This book emerges from an extraordinarily light-filled partnership between daughter and father, namely Mukta Panda and Shyam Parashar. Their shared delight for literature, philosophy, creation, and learning, fueled through many seasons by great mutual love and respect, now bears fruit to inspire a wider audience. Here, in an intricate weaving of highly readable wisdom sayings, written responses, and reflections, the reader will discover uplifting challenge, assurance, encouragement, and frequent Aha! moments to enrich daily and seasonal life.
– Yvonne Rittenhouse, Cleveland, TN, USA
Mukta Panda and Shyam Parashar offer the nurturing and paradoxical balance of daughter-father and modern-timeless wisdom. Their shared conversation invites us to discover insights, but also to take heart and take action. That cumulative insight is how we find courage and resilience through our own seasons. This book is a lovely gift to hold their conversation, which I hope continues in its virtual way for a long time as well.
– Shelly Francis, Communications Director, Center for Courage & Renewal
Co-author of The Courage Way: A Leaders’ Guide to
Cultivating Authenticity, Wholeness and Meaning (2018)
The quotes and the reflections teach us not to take any blessings for granted. They teach us to count our blessings rather than count our troubles. The book mirrors extraordinary minds and springs eternal hope. The book is an excellent reflection of wise and meditative minds. The dialogues never fail to usher summers of hope and joy or to dispel winters of discontent and agony. To any reader, one can do no better than quote Anthony Liecione, “If you are reading this, be sure to count this on your blessings list”.
– Dr. Sangeeta Mahesh Sonak
Centre for Environment and Natural Resource Management,
St Inez, Panaji, Goa, 403001, India
This is truly a unique book where father and daughter are in an introspective, ruminative duet taking us with them on a beautiful journey of inner thoughts. It is a book that makes us pause in the middle of a busy day to take time to contemplate and muse over our own convictions. The thoughts reverberate in our hearts long after we have read the pages, to create our own inner awareness. It is a book that makes us grow and find our own words. A delightful book that one can return to again and again, at any time, on any page.
– Indrani Jönsson, Sweden
