Triples and Congruence

Triples and the congruence of triples are recurring patterns in life. Here are a few ( a random collection).

Mother, Father and Teacher
In India there is a saying Mother, Father and Teacher are your visible Gods. They also happen to be your first teachers. I did not realize it at that time, but this is one of the earliest triples I recall learning about.

Subject, Predicate, Object
Subject, Predicate, Object are the components of a universal triple that form most of the statements.

Kartha, Karma, Kriya
In Sanskrit, Kartha – the doer of action, Karma – the action, and Kriya – the deed, are the basic components of a sentence too.

Heard in Yahoo Groups

About a month ago, some kind soul posted “Three Things” in a yahoo group called Fun and Fun Only.

Time, Words, Opportunity
Three things in life that, once gone, never come back. I understand the bit about time. Never seem to have enough of it now. Yet when I was younger there used to be endless summers of boredom. While time may not come back, you can actually go back in time in memories.

Love, Self-confidence, Friends
Three things in life that are most valuable. I tend to agree. But I am little surprised about the order.

Heard From a Friend

I heard from my friend Naren Kini, a couple of triples with congruence. From a comment on What Really Matters by Naren.

Thoughts that inspire, Actions we love, Results that give meaning to life
We need to be driven by congruence of 3 circles. Often these 3 may be different. When I carefully reflect on all these 3 what distills out is congruence of 3 which is enlightened me totally in JOY & AT PEACE.

Competence, Passion, Drivers
At an organizational level:

1. what is that in which we have competence to be world class.
2. what is that product/ process about which we are passionate.
3. what drives economic engine of organization.
Often these 3 may be different. When we carefully reflect on all these 3 what distills out is congruence of 3 which is enlightened ORGANISATION totally in JOY & AT PEACE which is roaring to go come what may.

The techie triples

The triples in a techie world (could not resist this one):

Simplicity, Predictability, Extensibility
Three qualities of software

Laziness, Impatience, Hubris
The virtues of a programmer from Larry Wall

Subject, Predicate, Object
These are called RDF Triples used in the framework for the Semantic Web