Better Late Than Never.

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Hope you all are doing well.

Nature has been very considerate to us even though we are exploiting it.

I would like to recall,  a great movie called shawshank redemption where we can  all understand the true meaning of hope, Red whose character is a Irish prisoner who was booked for murder is having an argument about hope with his dear friend and cellmate Andy Dufresne  who is also booked for murder.

Andy says hope is that one thing that no one can take from you, so Red replies , hope is a crazy thing and continues by saying it make you go crazy, and he just closes the conversation  with anger.

But by the time the movie ends  Red says "hope is a beautiful thing"

So what led to his sudden agreement with the latter?  Well it was his own experience which made him feel that.

So realisations are very much important in life, you know people always keep saying Better late than never, now why do they say that? Because some mistake that they did gives them the pinch to say that.

Back to the movie, when Red finishes his term in the department of corrections, he was very low in spirits to live that life of freedom as most of his life he  had spent in prison.

But he was bound to a promise that he made to his friend Andy that he will go to a particular place, so finally he keeps up his promise and finds some money some essentials and directions to meet Andy they and he  makes it to the destination,  the movie ends with a happy reunion.

From this movie we can understand the value of hope, friendship, how to be street smart and so on.

This movie has always been my favourite so I always love to narrate this story.

I feel our generations are getting  lost in the illusion of accomplishments, desire and materialism, I have spoken about all the three in many blogs, but I wanted to emphasis on this again because, recently I read a mail which was about the last conversation of Mr Steve Jobs, yes the same person who gave this world  the ‘Iphone’ !  We all consider him as the great modern inventor which of course he is, but how many of us know he died a bad death suffering from a rare type of cancer?

I have heard some speeches and interviews of Mr.Jobs, god he is so motivating! I thank him for that.

But according to him he realised some truths late in life, well here it is the full letter written by Mr Steve Jobs , I quote:

“I have come to the pinnacle of success in business. In the eyes of others, my life has been the symbol of success. However, apart from work, I have little joy. Finally, my wealth is simply a fact to which I am accustomed. At this time, lying on the hospital bed and remembering all my life, I realize that all the accolades and riches of which I was once so proud, have become insignificant with my imminent death. In the dark, when I look at green lights, of the equipment for artificial respiration and feel the buzz of their mechanical sounds, I can feel the breath of my approaching death looming over me.

Only now do I understand that once you accumulate enough money for the rest of your life, you have to pursue objectives that are not related to wealth. It should be something more important: For example, stories of love, art, dreams of my childhood. No, stop pursuing wealth, it can only make a person into a twisted being, just like me.

God has made us one way, we can feel the love in the heart of each of us, and not illusions built by fame or money, like I made in my life, I cannot take them with me. I can only take with me the memories that were strengthened by love. This is the true wealth that will follow you; will accompany you, he will give strength and light to go ahead.

Love can travel thousands of miles and so life has no limits. Move to where you want to go. Strive to reach the goals you want to achieve. Everything is in your heart and in your hands.

What is the world's most expensive bed? The hospital bed. You, if you have money, you can hire someone to drive your car, but you cannot hire someone to take your illness that is killing you. Material things lost can be found. But one thing you can never find when you lose: life. Whatever stage of life where we are right now, at the end we will have to face the day when the curtain falls.

Please treasure your family love, love for your spouse, and love for your friends. Treat everyone well and stay friendly with your neighbours.”

At-least can we now realize the value of life and be balanced towards our families and our work or whatever you’re doing in life, the faster you understand this message the best it is for you, please stop realizing late .

I thank my Uncle for forwarding me that beautiful mail.

Thanks for your time. Hope you guys will be the change.

Miracles and Magic.

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Hope you all are doing well.

There is no bad religion, there are bad people!

-Morgan Freeman

I like magic very much it is an illusion and also a science. When I watch illusion experts like dynamo, Cyril and many more. The way they bring that sense of astonishment in the minds of the spectator is brilliant.

But is there a modification between miracle and magic.

People say miracles happen. So now why do people say that? Because miracle means: an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws. Such an event may be attributed to a supernatural being (god or gods), magic, a miracle worker, a saint or a religious leader.

 Magic means: the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.

So both the events are not explainable by usual logic of physics and material science, and magic usually a man-made event purely a delusion.

