4. Jeevan.

Manushya janam,
 naya jeevan,

khela bachpan,
 padhaai adhyayan,

suhaana youvan,
 furtila badan,

umeed - lagan,
 nishaan gagan,

paise khan-khan,
 vivaah sampann,

naam - dhan,
 kendrit mann,

shikhar aakarshan,
 bhaag hardam,

swasthya naram,
 budhaapa aagman,

Rogi Tan,
 Girta wajan,

Ichcha Agan,
 Dhalta Dam,

Do Gaz Kafan,
 Mittime Dafan,

Khel Khatam!!
 Ek aur Janam...

3. Monk.

A Washerman once visited his regular place to wash the clothes and was a bit surprised to discover that the rock that he uses for washing clothes is occupied by a Monk who was busy meditating.

He did wait for a while with an intention of not disturbing the Monk.

Since his patience didn't pay him for a long while, he approached the Monk and whispered in his ears. There was no response from the Monk's end as if he was transcended to another world. Washerman was in a dilemmatic situation.

He decided to tap the Monk's shoulder thereby requesting him to move. As soon as he performed his act, Monk felt the push and he was furious to learn that he has been disturbed by a Washerman who was a pretty downtrodden being in his perception.

With a feeling of vengeance, Monk pushed the Washerman and the combat was flagged off.

After an exchange of few punches, when both were tired Monk suddenly started praying hard to God seeking his help.

When God appeared, Monk started grumbling by questioning God's presence in a critical situation faced by someone who is persistently devoted to the Almighty.

God replied - "I was here since long, however looking at the situation it was hard for me to figure out - Who is the Monk and Who is the Washerman?"

-Adapted from a Book.

2. Perceive.

As I was witnessing my face in the mirror, I could notice some dust and I assumed that may be my glasses aren't clean. I cleaned my glasses and took another look. Nothing changed. Thrice and same result.
Eureka! the dust was on the mirror.

So many times it happens that my perspective of looking at people, place or things makes me draw a conclusion which is totally based on how I perceive the same. However, that may not be the fact and yes, most of the times it is not.

What a loss I incur for myself!

1. Iraada.

Hosh sambhaala tab se aaj tak,
sab kuch haasil karne ko bhaaga,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

haasil karne ki khushi khoyi,
chahiye tha mujhe aur jyaada,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

jyaada milte hi hona tha poornta ka ehsaas,
par main to phir bhi raha adhura aadha,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

itna hone ke bawajood main adhura,
aisa vichaar bhi mann me nahi jaaga,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

naukri hi jad hai mere adhurepan ki,
vyaapar karne ki khwaish me mann mera laaga,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

khwaish aur parishram se maalik bana,
maalik bante hi ban na tha mujhe Raja,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

phir aaya vichaar ki sab se badi khushi,
milegi jab baj jaaye meri shaadi ka baaja,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

daulat, grishasthi aur maan sam-maan ye sab,
pahuchaane lagey meri shaanti me baadha,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!

khushi jeevan ka uddeshya, phir bhi khushi ke liye
roz khud se karna pada hai waada,
pata nahi is jeevan me mera kya hai iraada!!!

wo waada bhi tod deta hun har roz aur ek din,
'jyaada' ki daud ke ant me, milta hai kafan saada
soch, dhadkan aur saansen nahi rahi sochne ke liye,
jeevan me mera kya tha 'iraada'!!!

3. Ichcha.

Iske Milte hi main sukhi,
Uske Talte hi main sukhi,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun Ichcha ki purti me..

Kuch Zindagi me aaye, phir main sukhi,
Koi Zindagi se jaaye, phir main sukhi,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun Ichcha ki purti me..

Ek baar ye khaa lu to main sukhi,
Pet ka kachra nikaal du to main sukhi,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun Ichcha ki purti me..

Yah Cheez Haasil kar lu, paschaat main sukhi,
Wah Cheez ko tabdil kar lu, paschaat main sukhi,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun Ichcha ki purti me..

