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Someone special brings a smile to my face, tears in my eyes, fills my heart with joy and casts away my fears. Sounds like a dream? Sweet 16 talk? Or a scene from a romantic movie. Whatever, the case be, you want to experience such kind of moments again and again. A perfect moment. Far beyond our expectations, while we are too busy in our lives, working hard towards creating moments, craft happiness, life goes on. People come; people go. Isn't it? Some people become a part of our happy times and few a reason for those moments. How often do we appreciate their presence? How often are we thankful? How often do we reciprocate? How often do we remember them? A special person can be our parents, sibling, teacher, mentor, friend, co-worker or an unknown person, at some point in time they were there for us. They created special moments for us. It may not have been the same as in novels or movies, that doesn't mean they didn't exist. The problem is that our thoughts are influenced

 A couple of days ago my mother was remembering her mother. She shared a number of instances bringing alive the era of the early 90s. Back then the number of siblings was never less than two. In some cases, they would be in double digits. More than nine kids around? A word best describes the scene at home – Chaos. Or complete chaos? Imagine the youngest crying for food and eldest pleading for sound sleep. The relation of the eldest with the youngest. The varied activities of every child - one crawling or trying to walk, another in school and the eldest preparing for higher studies. The early 90s as a parent seems mind-boggling. Though the culture of joint family prevailed it seems there was never an end to raising kids. As in the case of my grandparents, they had eight children, yes eight! By the time their youngest became a toddler the eldest became a parent. Which was then followed by the rest of their children. My grandmom after raising her kids raised her grandchildren. Back

When I lost you, I was lost. Since then, life has been a catastrophe. I had expected it but, no amount of preparation prepared me to face it. Few more days, few more hours, and those three magical words; expectations haven’t come to an end to date; I fight with God every day. For the world, years hav e passed and memories have faded but my heart whimpers with each passing day. I lost you, to find…that you are so important to me, that I am so madly in love with you, that your love made me what I was and what I am today! I lost you but in me, you live today! In the way I act, in the manner I react, my thoughts guarded and decisions guided, it’s not me, it’s all you. Now I know…when I lost you, a part of me became you!

Life is full of surprises. Some good, some bad. With open arms we welcome happiness and trouble is always uninvited. My friend, this is life. We all know the fact…happiness is short, good friends are few and future, always unknown. As we walk on the curved path of life, cautious decisions, content mindset, curiosity to learn and empathy towards (at least) mankind will make life better. Tough times should be faced with right friends around; family as friends and friends as family. Here, we need to note that in life, more than once we will come across an uninvited friend. Remember, an uninvited friend is nothing but an invitation to trouble. So don’t leap for more, learn to say no, because decisions of today are shaping our tomorrow and affecting our present. Let’s pause while we walk. Let’s screen, filter and eliminate. Too many is not always good, nor required let’s get wiser. Let’s make sure, that an uninvited friend always remains uninvited.

Take a look at people around you. They all are so different but at the same time have some commonality. Let me share my perspective. I see three categories (broadly) – intellectual, not so intellectual and ignorant. Intellectual are those who listen to all, intently and do what their heart says. Decision taking is independent and not influenced. They reflect pride and arrogance in certain levels. Not so intellectual, are the ones that get influenced by the intellectual ones and take pride of being superior when with ignorant ones. They are the strugglers. Ignorant ones are blessed. They are neutral with either of the above. They listen, give their opinion and take decisions, sometimes under influence or independently. They do not compete nor do they doubt others. So as I was identifying and allocating…I found myself right in front of…..a mirror…..hahaha…..yes, I asked myself, Who am I? May be all three, at some point of time! What about you?

From the huge bunch of people we know and interact with, we come across few kind ones. These people do good things, help others and are ready to volunteer. They are selfless most of the time. How closely can you associate yourself with this lot of Kind People (version 1)? You must have definitely volunteered or helped someone at some point of time or come across one. We also have version II - Kind People . When observed closely you will find a few typical ones in this version. They are subjective or relative in their act of kindness. In most scenarios they help others as per their convenience and wish. They take the onus to decide for you – what is wrong or right? To the world they are kind but, on the contrary they are imposing kindness which the receiver is unable to reject. Distinctive feature of these guys is that they care-less of the associated impact that their act of kindness has. Emotions, commitment, freedom, dependency, involvement are few of the many intangibl

Paro is a therapeutic robot baby harp seal. It is very cute and is designed to have a calming effect and elicit emotional responses in patients. The cost of this robot is little more than Rs. 3.5 lakhs. Wondering why I mentioned about Paro? Because, you may consider investmenting in Paro, it can also be of immediate relief. In case you have aligning parents and you and your family is unable to spend quality time, Paro will be of great help. (Paro will also help elevate your social status - high-end technology @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs. Tweets and FB shall surely propogate it across the long friends list). Post clicks with Paro and aligning parents you can go back to your busy routine.  Do think from investment point of view as well....because you might have to practice what you are (unknowlingly) preaching.