Lessons Never Learnt !!

I got these colorful and thought provoking mails in my inbox today. I Couldn't resist myself from sharing the mails here, for goodness must be spread and must be shared. I remember the same stories were told long back during my college days by a HR manager of TCS. As with the most homo sapiens,  I have never learnt the lessons . 

family of tortoise STORY

A family of tortoise went on a picnic. They packed food and set out to a place they had selected behind the hills. When they reached the spot, they unpacked their picnic basket. They realized they had forgotten to bring salt. Food without salt is tasteless.They had a conference to decide who should go back and get salt. After a lot of discussion, the youngest tortoise was chosen, as he was faster than the others.The youngest objected on the ground that before he could come back the others might eat the snacks. But they assured him they would wait for him to come back with salt.

Six months passed, but the youngest tortoise did not turn up. So the rest of the family decided to open the basket and eat the snacks. When they opened the snack basket, the little tortoise jumped out of the bushes and screamed, "Look, I knew you would not wait till I came back. For six months I have been hiding in these bushes to make sure you would not eat without me. Now my suspicion has been confirmed, and I am not going to get the salt."

Some of us are exactly like our suspicious tortoise: we waste our own time waiting for people to live up to our expectations. Instead of doing the right thing ourselves, we wait for others to act in ways we expect them to. We waste our time waiting for others to live according to our expectations.

Story of a Starfish

An elderly man was taking a stroll on the beach one morning. Ruthless tidal waves of the night before had pushed out many creatures to the beach, notably, the starfish. There were thousands of starfish lying on the beach, not all were dead. He felt sorry for the state of affairs but continued with his walk, for, there was nothing he could do about it, he felt. 

A few meters away, he saw another man, younger, more a teenager, childlike, bending down, picking something and throwing it in the ocean. 

"What are you doing?" he asked, somewhat amused.

"Oh, I'm saving these starfish. Sun's gonna be up soon and they'll die as the waves are receding."

The old man chuckled and said, "There's miles and miles of beach, it's littered with tens of thousands of dying starfish. Your saving a handful won't make any difference."

The young one reached out to another starfish, picked it, tossed it back in the sea, and spoke, "It made a difference to that one!"

Undoubtedly these stories made my life beautiful throughout !!

ABC of Life !!

Back to blog again !!

With pen in hand, pad on table
trying to scribble, which i'm unable !!

Not because I have much time to spare, but have feelings that need to be vented out. This is the only place in the world where all my sufferings can be converted into a good prose ( may be not ). To vent out the feelings that are being ripped into shreds .. No big deal !!

The last few months have been the lowest I have ever reached in my life and the most painful too. And yes, shit happens to us all and life always sucks.

Will I let this eternal pain kill me??
Or will I accept like most of us do and live life with suffering forever ??

How can I escape from all the sufferings?? Is there any kind of acupressure to heal the damage??
Should I always be surrounded with people other than myself ?
Should I involve in incessant partying ??
Should I lie in a couch grabbing a book and a cup of tea ??

I can give any damn to get out of this hell.
Sometimes it feels weird when we realize we have spent so much time with people who are no longer connected to us. They leave just a void in us and let us into a blackhole.

There comes a time in our lives when we can't help but ask ourselves whether to "Stay back or Move on" 

If you wanna stay back, you will.
If you wanna Move on, you will.
You will understand why? only after several years when you sit under a big tree (this is the way old , big tree can be replaced by a large cafeteria)  and try to connect all the dots of your life.. !!!

Many of my friends have an idea that heart is just a pumping organ and has nothing to do with the feelings. But, I would deny it completely.

Uptil now, I have not given any thought of ending the life and now, I see there is no life to end !!
The only inhibiting factor in our progress in life is an inability to let go and so I'm unable.

Well, you can see all the myriad of negative thoughts piling up now and the good omen is that i'm aware that these are negative.

Here goes the positive ones..

The other day, I had a good discussion with a lovely friend from school days about these sufferings. Had I been reluctant to discuss the things i wouldn't have get the master sentence "YEH PAL BEETH JAAYEGA"- This moment will pass away !! referring to the story of akbar and birbal.

This is the only sentence that can make a rich man cry and a poor man laugh.. !!

After all, when the game is over, the king and the pan go back to same boxes !!

Thanks for stopping by and I really appreciate your patience to read all these bakwaas baatein 

Ditch all your Anu Aunties !!

Hai !! It has been a long time since i have posted here. Low, Lost, Sick, worthless, horrible ! These are the adjectives which describes my state of mind for the last two months. It was during the same period, I was upon a book on entrepreneurship which triggered an Idea of : how it feels like to be a successful entrepreneur?. Here is the reason for such a good omen.. 

“How I braved anu aunty and cofounded a million dollar company” is a novel written by varun agarwal. The plot is all about the author’s journey from nobody to a young entrepreneur, whom should be taken as an inspiration by many.  

             This is the story of a typical Indian who wanted to be an entrepreneur but was cornered by Anu Aunty (anu aunty is the friend of author’s mother). We see many anu aunties in our life, who put us down and throws thorns in our path of development at every level of our lives.  

            This is the story of varun agarwal who stood as a great entrepreneur without an MBA.  He redefined the word “entrepreneur ship” in india. This book gives us an insight view of how to handle pressure, how to deal with various people.  Had he been reluctant to start his own company, he would have been nobody now. 

Alma Mater (http://www.almamaterstore.in/) is a company founded by the author, where one can get their college merchandize T-Shirts, Sweat shirts and all. This is a million dollar company now and has many fans in social networking sites.

This is a very light book and the author used a pellucid language which can be understood even by a kid. If you have liked the books of chetan bhagat and ravinder singh, this book is definitely for you. It is written in a very captivating manner and can be completed in a single stretch. It can change the perspective of an individual towards entrepreneur ship and can inspire the ones who have a goal to become a good entrepreneur.

The author says “If you want to be a carpenter, be a carpenter. Be what you want because at the end of the day you should not end up living somebody else’s life”. This is absolutely true. So grab the book today, get it finished in a single stretch. You feel blissful reading this inspirational story and you will definitely get inspired.

P. S : I am on cloud 9 knowing that this review was published in The Readers Corner !! It is more than life for writers to get their articles published, and this is the time I should work really hard to go on with the work. Thank you for stopping by .. see you soon!!