I came across a very meaningful site which I want to share with all of you. The idea is so simple and that may be why it’s so effective.

The objective of this site is for you to “Learn Free Vocabulary & Give Free Rice“. Basically, you get to play a word game. For every word you get right, this non-profit site will donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger.

I donated 80 grains of rice today just by playing the word game.

Cool huh? I just couldn’t resist spreading the word for a meaningful cause…

In the following video animation, Alan Watts compares life with music, prompting me to reflect on the composition I have created thus far…

It’s so true. We get so caught up with life’s nitty gritty details that we often miss the overall picture. I remember quarreling with my ex-girlfriend frequently. Come to think of it, we were always arguing about the past and the future… simply because we had forgotten the most important thing then - The Present.

Life is not about reaching the ending point because we all know what lies in store for us there. It’s about enjoying the moment.

I’m glad Alan Watts reminded me of that. I hope you remember it too…

I guess the discussion over at Cobalt Paladin’s blog has gotten a little out of hand, so it’s time for me to say something.

I thought it was pretty obvious that “6 billion readers” was a deliberate sort of parody but from the looks of some of the comments in the entry, I guess I was wrong.

I have always been interested in social dynamics and it’s fascinating how a simple thing such as a purposefully modified feedburner image (credit: DeafMusician) can escalate into blatant personal attacks so quickly and easily. It never fails to amaze me, really.

That said, I would just like to clarify some things.

1) I was merely experimenting with the Law of Attraction. Most of you would have heard of the saying “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star“. Aiming for “6 billion readers” (equivalent to almost the entire world’s population) is silly, yes? So is mediocrity. That makes choosing that much simpler really.

2) This blog is only 4 months old. It’s a tad unfair to be bringing pagerank into the picture. However, since we are on that, I’m happy to announce that as of google’s last pagerank update, Personal Development for the Book Smart is up to PR3 now. =)

Lessons Learnt

1) Make things more obvious. Use the “because…” rule in psychology. Learn from Robert Cialdini.

2) Based on what has manifested so far, I must be extra careful with my thoughts.

Ooh one more…

3) Step in before things get out of hand, not after!

There we go…

P.S. Maybe I should rename this post “Law of Attraction gone wrong“. LOL…