Connecting with thoughts - My thoughts and Me

At one point or the other we all yearn for it. Especially when ...life is seemingly beginning to look monotonous ...at times things don't seem to be heading anywhere ...we are stuck in rut ...our thoughts keep on running into a dead wall ...we want to break free ...nothing seems to clicking or fall in place ...we seem to miss the obvious Well there may be a hundred other such instances when really long for what we all call is a welcome break, not consciously though at times. And I am not wrong in saying that 9 times of out 10 it is totally unplanned or unscheduled or better still it just pops up out of nowhere. What's more amazing is that it could be in the most simplest of the form. It is for most of the times. For it can come through ...a phone call ...a cup of coffee ...a friend dropping by ...a unplanned, unscheduled outing ...listening to music ...humming your favourite tune ...taking a power nap ...reflecting ...sitting silently for sometime You ca...

A day full of joy A day full of bliss A day full of solitude A day full of meanings A day full of moments to be cherished A day full of dreams A day full of challenges A day full of achievements A day like never before A day like never again A day full of life A day called Today

For today ....I think I will take a break and Lakshmi Pratury do all the talking. I found this video on TED when I was preparing for a Communication Skills Class to cover various aspects of "Writing". Since then I have watched quite a few times. There used to be time when I was in school I used to write letters to my Aunts and couple of friends who were priests. The letter exchanges continued till I reached my degree college and then they abruptly stopped. I still have few of those letters stuffed in some corner of one of the drawers which I pull out and read sometimes, not often though. The feeling is something different. Really different. I totally agree with the point which Lakshmi makes.  Coincidentally I did write diary each day for a month my wife starting a month before my marriage. That was a marriage gift which I gave my wife. Two and half years into the marriage she still cherishes it. And then was sudden urge to write again for each day for the next nine months wh...

Well at least this time round I had no option to miss for the only reason my connection was dead slow. Imagine it took almost 15 minutes to load the half the webpage and another 10 to open the link. I was lucky to reach that far during late night. Earlier in the day it blatantly refused to load the webpage at all. So I missed ...second time but however I am happy that unlike the last time there was conscious effort to ensure that I don't miss another day.  That brings to me interesting premise regarding those companies that sell broadband services or mobile services. Irrespective of whether you use the services or not you have to pay because you have subscribed for the services. If you don't use its your problem and the company has every right to charge you for the services which you have not used for some reasons. Fair enough. I can understand the operational and infrastructure costs that are involved.  However what happens about days like yesterday....where it was ...

When was the last time you said thank you to some one? Who was it? Well unfortunately I am in no way going to know your answers until and unless you leave a comment. But it's an interesting question to ask. There are times and instances when we want to say thank you, but don't and later feel we should have. The problem with such instances is that we feel awkward, embarrassed, shy or we are so overwhelmed by incident that we just cant. Boom!! that moment has gone. The impact those two simple words which would have made could have been magical is lost. Lost forever. That's just one part of the story though. The other is that of a big fat ego which we all have. This ego tell us he / she had to do it. So what's the big deal. And that's a really big problem. Why? Because there are far too many people who never really do what they are supposed to do and even if they do it more as favour or there is no other choice that is available. There's no heart that i...

Just today morning I realized about a peculiar habit of mine. Let me tell you that it's not to blow my own trumpet.   But over the years I picked up this habit of saying, "God Bless You and Bless Us All Too". I say this every time I see or pass a person in distress, physically  and mentally challenged, special person, beggars, poor. I just happen to say these words to myself. It's not out of pity that I say these words but realizing that what a beautiful gift of life God has given me and to remind myself that how challenging life can be. And more importantly to tell myself that there are people living their lives with these challenges. Many of these walk shoulder to shoulder with people in the normal walks of life fighting the odds with much more courage and intensity.  Despite this there are times when I wonder if I really mean those words that I say? Do I say those words just out of habit? Or is it an escape route that I seek for not being able to help these peop...

Minimum five line that's what I had promised to write everyday ever since I started writing The Next Thirty Days. So far it has been going good. But over the last couple of days I have been struggling to write. And its but natural. I am happy that it happened. For it had to happened. Why? Just because when you are not a regular writer and more of an impulsive writer, it was bound to happen. Today I am writing more out of compulsion rather than out of choice. Today it's also more about determination and commitment. Rather than just giving up and saying I am not going to write because I don't have anything to write about. It would be good to write something which you can write without too much of an effort. The point is keep going in the pursuit of your goal and objective which you set to achieve. Therein lies an important lesson. Never ever give up on your goals or loose sight of them. At times you may slow down a bit, but your eyes always have to be set on your dream and yo...