like a lot of anticipation and uncertainty. At the same time, when looking at some one else’s history it always looks so natural. The topic of this post is not to analyze this phenomenon or to give a reasoning for it; instead to share how a person of faith may approach the same situation. ...

(This is the first post in the “Hello Mathew” series. The aim of this series is to share the richness of a professional software engineer’s life with budding engineers. I hope that some of the experiences I share will encourage others to embrace programming as their passion) Data Structures and Algorithms are essential topics in most software engineering job interviews (at least in the early years). However, this is an aspect of the profession that is sometimes overlooked. It’s especially true with people who came to programming through a “build it” approach. Think of what draws you the most to programming. Is it that you can build amazing things in the computer ? If so, contrast with someone else for whom programming is more about solving difficult puzzles or tasks. There are higher chances that a “build it” person might overlook the topic of algorithms. ...