sitting alone

Sitting alone

I am wondering why…

I am so addled

And lost inside…

Where are my friends

And where are my foes

One of you, come join me

It is such a long lazy day.. I am so much bored.

It happens sometimes out of nowhere

Things go slow and I get all low

Jus hold on to me for that very while

I have this strange belief

That it is nothing more than a phase in life

The hilarious case of missed callers and crank callers

Initially the whole matter irked me, vexed me and then I thought what the heck. If your count is unending then we must find a way to deal you. After a small brainstorming I realized that in real you need help maybe some serious counseling. You are mentally not sound enough to understand and implement some basic civic code of conduct.

When I draw a fish bone diagram of your attribute, I see you as one lovelorn, loser by choice, big time failure in life, lazy, insecure, scared, destructive mind and a loner with maybe some sidekicks. Interestingly you are so much bored from yourself that it gives you immense pleasure in disturbing the smooth life especially the sleep of a complete stranger. Though your case is sad and sympathizing bout somehow I find it hilarious because you are very well aware of the sad reality and still leave no chance to prove the claim of others wrong. You take full pride and put full efforts in demonstrating your shortsighted, less active brain. And I can only laugh about it.

Another hilarious point to be noted is that in all cases you are always a guy, and in my opinion a very frustrated one.  You are brash enough to publicly acknowledge the same and imprudent enough to further wane your state.  You are a true hopeless, barbarian person with complete uncool personality but you are in the fallacy that you are a dude that is another hysterical note about you. You also have traits of an owl as you are more active during the night.

Well what shall I write now? You don’t have anything left, no versatility at all. All that you are I have already mentioned. I just hope that some day you stop making a fool of yourself and enjoy life like a normal person. You can however continue to waste your time and behave dumb disturb us normal people with new numbers because luckily technology has abled us enough to abjure you without much of an effort. I can in return have all the fun laughing on your nonsensical uttering with my gang during my leisure time.

for all..

For all who are, have been and will come someday

For all the love, hugs and smiles that you brought in

And all the pain, anger and drama, you abetted in tossing away

The ups and downs with you brought the life out of me

Truth is, you make me what I am today

 I wonder how it would have been without you

The marvelous moments were so hard to eschew

Blessed I am to have you in all my gloom.

What can I say; you make me what I am today.

The Gap

What you say????

You say the things that I dream about

You say the things that I want to hear in loud

You say the things that look all my way

You say it again with every passing day

What you do???

You do what makes you feel good

You do what pleases your will and mood

You do things for all your greed

You do it all without the slightest grief

The Gap is so broad and wide

On what you say and what you abide

You still think that I am wrong

I am the one with odd demands

All I know is unlike you

I never say what I don’t intend to do

Maybe some day you would also realize

The naked truth hidden in all your lies

Ashamed still I have to rely…

You love only you in all your pride

Confessions of a Lazy Girl

To start with, I am not guilty as charged. I am not a lazy girl. It is just that I delay a few things to indefinite sometimes. And when I do that my world seems a pleasant place and I feel immense peace and joy like I am adding additional years to my expectancy. Everybody does that with maybe a few exceptions like my mother but we all are the victims of this temptation. The truth is we all prioritize our work on a scale of laziness. Some works are on high risk like eating, partying, sleeping and some are low risk jobs like washing clothes, doing the dishes, cooking etc.  I don’t think anybody would disagree on that. I mean our life is not a military school and I am certainly not nuts like Sheldon Cooper (courtesy: The Big Bang Theory).

Indolence is a subjective approach. We need a panoramic study with proper analysis subject to sample reports before making any conclusion. The initial determined sample size was 20 but astoundingly I had to decrease it from 20 to 2 because of the obvious reason. My conclusion after all the research was that laziness is no disease, disorder as others especially elders assign it as. It is a matter of choice. It is the easy decision to choose between comfort and labor. After a tedious long flight, anybody would prefer to recline on the bed than unpacking.  Similarly ordering pizza on phone seems like a meal in the paradise when compared to doing the dishes, cooking and then again doing the dishes.

