Mr. X lives life king style. Owns a Mercedes, a cool bungalow, a fat-packet MNC job….and heaps of matrimonial proposals. You can find him at the disco every night and self-composed by every sight. But just hold on, do you think he really is all that peaceful and happy inside?
No, he is not.
Peace, the naturally desired objective, gains substance more from its lack than from its presence. It maybe unfortunately so but the intense need and the benefits thereof cannot be overemphasized. Peace is desirable generally at 3 levels –one. The peace of mind. Two. The peace in the day-to-day work atmosphere. And three. The world peace at large. All the 3 segments maybe intricately woven together but their individual requirement is also of paramount importance.
We students wake up in the morning, prepare for the school, come back from school, attend tuitions, watch tv, eat and sleep. And throughout, we keep wondering where will we finally end up?! This implies we don’t have a single peaceful second in 24 hours. Oh! What a pathetic situation. That’s what we all think, don’t we? But last night I read that peace is just a matter of attitude. And attitude is something we can develop. So, lets see how its possible.
Let us first consider the peace of mind. Who could ignore it, who could underestimate it and who could deny the need of it? Or else at one’s own peril. Needless to say that unless one is at peace with himself, he cannot find it elsewhere. The inner peace alone defines the halo around a person and the glow on his face. I am not talking about the fair and lovely glow! But from where do we derive it? The virtues generating inner peace could be counted as efficiency, tolerance and optimism.
As it is, an inefficient person can try to find peace only at the not-so-known places. On the other hand an efficient person enjoys his work and also enjoys gaining more efficiency. Eg, Rahul is an efficient pizza boy and Ramesh, a clumsy lousy chap. Rahul will deliver a lot more pizzas than Ramesh, radiate a lot more positive energy and look satisfied. Whereas Ramesh will keep on struggling with any new equipment that the restaurant will offer. He’ll look forever agitated and forever irritated. This is how lack of efficiency creates difficulties both for the doer and the getter. And hence the loss of calm. So the first lesson is- be proficient in whatever you do.
Next. Tolerance. Tolerance contributes towards inner peace in no small measure. The cause and effect relationship between tolerance and peace of mind is the easiest thing to comprehend. Anger, which is just one ‘D’ short of danger is the enemy number one of our today’s goal. Finding peace is not just about learning how to obtain it, but also learning how to hold onto it without slipping back to angry ways. Anger is like a huge leviathan that gobbles us bit by bit. And peace is like a small white dove that can fight with this leviathan and defeat it as well. We knew that to err is human. If to forgive was also human, peace won’t be a difficult commodity to obtain. Do we need to elaborate it further? Lesson number 2- try accepting the things which you can’t change.
In the same vein, optimism has its own prominent place in generating peace. Brooding over the past misfortunes or unachieved goals could easily lead to more unachieved goals. Positive attitude helps eliminate the negative effects of failure and prepares us for success. Think good. Tell yourself ‘I am the best’. ‘I can do it’. One of my friends wrote in my slam book- ‘Face towards the sun, and the shadows will fall behind you.’
These were few quick search virtues for inner peace modulation.
Lets now consider the workplace. This relates itself to our inner peace as well as to the world peace. Workplace is where we spend most of our mind, time, energy and in fact ourselves. If it is peaceful, serene and result oriented like our dear school, we remain in good tune with ourselves. Otherwise fault finding, leg pulling, exploitation of red tape, utilizing one’s nuisance value come to the fore and lead us to the back. To make it brief one can easily surmise that nothing is peaceful unless the workplace is peaceful. Every worker in an organization should work towards peace and in turn peace will work for every worker.
Coming to the most general meaning of peace i.e. world peace, it eludes us like anything, religious hatred definitely being the root cause. In fact, religion has been turned upside down. Whereas religion intends to inculcate the oft repeated virtues of tolerance, forgiveness, truth etc, it seems to have become the undoing of these same qualities. I really don’t understand how it matters which religion a person belongs to!! Consider the twin tower tragedy brought about by our demolition man Mr. Osama Bin Laden. He thought his religion was under attack and therefore he did all this. Let me ask which religion taught him to do all this? Not Islam, not Christianity, not Hinduism not Budhism nor any other. Then why this?
