Our Actions........

Today, me and my roommates were discussing about the affects of our actions in our daily lives.While discussing, one of them asked,"How do we know our actions are right or wrong? becoz what i actually deem to be correct might be incorrect for somebody else for eg a terrorist,even while creating a havoc amongst innocent people,continues to believe that his actions are right." Now,this question made us wear our thinking hats.Each one started providing solutions one by one.Some said we should listen to our conscience,some said we should look at the society at large etc etc.My friend did not seem to be convinced with the solutions.So, I intervened and asked him a question,"Brother,tell me, in ur life whom do u love the most?"He seemed confused with this question.I signaled him to answer the question.He said,"I love my mother the most."To which i replied,"Then, before u perform any action just think if that action will make her feel happy or sad.In case,u feel she would be happy or proud with that action then that action would be the right one.Be it anyone whom u luv,ur mother,father,girlfriend or GOD,if u feel they would approve this action or behavior of urs,then u have passed the litmus test of life."

A Bus Journey

My Life is like a journey in a bus.Some have boarded the bus before me.I sit next to or close to some of them and they accompany me for a long time.It so happens,most of the times, that these people get down before me.During this journey,i get so attached to them that separation pains.Apart from these people,given my extrovert nature,I try and talk to all those people who board my bus at different stops.Some of them enjoy my company whereas some don't and they prefer sitting far away.
I have now spent quite a few hours and then I see a bright light entering the bus.This light is emanating from the face of a beautiful,smiling,young lady.She now glides past me, and i am still holding my breath and admiring the creator but then i realize that she goes and occupies a seat very far away from me.She is so far yet so close.I now see myself frantically searching for a vacant seat close to her.yeah!! found one... but what is this!!! By the time i reach,another young man has already occupied it...alas!!!!i am too late.In the next stop, both of them get down and catch another bus.I don't know if she has gone forever.I am shattered and deny to feel or enjoy the beauty of things that already exist around me but slowly the scenes outside the bus starts interesting me.I see the mountain peaks and aim to reach there.The bus driver,too, is very nice.He stops the bus at divine,sublime places so that we could relax ourselves.I am about to reach the peak.By now,most of the people i met have got down and unknown people have boarded.On reaching the peak,i get down from the bus and turn to look at the driver.He smiles at me and drives away.Suddenly, it dawns upon me that all through the journey,the only person who was with me from the start was the bus driver.On getting down, neither did i thank Him nor did i make friendship with Him,yet He brought me to my destination......Hope i don't commit the same mistake in the future and make use of the company of the bus driver in my next journey....

value and cherish every moment and everyone

I believe that we must learn to value and cherish each moment & everything that we have today because the past can never be altered and we may never be able to enjoy it in the future. We usually tend to take people or things for granted. Just to give an eg: Yesterday, my room landline rang aloud like a barking dog at a time when we were enjoying a quite nap after lunch. It was my roommate’s sister who had called. He lifted the receiver and within seconds put it down. On enquiry, he said, “Anyway, it was my sis, I asked her to call me later”. I casually told him, “Hope it was nothing important”. This statement of mine threw open the doors of his brain and he called back. It was only then did he realize that she wanted to discuss some important issue with him which she couldn’t share even with her parents. This small incident made me travel back in time and see if I had committed such mistakes. By God’s grace, I hadn’t. However, I pondered more and found myself asking this question, “Why do we take people or things for granted. Is it becoz that person/thing is easily available?? But then what is the guarantee about future???” eg this fellow went on to share with me the conversation he had with his sister. Conversation as follows:
Bro: Sorry Sis, I hadn’t known why u had called.
Sis: Its ok, I understand. But dear bro, remember one thing. Today, I might be able to share everything with u. What is the guarantee about tomorrow?
Bro: What do u mean? Why r u saying so?
Sis (with tears in her eyes): Tomorrow, once I am married and leave the house, I cannot say that I would be as accessible to u as I am today.
My friend went on to tell me that the fact of life had struck him hard on his face.

I know its late but i have now learnt how to live

I know its late but i have learnt how to live
However may be the days to come,I have now learnt how to live

What is happiness and what is sorrow
They r but just 2 sides of the same coin
Both r like days,which neither stop nor wait
I know its late but i have learnt how to live

I didnt know whom should i call 'my own'
The one who would tell me "where have u remained in life"
or the one who would tell me "you are not alone,I am here"
I guess now i know whom to call 'my own'
I know its late but i have learnt how to live

I dont know if my friends will stay,
Because situations not under my control have forced me to keep them at bay
However i know i will make it up to them
whatever may be the blame
I know its late but i have learnt how to live

Technology.....

Today we say,with the advent of technology,the world has become small...(hope our hearts don't become small)...exchanging messages,mails has become the order of the day....but in this process are we missing something??? I was talking to a friend yesterday.I had called her after a really long time.The moment i said hello,she recognized my voice (so sweet of her) but her instant reaction was a long list of scoldings...she rebuked me for not having kept in touch....i justified saying i do mail her regularly.....to which she became silent and said something that sent me into introspection.She said,"U keep in touch with people by forwarding mails".Yes,this is what technology has done to me.....I claim to be in touch with friends and relatives thru mails!!!! In order to confirm, i checked the sent mail of my mail box and was shocked to see that in the last 7 days alone,i had sent more than 7 forwards to most of my friends.....I immediately decided "no more mails forwarding"....similarly social networking....we chat on Facebook,we comment.....that too with people who stay just a couple of kms away....i was home for the summers this year...and wanted to get back in touch with my school frnds....and guess what!! i met most of them...i was very happy having met many of them............................i was happy.......i was happy for having met them online....what a sad state of affairs.....i met them online but couldn't meet them personally although each one of them stays within a radius of 2-3 kms.....something to ponder upon...why have we started distancing ourselves and why have we become so self centered???

The path to success

Everyone today wants to reach the top and wants to be the best.The most important aspect here is the process itself.Once we reach the top,we realize that being the best or scaling the peak is nothing great.Only on reflection can we understand that it was the process that provided us the learning,a meaning to the motive.
Let me take u all back in time to the year 2007.I was in my final year under graduation.It was the month of June.I had decided that this year me and my shuttle badminton partner would win the doubles championship (we had lost in the quarter finals the previous year).In spite of the academic pressure,we both used to find time to practice and work out for the big event.To cut the story short,the championship started in the month of September and we crossed all the levels and reached the finals.We,obviously,were the underdogs and the opponent was the best team.We,however,proved to be a tough nut to crack.As against the expectations of all,we emerged victorious.My friends lifted me in jubilation and my journey back to the hostel was the one that i can never forget.I had never been praised so much in my life before.I was exuberant and was in the seventh heaven.This story continued only till that evening because by then everyone had congratulated and all got busy with their own work.Yes,it did give me momentary pleasure.That night,as i laid down on my bed and was reflecting,i realized that after all being the best did not matter much.What mattered was my hardwork for those 3-4 months.There is no word called impossible.The attitude matters.This word impossible could be read as I m possible..meaning i can do anything.