Laziness to me is no joke, I take it very seriously. It is always a well calculated risk. Ironic as it may seem to some but there are some very logical auxiliaries attached to it. When I delay washing my clothes for two weeks, I get the coveted opportunity to shop new ones. Similarly when I delay in restocking daily use products like fruits, grocery or toiletries, I borrow it from my roommate and I save some penny. I don’t text I prefer calling any day and the sole reason for that is I get lazy by the idea of typing (even in touch Phones), thus I am not addicted to phones and chatting apps unlike other people of my age group.

I love winters. They are the best season of the entire year. One major reason why it is so dear to me is because they are the catalyst of indolence. They somehow offer the legal right to act lethargic.  They provide long nights and the company of alluring cozy blankets that synergize together to act as a major promoter of indolence.   

I think I have confessed enough and I am really feeling lazy to write more. So that’s it for the moment. Please take good care of yourself and have sweet dreams XOXO.

    

To my dear Shubh......

After the year long wait

Its time again to elate and celebrate

Lets party all night and hit the floor

Its the blissful moment and so much more..

The golden day has finally arrived

Freshen your mood and give me high five

 I am singing you this joyous song

Angels from heaven have joined me along

Birds and breeze are trouncing the chord

Rapture and cheer is promisingly assured ..

Make a wish and smile a while

Dress up your best and rock the aisle

Its gonna be as never before

Warmth & joy would embrace you from the core

There is so much more I want to say and pen..

Just remember, every year you are born again

I cried inside

Lost in the world of illusion

I deemed I had the best of life

Steady as slow, truth divulged

Left foiled, I cried inside

Facts made life more futile

Compered rules I abhor to abide

I craved to be a free bird

And fly high for all my desires

I had to finally let things go

Amidst friends when I found hidden foes

Joy and optimism were waving bye

Making way for distrust, hatred and sigh

What I should do, I could not decide

In solitude, I cried inside

life when a mess

What do I say..

I m just freaking out

Its mess all around

No clue how to start

First week of the month

All are simply demanding high

From the boss to the landlord

None is ready to bend a slight

I don’t recall since when

But I feel like a mouse trapped in a tiger’s den

So no matter how hard I try

It is danger at all ends

Performance pressure @ work

To long queues at all stores

Combined gets to my nerve

irked I plead please no more!!

Life then opens up a fresh new twist

and worst then ever thought

One gets ill but cannot back off

And then finally I realize

The former was just the cloudburst

The real blizzard is yet to arrive!!!

one sided love

Hard to resist

Harder to let you go

Every time you come nearby

A gentle breeze passes through 

I still recount our first meet 

You bewitched me inside out

Mesmerized in your aura, I stood

Long after you were out of sight

There was something so magical

I could not keep my mind off u

You came in and stole my heart

I smiled back without any lament

I finally confessed how I feel

It would end all I never knew

When we were not meant to be

Why did I fall for you?

Me and you as together we

I know it would never be

You were a dream

I have to understand

But my heart has bigger demands

It still asks me to wait

And I reply back Ok Great!! 

the emerald islands.....

It has so much to offer that one gets lost in its many ways.  The Andaman island group embodies a mosaic of an outstanding biotic blend with an exotic excellence. It is a fresh surprise everyday.  Oceanic panorama is not just the only blissful facet of the Andaman. It is the home to marvelous mangroves, limestone caves, dashing corals, dense green forests, mud and lava volcanoes and the diverse zoological world. It is also the refuge to one of the oldest races of mankind. The historical remains of the Indian Bastille that is the Cellular Jail adds another dimension to its offerings. Far from the mainland, it is not less than a recluse amidst the Bay of Bengal. It has however created its own niche and distinctiveness.

