The glass mountain.

Hello readers

Hope you enjoyed the week.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
-Rudyard Kipling.

We all like nature ,some of us just like to spend time at a beach which is a timeless experience ,some of us just like to go on a road trip to a hill station .I am sure we would have visited some mountain range at least once ,the experience is quite different and memorable .

The glass mountain is actually a fairy tale that I had read many years ago in the popular fortnightly comic book in India called “Tinkle” this is one of the best books we the 90s kids and also the later generations love to read, published by the popular and creative Amar Chitra Katha Pvt LTD which was created by the best writer Mr.Ananth Pai and who was popularly known as Uncle Pai.

I would like to narrate the story again, here it goes.

There was once this princess who was trapped on a glass mountain and was kept in captivity by an evil witch, the reason behind this dreadful act was the beauty of the princess and according to the  story, the witch would die if this princess got married.

So days passed by, the princess had a talking parrot which used to Vander over the vast lands and shout “help the princess”! all day long ,hearing this cry  many brave men and princes of many countries tried to climb the glass mountain and save the princes ,but perished or were injured in this attempt ,as the mountain was too slippery and sometimes an evil bird ,which was a huge vulture , was sent by the witch used to eat them.

Finally a day came, when the parrot wandered in the royal gardens of the bravest prince of that land and pleaded  the same ,upon hearing this, the great prince decided to help the princess.

As he entered the forest which was the only way to reach the glass mountain, he met a group of dwarfs, an old man and 3 ghosts who were trapped in an old steamer trunk.

The dwarfs had a problem, they were too short and were struggling to get water from a river which was known for violent currents, the prince directed them to construct a channel just before  their homes and helped them dig a huge pond, with the help of his soldiers he accomplished this task and, the dwarfs were very happy and gifted the prince a suit that would never get dirty and it can protect him from the worst winter.

The prince moved on and  he came across an old cabin where he could hear  3 voices who were crying as he went closer ,he understood that these voices came from 3 ghosts ,who pleaded him to realise them from a steamer trunk in which they were trapped inside by an evil witch for trying to attack her ,the prince helped them ,in return for his help the ghosts gave him a magic carpet that could take to the foot of the glass mountain.

The happy prince alighted this carpet and directed it to go to the glass mountain ,on his way he saw an old man struggling to walk ,he stopped at him and asked what was his misery the old man had a nail stuck in his leg ,which he was not able to remove ,the prince removed the nail, now the happy old man gifted the prince with a pair of shoes that had an iron sole ,which would never wear out.

With all his precious gifts ,the prince left for the glass mountain to rescue the princess ,which was a very windy and cloudy place ,so the prince wore that suit , which protected him from this harsh weather, then he wore the iron shoes and started to climb the glass mountain ,as expected the evil vulture tried to kill him and throw him into the deep valley ,but the prince carried on by clinging on to the legs of the vulture and finally killed it as he reached the surface of the mountain.

He released the prince and killed the witch, and returned to his kingdom with the princess and his soldiers with help of his magic carpet and  married the princess and they all lived happy ever after.

Well it is a very good story and one of the best ,published in the magazine and majority of the times, these stories were written by young talents, for which the illustrations were created by great illustrators like Ram Waeerkar whom we cannot forget.

Actually I have read this story many times till now ,and recently when I was just thinking about the by gone days of my childhood I got this brainwave ,that the glass mountain is not only a fairy tale but it can be implied in all our lives .

If we take that glass mountain as the problems in our life, the princess as the goal that we want to achieve and the witch as the hurdles we face when we try to solve a problem, we can approach life with a new dimension and hope.

If we look at the beginning of the story where many doyens try to rescue the duchess, they were unsuccessful due to various reasons.

If we correlate this story to the problems we face in life, we can climb any glass mountain, we come across no matter how steep it is, if we have the correct tools and the patience to first understand the problem and works towards the solution.We will be the champions of life .

like the prince we must have the quality of bravery in us ,the power of analysing the problem and determination that is required and should not fluctuate until we reach our goal.

Let’s learn more from such beautiful stories and live life a combatant.

Thanks for your time, have a great weekend ahead.

The Teacher.

Hello readers

Hope you enjoyed the week, on this lovely Saturday morning wanted to discuss about a topic that everyone would love to read .I wanted to recollect my teachers whom I always have respected and will continue to respect them.

Let’s go back to some 20 years ago when we were all kids ,and did not know the meaning of life ,the criticalities of life ,basically we had no idea how life works!

What we knew was to ask for what we desire, and cry if we don't get it, and ask questions that sometimes made sense and sometimes didn't make any sense.

Just think for a while who helped us, when we had those fresh questions in our mind, like why does a dog bark? why is the sky blue and so on ,may be the first person who used to answer your questions ,was your mother or your dad ,the next person would be I am sure your favourite teacher in your playschool .

We all can never forget that teacher ,whom we used to like and love very much ,since she used to be like a mom in your school taking care of you ,even though from a professional aspect her job was to help you learn the ABCs, the number system and other basic steps in education ,she helped you built the basic value tutelage ,that you follow even today.

Then the years rolled by, you grew up, and now you are in your high school may be in the same school ,and now your teachers are still more serious ,because the level of your education has changed ,and now you are  a more accountable youth ,and want to become that person you have always dreamt of becoming.

Again the teacher is the one who will help you, to pursue your dream.

Well we should all agree on this fact ,as people say this world works on documents ,it also unquestionably works on teachers .

Yes is that is true, just take any profession in this world from a hawker to an astronaut he has to first be thought the lessons of life that motivation and will drive him in the path of knowledge, in whatever field he likes to .

