Where we start from and how we start decides a large part of where we are going to reach, so start cherishing what is there now. Often the flow of things is so overpowering we forget to relish the sheer joy of the moment itself. We are so much engrossed in getting the results we seldom enjoy the process altogether. The hectic schedules and the habit of meeting the deadlines and beating the clock has in a way washed off our nature of living and feeling things in life. Imagine how many times your favorite things which you loved doing earlier now appear as just a task to be accomplished. How many times did you actually felt the things you were doing? Not really, not at all in recent past.
There was a time when I used to be so enthusiastic about life and when I look back I feel whatever I have today was something I longed for. It was a dream to achieve most of what I have today. The job, the family, the independence, the verbosity, the vivacity, the ability to do what I want to do, responsibility everything was an objective of my life. And now when I have achieved a large part of it, I seek more and do not value or cherish what I have. Well, that is the point don’t know why we youngsters are in such a hurry, We spend or spoil most important and vital part of our lives a significant portion of our youth longing for something more and never enjoy what we own. A simple example is of all the girls who are in their early twenties, when they look stunning, they don the most beautiful jewel of their lives which is youth. But in rush for career, dating, finding the right man, marriage they develop stress and also sheathe their beauty in makeup. Makeup, more makeup and some more makeup which eventually spoils the skin, the beauty and by the time they reach late twenties the stress, shrewdness and maturity shows on their faces. Have you ever wondered why some people always look so young, innocent and childlike because they keep their innocence intact. Having right and positive feelings keeps them forever fresh. I know one such girl in my office and the only reason she looks so childish is because she wears a heart that’s good. Pressure, stress, hurry, complaints and difficulties would always be there in our lives. But that doesn't mean we should stop living. Yeah, I feel most of us are technically happy but not truly happy. We are not living lives we are just spending lives. Uncompleted tasks, un-achieved dreams, incomplete relationships and latent desires often kill the softness in us however remember there is a child in all of us. Have you ever noticed a 5 year old enjoying things, the best part is the child does not have many expectations from the thing, he is not judgmental about the thing, he doesn't start digging in deep and finding faults in the thing and thus enjoys his time with ease and comfort. As we grow we develop the habit of scrutinizing people and ignore their circumstances. And this takes away the joy, the enjoyment and the happiness of the moment. Egos, clashes, expectations, all kill relationships, moments and eventually life. So never leave loose ends in life. Always try to make up.., Don’t lose people in your life they are important even you no longer have any benefit from them. I have found one mantra for happiness and calmness in last week and that’s IGNORE negativity and don’t expect people to be always consenting to your viewpoint, Enjoy the process without bothering too much about the results, because if you are doing things with honesty and commitment then results would always turn out to be good. MOMENTS are the most important thing in life and we need to live each moment in such a way that they become memories. You can’t create memories if you are always rushing. Be fast in life but have time for relationships, people and children and everything in your life, you might be in hurry for a meeting but never forget to smile back to the colleague who helped you in accomplishing the assignment. You might be too busy in life, but do not skip that one call you make to your mom each day. Work for tomorrow but do not miss your child’s innocent smile today. We have worked hard for our TODAY, yesterday and until tomorrow comes make it pleasant and cherish it.