Pehla faisla mere paksh me ho jaaye, baad main sukhi,
Dusra jo mere khilaf hai uske kaagaz kho jaaye, baad main sukhi,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun Ichcha ki purti me..

Kahin Rishta jud jaaye, ho jaau main sukhi,
Kisise naata tut jaaye, ho jaau main sukhi,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun Ichcha ki purti me..

Meri achchaiyaan sab jaan le, tab main sukhi,
Meri buraiyaan koi naa pehchaan le, tab main sukhi,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun Ichcha ki purti me..

Ichchaiyen utpan hoti rehti hai, nirantar apni furti me,
Sukh, main dhoondhta hun, un Ichchaon ki purti me..
Afsos, sadaa jeene ki Ichcha liye jaan nai paata main,
Sukh, keval hota hai Ichchaon se Mukti me!!!

2. Agenda.

In a corporate presentation at most of the instances, the first slide is the Agenda of the presentation and usually, less than a minute is devoted towards the same. This is mainly because the person who is presenting is clear about the schema that he has set and before it puzzles the audience by making them think what would be in Point N in the list, he / she takes the liberty to move on.
Do I think I need the agenda of my life as well?

If yes, have I set the agenda of my life?

If yes, have I anytime pondered over the same every day for a minute to make sure I am on the track?

What is it actually needed to be on track? What is the measure of the same? Do I really have the Comprehensive Agenda – The Whole and Sole Purpose (may be consisting of numerous modules) set?

What have I done until now to stick to that Agenda? On a scale of 1 to 100, where am I today since the day the agenda was set? What is the speed at which I am progressing day by day towards the fulfillment of that agenda? How long am I gonna take the reach there provided I work at the same pace?

Do I need to increase my velocity and momentum? If yes, when? If then reply to when is not today, why not today then? What is stopping me? Do I not want to meet the destination at the set time lines or rather before it? Do I just want to keep on dragging and procrastinating thinking that one fine day I would hit the target and be happy about my achievement?

Does happiness lie in merely achieving the so-called desired target and not in working towards it?

I believe I don’t get the feeling of happiness each day because in reality I am not content with the way I have spent my day towards my Goal / Purpose / Target / Agenda. In the exterior, I manage to fool around myself and others by expressing that I have certainly worked towards what I actually want to achieve.

I cannot refrain myself from quoting the below study done in the early 1990s by the psychologist K. Anders Ericsson and two colleagues at Berlin's elite Academy of Music. This study is referred from the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Hence, my sincere gratitude and consideration of due permissions for the same!

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With the help of the Academy's professors, they divided the school's violinists into three groups. In the first group were the stars, the students with the potential to become world-class soloists. In the second were those judged to be merely "good." In the third were students who were unlikely to ever play professionally and who intended to be music teachers in the public school system. All of the violinists were then asked the same question: over the course of your entire career, ever since you first picked up the violin, how many hours have you practiced? Everyone from all three groups started playing at roughly the same age, around five years old.

In those first few years, everyone practiced roughly the same amount, about two or three hours a week. But when the students were around the age of eight, real differences started to emerge. The students who would end up the best in their class began to practice more than everyone else: six hours a week by age nine, eight hours a week by age twelve, sixteen hours a week by age fourteen, and up and up, until by the age of twenty they were practicing—that is, purposefully and single-mindedly playing their instruments with the intent to get better—well over thirty hours a week.

In fact, by the age of twenty, the elite performers had each totaled ten thousand hours of practice. By contrast, the merely good students had totaled eight thousand hours, and the future music teachers had totaled just over four thousand hours. Ericsson and his colleagues then compared amateur pianists with professional pianists. The same pattern emerged.

The amateurs never practiced more than about three hours a week over the course of their childhood, and by the age of twenty they had totaled two thousand hours of practice. The professionals, on the other hand, steadily increased their practice time every year, until by the age of twenty they, like the violinists, had reached ten thousand hours.

