First Let me wish you and your Family a very very Happy, holy, prosperous and successful Year Ahead.
I have a very strange thought in my mind. Imagine if we never had a concept of time, day, month and year. It wound have been a different world with confusion, chaos and ….
But with the concept of time, day, month and year in place, every 365 days we get an opportunity to look back into our past, learn, correct and grow. Every year brings to us a book with 365 new pages to script our life newly.
2008 has been the most dramatic and traumatic year to everybody. People have lost their wealth and job due to global economic turmoil, lost their beloved ones due to terror attacks and other calamities.
The New Year has come, for us to make a new beginning.
When the sun sets on 31 December and rises on 1st January noting in reality changes. But we look forward to the dawn of Jan 1st with loads of hopes, with optimistic outlook, with a list of new resolutions (irrespective of we follow them or not ) , new dreams to realize and Goals to be reached.
I pray that every dawn in the coming year bring us the same feeling of Dec 31st. God bless us with Strength to face the realities of life, Patience to hold ourselves from break down, and purity to reach HIM.
I would like to thank my dad, mom and brothers, relatives, friends and colleagues for all the beautiful moments in the previous year and wish for the same in the years ahead.
I would like to leave with the thought below:
The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
Good Luck and God Bless Us all. Great Year Ahead. Happy 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Retrospection
God knows what prevented me from blogging for last 2 months. Neither was I busy doing anything nor was I free. I guess that line suggests that I have been living in a state of confusion :)
Can we extract a chicken from egg by heating it or should it be incubated. Both provide the heat, one kills and the other creates. Wondering why am I telling all this here? Sorry I am just sharing a thought with you.
How I wish, in life, we all get instant results. But is it all possible every time? It’s a yes and a no.
But yes, nothing is impossible too. All that is required is a Plan, Focus, Sincerity and smart work. Why am i telling all this here? Well, i guess that is what has been missing in me for last couple of days.
There was no plan for whatever I did, no plan lead to no focus, with too many things remaining incomplete. Incomplete targets lead to not so sincere or expected results. There was just hard work put in.
All that I want to tell here is Plan, be focused, be sincere and put in smart work.
Happy Dussera, Let the Holy mother bless us all
Can we extract a chicken from egg by heating it or should it be incubated. Both provide the heat, one kills and the other creates. Wondering why am I telling all this here? Sorry I am just sharing a thought with you.
How I wish, in life, we all get instant results. But is it all possible every time? It’s a yes and a no.
But yes, nothing is impossible too. All that is required is a Plan, Focus, Sincerity and smart work. Why am i telling all this here? Well, i guess that is what has been missing in me for last couple of days.
There was no plan for whatever I did, no plan lead to no focus, with too many things remaining incomplete. Incomplete targets lead to not so sincere or expected results. There was just hard work put in.
All that I want to tell here is Plan, be focused, be sincere and put in smart work.
Happy Dussera, Let the Holy mother bless us all
Monday, July 28, 2008
Incredible INDIA or Inevitable INDIA
I was reading an essay by a renowned historian on post Indian Independence.
It goes (not in exact words of author) –
"It was summer of 1948, independent India was plagued by problems. One side there were communal forces creating walls and taking lives on other side there was communist force which wanted to take away India from Democracy. On onside there were 8 million people who were refugees driven from Pakistan who needed food, shelter and a sense of citizenship and on the other side there 500 princely states which were breaking away and needed to be integrated into Indian Republic. The world had only one question in mind WILL INDIA SURVIVE? "
Its August 2008...mostly rainy season 62 years into independence. We have been able to travel a long way from WILL INDIA SURVIVE? To INCREDIBLE INDIA.
People of Independent India have been able to answer the world its question in the most incredible way. It was all possible due to those great leaders of Indian Independence, Who had honest intentions and wee sincere in efforts.
Now again the world has only one question WILL INDIA BE A SUPERPOWER?
This time it’s You and Me who have to answer this question. Look at India. Again it’s the same scenario as 1948. Communal ism is on a rise, Corruption at its peak, Commercialism leading to unwanted inflation, Terrorism a regular enemy, states fighting for their own benefits and the worst of all People who don’t care what happens to the country. Will INCREDIBLE INDIA be a victim and become INEVITABLE INDIA?
Let’s take responsibility and act.
Praying for welfare of people and families struck in the recent serial bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmadabad.