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When god gets angry, can anyone do anything. Not at all, having seen the debacle god has created in last two week has set me into deep pain and also left me speechless. I had heard and read and seen news about devastation caused due to natural calamities at a lot of places. Sometimes it was Katrina in US or Earthquake in Japan or even riots or bomb blasts at places. Those news disturbed but then life went on normal. BUT when it happened at a place close to heart and almost HOME, I could not believe my ears and seems that eyes are still seeing some bad nightmare which would end sometime but it was not a nightmare but a truth that had hit hard. The devastation has really taken the state years back, All the development and progress that was made in years has been washed in a flash by the flash floods. We human beings weave so many things and in our progress we start considering ourselves the masters of our destiny and the creators of the fate. But that is not true. When we go ahead and start disrespecting nature, environment and even the humanity, what follows is disruption and destruction. A small state, beautiful, pious and with divinity galore has turned into a sprawling graveyard where there are just countless dead bodies and millions of tears, pains and destruction. Sitting here I have just dreadful emotions and whenever there is something to be happy about, I find myself feeling guilty of being happy because back in my state things are not very happy. Though nothing has happened to anyone whom I know, my home is safe and my city is fine however it is the pain that is penetrating the mind and makes strangely sad. Sitting away here, it is very less one can do because you need to be at ground Zero to help in actual help. Its overwhelming to see how the complete nation has come together to help people in distress. Donations, volunteering, messages, information sharing everything is an attempt to save the situation. On one hand there are people who are ready to save the situation and help people, there are many giving philosophies, and their logics. Some even have misconceptions that there People are poor, backward and well informed. Sometimes I felt like slapping such idiots but then I remember "We just dont live on height, we even have some height of ethics and do not stoop to their levels. " And then I just inform them that people in the state are affluent, educated and very hard working. But true they are untouched by the shrewdness of the BIG towns. Its true that the time and destiny has been tough on the people in Uttarakhand. It’s true they are in grave need of help and support but it is also true that once they are back on their feet they would start reciprocating the help they have received. No one should ever think it cannot happen to them. Nature, God, Life and Death are most unpredictable. And if today its Uttarakhand tomorrow it can be any other place. The spirit of humanity should not dispel from our hearts. Its true there is going to be lot of corruption and misuse of funds that are being collected in name of relief, BUT remember help is the first thing we can do. Imagine apathy of the people who are stranded in the destructed land. may be, they are rescued but their homes, schools, offices everything has been damaged and what left is just barren sloth of debris. They do not need pity, they do not need reconciliation, they need immediate action which can help them rehabilitate and earn back the life of dignity they had. Also there are few immediate lessons to be learnt. 1) Always make sure you have informed and confided your assets, bank balance, policies and savings to people in your family. So many people in the debacle must have died and with them their finances and assets may have been washed off because no one apart from themselves was aware of the funds they have. Imagine the case of a bread earner of a family, if he dies and no one is aware of his assets the people left behind are in vain. So bottom-line is share with your families the financials details, what’s the use of the money which cannot be used for your own family's benefits. 2) Invest and try to have property, money beyond the place you stay. People in the hills who might have invested in some property or business out of their destructed areas still have some hope in life. 3) In the world of online life be tech savvy to have your important documents intact on web in a secured account. A simple and smart thing is to have scanned copy of all your important things like Mark sheets, passport, address proofs, identity cards etc in safe email. Why? you must be thinking. I personally know few friends whose houses have been washed of in flood. Now if they go ahead and seek a job elsewhere they would need something to prove their education etc. However they have lost everything and now even trying to get all those certificates is going to take million follow-ups. So a scanned copy can help you deal with the situation prudently. You might not have original but soft copy helps. It’s too small but can be a life saver. 4) Be good and considerate to people in your life and never look down upon anyone. You never know who might be of help. The millionaires and billionaires on the Yatra, had to ask for two chapattis from localities. We might differentiate people on basis of color, money and class but to god everyone is same. 5) Never leave any meeting or moment unfinished and on negative note. be kind to people, who knows what can be your last meeting with a person. At last be good, genuine and helpful. Do not mess with god’s creation and do not dare to question nature. I am not a philosopher, neither a pro but these words have come straight from the heart because after spending sleepless nights with the nightmare of the destruction only thing that encourages me is the adage- LIFE MUST GO ON!!!! The best trait of humanity is that no matter how hard life hits, we smile back at it and start living it. So I am just looking forward to the day when the heaven of divinity and the land of gods, starts to flourish again. Again the hymns of Ramayana and shiv chalisa are versed in Kedarnath and Badrinath. Again Ganges flows pious and again Uttarakhand smiles. Hope that happens soon till then we all are praying and working together. Jai Uttarakhand Amen. When god gets angry, can anyone do anything. Not at all, having seen the debacle god has created in last two week has set me into