The striking thing about Ericsson's study is that he and his colleagues couldn't find any "naturals," musicians who floated effortlessly to the top while practicing a fraction of the time their peers did. Nor could they find any "grinds," people who worked harder than everyone else, yet just didn't have what it takes to break the top ranks.

Their research suggests that once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.
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Where do I stand? I need to check myself.

Having said all this, if I feel that may be I still don’t have any agenda in my life besides spending each day as it comes and most of the times dwell in the past or dream about the future then so be it. That’s my way and choice of living.

The above paragraph might have been put at the beginning as a disclaimer but I intentionally placed it at the end so that during this journey or writing I might get an agenda clicked and set for myself. Disclaimer might have stopped be even from writing or digging further. Having mentioned this, just writing or digging further won’t serve the purpose either. The 10000 hour schedule will.

Let me move on to the next slide of the presentation!

1. Achieve.

I whole-heartedly applaud and appreciate the feat of those extra-ordinary human beings who dare to achieve the near-unbelievable things in life. Although the list of such men and women is endless, it still is closer to the minutest fraction of the world’s human populace as on date.

While I salute these people for their merit performances – be it in sports, politics, society, human welfare and what not, I would certainly love to focus on the takeaways from their life.

A round of ovation, posting images and appreciation in private and public are certainly the truest feelings popping out from the hearts of the millions of fans and followers across the globe. These things do make the achiever feel the best and take him on a tour to the top of the world’s tallest emotional peak.

Having done all these things, I believe that my ‘achievement’ lies over and above this showcasing. Here comes the take-away portion –

Paramount Sincerity, Top-to-Bottom Dedication, Genuine Hard-work, Persistent Focus on the Goal, Magnanimous Confidence, Go-Getter Spirit, Never-Ever-Say-Die Attitude, Prudent Introspection, Meditative Balance, Immense Control during the Pink-Blue-Pink-Blue Oscillations in Life and Ultimately, ‘karna-hai-to-karna-hai’  (I want to do means I want to do) Way of life.

Core Presence of One / Few / All of the above features is the One and Only one thing that transforms the Ordinary Human Being into an Extra-Ordinary Persona.

Talent, Knowledge, Experience, Destiny, Success, Money and Fame are nothing but the Sheer and Sure outcomes of the above.

Once again, I comprehensively admire and recognize those who have created a larger-than-life portrait of themselves while I consider my achievement in setting my focus on the takeaways from them and resume working on the same.

2. Camera.

I have a fully loaded beautiful camera and am in front of a scenic locale. However, there are dust particles on my camera. If I click a pic, what will be the result?

Well, there is no exact reply to this, IMHO. However, my reply is that the result may attach some dusty look to the beauty. The point I intended to make here is rather than focusing on Changing the Scene (the other person) or Changing the Camera (MY LIFE), all I need to do is to wipe of the in-built perception (the dust) and I guess, I am good to go.

1. Prabhu.

Mann thi Mann nu Milan thai jaay,
Prabhu! Safal aa janam thai jaay.

Aadhi Vyaadhi chhe jeevan ma,
Murcha chhe, parivaar ne dhan ma..
Taara naam nu Ratan thai jaay,
Prabhu! Safal aa janam thai jaay.

Rog, Shok ne Mrityu no bhay chhe,
Kashaayo no pan tivra Uday chhe..
Taara guno nu Smaran thai jaay,
Prabhu! Safal aa janam thai jaay.

Paani gotu chhu, Sansaar na Rann ma,
Thashe vadhaaro ethi, Bhav bhraman ma,
Taari aagna nu Paalan thai jaay,
Prabhu! Safal aa janam thai jaay.

Mithyatva rupi Ghor Andhaar chhe,
Taara Vina na koi Aadhaar chhe..
Aa Jeev jo taare Sharan thai jaay,
Prabhu! Safal aa janam thai jaay.

Shraddha raakhi ne taara vachan ma,
Samay vitaavu, Aatma chintan ma..
Samyak maarag nu aacharan thai jaay,
Prabhu! Safal aa janam thai jaay.

Param thi Param nu Milan thai jaay,
Prabhu! Safal aa janam thai jaay.