The Emerald islands are a group of total of 572 islands, islets and rocks both inhabited and uninhabited. It is undoubtedly a pie in the sky type of destination for an exotic long vacation. The ideal time to plan the jaunt to the Islands is from October to April. One can relish ones time in adventurous trekking and water sports or just relax in the captivating white sand along the coastline. The White sand of the Radhanagar beach in the Havelock islands is simply incredible. One can witness outstanding landscapes and natural vista during ones stay at the several other islands.Every island is unique in its delicacy. Andaman Islands are also the home to exotic and varied sea food. The enveloping atmosphere with its eclectic flora and fauna creates an unending love in the hearts of the travelers.

To me the Andaman island trip is the most memorable one. It has been quite sometime but I still recount the time spent there. It in real surprised me everyday. There was so much to get lost into. Every day was a new endeavor to explore into the picturesque extravaganza. I can still recall that right from the moment my flight entered the nautical periphery I could nous the emerald existence of the islands. Blessed with crystal clear water and the endless undisputed white sand, the emerald islands created in me an unforgettable impression of nature with a caressing soreness and a pensive fondness into its subtle tones. At 17 it was my first romance. I could finally decipher the words of Keats, Shelly and Wordsworth and very well understand what made them pen so well.

when you said that no....

When you said that no

my heart sank up to my knees

things turned steady and slow

the cheerful life got the hasty blow

hours seemed like a damn century

I realized how helpless I was indeed

It was the moment I had waited for

Or maybe I was jus expecting more

I don’t know what really went wrong

Why at last you turned me down

I wished I could undo your nix

Then things would have been less tragic

The string of my joy was in your hand

You tore it apart and took your stand

I have no hatred for what you did

But I get sad every time I think

Move on is all I tell my heart

There is so much life if I restart.

Anand & Raghu

Anand and Raghu are the two quintessential larger than life characters ever created in the history of Hindi cinema and courtesy and encomium to the late timeless superstar Shri Rajesh Khanna who exhibited enormous acting ability while playing these characters on the silver screen. I must also revere Late Sri Hrishikesh Mukherjee who created the two flawless magical characters and molded them with utmost exquisiteness thereby creating two masterpiece of visual art viz Anand and Bawarchi.

While one romanced with death and taught us to live beyond the fear of death, the other restructured the pillars of a broken house and transformed it into a home. Anand believed in having a big life rather than a long one and Raghu attempted to rejuvenate the family affection and togetherness. They both depicted nothing new but simple things like sharing, spreading happiness and making an effort to be the reason for someone’s smile. The interesting thing is that the pain with the death of Anand was the same as that with the parting of Raghu from the Sharma family. They stand in parallel in their effort of restoring the emotions of life

Every time I watch the two characters, an ambience of vivacity and positivity surrounds me. They somehow soften my skeptical mind and enable to see the beauty of life in small things. They push me to introspection and prompt me to defuse all squabbles that are affecting my life without much of a reason. They instigate me to transform from a stolid being to an emotive one. They make me cry out of their goodness. I fall for the characters every time I see them on screen. I am sure everybody experiences the same flare of positive vehemence.

Anand and Raghu in real do not symbolize a human but a way of life. They try to imbibe in us the outlook to realize the colors beyond the despair and complexities of life. I wonder whether people like Anand and Raghu exist in real. They are the epitome of bonhomie. When I look back there have been moments when I have experienced traces of both in others, sometimes in complete strangers. The truth is that there exists an Anand and a Raghu in all of us. It is just our haplessness that we have suppressed them. We think we are more practical when we refrain from such simplicity and innocence. We are so much lost in our personal growth that we ignore and doubt the love, affection and generosity provided by our kin or folks. It is however a matter of complete choice to alive anand and raghu in our cognition. I wish things was that easy as I am writing and we could contemplate such a change and rejoice life like Anand and Raghu. 

My Prized Possession

The earliest memory of you is lying on either side of mamma in a blanket and fighting for two things. First your side is full in blanket while mine is in scanty and second that mamma loves me more than you. Another recollection is that of going to school on the two-wheeler with papa and you holding me from the back.