Similarly who is going to benefit from the ongoing tussle between India and Pakistan over a piece of land called Kashmir? Who got any benefit from the disintegration of Soviet Union? On the other hand it was all gains and gains for everybody when the two German countries united few years back. We are still grappling with the horrors and after effects of second world war. Cant we widen the horizons and perspectives of our thought processes? Or do we want to remain a single-pond-frog throughout our lives? The ultimate dream of a cosmopolitan world like city is not unfathomable, unachievable or unenjoyable. Provided, of course we remain in our senses and don’t go beyond allotted briefs.
Improve the things which are in your power to improve. And recognize that some things are beyond your current capacity to change in the physical world, but may be changed in the "mental" world inside our minds. What I mean to say is-
Everyday when you wake up in the morning, you have 2 choices-
One. To grumble, mumble and groan about having to wake up so early in the morning.
Two. To open your eyes wide at the first wake up call and thank god for another beautiful morning.
The first option means a heavy, worn-out and depressing start to the day. The second option means a cheerful, welcoming and happy start.
The choice, is entirely yours.
Moments...
Boat
Saturday, February 5, 2011
some innocence
My dad happens to be an ophthalmologist. Obviously, his day-to-day activities include frequent vision tests on the patients. Since the patients belong to different educational strata, he is in the habit of asking them which language they know so that the corresponding side of the vision-testing drum could be set in front of them.
On one such occasion, a 30-year old lady informed that she knew the English alphabet. My father asked her to read the drum with her right eye. To my father’s surprise and amusement, the lady stood up and started uttering ‘A for apple, B for boy, C for cat…….’
On one such occasion, a 30-year old lady informed that she knew the English alphabet. My father asked her to read the drum with her right eye. To my father’s surprise and amusement, the lady stood up and started uttering ‘A for apple, B for boy, C for cat…….’
Declining Moral Values
‘Moral values’, ‘Goodness of mind’, ‘Purity of soul’…..Well, don’t worry; this is not going to be one of the church sermons. Moral values, which you and I learnt in the moral science books of standard fifth, have beautifully survived to be the most cherished topic of drawing rooms. The discussion on the topic knows no bounds. Be it a low or high socio-economic strata, my grandmother or my teenager friend, the middle-class arm-chaired theorist or the hi-fi seminar presenter, everyone everywhere discuss it ad lib. Nor is its domain constricted to money-matters. But unfortunately, it remains only to be discussed. We discuss and argue on it, and forget it. And the fact that the moral virtues have to be ‘practiced’ and followed and made a part of our existence is also conveniently forgotten. Here, we err to harm ourselves and our future generations. But it is really never too late to ‘debug’.
Here, I need to point out that the concept of relativity is applicable to every situation in our life. With changing times, the meaning of morality and its application has also changed. Long time back, it was considered wrong for a girl to be outspoken and candid in her demeanor. But today, such a girl is given the title of being ‘bold’ and a ‘bubbly extrovert’. Many more such examples can be quoted, of how things have changed; but the basic concept of morality will always be the same. It says that whatever you do, whatever you say, and whatever you think, you should never hurt or harm anyone, and, also, it should be in conformity with the established values. If every human remembers not only this principle, but, also, that he isn’t supposed to budge from it, the world would become a much better place to live.
Unfortunately, not everyone realizes this fact. Status, power, money, today tend to downplay other good things in life like education, joy of existence, friendship, love, gratitude, sacrifice etc e.g.- There was an era, when the ‘giver’ considered ‘giving’ to be his foremost duty. The ‘receiver’ realized that ‘receiving’ was probably his right, but not without gratitude. The trends have changed today. The giver wants to give minimum possible while the receiver is interested in getting much more than what he actually deserves. And the concept of ‘gratitude’ seems to have completely disappeared.
Morality, to some extent, is also a combination of the restraints we apply to our behaviour and actions to make them justified. In this process, we apparently suffer (ironically by forsaking the ‘forbidden fruit’) so that the community prospers, and consequently the individual prospers. If we discard these restraints and indulge in our desires, we might enjoy an immediate release, but the community will suffer, and inevitably we ourselves, too. If the by-line is, ‘I have no desire to be the scapegoat, let values be it’, the ultimate result would be a complete chaos, lot of which already exists.