"कोई बी देश perfect नाही हे उसको perfect बनाना चाईया" - RDB
It goes (not in exact words of author) –
"It was summer of 1948, independent India was plagued by problems. One side there were communal forces creating walls and taking lives on other side there was communist force which wanted to take away India from Democracy. On onside there were 8 million people who were refugees driven from Pakistan who needed food, shelter and a sense of citizenship and on the other side there 500 princely states which were breaking away and needed to be integrated into Indian Republic. The world had only one question in mind WILL INDIA SURVIVE? "
Its August 2008...mostly rainy season 62 years into independence. We have been able to travel a long way from WILL INDIA SURVIVE? To INCREDIBLE INDIA.
People of Independent India have been able to answer the world its question in the most incredible way. It was all possible due to those great leaders of Indian Independence, Who had honest intentions and wee sincere in efforts.
Now again the world has only one question WILL INDIA BE A SUPERPOWER?
This time it’s You and Me who have to answer this question. Look at India. Again it’s the same scenario as 1948. Communal ism is on a rise, Corruption at its peak, Commercialism leading to unwanted inflation, Terrorism a regular enemy, states fighting for their own benefits and the worst of all People who don’t care what happens to the country. Will INCREDIBLE INDIA be a victim and become INEVITABLE INDIA?
Let’s take responsibility and act.
Praying for welfare of people and families struck in the recent serial bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmadabad.
"कोई बी देश perfect नाही हे उसको perfect बनाना चाईया" - RDB
Friday, July 18, 2008
Me v/s Myself
Points to introspect.
Well if we have a bike our expectations could be
1. Performance …fuel efficiency...for every pie we spend on fuel we want to drive more…get more output.
2. Smart…we want our bike to be a smart one…look wise, usability wise
3. Longevity… we want our vehicle to last long…we wish at least that it remains all our life
4. Dependable..Failure free…to function right always..more importantly during emergencies
Well Now if I was employer…what would i expect from employee...
1. High Performance
2. Smart work
3. Association with the organization
4. Dependable…and become valuable.
At times I am amazed by life... Expectations of every person is same at ground level.
People tell "put yourself in others shoe and look at things as to how they feel". I guess we don’t need to do that. Please stand firmly within you own shoe and look at the world. It can probably give you better grip than the other person shoe...and just don’t see things (seeing sometimes is deceiving)... look at them…it will teach a lot.
Life reciprocates …what we give we get…give the best…best will be ours.
Cheers!!!!
Well if we have a bike our expectations could be
1. Performance …fuel efficiency...for every pie we spend on fuel we want to drive more…get more output.
2. Smart…we want our bike to be a smart one…look wise, usability wise
3. Longevity… we want our vehicle to last long…we wish at least that it remains all our life
4. Dependable..Failure free…to function right always..more importantly during emergencies
Well Now if I was employer…what would i expect from employee...
1. High Performance
2. Smart work
3. Association with the organization
4. Dependable…and become valuable.
At times I am amazed by life... Expectations of every person is same at ground level.
People tell "put yourself in others shoe and look at things as to how they feel". I guess we don’t need to do that. Please stand firmly within you own shoe and look at the world. It can probably give you better grip than the other person shoe...and just don’t see things (seeing sometimes is deceiving)... look at them…it will teach a lot.
Life reciprocates …what we give we get…give the best…best will be ours.
Cheers!!!!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Practical or Not Practical??
Time and again i have heard people telling that they are confused between practical / impractical / should I listen to my heart???
Please can somebody help me???
Well let me s tart in my usual style, Dictionary(believing that people have thought before adding it here and this is what is largely means and accepted :) ) defines it as
Practical:
1. Concerned with actual use or practice
2. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
If we try to be practical by dictionary meaning (1)… we would not be flying planes today, we would not have landed on moon... We would not have built bridges across rivers because none of them were in use or practice at one time
(2) on other hand emphasizes on putting the thought, experience and observation into action
But today word practical is being used to mean acceptance by society, family, friends...
That’s where the confusion is. No where in (1, 2) it talks about our ideas, thoughts, and actions being scrutinized and approved by any 3rd person...though it could also mean feasibility. If people, who have invented / discovered things, had believed in (1)…we would be still under cover of leaves…and you would not be reading this….
Don’t break your head too much ...
Anyways my conclusion: there is nothing like Practical or impractical
It’s just that as of today we don’t have infrastructure needed to do some things..so they are classified as not practical/feasible...but with Time, Plan, Skill, Confidence, Struggle ,Hard work(TPSCSH) we can develop that infrastructure and everything can be achieved. Be it related Life/Love/Science/Business
TPSCSH is important in that order because realizing what we want /need takes Time, Things will not happen in moments unless it’s a movie, but we are talking about life. With available time we need to Plan, and then to execute that plan we need Skill and Confidence to be ready to face any situations to remain focused and unshaken. More importantly it’s a Struggle and needs hard work. With the right mixture of TPSCSH we can achieve everything.