Growing up with you was not at all sweet and never easy!! You set difficult academic heights, did exceptionally well in everything you ventured, drawing, painting, spelling bee, games or sports. The double promotion is nursery to the rank one holder in mental math quizzes to school topper in 10^th to NTSE accolades. In addition to the above you made fun of my poor mathematic ability. You irritated me and fought with me for minute things. You plotted against my expensive gifted pens, my dinosaurs printed blanket, my new study table and many other things which I can not remember now. There were only three days in the whole year when you were very generous to me; my birthday, rakhi, and bhai dooj. And then there was one golden day called your birthday when your love was evident in every form. You were an angel on that red letter day. You would try to make me feel super special as others were busy making you feel special. These were the only days when I need not require being alert from your pranks and plottingJ. On several occasions I had to use your old textbooks which I hated the most on a superficial manner but felt gifted from inside. You were always the bossy one, I think you still are! Actually I always thought you were the smartest. So I secretly copied you in every way, whether food habits, reading style etc.    

When you left after your 10^th, I never thought you were away from home. My belief was supported by the physical distance. I mean your were just few hours away. It was kind of relief in fact, no more regular fights and disturbance. I finally had the space and authority over things. No more complexes from your presence. But when you left for your college, it was really hard. You were going miles away to a different land altogether. It was huge complication to whether be happy for your new endeavors or get sad for your long absence from home. It also marked the end of childhood days. You transformed from an irritating elder brother who would secretly take full care and shower his love on his younger sister to a boring reserved guardian pampering with too much affection and care. 

Today life has changed so much. I get the positive feeling that it is all for the best. You have taken care of me in umpteen ways. You try hard to make my life as comfortable as possible even though staying so far. You make me feel stronger whenever I am low. You show the immense confidence in me that I would land up very high in my career. You actively participate in my decisions and offer wise suggestion. It feels so good when you recharge my phone with larger value within minutes on just one say or order Dominos or something else from Jabong, flipkart etc on one call. You are rigid on me travelling by air only etc. It is reveling when you offer me the leg pieces without a grief or when you regularly prepared chicken, brought chocolates, ice creams and took me for shopping when I was staying with you for a while in Mumbai.

When I look back, I recollect that for the last 22 years you have been more than an exceptional brother. When young you never bored me with lectures to do better like other people but set live examples to follow and improve. You imbibed in me the process of self learning and introspection. You have always motivated in your own unique shuttle ways. You are not really a good teacher considering your expectation of high stimulus from the protégé in the subject but whatever topic you taught, I did excel in it. I also remember the day you gave me your mobile phone even when you equally liked it. You were of immense support when I was giving interviews for my first job. The truth is you believe in me more than I believe in myself and so in future for every high in my career, you would be the sole proprietor

There are so many such moments when you made me feel larger than life. You in real make me feel secured in every walk of my life. It is difficult to thank God for the amazing prize showered upon me when born. You are my prized possession. I am so privileged to have you as my elder brother.

       

the five letter magic word

In our effort of a picture perfect life we often encounter with this five letter magic word sorry. Our reaction to the word varies to the mood we are into or the repercussion caused by the mistake. We are angry, ruthless, disappointed and in the rarest condition forgiving at the person who did the mistake. The intent of sorry is to express the regret of not matching the set expectations. It is in real the courtesy shown by the delinquent after going astray. It is tragic that we return the courtesy in most times in an unfair way. Although this magic word is exchanged from both ends howbeit we dismiss it like platitude when it is excerpted by others without realizing our frequency of usage.

Sorry has now a day become an indispensable tool in dealing with our life. It is true that we are human not flawless machines and so mistakes are prone to ensue. The aspect to keep in mind is that when we say sorry the intent should remain afore said. We should be honest with ourselves and mean it. Sorry is an expression of trust and not an excuse and so we should never misuse it.  Sometimes sorry cannot redeem the disturbance caused in both tangible and intangible form and so we should never take it as granted. Sorry is an attempt of redemption. We should therefore never retreat it. When others mistake this courteous gesture as a cloak to cover the irresponsible actions, it is not our fault but the misfortune of the others.  

