Tuesday, June 22, 2010

DAY 16 - PASSION !!

Seen this add from Nokia:
(dint get the first line)............,
Passion and Presentation dont go hand in hand...
Now getting everything and not giving up anything go hand in hand..
Presnting you the new NOKIA________


WOW!! Boy, do i love those lines? Oh Yes I do:)
My passion in life is teaching and preaching.I have found it out..
Over a period of years what gives me immense satisfaction and pleasure is when i am teaching into peoples life.Oh what a fulfillment i get when i do that.
And with this i also testify that line:
"Passion and Presentation dont go hand in hand..."
I dont remember the day when i could present the lesson the way i had prepared it.

Always our passion for a thing supercedes the way we express it.
To simpley say HEART OVERTAKES HEAD.
ANd a good way to find out what your passion is to see the things/areas where your Heart overtakes your head.That is what drives you,thats what pushes you,and that is your passion for life.And yes for starters i can tell you without Passion you are not living Life you are just bearing it...(see i got into teaching again...cant help,u see)..

on the last note :
Now getting everything and not giving up anything go hand in hand..

"forget it, things that you get without giving up anything does not hold a high price in your life, atleast for me it doesnt".....what say you??

Saturday, June 19, 2010

DAY 15 -GROW UP !!

"Grow up"..
At different stages of life I heard this word , each one meant differently.

--WHen i was 8 yr old i remember as i was the elder one, i was asked evry time to GROW UP, i.e in compared to my younger brother.Which would emphatically mean dont be mischevious as your younger bro.You aree supposed to be elder,so behave decently.

--When i was in my teens say class 10, i was asked to GROW UP , this time meaning that i should stop playing cricket too much and concentrate on my studies.

-- then the GROW UP when i was in my engineering studies where my parents,relatives, friends all alike meant the same i.e get serious with your future,dont play like a child,BE A MAN, grow up.

Now all this thought dawned on me in a very unlikely place,The BARBER SHOP,as they say SALOON.This happened when the barber who was cutting my hair was a short guy .I dint notice it till i saw his hand moving very slowly. I asked "kya bhai ,form mein nahin ho"...he answered back "nahin! bhai aap bahut bade ho isliye mera haat nahin pahunch raha hai"

In english--WHat happened you seem out form ,for ur hands moving so slowly,
To which he replied--NO boss, you are too big for me, thats why my hands are not reaching your head.
NOw me again-- they were my childhood days when i used to go my barber and he would place a "Plank" on the chair for me to which i have to sit, coz i was too small for the chair.( i know you too sat on planks :)...And now after 27 years, this barber tells me pls lower down or sit a bit low coz the chair is too small for you...

WOW !!! i have grown up.Finally if not my parents but atleast the barber told this,though in diff. context i know, but I am happy to hear the words "YOU HAVE GROWN UP" :)...yaeee...yaeeee

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Day 14 - WHAT THE CRY !!!

FIFA World cup is on, but to me its not living according to my expectation.Yesterday Brazil won at 01:30 hrs IST.Now thats too late i know, but my second fav nation to win world cup after Spain is Brazil,so... But all these matches are low scoring games and the teams who are lesser ranked are giving a fight to much ranked teams.....just makes me think how patriotism for a country can be so high on a sports field...

I saw this player form korea cry in front of the whole world while his national anthem was being played.I knew it would be on papers all around and it was.But this guy was the toughest player on field.He is known as "baby elephant" for his sheer power and force.But here he was overwhelmed by the occasion and could not hold himself from crying. What made this big bully cry..come on man u r a man u r supposed to be strong.-the world of men would say

That makes me conclude todays thought : REAL MEN CRY !!!
because i too cry and i have learnt from great men that they did shed tears over something that they were passionate for.i can expound this thought a lot more but for now let me just add PASSIONATE REAL MEN CRY :)

Monday, June 14, 2010

DAY 13 - CLOUDS !!

