5. Excel.

Whenever a person in any recognized arena shines, people do appreciate and to add, they broadcast about the struggle and also the daily schedule that the achiever goes through.

Lets say Sports...
Normally it's like, he or she puts in 9-10 hours of daily practice and hence the results become evident.

Wow! Sounds Super!! Obviously, if one invests this amount of time in practice, results are inevitable. It's an old saying to - Practice makes man (and woman) perfect.

I certainly like to go gaga over it. However, want to examine self too. Do I not invest almost same amount of time practically each day in what I do in my profession? Have I ever thought that those number of hours if can help gain fame and money for someone, why not for me? Can I not excel utilizing those hours? Well, another simple choice is to keep appreciating those who do in any recognized field :-)

4. Picture Plenty.

Abundance, at times is scary. Let me quote an analogy.

I have grown up in the age where digital cameras were not even in imagination. I would click pictures using film cameras or for simplicity, shall I call them analog cameras. There was always a thought before clicking – Is it really worth? Or Am I just investing in one picture?

This was I would preserve the film thereby clicking only those that I found really worth. Since the output quantity was controlled, I would enjoy watching those pictures again and again cherishing the memories made during the trip or event.

In today’s digital world where the pictures travel from a digital camera to social media, I barely even view them – appreciating is a distant thought.

By and large, an album of 30 images (in those days) was visited over 100 times while at the present day, 1000 images are hardly viewed even 3 times

On World Photography day today, I would like to rekindle those memories and while respecting the abundance of digital photography, pay a tribute to film camera and umpteen memories that were made and revisited a number of times.

Yes, Abundance, at times is scary…

3. Tolle.

Mera Yaar,
Ekhart tolle..
Apni kitaab me,
Kya mast bolle..

Vartmaan kshan ka,
Raaz kholle..
Biti baaton me,
Naa maayus holle..

Aane waale kal ki,
Fikar ko dholle..
Vartmaan me jee,
Bhar khushi ke jholle..

Samay jaa raha hai,
Jalaa de sholle (sholay)...
Aaj mauka hai,
Moti pirolle !!

2. Happy Freedom.

Freedom brings happiness, even the thought of it does.

On a parallel thought, freedom and happiness are tightly coupled.

Drilling down, what are the avenues in my life that generate happiness? Well, umpteen! However, am I dependent on those to experience happiness?

For instance, let me consider food as one of those multiple avenues that makes me feel happy.
a. Does it always work for me? Or only when I am fit and hungry?
b. If it works, does it give me a comprehensive and an eternal happiness?

Well all these avenues are trigger dependent; a trigger that comes from within.

All the happiness that is generated is experienced until the consumption of the avenue. What next? A new trigger? And to fulfill that, a new avenue that I need to depend on?

On this Independence day, let me strive to explore an abundance of happiness that can be experienced persistently and it has to be  independent from the external avenues.

Freedom is Happiness.
Happiness is Freedom.
😊

1. मदारी.

चला मदारी खेल दिखाने,
हो गया खिलवाड़ उसीके के साथ।

देश की व्यवस्था हो गयी है लूली,
नेताओं को करना नहीं है कुछ ख़ास,
जब तक कुर्सी है, कमाओ जी भरके,
यही है उनका श्रम और प्रयास...

करना था मदारी को इनका पर्दाफाश,
किन्तु हो गया खिलवाड़ उसीके साथ।

सड़के कच्ची बनी, गड्ढे बढ़ते गए,
पर पैसा पूरा लिया जनता के पास,
बड़ी बड़ी योजनाओ के नाम पे,
सपनो में दिखाया देश का विकास...

मदारी से यह सब हुआ ना बर्दाश्त,
पर हो गया खिलवाड़ उसीके साथ।

विरोध पक्ष ने मित्रों, कुछ नहीं उखाड़ा,
अब हम पर आप रखो विश्वास,
इन्ही दलीलों पर मांगे वोट,
आम आदमी को दिलायी फिर एक आस...

ठान ली मदारी ने, नहीं सहूंगा यह बकवास,
लेकिन हो गया खिलवाड़ उसीके साथ।

पांच साल तो कचरे की सफाई में लगेंगे,
ऐसे वाक्यों में देश को उलझाकर, खुद ली चैन की सांस,
तुम भरते रहो कर (टैक्स) सफाई धुलाई का,
हम उससे बनायेगे अपना आवास...

मदारी को निकालनी थी अपनी और देश की भड़ास,
अफ़सोस, हो रहा है अब तक खिलवाड़ पूरे देश के साथ।।।