Now let  focus on miracles, even though we feel the saints or a religious worker can perform miracles, I say that daily in our own lives there miracles happening , OK now you want me name some? Here it goes the first and foremost I would consider as a miracle is my own body the way it has been designed and its working, each one of us are blessed to be alive and well.

The second miracle would be the brain’s amazing ability to think and learn, without these two words I Don’t think the humans would have advanced so much on this earth.

There are certain other miracles which happen in everyone’s life, like the most unexpected that you would never dream happened to you, like winning a race against a really smart competitor.  Don’t think that I am talking only good about miracles, bad miracles do happen, so what is a bad miracle?

You are on your way to some place, and being there means a lot to you but your car suddenly breaks down and you missed the appointment. You were disappointed that day, as you missed that opportunity.

The next day you got that task completed in an easier way from some other source, you felt at that moment may be my car breaking down yesterday was the best thing that could happen.

So we need to accept what is currently happening with us and try to find the light in a dark tunnel, instead just sitting in a lonely dark corner and feeling helpless.

Steve jobs once said in one of his speeches I quote “Getting fired from my own company (Apple Inc.) that I built was the best thing to happen to me as I found my lady for life who later became my wife and who helped me build back my lost confidence which helped me to go back to Apple again.” What a miracle!

We should always try to get the best of the waste and should not get frustrated for silly events which happen around us, the day we get that umpiring power and maturity and understand the situation around us; we will see miracles happening often.

Stop being stereotype to yourself as well the people around you, be like software which is always updated, and live in the present.

All the best, thanks a lot for your time.

The Weeping Soldier.

Hello readers

Hope you all are doing well.

If you have a problem, if you have a solution for that then why worry? If you have a problem it's beyond your control and you cannot do anything about it, then why worry?
-Gaur Gopal Prabhu. 

This thought was told by a swami his name is Guar Gopal Prabhu he is very much hilarious, he has a unique way of explaining the lessons of life. He makes you laugh at the same time will teach the best lessons of life.

Sometimes I feel our life is just a paradox, we talk about morals and great thoughts, but when it comes to implementation we would not like to abide by our values and we step back.

Why is this such a Paradox at the end the day does this all converge at point where we say we are humans and we have our limitations? Come on then what is the point we claiming ourselves that we are the most evolved species and all that research?

What is your point that we all come converge at?

I have some points of convergence like this one; every man on this earth does whatever he does, for food, clothing and shelter?

Can you counter me on that and say “no! I know group of people who say we are different are not so much life-loving and we are ready to die for a cause.”

I completely agree with you there are people who go above all that matters to them for a cause and the first group I would like to mention are the soldiers, for whom this country is something different and the way they look at it is not even close to what you and me think about.

On 18^th of February there was an interesting debate in the National television Times now and we all know the famous news show called the ‘News Hour’ hosted by Mr. Arnab Goswami whom I admire very much for his blunt honesty and the attitude to bring the ugly truths of India out on T.V. he shows what is really going on in this Country , so the debate was about the hoisting of Indian flag in all central Varsities, I was personally stunned by the negative response of some of the panelists like a gentleman who claims to be a professor  from Jabalpur university and another person who said this is an example of extreme nationalism!

I mean what are these people talking about? If you talk about the professor who says the universities have their own flags there are no need for national flag to be hoisted there! This man is supposed to be teaching good thoughts to his students and help them to become useful citizens to the country and also to the world!

 To Ajay Alok who said it is extreme nationalism, sir just think how hard have the great martyrs who struggled before we got freedom and the endless lists of Jawans who gave their life for that flag? After we became a sovereign republic, they gave their life not for their names to be seen in the Amar Jawan list, but for you, as they feel you are the child of Mother India who needs to be protected.

There were two ladies one of them was an advocate and another was a journalist, who were questioning the HRD minister of the timing of this rule imposed, even if I consider this point I say this was the correct timing, as we seen in the medieval periods and in the modern history where leaders had to motivate the people to build the bonds of unity.

Gandhi instructed to burn all the British produced products in the street to promote Swadeshi movement please tell me why was that done do you question his timing?

I am still wondering whom are these people supporting? are they happy if people like Afsal Guru come in thousands and keep  each and every citizen of this country at gun point and say surrender yourself and laugh devilishly and say India is history?

This is the paradox , we all read Indian constitution and say we love our country we are Indians, but the most unfortunate part is that we are not sure whom are we supporting , and we absolutely have forgotten the meaning of this word called unity!

