Spring Leaves

About the Book

Spring Leaves is a booklet of musings intending to offer easily adoptable homilies to enable one to lead a good, peaceful, and happy life. It comes with concise catchy tips like “the best way to be happy is to try to make others be;” “take life as it comes;” “think good, do good, be good; that’s how thy life should be;” “anything can happen to anyone or anything, anytime, anywhere;” “to expect no problems in life is like wishing no traffic on the road when you drive;” and “no one comes into the world with a green card (that enables permanent stay in USA); for all come only on visitor’s visa”. Innumerable musings are presented on topics of happiness, individual, people, world, God, life, worry, death, etc. At random, the reader can turn to any page and find something to make one feel better and face life with confidence and optimism.

About the Author

Dr. Krishna M. Gutala of Hyderabad, India, had a brilliant academic career. Winner of two gold medals in his Bachelor’s in Engineering, he did Master’s in IIT Bombay, and, Doctorate in Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, USA, under a UNESCO Grant. He served for nearly three decades in Osmania Univ Engg College , holding responsible positions. Krishna Gutala has been deeply interested in religious literature and Monistic philosophy. He composed about forty poems in English in diverse themes. His effort has been mainly towards not only understanding the wisdom of our ancient scriptures, but how to implement them in our daily lives. To put into practice the oft heard adage: what matters in life is not what happens, but how one reacts to it. How to take life as it comes, take it easy, and how to keep one’s cool, even under the most strenuous circumstances, and in strengthening our internal defense potential. He believes that assimilating and implementing the lessons from Geetha, is the best panacea in life.