Tossed Up

When driving this morning, I saw a light plastic bag rolling from the left to the right across the road. Just as it was about to cross the road, another car passing by tossed it back this side, and as my car passed by the plastic bag was tossed to the other side.

It set me think..Poor plastic, is being tossed this side to that side and back and so in.

Is it the plastics fault  that it is being tossed back and forth..

-  Is it fault of the wind..?

-  Is it the fault one who discarded...?

-  Is it the fault of the one who gave it...?

-  Is it the fault of the one who sold it...?

-  Is it the fault of the one who made it...?

No one's fault I guess. It was made for a purpose. Once that was done it was discarded, and will be till another finds it to serve another purpose and then discard. It is a curse though that it is indestructible being a pollutant. It just has to languishes.

My thoughts get serious...

I start to think how many humans get tossed like this in their professional career and real life.

Questions that come to me are....

-  Are we in control of anything happening out there?

-  Can we control anyone's temper or behaviour out there?

-  Are we in complete control of events and situations out there?

-  Are we in control of all the inputs that need to go into all tasks out there?

-  Are we responsible for all the outputs out there?

-  Are we taking the flak for someone else?

-  Are we cowards that we can't stand up for ourselves?

-  What are the compulsions, drawback, the pressures?

-  Why are we so submissive?

-  Why do we succumb?

Lot many like things these which can bother us about which we can't speak to anyone or share to lighten our feelings.

Sit down relaxed somewhere, and ponder deeply within, asking questions to yourself and search for uncompromisingly hard truths. All answers are with you.

You will find things that annoy you, people who irritate you, obstacles you might encounter blocking your process, things that you lack, things you are ducking, things that you fear..

All these are plastics and you are being tossed actually like plastic too, but, you don't think so.

You may be the boss, the assistant, or even the CEO, there's no escape. Some get tossed by words on the face, on a call, by a video chat, by a mail, by a letter or whatever. It can cause you a worry because it punctures your ego, questions your ability...

The "truth," is there's no difference in the "tossing up."

Have A Game Plan To Succeed

To really SUCCEED, you must HAVE a GAME PLAN.

And the traits are :

H  -> HUMILITY A -> ATTITUDE V -> VERSATILITY E -> ENTHUSIASM

A -> AMBITION

P -> PURPOSE

L  -> LEARNABILITY A -> AUTHENTICITY N -> NOVELTY

T  -> TRAINABILITY O -> ORGANIZATION

S  -> SIMPLICITY

U -> UNIQUENESS C -> CLARITY

C -> CURIOSITY E -> ENERGY

S -> STRUCTURE S -> SINCERITY

All these are a must and really speaking not difficult at all.

The Hunter Becomes The Hunted

People stay focussed, you'll reach your goals.

Stay focussed till your reach your goals.

An absolutely undisputed fact...

But...

You'll see why?

Somewhere in the deep jungles of Africa, a Lion, The King of the Forest, was chasing a Gazzle.

The Lion was running to fulfil its hunger, the Gazzle running for its life ran into a river, and the focused Lion followed.

Hiding underwater were hungry Crocodiles, they spotted a hunt and moved swiftly.

One managed the clasp the Lion's neck, the other got it's legs.

Together they dragged the mighty Lion underwater and in less than a minute, the Lion was dead.

The Hunter became the hunted, because it was focussed.

The point I am trying to drive is not in the least that you shouldn't focussed. That you definitely must, in the organization jungle or the social jungle, but, in the process, check, recheck, being on the job and that too 100% focussed.,

Be aware of things happening around you and your environment, you will also be aware of the focus of others focus running into your focus area. Anticipate danger, conflict, collision!

Foresee what could be the events that unfold, so that you do not succumb and fall.

Being so "Focussed," what are the things you are missing out on.

What are the real opportunities you are missing out on?

Just think for a moment.

Just Think...

Have you ever felt betrayed?

Chances are you might ask what?

Or you might say "no."

But, I might say we do get "betrayed," very often.

Let's take that you are at a restaurant.

You are voraciously hungry.

A waiter comes over greets you and serves you water to drink, and hands the menu card.

You gulp some water, and you look into the menu card.

Attractive pictures of the food, with description of ingredients, tempt you a great deal.

Pointing at the picture you order what you want, how much you want.

You ask the waiter, "How long will it take to bring the food.

Waiter replies, "20 minutes Sir/Madam"

You respond, "Ok, please make it quick am very hungry."

Another customer comes. The waiter wishes the guess, serves water and hands the menu card.

The guest runs through it and quickly orders the food.

The waiter goes inside.

Comes with plates to lay your table and that of the other guest.

Appears after 10 minutes with the other guests order.

You look surprised as you are fuming inside you.

You are actually experiencing a betrayal.

You feel betrayed, that you came earlier than the other guest, but, that order comes ahead of yours.

You ask the waiter, "What's happened with mine, it's already so long, even more than the time you told me."