5. Ipad.

you desired a tab,
zeroed on ipad,
that's indeed fab
ur choice ain't bad.

use it at home or cab
but beware! don't drag
make it your solution lab
shouldn't end up in a Snag

4. Revolution.

On the 7th day of June in the year 1893, at the age of 24, while Mohandas Gandhi was on his way to Pretoria, a white man objected to Gandhi's presence in a first-class carriage, and he was ordered to move to the van compartment at the end of the train. Mohandas, who had a first-class ticket, refused, and was thrown off the train at Pietermaritzburg. 

Shivering through the winter night in the waiting room of the station, Gandhi made the momentous decision to stay on in South Africa and fight the racial discrimination against Indians there.

History says that the seeds of the revolution were sown on that very night.

While I second to what history says, I would like to ask myself a question - "Has there not been any incident in my life similar to the one above that was worth a revolution?"

I admit that there were many.

What happened to those incidents then? 

Why were such incidents different than the one occurred in the life of Mohandas on the platform of Pietermaritzburg?

I believe there was no difference between the seed; the inception of the revolution. The difference was - "Gandhi's seed was transformed into the purpose of his life and my seeds (at all such incidents) took a pause immediately after it's inception"

Had Mohandas taken a pause (which he could have easily done thinking that it's a part of life or anything else), things would have been diverse.

From that day onwards, it took him a mammoth 54 years, 2 months and 8 days to see the light of the day.

Can I take a pause from my comfort zone and resume my revolution, my purpose, my being towards a dignified life?

3. MLA.

On 20/08/2013, we had a detailed meeting with Mr. Prakash Mehta, the MLA of Ghatkopar (E). He initiated with sharing his experience in his political career of 35 plus years. He briefed us about the various revolutions and happenings during 1977 onwards and many other incidents that happened of which he was a witness himself.

Basically, we have initiated a small non-political group called NaMo brigade... NaMo Brigade Managalore is the first initiative of its kind and we have started Mumbai chapter. Prakash Mehta came to know about it and he called us as he wished to support the same. Before meeting him, we had judged his intentions of political manifesto. Since we have scheduled the official launch on 25/08, he wanted to be a part of the launch and hence he had called us. However, we wanted to meet him and politely refuse him about his direct involvement as the main 3-pointer agenda of NaMo brigade is as follows -

1. to make citizens aware of the importance of VOTE, motivate them to get their VOTER ID if not prepared, GO for Vote during 2014 elections and spread the awareness regarding the same.

2. Get acquainted with the local administration, know the roles and responsibilities of the Corporator, MLA, MP and the duties of a common man (From RTI to approaching the local representative, procedures for escalating the matter, etc). The lack of awareness of a common man (and there is a humongous amount of this lack) is benefitting the so called administration of the country where in a common man has lost his dignity and is being taken for granted. Hence, choosing the party and the candidate whose ideology aligns with the one of a common man towards a developing nation and a dignified living.

3. Prevent Cribbing and Moaning about any issues - from Society to Area to Region to State to Nation; to Infrastructure to Water to Garbage to Electricity to Law & Order and further, get educated about the simple steps to be taken against those issues and start taking those steps. Most of the issues are relatively simple to resolve by taking appropriate measures but the unawareness of the same is leading to a loads of Chaos and Frustration.

Listening to the above, he concurred with the idea but was still of the Opinion that when we are promoting NaMo means directly we are promoting BJP and it's a political motive. While we agreed with him, we also mentioned that there is a lot of Political Phobia in today's youth. For today's common man, a Politician is synonymous to a Criminal. Hence, we would like to initiate with the above agenda and increase the voting percentage of sane and educated youth who believes that Voting is a crime and is unrealized of the fact that these heaps of Scams, weakening of Economy, etc is certainly hampering the life-style as the cost of living has shot up like anything whereas the percentage increase in income and it's sources is wafer-thin compared to the inflation over a period of last 9 years.

At the concluding note, he did recommend us to initiate and promised an up-front back-door support from his end.