Being moral basically means being good. But, defining Good and Evil is not a simple task as it differs from person to person, religion to religion, culture to culture and from time to time. Anyway, there is always a very flimsy demarcation between the two. But interpreting it wrongly means either punishing the good or rewarding the evil, both furthering evil. As humanity is only effective as a group, the judgment of good or evil must be the recognition of what is good and what is bad for the group.
But, neither is being moral equivalent to ‘load s of sacrifice’ and nor is being immoral necessarily being completely selfish. For those who have drunk the ‘selfish syrup’ too well to vomit it out; also, there is a solution. You can be moral for all selfish purposes. Because if we talk about the latest trends, one of which is spiritualism; practicing morality helps you feel peaceful within. Don’t the latest meditation gurus talk about ‘positive energies’ and ‘negative energies’? One can have all the positive energy just by being good.
There is a concept of subjectivity that says ‘As long as we approve of or believe in what we are doing, we can do no wrong.’ But didn’t Hitler believe that exterminating Jews was right? Does his belief make his crime pardonable? Subjectivism sanctions any action as long as the person performing it approves of it or believes that it's right. But what Hitler did was wrong, even if he believed otherwise. So, believing something to be right can't make it right.
Intelligence gives humanity its power over all other creatures, but what is not generally understood is the dependence of this faculty upon a necessary foundation of unquestioned values- our moral values. No intelligence can exist without a set of values. It is an essential part of every creature’s mind, as it is the foundation of identity. Along with an ability to think, we (humans) are bestowed with a power to distinguish between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. Scientific thinking, backed by moral values is the most urgent need in today’s world; for as we are moving ahead, ethics are being left behind. (This is where we started, sitting in the drawing room comfortably…….didn’t we?)
Morality is not just a set of values but an integral part of ourselves formed in childhood, which dictates how we see the world.
Maximum value of moral values is in the resultant peace of mind and hence delayed medical problems. This it self, is a meditation in its non-physical, purest and most-effective form. If we don’t practice it, we might get some immediate benefits; but, in the long run, our health, prosperity and happiness will be adversely affected. I can dare to say that if we are not moral in a good measure (being absolutely moral seems next to impossible in today’s date), we are harming our own children and grand children. After all, they have to live in the same social environment that we create for them.
Here, I need to point out that the concept of relativity is applicable to every situation in our life. With changing times, the meaning of morality and its application has also changed. Long time back, it was considered wrong for a girl to be outspoken and candid in her demeanor. But today, such a girl is given the title of being ‘bold’ and a ‘bubbly extrovert’. Many more such examples can be quoted, of how things have changed; but the basic concept of morality will always be the same. It says that whatever you do, whatever you say, and whatever you think, you should never hurt or harm anyone, and, also, it should be in conformity with the established values. If every human remembers not only this principle, but, also, that he isn’t supposed to budge from it, the world would become a much better place to live.
Unfortunately, not everyone realizes this fact. Status, power, money, today tend to downplay other good things in life like education, joy of existence, friendship, love, gratitude, sacrifice etc e.g.- There was an era, when the ‘giver’ considered ‘giving’ to be his foremost duty. The ‘receiver’ realized that ‘receiving’ was probably his right, but not without gratitude. The trends have changed today. The giver wants to give minimum possible while the receiver is interested in getting much more than what he actually deserves. And the concept of ‘gratitude’ seems to have completely disappeared.
Morality, to some extent, is also a combination of the restraints we apply to our behaviour and actions to make them justified. In this process, we apparently suffer (ironically by forsaking the ‘forbidden fruit’) so that the community prospers, and consequently the individual prospers. If we discard these restraints and indulge in our desires, we might enjoy an immediate release, but the community will suffer, and inevitably we ourselves, too. If the by-line is, ‘I have no desire to be the scapegoat, let values be it’, the ultimate result would be a complete chaos, lot of which already exists.