Waiter replies, "Am getting yours next Sir/Madam, sorry for the delay." Goes into the kitchen.

The waiter arrives with your ordered dishes.

Serves you.

You have your first bite. You may find it spicy, or salty, you may find it not exactly to your taste, you grumble, with the waiter. What's the point, the waiter brought you your order.

What can he do if your imagination betrayed you, your expectation betrayed you.

Now you see, you and I can be betrayed by even small things in life.

In real life, imagine how much you can get betrayed.

-  By good impressions

-  By good looks

-  By manners

-  By sweet talk

-  By respect given

-  By being assured

These are just but a few examples. There can be more serious ones too.

Feelings of those betrayals, can even break relationships, end up as court cases and what not.

All these in many so many ways, by so many people.

Some betrayals are because you are gullible.

Your weakness for something’s can lead to that.

But, some are because of your imagination, assumptions, calculations,

estimation and expectation.....

There's no way you can blame anyone for that.

To live free of betrayal, a few things that are important,

-     Stop expecting things to happen your way,

-     Stop expecting, anything from anyone,

-     Stop expecting all people are like you.

When you adopt the viewpoint that there is nothing that exists that is not part of you, that there is no one who exists who is not part of you, that any judgment you make is self-judgment, that any criticism you level is self-criticism, you will wisely extend to yourself an unconditional love that will be the light of the world. Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. Just keep an open mind, be patient.

Take everything that comes your way as a bonus. Don't complain, grumble or carry any grudge.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. All these will hurt you more than it hurts others. Only love can do that. And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make. You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

The Ocean and Us

The havoc in God's Own Country, prompted this script, and it is dedicated to humanity.

Oceans are mighty deep, so vast that they occupy 70% of the planet space. It is forever active, and so the ocean keeps coming, wave after wave towards the shore as if it wants to capture more ground. This thought spills greed.

The ocean is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. Oceans are of great value to life. It keeps giving and giving many things in various forms. It has been and it will be the same, nothing will change. Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away, so the sea comes to the shores, tossing, dancing, wave after wave, as if to hug. This thought oozes abundance

Coming to think about this and closer to us. It is said there's 70% water in the human body. The balance of which keeps us going. . If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.

The world is full of people who don't know about the gifts they have with the and keep wanting more and more, that's the greed, in them.

The same world also has a lot of people who are knowledgeable, wise, contented with all they have, happy to share with the others, oozes abundance.

Keeping aside the similarities, that, even if were true, the intent of sharing this was to highlight the fact about our thoughts, and actions, both of which are in our control.

We can't ever control the powerful waves, but, we can use the power it releases.

We can't control anything outside us, so the best thing is to use the power we have within us for negotiating through life.

We can be greedy, or we can choose abundance, it is in our hands.

Praying to see the world to be in peace and prosperity with abundance.

The Journey of Life

We are all travellers  on the highway of like.

Each in our own vehicle can be

-     a cycle,

-     a two wheeler

-     a three wheeler

-     a four wheeler,

-     and/or something even bigger.

It is not the vehicle that matters, as much as the journey to the destination.

We go at different speeds, in different lanes,  each to their destination.

Some ahead  of us are slow, and come in our way  (causing us irritation).

Some behind us speeding and honking crazily, wanting to overtake us (causes irritation).

We change lanes, they change lanes, some go along side us, some overtake us

(it's their choice, which we can't control, to become irritated or choose to be unmindful, is in our hands).

Now, let's see what we should learn.

01. You are not in competition with anyone, including yourself.

2.    Come what may do not be dictated by anyone or anything, think and rationalize.

3.    You are at liberty to practice your principles. Expecting others to follow you is not appropriate. Passing comments or delivering judgments about others, is not your business, who are you?

4.    Expecting others to change is too much, why should we again, who are we to even suggest that.

5.    Lastly but not the least, the ignition, the gears, the accelerator pedal, the brake pedal, the clutch pedal are all the aids that you can control to regulate the speed, move or change direction, reduce or increase power.

You have a rear-view mirror to enable you see the space you have covered, and to remind you how long you have come.

You have the windscreen that shows you, your road ahead, so just chug along.

Move at the pace you want, increase or decrease it as you want, do not come in others way,

-     do not push others to give way,

-     be patient,

-     be judicious,

-     maintain a lane,

-     maintain a path,

-     avoid accidents,

-     reach your destination (you may not know how far, you may not know which is it too)

-     just enjoy the drive.

You may have co-passengers who all have their destinations too to reach like all of us, they may be our co-passengers for some part of the journey,

-     can be near and dear, can be our relatives,

-     can be friends,

-     can be colleagues, can be strangers too,

-     just love them all and enjoy their company.

Life is a journey that must be travelled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. The journey is never ending. Fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that? The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less travelled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in. Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.

Let the journey be a pleasant one about which everyone will talk about long after too with joy.