2. Bheed.

laakhon ki tarah aankhon me sapne liye,
un sapno me shaamil, begaane aur apne liye,
        haan main is bheed me hun, yaheen hun!

kabhi sochta hun kuch alag sa karu,
auron ki tarah, kya sirf jiyu aur maru,
        kya main jo is bheed me hun, sahi hun?

socha bahut, aur ki baatein duniya ki sab,
bas nahi kiya wahi, jisey main kehta 'alag'
        Isliye saalon se is bheed me hun, waheen hun!

himmat kar us disha me rakhne jaate hi pehla kadam,
sawaal khada hota hai ek, aur reh jaata main tham,
        Bura kya hai jo is bheed me hun, khush hi hun!

bhaagta hi rahu zindagi bhar aur phir ek din,
aage badhte badhte, bheed me hi ho jaunga vilin,
        Phir kahaan is bheed me hun, nahin hun!

bheed me ek jagah khaali hogi..
par bheed tab bhi rahegi..
mere nikalte hi koi aur aayega.. 
wo bhi ye hi dohraayega..
        haan main is bheeed me hun, yaheen hun!

1. Taranga - Falshruti.

Fari ek nootan jaatra aavi, Fari ek sundar shibir maani
Darshan karya Shtavar tirtho na, pidhi amrutmay jinvaani

pidhi amrutmay jinvaani, karya sankalp thava potaani nikat
chaalvaa theej aagal vadhaashe, maarg bhalene laagto vikat

maarg bhale ne laagto vikat, teacher ane sirs kare mehnat khub
haath pakdi chaale ne kahe, vishwaas raakh nahi jaaye tu dub

vishwaas raakh nahi jaaye tu dub, shuruwaat to kar nakal karine
nakal karta karta thai jaashe asal, nahi rehshe biji chinta farine

nahi rehse biji chinta farine, pan kadaach shuru me rehshe man asthir
Chhata saadhya nahi dur maani ne chaal, tarvaanu saadhan chhe aa sharir

tarvaanu saadhan chhe aa sharir, karile eno tu sampoorna upyog
nahi to veeti gayi chhe tem veeti pan jashe, fari nahi maley aava yog

fari nahi maley aava yog, jo chuki jaish aa bhav ati durlabh
parichay, ruchi, shraddha, aacharan dwara, thashe samyak pad subabh

thashe samyak pad sulabh, thashe moksh-sthaan nu aarakshan
janma maran thi mukt thai, rehshe anant sukhmay jeev ane jeevan

3. Sight.

Do I think that the Scams going around the country aren’t affecting me directly or indirectly? If yes, I better RE-THINK.

Do I think that I can do nothing about the scams and corruption? If yes, I better RE-THINK.

The system is corrupt because I encourage it. The officials demands because they are confident that I am unaware or partly aware of the regulations and hence instead of falling into the complexities, I will better find an escape route. The escape route gives an instant benefit but surely is a long-term loss.

I, being a human am supposed to be a foresighted being then why do I live with such shortsightedness?

What should me my sole purpose that will work and create wonders?

Well, the purpose is not to bash the existing administration. The purpose is not to crib about the system. The purpose is to have an Ideology about a nation, which is my first home; an Ideology that aligns with the development of the nation; an ideology where I can understand and implement my roles and responsibilities towards the nation, society as much as I do understand and implement the same in my house and with my family.

There is no political manifesto; nor there is any intent of forming a political party and fight against the counterpart.

If I as an individual comprehend and contribute my bit, that will be more than enough.