Given above mentioned things practically everything is possible.
But still remember that not everything can be done so easily. For example we cannot always save a human on his death bed. Some things can probably never be done by Humans.
So practically everything is possible.
Don’t ask is it practical or not? Ask is it right or wrong?. This is where your HEART comes into picture. You will be the best person to answer this because right/wrong depends on Place/Time/Context…and sometimes even on People.
Wishing you all the success!!!
Please can somebody help me???
Well let me s tart in my usual style, Dictionary(believing that people have thought before adding it here and this is what is largely means and accepted :) ) defines it as
Practical:
1. Concerned with actual use or practice
2. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
If we try to be practical by dictionary meaning (1)… we would not be flying planes today, we would not have landed on moon... We would not have built bridges across rivers because none of them were in use or practice at one time
(2) on other hand emphasizes on putting the thought, experience and observation into action
But today word practical is being used to mean acceptance by society, family, friends...
That’s where the confusion is. No where in (1, 2) it talks about our ideas, thoughts, and actions being scrutinized and approved by any 3rd person...though it could also mean feasibility. If people, who have invented / discovered things, had believed in (1)…we would be still under cover of leaves…and you would not be reading this….
Don’t break your head too much ...
Anyways my conclusion: there is nothing like Practical or impractical
It’s just that as of today we don’t have infrastructure needed to do some things..so they are classified as not practical/feasible...but with Time, Plan, Skill, Confidence, Struggle ,Hard work(TPSCSH) we can develop that infrastructure and everything can be achieved. Be it related Life/Love/Science/Business
TPSCSH is important in that order because realizing what we want /need takes Time, Things will not happen in moments unless it’s a movie, but we are talking about life. With available time we need to Plan, and then to execute that plan we need Skill and Confidence to be ready to face any situations to remain focused and unshaken. More importantly it’s a Struggle and needs hard work. With the right mixture of TPSCSH we can achieve everything.
Given above mentioned things practically everything is possible.
But still remember that not everything can be done so easily. For example we cannot always save a human on his death bed. Some things can probably never be done by Humans.
So practically everything is possible.
Don’t ask is it practical or not? Ask is it right or wrong?. This is where your HEART comes into picture. You will be the best person to answer this because right/wrong depends on Place/Time/Context…and sometimes even on People.
Wishing you all the success!!!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Clarification for Mr.NL
There is comment (in the widget below) in the blog by some unknown identity NL : "Don't copy from other websites and put ithere"
I am not trying to justify anything here, but as i have told before i am putting my learning's, likes and thoughts in my blog. And i have never claimed that all you find here in the blog are completely my patented stuff :)
No wonder you would have found similar things on the web. And whenever i take something from web or from person i have always mentioned the same.
Thanks anyways for visiting. Good luck. Keep sharing you thoughts.
I am not trying to justify anything here, but as i have told before i am putting my learning's, likes and thoughts in my blog. And i have never claimed that all you find here in the blog are completely my patented stuff :)
No wonder you would have found similar things on the web. And whenever i take something from web or from person i have always mentioned the same.
Thanks anyways for visiting. Good luck. Keep sharing you thoughts.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Adjust ??
Don't try to guess why i have written this post, rather i have consolidated few thoughts, but i am sure it will change your thinking once you finish reading this post.
Dictionary defines ADJUST as:
To adapt oneself, To achieve a psychological balance with regard to one's external environment, one's needs, and the demands of others.
You may be wondering as to why I am talking about ADJUST so much. It was all triggered by the image below:
As said a picture speaks more than words, this picture conveys so much about reality of life.Thanks to my friend Vidya who shared this picture with me.
A little more on Adjust
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." -- Jimmy Dean
"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint." -- Denis Diderot
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." -- Confucius
"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles." -- Jimmy Carter
Dictionary defines ADJUST as:
To adapt oneself, To achieve a psychological balance with regard to one's external environment, one's needs, and the demands of others.
You may be wondering as to why I am talking about ADJUST so much. It was all triggered by the image below:
As said a picture speaks more than words, this picture conveys so much about reality of life.Thanks to my friend Vidya who shared this picture with me.
A little more on Adjust
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." -- Jimmy Dean
"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint." -- Denis Diderot
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." -- Confucius
"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles." -- Jimmy Carter
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