The supreme part about a teacher is that whatever you become in life, wherever you are today and how great you are today is I am sure it’s because of a teacher.

Teacher is the most holy profession in the world where ,the knowledge which is considered as a divine force in India ,and the Guru is considered a God .It is also the most self-less profession ,which in Bhagavad-Gita considered as the Karma Yoga ,which means to do your job and leave the results to God and never expect anything in return .

Well I will end this discussion here and take this opportunity, to thank all my teachers who have shown me the correct approach to lead life.

I bow to all my teachers.

Thanks a lot for your time, have a great day ahead.

The phase.

Hello readers

Hope you are doing great.

Many negatives become a positive, so just wait for it.

-Anonymous

Today I wanted to talk about this phase of life ,that I am sure we all would have gone through ,we can call it the phase that takes you to the summit of a mountain. The phase that will test your grits, in meeker words some people say, “Oh is going through a rough ride “we also call it suffering.

You know I have been thinking of writing about this theme from many months, but I was always feeling why should I write about such a negative topic, when there are many positive topics around to write?

But I realized late that, this can also be considered as one of the affirmative topics, and will also help people to get over this situation.

We suffer due to many problems in life, some problems, come and stick on to us, in a way that we never predicted, and some are perianal problems, like an aliment we are suffering from ,which is quite understandable and ,the only person who can help us at that moment would be a doctor.

This question is to all the people who have suffered, and gotten out of it, What was it like to suffer?

Well we all know the answer, at least the one who suffered know ,what we would have felt is a very bizarre situation ,where we lose ,hope ,feel depressed and feel lifeless and dull.

But there is an important thing, we all forget each time we suffer ,that is we devise a solution to come out that suffering we underwent don’t you think that is so positive and wonderful ?the only trade-off is the time it takes to come out of that suffering .

We must all understand that, the time it takes to get out of that misery is with you, if we sit on that problem and crib, cry, or just scream on others, it’s not going to work out.

It’s all about working, towards a direction in which we can solve that source of that anguish and come out of it.

I feel it takes lot of determination and fortitude for a person, to accept that he is suffering and, he must also be brave, and fight this condition out to come out of it.

Sufferings are the testing points in everyone’s lives .It tests how much stress can you take, some people say God is just testing us ,whatever it is ,finally it is a steep mountain that we need to climb reach the summit ,which is the limit for that suffering and it descends as the height of that mountain slopes!

The key in life according to me is never losing hope.

Let’s consider the suffering and face it bravely, and get good experiences in life which will give us all a great deal of psychological maturity.

All the best, thanks for your time.

Gen Next.

Hello readers

Hope you all are doing great.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

-Ruskin Bond.

The upcoming generations are very much advanced than mine that is one positive take always for today.

But it still it, has its own shortcomings.

So today wanted to talk about some of the needs this generation is lacking and how to cultivate them.

Let us first understand what we are lacking. This generation though way ahead and smarter than mine,

I feel this generation, lacks some key qualities which are required like presence of mind, responsibility and the sense of humour.

I remember my childhood, that was a total time of enjoyment and being happy always. Yes I do agree that the level of happiness cannot remain the same, it differs and completely depend how we approach life, and try to see happiness always and ignore that sad part.

Humour.

But what about, the sense of humour part, come on this generation kids no long smile to a joke they really need, something very amusing to make them smile I mean just smile!

Isn't that sad? , we all know a famous proverb which says laughter is the best medicine! So we just discuss, as to why this current trend are kind of serious, my answer would be well they are more matured than we were, in that age.

That is actually a good point. But do think they are over matured for their age, a recent survey, I read about this on the Internet, and it said yes, there is 32% relative increase, in brain maturity rates and emotional out bursts, which is actually in spoken English means both laughing and crying.

As I told you this is good, but some get over matured and become too serious in life which I feel is not necessary.

Responsibility.

This quality is very important for the success of any individual. Let me be very clear I don't expect small children to take responsibility before even they know how this world works! I am talking about teenagers who are going out of track.

We must all acknowledge the fact that our older generations took more pressures and responsibility, than we are taking now ,which is quite natural ,considering the time lines ,the political and fiscal environments they belonged to .So we must start teaching the values ,like being responsible for his owns actions from a smaller age.

Presence of mind.

This is actually one of the strategies which is followed by greatest people whoever lived  on earth, it is experiencing and living that moment rather than just seeing time!?

People with a good presence of mind are selected in the best schools in the world, and from a professional aspect they are selected by, top investigative agencies in the world like the FBI, CIA, so why is that.

It is because a person with a good presence of mind can take thoughtful decisions, and he lives that moment with commitment. It is sad that the present generations due to the passive environment they live in, If I suppose tell them there is dead crow, they would first see the sky?!Do you think this is stupid ?but I guess its not ,they define it psychology as the passive reflex syndrome ,where kids and young adults lose the ability to keep their presence of mind on ,due to various reasons.

So I want the parents of the Gen next to start, guiding their children to develop all these basic skills of life, rather than just dumping them into top class schools, and just heading out for work and, just meeting that kid at a dinner table, before he or she goes to bed. I guess that is not the correct way to do it.

We as elders need to interact with children and understand their problems, give them responsibilities, as we were given; they say it in a famous proverb “home is the first school”. Therefore we must be a good direction for the Gen next to dream that goal, they might have.

Motivate your kid towards socializing; let him laugh his hearts out.

Let us all understand that ,irrespective of how much we develop ,and improve the way we lead our life, the air we breathe and the ,water we drink won’t change ,until something radical happens to change this, similarly teaching the Gen next to become these confident individuals to lead life on their with minimum help from others is very essential.

Thanks a lot for your time have a great weekend.

All the best