2. Corrupt.

The entire nation is yelling the slogans pertaining to the transformation. There is an immense hue and cry about the political scenario of the country. All the individuals I come across are seeking change. Every resident of the peninsula wants the largest democracy of the world to be modified.
While I am one of those 1.26 billion resident individuals, I would like to check on the ground reality might as well.
When I say, I want the transformation to happen, I believe that it should initiate from the inner self. The imminent enquiry is what needs to be initiated from the inner self and the immediate trigger is what I want to be modified.
What is it that I am tired of? What is it that I want to change? What is it that I envision in a modified nation?
The one-word that can be encapsulated in all the replies is Corruption.
In philosophical, theological and moral stand-points, Corruption can be ideally defined as a spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities viz. Bribery, Embezzlement and there are many other relevant terminologies.
What is an Ideal? The rules and regulations written in the constitution of an institution, be it national, regional, organizational, social or in a family.
If I deviate from any of the rule, I very well fit in the definition of corrupt, obviously for that particular instance.
I am driving on a road. I jump a single. Cop catches me. I offer bribe. I am corrupt. I don’t offer a bribe. He asks me to bribe him. He is corrupt. In turn, I ask him to explain me rules. He complicates me. I give up. I offer a bribe. I am corrupt.
I go for buying a new house. The owner asks for part payment in cash and rest in cheque. He is corrupt. I abide to his rules. I am corrupt.
I make accounts in my business. I segregate black and white. I am corrupt. I am not an expert to do so hence I hire someone for the same. He agrees to help me. He is corrupt.
I decide not to be corrupt. I start living in the non-corrupt mode. Some instance occurs and I seem to be having no other option but to be corrupt for that instance and again come back to non-corrupt mode. I am still corrupt.
I take the satisfaction saying that most of the times I am non-corrupt. It’s like me going to buy a pair of trousers where the vendor says that the entire trouser is wonderful but it has a tiny hole which is not repairable. However the trouser is almost impeccable. Of course, I am gonna buy it, right?
Well, coming back to corruption. I think that if I alone be non-corrupt then what difference is it going to make when the whole country is corrupt. If I don’t offer bribe, my survival will be at stake. I will be left behind in this race where everyone will go ahead of me by virtue of their settings and I like a moron will keep looking at them.
By the way, why the heck then I want the nation to be modified? Just because there is a bunch of people who get an opportunity to do limitless corruption and I am not supposed to do the same? Just that they are allowed to pierce many holes in the pair of trousers and I get a chance to pierce one or two?
However, If I whole-heartedly want a corruption-free environment and I think that I alone cannot do anything about it, I fail to ponder on a couple of things here. If I refrain to offer bribe, the takers of the bribe will gradually diminish. The power of “I” is something that “I” need to implement. All that is needed is each individual realizes the power of “I”.
Once I implement the change within, I can be a reason to inspire and instigate several others around me and the real transformation will fire through the spark generated within.
PS: Heartfelt apologies from the bottom of my mind, heart and soul if I have hurt anyone’s individual or group sentiments, which was never intended.

1. Lakeer.

Dilip says -

 Zindagi chahe hi ho chhoti mud ke dekhne le liye, Paani ki laqeer bhi (mere) dil par ankit ho gayee hai....

Suchit replies -

Hum lo likhte hai paani me khichi lakeer ki tarah,
zindagi bahot choti hai mud k dekhne ke liye

Super duper reply, dude :-)

5. Survive.

While getting down at the destination station, I notice that most of the passengers are in a hurry to get down while very few are super calm and glued to their seats until the gangway is clear enough to walk.

Well, at the end of the day, both ("most" and "few") survive.

4. Life is Beautiful.

Life is Beautiful
Adapted from a recent seminar

“Same” is the word so much so very attached with my so called leisurely urban life that each day of my life is attached to a more or less mundane living. I wake up at the same time, use the same paste to brush my teeth, same workouts, same soap, same shampoo, have the same beverage on the breakfast table, same people around, same newspaper with similar category of what they call “fresh” news, same mode of commute, same office, same colleagues, same workstation, same activities, same lunch time, same things on my plate except for a couple of variations and so many same things to such an extent that most of the times I meet same people in public transport and ultimately, same Life overall with no purpose other than just thinking about accumulating more and more wealth (Ironically, wealth is synonymous to money in the standard norms designed and defined by a set of people of which I am a subset)

It is said that not only the life and life-style but also the thoughts cropping out of mind are more or less the same. They say that 96% of the 60000 thoughts crossing the mind each day are the same. Thinking on a positive note, I feel a bit relieved that having said everything is more or less the same in life, I yet get 2400 new thoughts every day and if I can use few of those, I can strive to create a difference.