At the end of the heated debate, General G.D Bakshi broke his silence and broke into tears! I mean that says it all; a retired army officer is crying to today  not because of the useless argument about the flag, but thinking about his entire men who perished in the battle filed for that flag! It is like a great worrier is stabbed by his own men and calls him a fool!

Of course this is not a knee-jerk reaction that I have written this blog, but I want to spread the message to the people who feel India lacks unity and I salute G.D Bakshi Sahib and I am with him, millions and millions of Indians are with him

Wake up everyone we have to show we are one again, wake that sleeping patriot in new and condemn such people who want to polarize India.

Thanks for your time, enjoy the evening.

The Importance Of Belief.

Hello readers

Great to be back.

You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can't have it.

-Robert Anthony

We must always try to understand the deeper meaning of any statement or conversations before jumping into conclusions.

Belief is a very powerful thing in this world, almost each and every aspect of our life depends on it.

If we take our birthdays, it is just a belief that you believe what your parents said that, you were born on that particular date and you celebrate that as your birthday each year! Have you questioned yourself or them for proof?  no! Not at all for the simple reason that they are your parents and you are devoted to them and believe them.

Our life is funny we live on many beliefs and when what you were believing suddenly is not what you think you will be in a sense of shock for some time,  because you are confused and never anticipated that to happen.

But there is proverb which says “always expect the unexpected” some time back when I was in school, I was reading some book about studying smartly rather than hard, in that book he had given an example about finding answers to questions, one of the way correlates with the proverb, the author says “when you search answers for a question search in the deepest cupboards of your brain where you would have never thought that you find it and there is your answer”.

The reason I quoted that proverb and also my example is that generations are getting rotten to such an extent that our beliefs on simple things are vanishing from one sun rise to sun set.

The only mighty sources of belief I see are our soldiers who believe in their duty and are ready to call it a day even with their lives as a full stop for that day!

Seriously when you start thinking at that level you will seriously laugh at yourself for the silly things you always thought you were back-stabbed by your closest friend.

The world today is living on  belief a child’s belief towards its mother, a mother’s belief towards her husband, an employee’s belief towards his work place and boss.

Believing in someone is very important and as the generations are progressing the strong network of beliefs are getting fragmented and weak due to materialism and selfishness, break of trust between us.

Even though we say animals live on instinct, I admire their belief in them for instance, if you consider a dog he is devoted to his master and he is faithful and believes his master will never do something which will hurt him, even if he beaten  the poor animal first feels sad for the pain he suffered but again will never lose the belief  that his owner is a good man.

I recommend you all to watch the movie Hachiko which is based on a true story from Japan; we can understand the true meaning of belief,  hope and unconditional love from this beautiful movie.

Believe in right people and also have a character that proves you’re a man people can believe, because even in the advanced ages of technology people are searching hard to find a right person with whom they can share their happiness and sorrows.

Thanks for your time have a great weekend ahead.

Mind's eye.

Hello readers

Worry is the misuse of imagination.

-Dan Zadra

Hope you all are doing well.

I admire great movies because they show the true capabilities of the film director’s power of imagination in tele-porting the viewer’s mind to his land of imagination and thinking, my teacher used to say I wish I was a movie director who could draw your attention towards studies because you guys see the movies with so much more concentration :)

The power of imagination is actually brilliant, the result of which is our present world.

The coliseum of Rome, the beautiful temples of India, the great plays written by Shakespeare the list almost endless.

These monuments and literary works show us how a human being or a group of thinkers can materialize their thought into action from action to a monument  or a literary work or a beautiful book.

We all know there is always a positive and negative when we discuss even about the minute things. There are definitely some negatives about imagination as well....what are they? People sometime get lost in imaginations which is a serious concern.

The reason I say it is serious is I see people lost in a world which does not have any logical meaning and there are other people,  who assume things which do not have any logic and end up worrying about it to such an extent that it affects their physical health beyond repair this is not at all exaggerated there are many incidents like this we all would have witnessed.

Let’s think about this question why people imagine things that won’t even exist? and worry about it and feel worked up I feel the answer for this is,  people feel insecure at times by seeing the way the things are going for them and tend to imagine either better things are worse about what they are thinking.

 For instance you are waiting for your dad who has gone to work and yet to return home usually he is back by 7.30 PM but today he is still not back and now it is 9PM and unfortunately he has not carried his phone that day.

