By the way thoughts

You are lost my dear friend, come let’s find you; Burdened you are with responsibilities somewhere, come let’s find you. Lost in the rat race you are, come let’s find you; Lonely in the crowd you might be, come let’s find you. Aligning, suffering silently you might be fighting somewhere, come let’s find you; Focused you are achieving your goals, in success, we will find you. Happy with the world around, in joy, we will find you; In this journey called life, we will surely find you.

Celebrations few years ago were surely beyond pose to post. We met family and friends to share, care and celebrate the occasion. Time use to fly, while we were too busy catching up on each other. Contrary to those days, these days before the celebrations we check the current trend and make ourselves occasion ready. On the day of occasion we exchange greetings hurriedly and began to pose and click till our hearts content. Once we are happy with our  own  pictures we began to upload. The moments are cherished as the likes increases. The occasion is then well celebrated. This is how, we the current generation and few members of the older generation celebrate occasions - ‘pose to post’. Some might call it moving towards west, some might blame the new generation and some might say it is the making of an insensitive society. Let’s not play the blame game here. Let us move a little inwards, let’s call for a new generation lets be a part of society that celebrates togetherne...

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?