Don’t Be Inspired After Reading This

       “Hitler shall meet the same fate as the Jews of Germany. Hail Britain!!”.  The third time it rings, he wakes up furiously at 8.45 AM. Groping for his cell phone, he gives a boiling look as if he was one of the most wronged man on earth. He realises that his left hand is not conscious at all. Trying to relate this to the dream last night, he subconsciously realises that he was a Second World War soldier from Britain. Maybe, “Winston Churchill”. (Because of the ugly reading that he had been doing from few days).

         He quickly checks all his “Facebook” notifications, the latest updates around the world and because of all the weird pages he has liked on the web, he summarises there is nothing new this morning. He opens his “WhatsApp”, checks out all the messages and once again he surmises that all he has got this morning are the forwarded messages of “Good morning” and some really funny jokes that he reads like a prose.

         Glancing in the mirror, he sees his sullen countenance. Again, a damn morning.  A face distorted by sleep, hairs going in all directions. Murmuring, “My smartness has crossed another level altogether”, he starts brushing his teeth vigorously realising he is getting late for his office. All the necessary things that he had planned to implement after reading “Robin Sharma” stuffs like waking up early in the morning, exercising, meditating, jogging and making a good breakfast were circling in his thought process. And then an epic procrastinating idea, “Kal se pakka karenge, ab bahut ho gaya”.

         With a guilt of having reached office late again, he starts working for his daily office chores. He tries to justify himself that he will work really hard today. Just then, he notices a tiny minuscule ant crawling into his keyboard. It disappears and this makes him a little uneasy. He lifts the keyboard, turns it upside down and with a “to and fro” motion tries to desperately throw out the tiny ant. There she was, right on the desk. The black tiny ant crawling over the white mica sheet of the desk. He smiles, and while holding the keyboard he watches the ant steadily moving out. He keeps a close eye on it. The ant stops, and starts rubbing its antennae vigorously. Unwilling to crawl, he starts getting vexed with a little bit of frown on his face. He whiffs at it with full force and it vanishes.

          “Is everything alright, Ramesh?”, inquires his colleague. “Maybe, he was watching me”, he prompts in his head. “Yes Peter, the day is awesome”. Happy that he had at least taught the ant a lesson of a lifetime. Sadism, at its peak.

            He completes his daily tasks in office, reaches back home by 6 o’ clock evening. He calls his several friends, his parents and siblings and laments about the workload in his office. He justifies them (and himself too) that it was a very tough day at work. He quickly opens his laptop, and with a “fear of missing out” logs on to facebook. Quickly going through the “news feed” and updating himself about all his friends, he opens his “WhatsApp” and reads all the forwarded messages again. Some really funny jokes are read by him like a prose again. He feels content with his life now.

            He has his dinner and now he has all the time in the world before the morning comes again. He calls his fiancée and talks to her over all the futile, trivial and frivolous topics. (He decides to refrain from telling about the ant that made his life miserable that day.) Covering a wide spectrum of his so called important topics for three to four hours, he decides it’s very late and he should sleep now.

           He pounces on a book kept below his laptop, “The Greatness Guide by Robin Sharma”. He pretends to read it subconsciously and gradually falls asleep. This time he is against the “Apartheid System” in South Africa. Oh! Wait a minute! Is he “Nelson Mandela” today?

P.S.   Don’t vegetate like Ramesh does.

Have a fixed set of goals in your life and work towards them.

Don’t just be lost in a reverie. Go there and do it !

“Kat to rahi hi hai,

Kat to jayegi hi,

Kucch aisa kariye,

Ki zindagi gaaye bhi.”

An Obsession of a Winner

          The Plebeians giggled how the little man fell down, stumbling at something where even a naïve could have done better. The critics pointed out, “Here, here you could have done better.”

           But this little man, in the coliseum, in the arena fighting valorously, striving hard but because of his misjudgment falling short again and again. Erring flagrantly but learning with each fall. He knows the great enthusiasms, the great struggles, the great dedications. His face fraught with dust, sweat and blood. He knows the glory of a victory, the happiness that comes at a cost, the breeze of content that triumph brings.