I dint blog yesterday.
And you wont believe how many people and friends alike were concerned and missing my post...........
Ans--> NONE....:(
But Sorry guys i cant disappoint you anymore i am back again with my blogging ways :)

"13" is not a unlucky for me.But the subject i chose CLOUDS is.
Thought dawned on me as i watched the continuous clutter of dark clouds that travelled over my head this sunday evening .I was taking a stroll in my roof when i saw this beautiful display of heavens playground.
Clouds moving from north to east with this steady blow of heavy wind..If you r in bangalore u wud know what weather i am talking about...As far as your eyes wud go u wud see clouds-big dark and heavy but being tossed from their place in matter of seconds and in minutes they are seen no more.And in all this there were short glimpses of the mighty sun in its background standing as if nothing mattered to him...The clouds were covering the sun for moments but then the sun never lost its patience it continued to be there.It didnt try to play hide and seek..As if the Sun is saying i have WIND on my side which wud take all you weak clouds to place where you would be seen more"

Reminds me of a SMS that i got days back...."Dont look and worry at the clouds that you see now but try to focus on the SUN that you see always"...to me that play in the heavens spoke to me a powerful truth that many books would have taken weeks to speak.

For now i got Clouds (read questions,doubts,uncertainities) over my life (head) but let me focus on the SUN (read Lord Jesus) who has got the wind (read POWER) on his side.And i will see the bright clear sky with the sun signing very soon.....Halleluiah!!
PS: Your comments on my CLOUDS are highly appreciated :)

Friday, June 11, 2010

DAY 11 - FREEDOM !!!

"Freedom is my birth right and i will have it"
.....Bal Gangadhar Thilak

Working infront of a 15" inch desktop for 5 days* 8 hrs makes me sometimes question my freedom.All my life to just sit at one place and gaze and a monitor..CRazy!!wonder if any one got so much of my attention in my whole lifetime.If i had just given 1/1000th of this attention to a lady i would have got married by now:). But for now thank God for giving me imaginations (crazy most times) that are free.I mean wonder how many times have my thoughts roamed freely when physcially i am in front of this machine called computers.

Right now my mind is travelling to S.Africa.The worldcup fever has caught on me and i am loving it.Amazing how one "BALL" can bring the world together.Billions and millions of peoples eyes will be on the FOOTBALL for the next month.Phew!!! imagine if only the BALL knew it , it would lose its gravity and only fly in air... :)and never on the ground.Rightly for now the ball is inflated with air.:)
And yes i thank God for my nations indepenedence and then my souls independence.
If i were not free how would i think like this...

Surely Freedom is my birth right and I am having it.....

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

DAY 10 - IMPORTANT I ??

The artist Damian Hirst recently said this: "Why do I feel so important when I'm not? Nothing is important and everything is important. I do not know why I am here but I am glad that I am. I'd rather be here than not. I am going to die and I want to live forever, I can't escape that fact, and I can't let go of that desire."

The desire to feel important, to believe that you matter to the world around you. Man but do i struggle with extremes of this thought.Sometimes i feel i am the "only one" in my world and quite often as if i am a "no one" in my own world..Oh that i would learn to balance between the "ONLY ONE" and "NO ONE" worlds.I do have a philosophical take on this which i cannot put in simple words,but the day i find a simple way, i will put it here....

but for now I AM GLAD THAT I AM ALIVE AND I HAVE A WORLD...yae yae yae..

Day 9 - CHECKMATE!!!

My blood group is O+ve. and i am always positive :) I see only the brighter things( not only the brighter side of things)..But then again Life is always bigger than an individual.And now i am in that place,where Life is winking at me.

To admit i am "checkmate" by Life.Any move i make from here without surety i will be danger of further trouble..Thank God life is not like a chess game..SO all i can do is wait for something to happen..circumstances to change,people and places to change, and hope in midst of all this that I dont change :(...

FOR now my blood group is still O+ve,and no one can change it :)

Monday, June 7, 2010

Day 8- AM I PAID ENOUGH ??