What makes me live the same life every day? Is it by choice or is it a mandate? If it’s a mandate, does that mean that in reality I want to be different but the circumstances are not allowing me to be so. Well, do all the people who want to be different become one only because all the circumstances were favorable to them?

What do I do if I am stuck somewhere and I feel that there is a no way out? Isn’t it true that in past there were many such occurrences where I must have been stuck and since I am alive and alright today, it certainly proves that I have come out of it some way or the other. That means that whenever I feel in present that there is a no way out, it actually means that the way out may not be visible today but it is just on its way. Hence, there is always a way but it is on the way until it comes along in front of me.

Such an attitude boosts my confidence level and I start striving for the unknown. The mind starts focusing on those 4% of the thoughts and the best example question is – “Don’t I usually auto-suggest when I am heavily stuck that Let me think on some different lines?” This is a more than enough trigger for mind to start working on the stuff that seems impossible at this point in time but taking it up as a practical challenge helps me get through it. Hence, challenging my situation will create an immense scope of doing something which I have always felt it practically difficult to achieve.

Well, not always there are difficult times. If I scan my life, it’s a mix of easy and difficult phases but if I drill further and ask myself, what is it that makes it easy or difficult. For instance, if I set a target of running 100 meters (yes, 100 meters) a day, while setting the target I am very well aware that it’s achievable and I start visualizing the destination. Let me add to more zeroes at the end to my target. What will happen? OMG, I cannot even visualize that how am I going to run 10 freaking kilometers. Well, the simple equation is easier (in the current belief of my capacity) the target, easier the life and smoother the process. However, this results in nothing but a same life each day with same target, same purpose and as a result everything same around me and if I want to come out of the “same” and try different, I need to set targets much higher than my current reach of my visualization and anticipation. Hence, if I set a target that I think can be achieved with not much challenges, I need to re-think on, re-work on and re-define my target if I want to create a difference in my “same” life that I more or less always “crib” about.

Cribbing has become so much a part of life that even in favorable situation, I don’t miss finding some fault or mismatch in it. Let me think of any situation in life and then analyze that how I did I react to it. I am certain to find faults in it. I don’t want to quote any example but am sure that in all the examples, small or big, the mind is so much acclimatized to fault finding that it doesn’t leave any chance to crib in the best of the situations.

What actually is the need of the time is to see happiness in relatively smaller things in life. For instance, if I love to walk and I don’t feel that I find enough time for it, I rather than giving up on walking can find some minutes to take a few little steps and stroll around my apartment and cherish the feeling. Once I start feeling happy about those steps taken, I will strive to discover more time and feel happy about it. Although the sense of achievement may come after a long while, I can always be happy about the milestones that I pass through.

While I penned down the first word in this write-up, I wasn’t quite sure that in less than 30 minutes I could reach word number 984 but since I chose to enjoy each second of writing, I now feel a sense of achievement too. Hence, while I saw happiness in a very small start, I feel successful in something significant that has happened. I coin it as significant because I attempted to come out of my clichéd Sunday afternoon and do something that could get me out of my comfort zone.

Net-Net, striving towards being different and setting higher and much higher goals makes the destination look extremely difficult but the happiness in the process of achieving it while going from one step to the next makes the entire journey happy and a feeling of success occurs at the time when the sense of a “big” and a “different” achievement comes into the play.

When I dwell around the success in small or insignificant looking things which I have always felt are within my reach results in a feeling that – “well, it was not that difficult to achieve and hence neither I enjoyed the journey and nor am I cherishing the destination; I am feeling the same”.

How do I go about the unrealistic looking targets then?

Well, first I need to set one. I need to think about something that is, at this point in time, seemingly far-fetched. The immediate and nearly obvious thought that may crop up is – “How am I going to do this? What if I am stuck at the first step? Will I find a way out?”