Being moral basically means being good. But, defining Good and Evil is not a simple task as it differs from person to person, religion to religion, culture to culture and from time to time. Anyway, there is always a very flimsy demarcation between the two. But interpreting it wrongly means either punishing the good or rewarding the evil, both furthering evil. As humanity is only effective as a group, the judgment of good or evil must be the recognition of what is good and what is bad for the group.
But, neither is being moral equivalent to ‘load s of sacrifice’ and nor is being immoral necessarily being completely selfish. For those who have drunk the ‘selfish syrup’ too well to vomit it out; also, there is a solution. You can be moral for all selfish purposes. Because if we talk about the latest trends, one of which is spiritualism; practicing morality helps you feel peaceful within. Don’t the latest meditation gurus talk about ‘positive energies’ and ‘negative energies’? One can have all the positive energy just by being good.
There is a concept of subjectivity that says ‘As long as we approve of or believe in what we are doing, we can do no wrong.’ But didn’t Hitler believe that exterminating Jews was right? Does his belief make his crime pardonable? Subjectivism sanctions any action as long as the person performing it approves of it or believes that it's right. But what Hitler did was wrong, even if he believed otherwise. So, believing something to be right can't make it right.
Intelligence gives humanity its power over all other creatures, but what is not generally understood is the dependence of this faculty upon a necessary foundation of unquestioned values- our moral values. No intelligence can exist without a set of values. It is an essential part of every creature’s mind, as it is the foundation of identity. Along with an ability to think, we (humans) are bestowed with a power to distinguish between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. Scientific thinking, backed by moral values is the most urgent need in today’s world; for as we are moving ahead, ethics are being left behind. (This is where we started, sitting in the drawing room comfortably…….didn’t we?)
Morality is not just a set of values but an integral part of ourselves formed in childhood, which dictates how we see the world.
Maximum value of moral values is in the resultant peace of mind and hence delayed medical problems. This it self, is a meditation in its non-physical, purest and most-effective form. If we don’t practice it, we might get some immediate benefits; but, in the long run, our health, prosperity and happiness will be adversely affected. I can dare to say that if we are not moral in a good measure (being absolutely moral seems next to impossible in today’s date), we are harming our own children and grand children. After all, they have to live in the same social environment that we create for them.
Monday, January 31, 2011
The Ugly Truth
This story was done by my Father --
(Dr. S. L. Bansal)
It is really painful to see that at this moment all the political parties are busy doling out, or, promising to dole out freebies, reservations and loan-waivers. All of them see people as prospective voters -- not as citizens of an upcoming country i.e. India. What is urgently and earnestly desired and required is being ignored blatantly.
To be minimally fair, all the decisions of a government should be based on a premise- whether the decision will benefit, and, simultaneously not harm an ordinary citizen who has no caste, creed, religion and affiliation. On the one hand you do not have enough power and on the other hand you are waiving off the bills of the defaulters if they stop pilferage now onwards. There could be no harsher punishment to those who paid their bills religiously. On the one hand you waive off the loans of the defaulter farmers and on the other hand you ignore all other debt related suicides from other professions only because farmers are a bigger vote-bank. Did you ever think of going to the bank and write off loans of all the people? After all you know that all of them are equal Indian citizens. Did you ever think that agricultural income should be taxed? A middle-level official getting some 20K per month will pay taxes and a millionaire farmer enjoys all the income.
Where do we want the country to go? We are making sure that there will remain differences for all times to come, that there cannot be harmony between any two communities and that any group worth the name can ask for reservations and hold the country to ransom. Why not make a start and try to make all citizens equal? Rather than asking for reservations, why not resolve to end the religion or caste identity in all the official documents. At one time the BJP had a good and sensible idea of common civil code but the electoral politics has swayed their ideology into thin air. Why not realize that any decision of the government in power will be scrutinized by people according to their personal needs but if you declare that the decision benefits a lay citizen (if it really does), it shows your credibility.
Even after 60 years we cannot pool the basic resources (water & electricity) of the country to equitably divide amongst all the states. We cannot implement that the whole country belongs to everybody who is an Indian citizen. A Keralite in Haryana and an Assamese in Kerala should be legally and practically comfortable. The asmita factor is a big joke- it should operate only when we deal with other countries.