Was thinking on what basis is one paid/not paid for ones job:

1) is it the time
2) the work he does
3) the person he is
4) for the sake of paying :(

Wondering where will i be paid the highest.Surely no. 3) the person I am..:)what about you?

And to think deep can anyone really pay me for who i am.I mean who can ascess my worth but the one who made me. I mean when we buy something we look at the pricetag sticked to it by the manufacturer, check the quality (ISO/ISI) and then pay it..

WHAT IS MY PRICE TAG....am i worth bargaining for..If I am on the auction sale as in a freelance player(IPL style) what kind of people will buy me and for what kind of work....:(
Phew!! i know the answer...kind of funny and scary too...WHAT ABOUT YOU????

Thought extracted from Mark 8:37 --What can a man give in exchange of his life??

Sunday, June 6, 2010

DAY 7- BE WILD AT HEART!!

I missed the FRENCH OPEN FINAL and so i missed RAfeeq Nadal playing...

HE WON HE WON HE WON but without me...WOnder how much he would have missed me :)
I would love talking about this guy..RAfeeq reminds me of the carton i used to watch and the song...

"Jungle jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai,
arre chadi pehen ke phool khila hai,phool khila hai".
.............doordarshan sunday 9 am.1990s

MOgli(the jungle boy)..i like this carton because this boy had a wild side to him.He did things what is in his heart with a passion and zeal.He would never give up and give his best ...and he was WILD at HEART.

Even Rafeeq NAdal is the same.HE IS WILD AT HEART..you should see the way he would run after evry ball, grunt at some shots, and play some real wild shots without fear...

I have learnt to BE WILD AT HEART from these guys,i love it...try it ...BE WILD AT HEART...:)

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Day 6 - DILEMMA !!!

I am very optimistic in all i think of.

BUt times when i am in a Dilemma between chosing the best among the goods.., thats where you got to see the negative side of your possibilties. Truly i wish someone would take all the decisions for me all thetime for all my life..:), life would have been so very simple task."JUST DO IT"--what ur Guide HERO tells you to do....And at the end if he screws it up blame him and let him face the brunt of your anger,depression..whatever..BUT ALAS!! consequences you have to bear...

Thought>>
Ever seen a juggler who juggles between many things(knife,bottles,balls,his eyes too:) with his 2 hands.One time he can have only 2 things in his 2 hands rest of the things he has to toss in the air.

Even life i believe throws at you many balls at one time and you got to decide which you got to keep in your Life at one time and which one you got to toss in the air for sometime ahead. The decision is difficult when you dont know what time you should throw the good one that is in ur hand to make way for the best one which is not in ur hand.

At every cycle you should be prepared and ready to cheerfully allow the good one to make way for the best one and then again the after some season the best one will become good to make way for a even better one...so.. PLAY WELL :)

But for now i in a Dilemma...cant share but will dare to next time..:)

Day 5- MONSOON COMING!!!

oh how i love the first rain on the monsoon....

here it rains every evening...its predictable...who says u cant get your weather prediction right..:)

talking on predicting...imagining whether life would be boring if it gets predictable..It would i say...read the other day on my friends blog"Life is unpredictable"..and i believe thats how it should be...its fun to be unpredictable,
thats y i love any sport..thats why i hate if any match is fixed..as if u feel cheated isnt it...??..

UNPREDICTABILTY adds spice to my life..and I am loving it..the monsoon and my Life ...yepeeee

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Day 4 - DESIRE UNLEASHED!!!

"When life is at stake and the answer is within reach,
thats when you see human DESIRE ummasked in all its desperation..."


dwelling on his thought the whole day........

1)in between flashed news that Mamta banerjee won elections in West BEngal defeating the 32 yrs rule by Left communist front...WOMAN POWER.....ooooooo

2) TATA NANO will be producing 1 car every minute in teir new setup plant in Gujarat..
phew what not MAN POWER can do......ayeeeeeeeee