There is a way for everything; many a times it may be on the way.

The above statement is bound to generate a spark and develop a solution focusing attitude.

There are usually two ways to look at a challenge. Either believe that there is no solution and adapt to the current situation or look forward to a solution and strive to achieve the same. The latter is the attitude that focuses on the solution.

While it is necessary to have such an approach at the start of working on the solution, it is equally essential to possess an attitude of being happy and spirited throughout the journey.

Seeing and Experiencing Happiness in small things and Success in big ones is the way to go. What this means is Success is made of so many milestones and to enjoy each and every step towards it makes the journey worth an experience. All the small things eventually lead towards a big one and that’s where the Success is relished.

Life is beautiful, simply just beautiful…

3. Game.

Although Electronic based games don't fascinate me,  I try my fingers sometime especially on easy games that are meant for sheer entertainment and not to eat up the brain.

However, in level based games after crossing a couple of levels,  it starts raising the bar of involving brains and reduces the frequency of the desired entertainment.

While I was attempting one of such difficult (as per my amateur state) levels, I reached at a point and got stuck. Attempted again,  bettered my self but yet wasn't able to reach the destination.

This happened several times. Sometimes I bettered my reach while at some instances, I worsened it.

One thing I noticed is each time the device gave me an option of "Play Again" and I would play.

After numerous such chances,  I chose to come out of the game and as I was moving out,  it flashed "Do you really want to give up?"

Well well well,  that was the Eureka moment.

Life gives me so many PlayAgains... just that the flash is not physically evident but each attempt of failure creates a new opportunity and very much like in a game where as soon as I click on Play Again the situation gets recreated, in life too more or less similar situations gets recreated and after one, couple of, few, umpteen attempts it's always a deal between "Play Again" or "Do I really want to give up?"

Saying "No" to "Do you really want to give up? " flashing on the device got ne back to the screen flashing "Play Again".

Clicked, Crossed and Completed Level X :-)

2. Hand and Smile.

While taking the skywalk this morning, i saw a teenager boy taking his bicycle upstairs. He seemed to be enjoying it but there was an evidence of a bit of a struggle. I did nothing but slightly lifted the seat from the backside and asked him to focus on the handle.

We would have hardly taken 10 stairs together and as I left the seat and was overtaking him, he said a big thank you with a huge smile.

Although he was not that needy but it made me really happy mainly cost the smile on his face was vasool (vasool is an exaggerated form of worth it)....

Made my day... thanQ young boy.

1. Clean.

From train, I saw a woman brooming her house... the house was in such a shabby state wrt exteriors nd interiors yet she was cleaning it. The first thought that crossed my mind was what is the point in cleaning up a house that is in such a sorry state. The immediate next thought was, cleaning may or may not change the state of house but it will surely generate a feeling of having contributed some bit for the house so that it doesn't deteriorate further.

2. Kitne baras hue?

Har saal janam din aata hai,
Wahi sawaal har saal dohraata hai..
Kitney baras hue... ???

Na jaane kab,  ek aisa saal aayega,
Janam din k pehle ya baad ye nahi pataa,
Par us saal is hasti ka naamonishaan mit jaayega,
Aur ho jaayega Ye janam din manaane waala laapata..

Sawaal wahi rahega, pooch ne waala bhi nahi badlega,
Badlega wo bhi nahi jiske liye poocha jaa raha hai, badal jaayega wo jissey poocha jaa raha hai, aur badlega wo din, jab wah sawaal poocha jaayega...
Kitney baras hue... ???

1. Roti.

Sabjiyaan badalti hai thaali me,
par roti ko badalne ki nahi kisime himmat,
itna mahatvapurna kirdaar hai roti ka par afsos,
nahi hai logo ko uski koi keemat.

Taarif hoti hardam sabji ki,
 roti to nivaale k saath chup chaap chali jaati hai,
dost! jis din roti nahi hogi thaali me,
dekhna kitni kathinaai se sabji khaayi jaati hai.