deep pain and also left me speechless. I had heard and read and seen news about devastation caused due to natural calamities at a lot of places. Sometimes it was Katrina in US or Earthquake in Japan or even riots or bomb blasts at places. Those news disturbed but then life went on normal. BUT when it happened at a place close to heart and almost HOME, I could not believe my ears and seems that eyes are still seeing some bad nightmare which would end sometime but it was not a nightmare but a truth that had hit hard. The devastation has really taken the state years back, All the development and progress that was made in years has been washed in a flash by the flash floods. We human beings weave so many things and in our progress we start considering ourselves the masters of our destiny and the creators of the fate. But that is not true. When we go ahead and start disrespecting nature, environment and even the humanity, what follows is disruption and destruction. A small state, beautiful, pious and with divinity galore has turned into a sprawling graveyard where there are just countless dead bodies and millions of tears, pains and destruction. Sitting here I have just dreadful emotions and whenever there is something to be happy about, I find myself feeling guilty of being happy because back in my state things are not very happy. Though nothing has happened to anyone whom I know, my home is safe and my city is fine however it is the pain that is penetrating the mind and makes strangely sad. Sitting away here, it is very less one can do because you need to be at ground Zero to help in actual help. Its overwhelming to see how the complete nation has come together to help people in distress. Donations, volunteering, messages, information sharing everything is an attempt to save the situation. On one hand there are people who are ready to save the situation and help people, there are many giving philosophies, and their logics. Some even have misconceptions that there People are poor, backward and well informed. Sometimes I felt like slapping such idiots but then I remember "We just dont live on height, we even have some height of ethics and do not stoop to their levels. " And then I just inform them that people in the state are affluent, educated and very hard working. But true they are untouched by the shrewdness of the BIG towns. Its true that the time and destiny has been tough on the people in Uttarakhand. It’s true they are in grave need of help and support but it is also true that once they are back on their feet they would start reciprocating the help they have received. No one should ever think it cannot happen to them. Nature, God, Life and Death are most unpredictable. And if today its Uttarakhand tomorrow it can be any other place. The spirit of humanity should not dispel from our hearts. Its true there is going to be lot of corruption and misuse of funds that are being collected in name of relief, BUT remember help is the first thing we can do. Imagine apathy of the people who are stranded in the destructed land. may be, they are rescued but their homes, schools, offices everything has been damaged and what left is just barren sloth of debris. They do not need pity, they do not need reconciliation, they need immediate action which can help them rehabilitate and earn back the life of dignity they had. Also there are few immediate lessons to be learnt. 1) Always make sure you have informed and confided your assets, bank balance, policies and savings to people in your family. So many people in the debacle must have died and with them their finances and assets may have been washed off because no one apart from themselves was aware of the funds they have. Imagine the case of a bread earner of a family, if he dies and no one is aware of his assets the people left behind are in vain. So bottom-line is share with your families the financials details, what’s the use of the money which cannot be used for your own family's benefits. 2) Invest and try to have property, money beyond the place you stay. People in the hills who might have invested in some property or business out of their destructed areas still have some hope in life. 3) In the world of online life be tech savvy to have your important documents intact on web in a secured account. A simple and smart thing is to have scanned copy of all your important things like Mark sheets, passport, address proofs, identity cards etc in safe email. Why? you must be thinking. I personally know few friends whose houses have been washed of in flood. Now if they go ahead and seek a job elsewhere they would need something to prove their education etc. However they have lost everything and now even trying to get all those certificates is going to take million follow-ups. So a scanned copy can help you deal with the situation prudently. You might not have original but soft copy helps. It’s too small but can be a life saver. 4) Be good and considerate to people in your life and never look down upon anyone. You never know who might be of help. The millionaires and billionaires on the Yatra, had to ask for two chapattis from localities. We might differentiate people on basis of color, money and class but to god everyone is same. 5) Never leave any meeting or moment unfinished and on negative note. be kind to people, who knows what can be your last meeting with a person. At last be good, genuine and helpful. Do not mess with god’s creation and do not dare to question nature. I am not a philosopher, neither a pro but these words have come straight from the heart because after spending sleepless nights with the nightmare of the destruction only thing that encourages me is the adage- LIFE MUST GO ON!!!! The best trait of humanity is that no matter how hard life hits, we smile back at it and start living it. So I am just looking forward to the day when the heaven of divinity and the land of gods, starts to flourish again. Again the hymns of Ramayana and shiv chalisa are versed in Kedarnath and Badrinath. Again Ganges flows with pious and again Uttarakhand smiles. Hope that happens soon till then we all are praying and working together. Jai Uttarakhand Amen. AuthorI am an enthusiast writer who believes words are the most beautiful way to express thoughts. I love writing on anything that touches my heart... A technical documentation specialist by profession, I earn and learn by jostling with words... Archives
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