At the moment every party has lot of sensible and upright leaders but all of them lack guts even to air their genuine and useful views because it does not suit the electoral temperament and therefore it displeases their not so genuine bosses. God save us.
(Dr. S. L. Bansal)
It is really painful to see that at this moment all the political parties are busy doling out, or, promising to dole out freebies, reservations and loan-waivers. All of them see people as prospective voters -- not as citizens of an upcoming country i.e. India. What is urgently and earnestly desired and required is being ignored blatantly.
To be minimally fair, all the decisions of a government should be based on a premise- whether the decision will benefit, and, simultaneously not harm an ordinary citizen who has no caste, creed, religion and affiliation. On the one hand you do not have enough power and on the other hand you are waiving off the bills of the defaulters if they stop pilferage now onwards. There could be no harsher punishment to those who paid their bills religiously. On the one hand you waive off the loans of the defaulter farmers and on the other hand you ignore all other debt related suicides from other professions only because farmers are a bigger vote-bank. Did you ever think of going to the bank and write off loans of all the people? After all you know that all of them are equal Indian citizens. Did you ever think that agricultural income should be taxed? A middle-level official getting some 20K per month will pay taxes and a millionaire farmer enjoys all the income.
Where do we want the country to go? We are making sure that there will remain differences for all times to come, that there cannot be harmony between any two communities and that any group worth the name can ask for reservations and hold the country to ransom. Why not make a start and try to make all citizens equal? Rather than asking for reservations, why not resolve to end the religion or caste identity in all the official documents. At one time the BJP had a good and sensible idea of common civil code but the electoral politics has swayed their ideology into thin air. Why not realize that any decision of the government in power will be scrutinized by people according to their personal needs but if you declare that the decision benefits a lay citizen (if it really does), it shows your credibility.
Even after 60 years we cannot pool the basic resources (water & electricity) of the country to equitably divide amongst all the states. We cannot implement that the whole country belongs to everybody who is an Indian citizen. A Keralite in Haryana and an Assamese in Kerala should be legally and practically comfortable. The asmita factor is a big joke- it should operate only when we deal with other countries.
At the moment every party has lot of sensible and upright leaders but all of them lack guts even to air their genuine and useful views because it does not suit the electoral temperament and therefore it displeases their not so genuine bosses. God save us.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Love Story
Erich Segal
Love Story
Some stories last forever...
I am not much of an overt romantic, however, romance is something that very few of us truly dislikes (Note the truly). I read ‘Love Story’ more to be ‘in sync’ than anything else. It was twelve grade that saw this flick ‘Mujhse Dosti Karoge’ -- Fell in love with everything about it. The story (Erich Segal’s ‘Love Story’) has a special significance in the bringing together of lovers in Yash Chopra production. Apart from the heart-locket and gobhi ke paronthe (wink).
Jennie, Oliver Barrett; Phil, Oliver III – each character stamps the soul. There’s nothing outlandish or flowery about the Love Story, since it has the typical high-society boy falling for humble-roots girl. Yet, the honesty, integrity and transparency... Of ever character, the sincerity, maturity and humility... of the writer, jumps out at you. Utmost importance can be given to the fact that spontaneity has such a rhythmic beat in the entire plot: It appeals to the music of every reader’s soul!
Though every person reads (and understands!) in his own way... Segals’ Story will find some identification with one and all. Don’t we all have at least one stony looking guy, sooner or later acting as our rock of Gibraltar...
• Don’t we all, sometimes, find something unquestionably true?
• Since we all, sometimes, get stuck in something so painfully beautiful, that liking or disliking is beyond question
That’s what Erich Segal’s ‘Love Story’ is!
Sweet, fun and luscious.
Barrett’s dedication warms the heart, Phil’s substance does heroic wonders to your soul, Jenny’s resounding mysterious persona makes you smile, and the role of ‘Okay’, throughout the tale, makes you weep.
Reminds me of Eternal Sunshine o the Spotless mind. Gotcha!!!
Love Story
Some stories last forever...
