Soul space !!! ...........

Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho, Toh zinda ho tum

{If you carry your restlessness in your heart, then you are alive}

Nazar mein khwabon ki bijliyan leke chal rahe ho, Toh zinda ho tum

{If you carry the flames of your dreams in your eyes, then you are alive}

Hawa ke jhokon ke jaise aazad rehna sikho

{Learn to live free like the gusts of wind}

Tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron mein behna sikho

{Learn to flow like the waves in a stream}

Har ek lamhe se tum milo kholke apni bhaahein

{Embrace every moment in life with open arms}

Har ek pal ek naya samha dekhen yeh nigahaein

{Each moment your eyes see is a new season}

Jo apni aankhon mein hairaniyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum

{If you carry wonder in your eyes, then you are alive}

Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho, toh zinda ho tum

{If you carry your restlessness in your heart, then you are alive}

These are lines from a Bollywood (Hindi) hit movie…..

Worries, anxieties and pain are something we all wanna get rid of from our lives. But have you ever felt that even the most challenging moments in ur lives have some purpose in the road to fulfillment ?! 

This song, rather poem, depicts the true meaning of life.. of being alive. It's not only about roses, kisses, smiles and happiness, but it’s also about the anxieties, challenges, dreams and struggles to attain them. Without such worries or heartaches one would never be able to appreciate the true value of the happiness we receive!

To be fulfilled with life, one has to accept and live through not just the easy days but also the hard sad days. Being tension free doesn't always mean being happy, as many of us would imagine!  Sometimes being devoid of something, even when that is not one of the pleasantries of life, makes us crave for fulfillment. ..... but sadly, we don't accept this unless we've painfully lived through it! 

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

 Excerpt:  "Everyone knows they're going to die,but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently."

All of us have thousands of complaints right? about the traffic, the food, the salary,the work, the politics,... on goes the never ending lists.

So amidst all these regrets and worries, there came by a book which left me thinking how silly i am !!

A professor counting his last days of life, shows us the true meaning of being alive! to not surrender to the disease is one part of whole book, but the most important part is the lessons he teaches us.

Excerpt: "Take any emotion-love for a woman,or grief for a loved one, If you hold back on the emotions-if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them-you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid.You're afraid of the pain,you're afraid of the grief.You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.

But by throwing yourself into these emotions,by allowing yourself to dive in,all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely, you know what pain is . you know what love is, you know what grief is.And only then can you say, all right i have experienced that emotion, i recognize that emotion,Now i need to detach from that emotion for a moment. "

Many a times in life I've been through stages when the same had happened to me, an emotion is with me only till i go to the full extent with it! and it being not the norm, i have been questioned by many of my queers... all those questions remain answered with professor morrie's statement above.

Excerpt: "No matter where u live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be, we should be looking at our potential stretching ourselves into everything we can become."

Through simple statements , Mitch Albom, brings out the real essence of life.. of living and letting others live!!!

Thanks Mitch for this wonderful composition.

Got a Second look?

If people are giving you a second look,
there can be two possibilities,

either you are looking too beautiful to take eyes off, 
or something is too awkward to stop laughing about!

What You choose to Believe, decides the course of your next step.... 

Fights matter!!!

Calm,Composed,Adjustable.... on would go the list of good traits, but unless you are a fighter, no one's gonna give a damn about you!!!

Compare ?

One should not compare One with the Other…. ….b’cos One is One and not Another!.....

The Facebook Phase!!!

Just the other day I caught myself red handed .... thinking in terms of facebook status messages!

Although it was funny at start, later I was wondering what's wrong with me. Am I obsessed with the social networking funda ...or is it just a minor symptom to ring the bell and stop me from getting there.?!
Whatever it is, I'm sure that lately my fb addiction has increased a tiny winy bit....and now i recognize ...its changing the way i think !!!

So what's it that has made face book so famous and what's that one string its originators struck right in the entire human population's minds.

** This social sharing concept has affected us so much these days that the first thought on every photo we click, is whether it'll look good on  face book and how many of our social circles would like/comment on it. Every dress, styles, jobs, and even the Person is evaluated based on the number of likes\comments we receive for it!

** The don't tell mama trick no longer works...cos most probably, even before you reach home from the so called study tour,  your mom would have noticed her kid tagged in one of the cool party pics, by one of the buddies!

So that's how our life has become.. an open book. As long as you don't indulge too much in the privacy settings of your account, you and your life is accessible to anyone anywhere anytime!!!

** On one hand this may prove good, the feeling that anything and everything we do is gonna be out there for everyone to see, makes us more cautious and responsible about ourselves!

** Often there are problems we are involved in, for which we struggle to find solutions! Sometimes we turn the world upside down in search of a solution when it would be actually hiding behind our door!!!
Its a very common scenario and it happens mostly because we are in too much of a hurry or anxiety to stop and think about the actual issue. Calming down and thinking about the problem would give us a better perspective and new ways of solving ti effectively.....Summarizing the moment in few words, could actually be a help in this regard! :)

so there does seem to be an upside to face booking too rite? .... but then there is a downside too .....

** It's true that  "sharing it with someone makes the moment all the more special". But then there is a bold dark line between the shareable and unshareable things of life too! Remember ... no matter what happens with your life, whether good or ugly...  there are always people out there who could make a joke out of it... may not always prove to be a good picture for you and your folks!..so beware and think before you post!

Take care..... 

Listen...!!

The listening heart should also have a forgetful mind... else other's concerns will become own heartaches!!!