            The little man, even if he fails, at least fails in this commitment shall always find his place a notch above the coward, cold and timid souls, who never tasted victory nor defeat. This man, this little man is a true CHAMPION.

THE TREASURES IN YOU !!!!!!

There are treasures in life,

 but owners are few

Of money and power

to buy things brand new.

Yet you can be wealthy

and feel regal too,

If you will just look

for the treasures in you.

These treasures in life

are not hard to find

When you look in your heart,

your soul, and your mind.

For when you are willing

to share what’s within,

Your fervent search

for riches will end.

The joy and the laughter,

the smile that you bring;

The heart unafraid

to love and to sing;

The hand always willing

to help those in need;

Ones quick to reach out,

to labor and feed.

So thank you for sharing

these great gifts inside;

The caring, the cheering,

the hug when one cried.

Thanks for the energy,

encouragement too,

And thank you for sharing

the treasures in you.

DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE !!!!!!

Here I am, walking through time 
taking these steps, through this life of mine 
Where am I now, and where will I go 
Is it all an illusion? - I really don’t know. 


Days seem to pass, before long it’s years 
While I’ve been contemplating life's hopes and Life's fears. 
Watching and waiting, just looking on 
before I knew it, my whole life had gone 


I awoke from Life's dream, and now here I stand 
Looking back at my life with God at my hand 
I learned about life and the meaning of love 
amidst tears of pain, but was that enough? 


In life we can live out our dreams if we want to - its true 
the one who decides, takes chances, makes choices 
IS YOU 


So before you let your life pass you by 
think of these words, Live your dream - don’t be shy 
All you need, you have within 
So live your dream now, let YOUR life begin.....

FIND YOURSELF !!!!!

                         Sometimes , it is just one of those days when you don’t feel great about yourself. In an introspective mood ,the ambitious spirit inside you starts to combat with the sluggish part of you. Things get worse , when you lack in ideas or when you have tasted failure in recent times .The future prospects seem to be fuzzy and you lie crumpled in your chamber of questions ,dejected at the lack of solution. The path of true happiness and roaring success begins to get darker and darker.
                         
                         Some very helpful and handy tips that might just help you come out of this imbroglio :

1.Avoid Procrastination: Its one of the biggest and worst causes of stress in our lives . Not doing things till the last minute ,makes us lose a lot of precious time and opportunities. Although we may not think about it, but this ‘taalte raho’ attitude nags us at a subconscious level.
Set realistic goals .
Concentrate and finally keep a list of ‘things to do today’
Trust me , the feeling after completion of each day’s work is more rewarding and satiating than you can imagine.

2.Be a integrative planner:
Work out exactly what you want to achieve or  accomplish.
Set milestones for yourselves(short term goals) because seeing yourself achieve them will raise your confidence.
Focus on the process than on the results .But remember, you can have the best plans in the world and be totally right about your strategy but if you don’t engage in it and motivate yourself to work on it ,you will probably fail.

3.Rebuild your emotional intelligence:
Be flexible. Adapt quickly to the changing world .
Include humour and laughter in your life.
Develop an attitude of optimism.
Express your emotions. Don’t keep it bottled inside.
Lastly, love yourself and others .Appreciate others for good work that they do.

4.Reward yourself in your own style:“Work hard ,party harder”. It brings a lot of  positive vibes in your life. And there is always a driving force in anything you do.

5.Conquering your fears: Fear is good if one can use it properly and not be paralyzed by it. Its no use looking up to heaven with too much faith and too little struggle. Life is generous to those who pursue their destiny without any fear . People are not prisoners of fate but their own minds. The tragedy of life is not death but, what we let die within us, while we live .Pain and suffering are inevitable but being miserable is optional .

                                  Hope, these small little suggestions help you find yourself and your goals .And remember , the strongest people are not always the people who win, but the people who don’t give up when they lose.

LUCK

An irony on what people think..
and how much it takes to be a "WINNER"

LUCK

He worked by day,
And toiled by night..

He gave up play,
And some delight...

Dry books he read,
New things to learn..
And forged ahead,
Success to earn...

He plodded on with ..
Faith and Pluck...

And when he won ,
MEN CALLED IT LUCK....