I am not much of an overt romantic, however, romance is something that very few of us truly dislikes (Note the truly). I read ‘Love Story’ more to be ‘in sync’ than anything else. It was twelve grade that saw this flick ‘Mujhse Dosti Karoge’ -- Fell in love with everything about it. The story (Erich Segal’s ‘Love Story’) has a special significance in the bringing together of lovers in Yash Chopra production. Apart from the heart-locket and gobhi ke paronthe (wink).
Jennie, Oliver Barrett; Phil, Oliver III – each character stamps the soul. There’s nothing outlandish or flowery about the Love Story, since it has the typical high-society boy falling for humble-roots girl. Yet, the honesty, integrity and transparency... Of ever character, the sincerity, maturity and humility... of the writer, jumps out at you. Utmost importance can be given to the fact that spontaneity has such a rhythmic beat in the entire plot: It appeals to the music of every reader’s soul!
Though every person reads (and understands!) in his own way... Segals’ Story will find some identification with one and all. Don’t we all have at least one stony looking guy, sooner or later acting as our rock of Gibraltar...
• Don’t we all, sometimes, find something unquestionably true?
• Since we all, sometimes, get stuck in something so painfully beautiful, that liking or disliking is beyond question
That’s what Erich Segal’s ‘Love Story’ is!
Sweet, fun and luscious.
Barrett’s dedication warms the heart, Phil’s substance does heroic wonders to your soul, Jenny’s resounding mysterious persona makes you smile, and the role of ‘Okay’, throughout the tale, makes you weep.
Reminds me of Eternal Sunshine o the Spotless mind. Gotcha!!!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
27 dresses
27 DRESSES Movie Review
Cast
• Katherine Heigl as Jane Nichols
• James Marsden as Malcolm / Kevin Doyle
• Malin Åkerman as Tess Nichols
• Edward Burns as George
• Judy Greer as Casey
• Maulik Pancholy as Trent
• Melora Hardin as Maureen
• Peyton R. List as Young Jane Nichols
I saw this flick on the suggestion given by a cousin brother and LOVED it! The woman sincerely tries to help out and take care of every bride who expresses a need for a totally devoted bridesmaid... Only to be left willing to get hold of the colourful symbolic bouquet of flowers done by the bride.
Since her childhood, she took care of her younger sister when her mother succumbed to a fatal disease and left a grieving and depressed father. The younger sibling who grows up to be a charming and extrovert woman soon does her act and completely unaware of the protagonist’s love for latter’s boss, woos him to get wed:
The story takes a twist when after much self-control and heroism, the lead lady just decides to vent out her pent up anger, and simply lays bare the lies of her sibling to her boss. Meanwhile, Kevin – the writer has been following her out of curiosity about her bridesmaid – social work, and falls in love with her. But obvious, the movie includes a scene of them getting stuck near a motel and enjoying before the dirty secret of his published story sears and totally smashes the protagonist’s heart. In a way everything is heart wrenching, just the upbeat and peppy rhythm of movie does justice to it. It’s enjoyable: the way two sister’s inevitable reconciliation is triggered by the heroine kissing her boss. Upon realizing the fake ‘something’ that had kept her strings tied to the boss, she decides to let go of the scope that she might have had with her boss... After all chemistry matters!
Lost in the moment it’s Kevin’s call that sets her flying to his cousin’s wedding (where she had been already invited, albeit jokingly, by him, to be the bridesmaid): But natural... Every concern is on their side, and simply results in nuptial knot(s) being tied... Both in person, and, in the thoughts of her younger sibling and ‘Best Boss’.
Cast
• Katherine Heigl as Jane Nichols
• James Marsden as Malcolm / Kevin Doyle
• Malin Åkerman as Tess Nichols
• Edward Burns as George
• Judy Greer as Casey
• Maulik Pancholy as Trent
• Melora Hardin as Maureen
• Peyton R. List as Young Jane Nichols
I saw this flick on the suggestion given by a cousin brother and LOVED it! The woman sincerely tries to help out and take care of every bride who expresses a need for a totally devoted bridesmaid... Only to be left willing to get hold of the colourful symbolic bouquet of flowers done by the bride.