In a super hit movie the protagonist says that to do a mistake is easy, getting angry at others over a mistake is also easy but to apologize by accepting our mistakes requires a lot of courage. That is really true and such an effort does not go in vain. We do receive forgiveness for our slipup. 

Deep down the memory lanes....

Deep down the memory lanes

is still alive those golden days 

when the life was not so hard

it was all about joy and no pain

Good Mornings had the Disney date

afternoon was for eat, sleep or play

outdoor evening was huge delight

long stories were meant for night.

Rivers flowing across the hills

scenic rainbow in the behind

birds, trees, huts and woods

our little canvas had all inside

The stars twinkled in the eyes 

the sun was always very kind

splash in water was so much fun

the strong winds were also fine

Life has changed so much I feel

one doubt at everything one see

the pressure to carry all the time

a fake smile & a calculative mind

I wish things change as it used to be

no more greed for winning everything

an optimist heart and an open mind

love and laughter in sync with me. 

Education..the foothill of prosperity

Food, clothing and shelter are considered as the basic needs required for surviving in a civilized society. The Maslow’s hierarchy of physiological needs includes food, love, shelter and the choice to mate as the survival needs. There are several other theories also that elucidate the basic requirements of human beings. The significant note is that most of these theories omit education as the fundamental need for survival.

What is education? Well it can be defined in numerous ways. The best definition as per my knowledge and understanding is that by Mahatma Gandhi. He says, “Education is an all round development of the best in the human’s body, mind and soul”. Education draws out the best in us. It is education that makes us realize what we are and what we can become. It brings the confidence in us to act and put an opinion Education helps us in identifying and then relating to the outer world. It facilitates in addressing all our needs and procuring them. We become self sufficient and self dependent. It makes us a free human at last. 

Without education we are always at the mercy of others. We have fewer opportunities, limited choices and almost no say in our own welfare and development. Life remains stagnant with no growth. Another laidback is that an uneducated person would hardly put effort to educate his or her children. Thus it ensures another generation suffering with fewer opportunities, limited choices and almost no say as a result. The democratic system of government is in fact superficial in such a situation. A democracy is successful only when the people are educated and are aware and confident of their rights. A democracy cannot expect responsible citizens if it is devoid of education  

An uneducated person is therefore a burden on himself, his family, his society and his country. So it is the responsibility of all the four to make sure that none of us is left behind from it. However the conventional mode of education starts at a young age and so it is the duty of the family, society and country to ensure that no child is left uneducated. We are a fortunate nation as our government has realized the above and granted Right to free and compulsory Education as the fundamental right. As per RTE Act every government school would provide free and compulsory education to all its students and every private school will make certain that 25% of its seat is filled by children from poor section under no fee scheme. We also have a strong law against child labor. Thus the country has done its duty by laying down strong laws to ensure an educated nation. The same needs to be done by the society and the family. We as responsible society need to raise our voice against the workplaces that employ children as cheap source of labor and devoid them from education. We need to work really hard to bridge this huge gap of educated and uneducated class that persists in India and hinder our development measures.

Education has the capacity to rejuvenate mankind. It is fundamental demand and should not be compromised. We need to amend our theories which ignore the path to education which in turn is the foothill to prosperity.

City life... a fresh revise!!!

