The unicycle.

Hello readers 

Hope you had a good week.

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.

- DR. A P J Abdul Kalam

I have always treasured watching the circus, except the tricks which involves animals which I dislike, for obvious reasons. But I like all the gymnasts, performed by professionals which is so well planned and executed. 

It seriously takes lot of courage determination and also patience to perform all those acts and artifices on a daily basis.

Now if we think about the unicycle in particular, that is actually the most difficult to ride and also perform the various manoeuvres that we have often seen happening in a circus.

When we look back about the history of unicycles I could gather some information.

US patents for single-wheeled ‘velocipedes’ (unicycle were published in 1869 by Frederick Myers and in 1881 by Battista Scuri.

Unicycle design has developed since the advent of the first unicycle into many variations including: the seat less unicycle ("ultimate wheel") and the tall ("giraffe") unicycle. During the late 1980s some extreme sportsmen took an interest in the unicycle and modified it to enable them to engage in off-road or mountain unicycling, trials unicycling and street unicycling and started using it in circus shows as well.

Once when I was a kid I met a clown after the show was over, he first thanked me for coming and I was also was very happy to meet him, after sometime when I was about leave the circus tent I saw the same guy who was in the clown costume running to a nearby bus stand, when we enquired we were notified that , he studies in an evening college and therefore he earns his bread working here.

Actually when I was too small I couldn't understand, the actual reason behind his running, now I know the struggle that man, went through and I thank him for showing me the importance of education. 

On the same day I had enjoyed the full stage play of the unicycles. I saw the great effort as a team they exhibited to put up a perfect show.

Life is also like a unicycle we need to balance it, and peddle at the right speed at the right time, we must also have correct road to ride this cycle, or else we might lose balance, and the show will be a flop.

The solving of our daily problems is just left to us, if we start balancing this cycle of life with the correct motivation and do the act of balancing when required, I feel we can lead a satisfied and cribbing free life.

We all must all take part in all available acts of the show, like compassion, sympathy and empathy a helping nature, building relationships and maintaining them.

The unicyclist gives, equal time or required time to each of his trick and.concludes the show with a grand success, we on our tiny little worlds should spend time with our kit and kin,rather than always being materialistic and lost to achieve that one goal. We must try to achieve our goal but by giving time to all who love to spend time with you too.

Remember to balance that cycle with the best of your ability.

Thanks for your time have a nice day.

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

Root cause,The self research.

Hello readers

Hope you are doing great.

You are always more capable than you think you are.

-Einstein

Life moves on each day, we all keep wondering always the good and bad happening to us each day, so I thought let’s start thinking about the root cause of all things that are happening.

So let me tell a small story, Mr Beagles is a successful person in life and very much satisfied with his own life, he is also very jovial with all the people and also has a good helping nature and also a compassionate person.

But still in his life he is used to undergo phases, where he used to feel disheartened from various reasons like a petty fight with his wife or children, a small argument with his boss at his work place and so on.

It so happened that he met an old friend one day and found that he is also working in a similar industry same as Mr.Beagels, so they started discussing about their respective businesses and also socializing with each other families.

Beagles was surprised to see that his friend never used to crib about things and this made him realise he is actually the person happy in life.

So he made up his mind asked his friend, “Can you please tell me how you manage to be so happy in life”?

The friend replied “I see happiness in everything’’ and just smiled at Beagles” Mr.Beagels was very much confused with this answer and started thinking in depth about the answer being given by his friend.

After few months Mr.Beagels was also happy like never before and same with his wife, even though he was a satisfied man in life, he had never felt so pure and peaceful.

So what do you think is the trick that helped him to lead this happy life?

It’s nothing but thinking, when his friend said that he sees happiness, Beagles was puzzled how he can see happiness in all things like in situations of death or a disease.

Then the great realization struck to his mind that, of course his friend was suffering with many problems of life, he just spent time in thinking about this problems and stop being emotional abut it and was thinking on it in a deeper way and had found the root cause of his own problems and had taken responsibility to correct those problems.

So people there is no point in sitting on our own problems and just cribbing about them , we need to just get there, analyse and solve it like a mathematician who solves a problem. I think that is the most challenging part of life, and we need to move on from all these situations and try to balance our problems and deal with it instead of blame games ,and showing g anger on others.

Always remember if you want to quit, think why you started it!

All the best start thinking and, come let’s solve those petty problems.

Thanks a lot for your time, have a great weekend.

The Sigmoid Curve.

Hello readers

Hope you guys are doing well .

Do not wait until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

-William Butler Yeats

Well it’s another gloomy day here in Bangalore, a great season to take out the blankets and sleep.

But definitely we need to work towards our goal and then we will sleep in peace, well today wanted to talk about growth and difficulties in growing.

We all have heard about the title, the sigmoid curve, it is usually quoted in two fields, of science in mathematics and biology .In mathematics it is been studied in a bigger branch of the subject called the calculus.

In biology a sigmoid curve helps in understanding the growth rate of animal, bacteria, the cells in our body and so on. There is a main characteristic of this curve that is the‘s’ shape and the gradual dips and boosts is also a feature to be observed.

When we start discussing the growth aspect, immediately we get the next thought, how the growth rate is, is there any hindrance that is slowing the growth? And so on. Definitely there will be always factors that will promote growth as well as demote the growth that is the rule of nature to maintain equilibrium.

Let’s start with Children ,when a child is born the parents are the most happiest people in the world ,they promote the growth of that child to the maximum extent possible by providing the essential values of life ,the love and care it needs. Then there comes a stage in the life of the child where he or she has reached equilibrium in the sigmoid.

The future dim or dip of the curve according to me should be taken care of that child, that is what determines the next aspect which is, how he or she will handle difficulties ,that are sure to first discourage the person’s growth but, getting out of these hard times will definitely will get the person success.

Now talking about is this word called difficulty, I feel this is an important word that makes its mark in a person’s life, it can make a person or break a person, it can make a person a hero or a complete loser in life, he becomes wise or a fool, if he does not know to handle difficulties, the foolishness can go so intense that sometimes it may lead to even death!

The part about death I was talking about is definitely not an exaggeration ,have we not seen people dying just because he did not get a nod from a Girl or his dad for his marriage ,come on can he even take that situation as a difficult one? That is the sad state of this world .People have lost the sense of differentiating, what they can handle and what they cannot! And consider all situations they face as difficult.

This happens due to loss of patience.

We want everything to happen in a jiffy like a pizza delivery! No that is not how life should work, there should be struggle in life we must face difficulties, drown in them and then come out clean, like a fish out of a dirty pond.

These difficulties are the testing times in a person’s life.

It starts suddenly ,escalates and goes to a  point where we feel it’s all over !then it stays there for a while and after that the breaking point is reached from the next moment what you will see is only a life of success where you can be confident to face the upcoming difficulties of life.

When we see the sigmoid curve after the equilibrium point it moves further higher ,we must not mistake that its becoming more worse than before ,because according the theory in biology the growth further moves on ,so we can interpret that our difficulties will come down and promote growth.

When we walk ,tripping is normal ,likewise for growth ,hindrance is natural ,that doesn’t mean we must close this book called life by just seeing the first few pages and thinking that it is difficult to read.

Let us face difficulties and grow wise, and help others to come out of the same situation and help them as well, to grow, to become better individuals in life.

Thanks a lot for your time, all the best, make sure your sigmoid always maintains its shape.

Have a nice day.