Since her childhood, she took care of her younger sister when her mother succumbed to a fatal disease and left a grieving and depressed father. The younger sibling who grows up to be a charming and extrovert woman soon does her act and completely unaware of the protagonist’s love for latter’s boss, woos him to get wed:
The story takes a twist when after much self-control and heroism, the lead lady just decides to vent out her pent up anger, and simply lays bare the lies of her sibling to her boss. Meanwhile, Kevin – the writer has been following her out of curiosity about her bridesmaid – social work, and falls in love with her. But obvious, the movie includes a scene of them getting stuck near a motel and enjoying before the dirty secret of his published story sears and totally smashes the protagonist’s heart. In a way everything is heart wrenching, just the upbeat and peppy rhythm of movie does justice to it. It’s enjoyable: the way two sister’s inevitable reconciliation is triggered by the heroine kissing her boss. Upon realizing the fake ‘something’ that had kept her strings tied to the boss, she decides to let go of the scope that she might have had with her boss... After all chemistry matters!
Lost in the moment it’s Kevin’s call that sets her flying to his cousin’s wedding (where she had been already invited, albeit jokingly, by him, to be the bridesmaid): But natural... Every concern is on their side, and simply results in nuptial knot(s) being tied... Both in person, and, in the thoughts of her younger sibling and ‘Best Boss’.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Dosti re dost
Friendship friendship: Friendship Galore
Friendship, is like a trademark to life: Not just does it affirm love, but brings hope to every situation, justifies every action; and simply brightens up every face present. I have been blessed with the best friendships ever: So here I dedicate this write-up to the core of every relation, to the smile of every parent, and to the heartbeat of every orphan... i.e. friendship’!!! Since the root(s) of friendships emerge(s) from the need of companionship; some of us realize its value only when some loneliness creeps into life. Some of us totally deny depending on friendship(s) for the belief that “Blood is thicker than water”. Some of us begin to fasten so closely, every moment of our lives, with close friends, that, our
prior commitments begin to get sidelined.
Someone, at this crucial juncture, must do something to make people around aware of the circumstances. Every thing that’s blissful, isn’t necessarily healthy: knowing that fine differentiating line, and acting in accord with our life priorities is definitely more important. Hence, the saying................. A single apple spoils all inside the basket ~ Choose your pals carefully, don’t just go by instincts and/or seen faces... Substance Matters!
Funny though, or perhaps not really some of our friends bear a close resemblance to relatives and even siblings: however, the quality of the fun and frolic possible with buddies is a remote scene when it comes to blood relations: Tat’s also coz each family has its patterns; the change experienced with people from differing environment(s) both consoles and encourages (So as =anything better might become assimilated into our life, and/or, making someone’s environment consoles us by making us feel cherished (and admired)
The clouds
That hover there,
Tell us to be around:
Some people love us all the same...
Whether achievements follow
Or failures drown
Friendship, is like a trademark to life: Not just does it affirm love, but brings hope to every situation, justifies every action; and simply brightens up every face present. I have been blessed with the best friendships ever: So here I dedicate this write-up to the core of every relation, to the smile of every parent, and to the heartbeat of every orphan... i.e. friendship’!!! Since the root(s) of friendships emerge(s) from the need of companionship; some of us realize its value only when some loneliness creeps into life. Some of us totally deny depending on friendship(s) for the belief that “Blood is thicker than water”. Some of us begin to fasten so closely, every moment of our lives, with close friends, that, our
prior commitments begin to get sidelined.
Someone, at this crucial juncture, must do something to make people around aware of the circumstances. Every thing that’s blissful, isn’t necessarily healthy: knowing that fine differentiating line, and acting in accord with our life priorities is definitely more important. Hence, the saying................. A single apple spoils all inside the basket ~ Choose your pals carefully, don’t just go by instincts and/or seen faces... Substance Matters!
Funny though, or perhaps not really some of our friends bear a close resemblance to relatives and even siblings: however, the quality of the fun and frolic possible with buddies is a remote scene when it comes to blood relations: Tat’s also coz each family has its patterns; the change experienced with people from differing environment(s) both consoles and encourages (So as =anything better might become assimilated into our life, and/or, making someone’s environment consoles us by making us feel cherished (and admired)
The clouds
That hover there,
Tell us to be around:
Some people love us all the same...
Whether achievements follow
Or failures drown
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