The mechanized metro life leaves us with little liberty to act as per our will. The five minute delay in waking up results in either improper intake of food or sometimes no breakfast at all. An extra minute with the newspaper in the morning and we miss our scheduled bus and are sure shot late for work. In reality we daily witness a defined time to eat, pray, love, work and sleep. Life has become so watertight that even a minute laxity holds a capacity to disturb our eco system. The little buffer that some of us are able to have is also completely on the mercy of others.  Less people in the queue at bus stop, appropriate change with the ticker counter guy, no traffic jams and good mood of the boss at work are some of the many.  Interestingly we all assume that the whole setup is normal and succumb to this preset world by choice

The above is not the story of only weekdays. Weekends are sometimes worst than that. Things are mechanized there too. A random plan of dinner on weekends is simply out of question. Every chosen restaurant requires a ample waiting. Malls are jam-packed, multiplexes are houseful without a prior booking and parking area is endless. The worst is the heavy traffic which all has to encounter no matter what. 

So in this fast running metro life where every breath is measured and every second counts and also costs it is really a difficult job to enjoy life in a conventional way. Everyday is a huge struggle to find our own space and a peace of mind. There is the constant fear of not in pace with this world. Mobile phones, internet apps, facebook timeline, twitter updates etc have just added so much pressure in our every day life.  Everything has become E-oriented: E-mail, E-cards, E-shopping, E-books etc. We in fact live dual life altogether: the happening E-life and the not so happening real life. 

It is said that life has a unique attribute that we somehow find an alternative to every hurdle of our life in an innate way.  So friends lets find an alternative to this too and start having a life out of this robot life. We cannot change everything but can amend some. A small change can bring out huge differences. Let us start by making some real connections instead of the electronic one, let us talk in person instead of electronic chatting. Let us at least try to break free from this mechanized world. Let us earn 10% less and live 20% more. Let us not fear from planning a vacation with folks or taking a small break. Why not start enjoying a new hobby.  It is not late yet, it is just the beginning. Lets not be slaves of our future needs, let us be the master of today.  We must make this new generation realize that having 100 friends on facebook means nothing if we don’t have the 10 memorable moments of enjoyment spent together. Let us give time to our loved ones instead of just complains and frustration. Come on people stop pleasing your boss for a while and start greeting your kith and kin with smile. 

Let us walk in the grass and dance in the rain.

Let us give fear a damn and start living again.

  

The unknown you........

In every morning’s ray, with every passing day

I wonder where you are...

are you the smiling passer by

or some necromantic coy far away...

I often marvel what you are like 

an intense, stalwart serious kind of guy 

or a naughty cute prankster flirting with every maiden nearby

maybe a gaucherie nervous geek fully confound

or a calm composed gentleman alluring all around.

I also think what I would say.. 

when I would meet you one fine day

promise me to bear me a while..

as I might get nervous and act bizarre 

make me comfy with your smile

and I would sing you my hearts song...

  

I wonder if you ever think of me

somehow I feel yes you do

perhaps in your lonesome nights 

when u yearn for a dear one to sit beside..

or maybe when you are feeling high

and missing me to hug you tight. 

I feel I am there somewhere very near

twofold joyous with your all endeavor..

The Company of Girls...

It is fun & more than that it is enthralling. No phony adulation and no bogus mollycoddling… The license to be the bitch, the freedom to act jerky, the liberty to behave sloppy and the promise to gang again, well yes its actually true, girls partying together is never a plan. It is always the default celebration when all plans fail to take their shape.

The most interesting revelry of the whole gathering is that we are never out of points to discuss. Dieting, healthy food, painful pimples, water therapy, erratic fashion trends, innovation in the make-up industry, latest coiffure, deadly monthly periods, stupid exes, crazy women co-employees cum bosses or simply the dumb half population of this earth and their slightly known world.