So now you can react to this situation in two ways; you assume that he may be stuck at office with some work and he will be back at the earliest and to kill your boredom you watch TV, or you get worked up and start walking inside your gate in circles feeling tensed about it.

The reaction pattern of the first group of people is positive or optimistic where they logically thought about the situation and stopped worrying, but the second group of people started imaging stuff which might be negative and got totally tensed.

This is the mind game of imagination it can make you or break you.

The fair thing to do is try to be realistic always,  do not get carried away by your brain power to imagine as it can get dangerous at times.

Imagination for a purpose is a great art as mentioned earlier the world we know today is someone’s imagination, but if you imagine wrong things it first affects your mental health then your physical health and it also affects the people around you.

So leave it you to choose what you want to see from your mind's eye.

Have a great day ahead.

Life logs.

Hello readers

Hope you all are doing well.

I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed it all. Now he is an engineer at Microsoft, and I am the owner of Microsoft

-Bill Gates.

The great minds in the world always have a different attitude towards life; the best take away from their lives that I have taken is they lead a life only for themselves and few others whom they consider very worry about. Other than that they don't worry much about others which is good because unless you are focused and stay away from too much distractions it’s hard to reach your goal.

Wanted to talk about record keeping or popularly called in the US as log maintenance.

Log keeping first came into practice since the ancient times and in modern times shipping industry of the 18^th century was very famous for log keeping. The trading that used to happen on daily basis of goods and essential commodities between various places was entered in the shipping docks by log keepers which was a huge profession, in fact the great Indian genius Srinivas Ramanujan was himself a log keeper.

The Howard university released a paper few years ago highlighting how log-keeping has helped in the field of history all over the world, the primary observation is from the statistical aspect, there is a field called as quantitative research, which is headed by group of researchers called as statistical analysts, also called as regression scientists , who compare historical data and project graphs on the future .for example gathering the latest fuel consumption of a region and predicting how many more years the oil well will be alive.

There are various fields where record keeping is very much important, which is also a source of evidence even for generations to come.

At a personal level I urge all of you to start writing journals so that we can keep a log of our own lives which will help you to  improve as a person, know what mistakes we are doing  and stop repeating them, I am writing journals from the time I was a school going boy.

In one word I can say my journals are like windows in my life where you peep in and see what's happening in your present life and what happened some time ago in your own life. It is the best personality developer and a great friend.

Writing   journals looks easy but after a busy day the determination required to complete your journal before you sleep is challenging!

Let us start writing journals and accelerate the culture of log keeping.

Thanks for your time.

Thoughts and speech.

Hello readers

Hope you all are doing well.

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

-Will Rogers.

Well the week is about to end and start again. The mind game of the ending Fridays and the beginning Mondays is a challenge for a person who is stuck in a routine schedule.

We all have been gifted with this wonderful power of thought and speech.

From early childhood we start learning and understanding the world around us and that also include learning the sounds around us and try to mimic those sounds which will later turn into learning your mother tongue and later other languages.

It is said by many scientists that,  we get best ideas about what we are  thinking or we want to think if the language used by you for thinking is noble and you are proficient in that language.

Few years back I had seen a documentary about the Drake equation one of the scientists asked  , can you think without words or dialectal?! That is a very valid question which will open up a thought which is fundamentally we cannot think without words.

A research was conducted with some people, this type of research is usually called a sampling test, they were exposed to random pictures like trees, animals, buildings their family the planets and so on.

One universal inference they observed was that the vocal lobe of the brain was very active and the thought process was coupled with the vocal lobe.

They concluded that, in the process of thinking and expressing the thought takes about 0.65 seconds and in this narrow window of time there is a possibility that you say thinks before the thought process is complete.

This was one of the milestone discoveries in the field of applied psychological sciences.

The take away from this research is that we sometime speak things which don't make any sense and this purely natural as explained earlier , but still in the same study there were people who analysed the pictures for a fairly long time and understood them better which confirms that they helped the thought process to complete.

Dear friends,  in the same away we need to understand life better and start taking conversations into a pleasant ending instead of a opened-end question or a filthy argument which does not take us anywhere and also spoil the relation and rapport with that person.

Avoid  talking if you don't understand the logic behind about what you are  going to speak allow your thoughts to flow and try to not to curb thoughts with your speech, that will also help you develop patience which majority of lack and also help you stop feeling empty headed.

Looking forward for your feedback and thanks a lot for your valuable time.