Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Love and Despair
Love and despair stand hand in hand
at the edge of a cliff;
Despair will jump only to shatter on
the rocks below;
While love will grow wings and gently
set upon the rocks
to tend its broken friend
-Sara I. Turner
at the edge of a cliff;
Despair will jump only to shatter on
the rocks below;
While love will grow wings and gently
set upon the rocks
to tend its broken friend
-Sara I. Turner
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Feel Good Factor
This needs to be imbibed sometimes.. different things make people good... it's so variable from person to person. For foodies it's very obvious :-) For some proximity to nature, or sleeeeeppp bliss, for some a workout, for some Work!
It's fun.. but I surely think it's good to consciously keep injecting yourself with your own feel-good-factors and enjoy your life. Say a big "Dhishkyaaauun" and shoot out negativity that you can! And btw, this shooting the negativity is also another Feel-good-factor :D
It's fun.. but I surely think it's good to consciously keep injecting yourself with your own feel-good-factors and enjoy your life. Say a big "Dhishkyaaauun" and shoot out negativity that you can! And btw, this shooting the negativity is also another Feel-good-factor :D
Unbelievable
Sometimes it's unbelievable how people change! It's very tough for the human mind to see contrasting behaviours in one person over time... even though we know that there must be every reason to do it.
Also generally speaking isn't "I am sorry" misused grossly in this age. People use it without meaning it just to get away from a situation..... If you end up saying Sorry many times for the same situation - then I bet you were not sorry!
On a lighter note... check this one liner:
Born Free........Taxed to Death :-)
Also generally speaking isn't "I am sorry" misused grossly in this age. People use it without meaning it just to get away from a situation..... If you end up saying Sorry many times for the same situation - then I bet you were not sorry!
On a lighter note... check this one liner:
Born Free........Taxed to Death :-)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Shared Memory
From my 365 days quotes book.... loved this one:
"A shared memory binds people together in ways nothing else can duplicate"
We complete 11 years of shared memories, well they were good and bad.. but the good ones are easier to recall and they are the ones which come up in front of my eyes when i think of the words "shared memory"
"A shared memory binds people together in ways nothing else can duplicate"
We complete 11 years of shared memories, well they were good and bad.. but the good ones are easier to recall and they are the ones which come up in front of my eyes when i think of the words "shared memory"
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Thought of the day
Unconditional love is the love that gives you the freedom to be your own self.
I can't recall seeing unconditional love ever!! I think it was a thing of a different age altogether - we are the I me myself people!
I can't recall seeing unconditional love ever!! I think it was a thing of a different age altogether - we are the I me myself people!
Emotional Blackmail?
Could be confused with someone's desperate plea to help him... that's really so unfortunate....
Often we are so very involved in ourselves and our own peace and how affected we are with things that we go blind to the solution of the problem. Emotions overrule and block the rational solution of any problem. Love gets mistaken for Hatred.
Am sure all of us have heard stories of people doing crazy things and we wonder why he/she behaved in such a fashion. We are surprised. Dig deeper and you will find blind emotions overruling actions. The same loving person who couldn't see a sad face or a bad mood of his/her loved one is now capable of wrecking his/her life continuously - knowing it and yet doing it repeatedly - torturing oneself and his/her loved one - but not finding a permanent solution to the problem.
That's why a human mind can become the most complex structure and we label any person with Simplified thoughts as a GREAT man and literally worship him!
Often we are so very involved in ourselves and our own peace and how affected we are with things that we go blind to the solution of the problem. Emotions overrule and block the rational solution of any problem. Love gets mistaken for Hatred.
Am sure all of us have heard stories of people doing crazy things and we wonder why he/she behaved in such a fashion. We are surprised. Dig deeper and you will find blind emotions overruling actions. The same loving person who couldn't see a sad face or a bad mood of his/her loved one is now capable of wrecking his/her life continuously - knowing it and yet doing it repeatedly - torturing oneself and his/her loved one - but not finding a permanent solution to the problem.
That's why a human mind can become the most complex structure and we label any person with Simplified thoughts as a GREAT man and literally worship him!
Friday, January 18, 2008
The small problem with being lucky!
I know it and have been told by more than one person that I have ben really lucky in life. Life has been generally very good to me. God's loved child as someone says...
But isn't that in some way a problem?? When something unlucky or bad happens to me -won't I be the worst to take it - cos I am not used to it at all...? And well for nothing bad to happen at all - I should have been luckiestestest to the level of idealism :D
But isn't that in some way a problem?? When something unlucky or bad happens to me -won't I be the worst to take it - cos I am not used to it at all...? And well for nothing bad to happen at all - I should have been luckiestestest to the level of idealism :D
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Change
Change is so so Constant!
Time changes, People change, and well you yourself change. There is no fixed formula to one's adaptation to a change nor a measure of it.
A person may appear absolutely flexible to changes on many things and may be surprised at how he/she just is not able to or rather does not want to accept some things ever!
The adaptation is always possible.. it's just how difficult and painful you make it for yourself. Does one get the kicks in making it painful for oneself? No.. not kicks... just resistance and a few last attempts and a hope that the change gets undone.
But it will not. It will not change cos the change initiator may care more for the change than the person facing the change.
Time changes, People change, and well you yourself change. There is no fixed formula to one's adaptation to a change nor a measure of it.
A person may appear absolutely flexible to changes on many things and may be surprised at how he/she just is not able to or rather does not want to accept some things ever!
The adaptation is always possible.. it's just how difficult and painful you make it for yourself. Does one get the kicks in making it painful for oneself? No.. not kicks... just resistance and a few last attempts and a hope that the change gets undone.
But it will not. It will not change cos the change initiator may care more for the change than the person facing the change.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Revival
Reviving this after several months now!
Past few months have been like putting almost everything that I have in a mixing bowl and mixing it.
Primarily I switched jobs which for me was a big change done because I wasn't sure I will be able to deal with the change if it would be done a few years later. I guess it's been so far so good. Parted with my old team and friends who I was so so attached to. Landed up with a new team, new domain, new managers, new office, new lunch group. Overcame my fears of not being able to adapt to the change. Found new friends, lost a few old ones - sometimes I think life is like cleaning up and sorting your mailbox! Yeah.. shows that I have been living in outlook for very long now. That reminds me of another positive change with my new job - the average number of emails I need to process daily is much lesser now - practically 1/8th of what it was.
Becoming addicted to quotes once again. The connection is wierd but I literally hunt for a quote to describe my mood. To help that - at a recent Gift day at office I got a 365 quotes flip book.
So well I may not be able to blog frequently - but I can quote blog frequently.
"In prosperity our friends know us, in adversity we know our friends!"
Past few months have been like putting almost everything that I have in a mixing bowl and mixing it.
Primarily I switched jobs which for me was a big change done because I wasn't sure I will be able to deal with the change if it would be done a few years later. I guess it's been so far so good. Parted with my old team and friends who I was so so attached to. Landed up with a new team, new domain, new managers, new office, new lunch group. Overcame my fears of not being able to adapt to the change. Found new friends, lost a few old ones - sometimes I think life is like cleaning up and sorting your mailbox! Yeah.. shows that I have been living in outlook for very long now. That reminds me of another positive change with my new job - the average number of emails I need to process daily is much lesser now - practically 1/8th of what it was.
Becoming addicted to quotes once again. The connection is wierd but I literally hunt for a quote to describe my mood. To help that - at a recent Gift day at office I got a 365 quotes flip book.
So well I may not be able to blog frequently - but I can quote blog frequently.
"In prosperity our friends know us, in adversity we know our friends!"