Girls don’t drink in most cases. One reason is that the gathering is never a planned one but there is always a huge talk about the drinks. The  first encounter, the slight expression shown by men folk, the 30 ml vodka to get drunk and the 2 x 22 inches of arms to hold their drunk pretty women . The recount does sound finicky but the whole narration is one of the ecstatic events of the girl’s life. So it means a lot. The same is with the first kiss, the dream kiss, the first proposal, the dream proposal, the first crush and the realization of love and the first… no all the guys in and out of life…J

Shopping plans, catwalks, dress rehearsals, make over suggestion, and cursing the loser who broke up with the “sweetest” girl friend possible are some of the things that frequently create the bond and trust between us. Once the bond is created it does perpetuate for the evening at least. The evening gets more rollicking and euphoric with the addition of similar taste of eateries: cheese and chocolate to name a few. Seriously world let me take this opportunity to tell u all that the only flavor which we girls are mad for is chocolate (9/10) and dark chocolate and more dark chocolateJ. Rest everything or every flavor like the over hyped strawberry (which the boys love though would never accept) do not even stand a place in the competition. As for cheese it is another mouth luring ingredient and every recipe with the former in abundance only makes the dish more tempting…  J

Girls evening cum night out is a huge stress buster unlike the company with guys full of dissent from head to toe. Among girls it is no hassle and we all come to know that every one of us is in some desolation and so why cry, the world is a shitty place in any way and so let’s take a chill and just part hard.     

No taboo on dress code no restriction on speech code, wow what else any girl can ask for once in a while. So girls when feeling low and your guys are acting more of a bore then just seize the moment and set yourself free and land up with your happening gang of girls waiting just for you. 

The Inquest...

What’s in?  what’s out?

What’s there? what’s not?

What is more crucial?

The answer or the question..

What is more appalling?

The one truth or the shed of lies

What’s right? What’s wrong?

Who is weak? Who is strong?

Who would die? & who would survive?

Who would live? & who would sacrifice?

What is the fear of?

Life ahead or death aside

What is the joy of?

Spring around and autumn far behind

Who would win? & who would loose?

Who would smile? & who would cry?

What does the ego wants?

The little earth or the mouthful of sky

What is the purpose?

Endless inquest or discover

Where stands me? & Who am I? 

     

LIfe is ..to face it!!!

I am just a few months old at work and so the below realization might sound immature and idyllic cause such an opinion or attitude towards work is noticed only in a novice…. Well whatever is the case but I remember one thing that during my primary schooling days everybody around in the process of spreading wisdom (parents excluded) would always warn me!! (maybe in a caring way only), that there are umpteen hard stones, misery, tensions and frustrations waiting in the future so called adult life, so be prepared!!. Trust me I am still waiting for the above to cloud me J. I don’t slight the people who warned me and neither do I had an ever smooth life with no hardships... The share definitely has been less and so I seldom remember any.

The above is however not the remarkable insight that I intend to share. To share my experience I need to brief about my work a bit. I won’t get explicit but I have an office job with work distributed in teams and so inter team communication and cooperation is of utmost importance.

Finally the coveted experience that I want to share is I frequently get calls & mails from my teams and other team people saying Thanks for the prompt reply, Thanks for the speedy reply, your quick response is appreciated etc… While I have to follow up a lot of people (not all), seldom people have to follow up with me. After thinking a lot I realized that this is the reason why the share of tension and frustration is less in my pocket. I enjoy myself everyday because of this. The occupational hazards keep an arms length from me J.

Thus I have learnt and realized that frustration is never due to disappointment from others. It is always due to disappointment from us. There are moment of sadness, pain and suffering and it is easy to overcome them when we have that prompt attitude to face it. The more we delay this encounter the more annoyance it fetches. Every challenge has an attached challenge of building the internal motivation to face it. So lets be a more youthful and energetic. Let’s face every problem of our life today and solve it right away….. 

Balance… !!!

A combination of known troubles and unknown pleasures

or a long list of pros and cons scattered everywhere…

maybe a blend of a joyful high

followed by a deep fall bursting in sigh

perhaps the long waited moment of love and some more..

or a broken heart with simply no cure

whether it is the devil’s dark or the angel’s light

100 sunny days and one cold night

Affluence in misery or misery in affluence dancing side by side

all is intact the way it is..

no matter how nostalgic it sounds

we would keep on juggling in this crest and trough

with life abiding to and fro..

sometimes fast and sometimes slow….