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What’s interesting to you today, may not be as interesting tomorrow. Interesting is only true as long as the curiosity exists. Interesting is a possibility, if you are able to dock your priorities for a short while in between. Withdrawing from the real world gives interesting turn of thoughts on any given challenge that is working you up. Interesting is the mind, that is as powerful too, to decide what is interesting. In unsettling matters of head and heart, it is interesting to note that often there is no mind. Interesting is largely your opinion. Interesting is a mere adjective in most scenarios. Interesting is a complement of Boring to remind us that there is a crest and trough in the sine curve of the ECG which shows we are alive. If interesting interests you Boring should also naturally interest you. That we lose interest is only an indicator that we are done with doing something in a certain way, or done with doing something altogether or want to explore do...

There came an unusual blog request today where the sender apparently has forgotten the topic he was about to suggest for my post.  The mail said: I forgot the topic :) Here's my quick attempt at what I saw as an interesting topic: What you forget , can usually wait. To forget is a blessing, especially the thoughts of an unpleasant past. Forgetting an ‘Exchange of courtesy' and Forgetting ‘Respect' are not acceptable. When you forget something, it only means something else is taking up a lot of mind space at the moment. You must excavate it out, to remember the new priorities and good old memories. When we completely forget people, places, happenings, feelings, respect, courtesy, and self, it is called dementia.  It is important to forget the past unpleasantness to serve a better present and work for a greater future . Forgetfulness is the greatest plus point without which our mind cannot process life's road ahead. You won’t die of forgetfu...

A place that makes you realize that : Health is the true Wealth. True Love is beyond what we all think it is. So many people are at times needed to support the survival of a person. Money cannot buy Life. Rich or Poor, the Maker's choice of organs and their mechanisms do not vary. Patience and Wait is everything in Life. One day, Ego will come crashing down if you need help with your personal care. In the wheels of Time, if we live to grow old, we will become weak and sober down before we knock out, off the party of Life! Forgiveness is the best way to good health. Anger is just plain Madness if seen through the lens of health. No one is spared from the punishments, the worst one being suffering on the deathbed. The only company for an ailing old person is his faith in the Omnipresent. All the world's a Stage! and William Shakespeare said it Right! Much more realizations, every waking minute in a hospital...  Long story cut short, it is one place to v...

When the whole world is trying to figure out ways to remain happy, I just figured out something too. That happiness does not have a definition. That happiness is a breeze and not permanent factor. That happiness has an antonym too. That happiness is an inherent thing that needs to be discovered. That happiness can never be measured.

Best is a superlative, which means it is a 'relativity' word and not the verdict of any authority. Partly why there are percentiles in scoring these days. There is no such thing as second best . If you say 'Do your best ' to a person with zero inclination on the task, consider your job undone. If Best is expected from you, expect and accept nothing less than the best compensation, appreciation, or encouragement, as may be applicable. " Best hearts are ever the bravest" is a hearsay; Are they talking about anatomically best or emotionally best or socially best ?  "The Best is yet to come" is probably the best quote that applies in most situations. Often, it helps to think if Best really means Be St eady. At all times ask for the strength to Be St eady.

Stress is an unwelcome guest. Stress is a thief who steals health. Try as much as you may want to, but stress seeps in somehow. Stress is a habit which requires no effort or practice. And we all know Habit is second Nature :) Stress is a sentence without a full stop. You can shorten the sentence temporarily if you want to, with outings, music, yoga, or any other mechanism of your choice. Stress is like an ailment without a cure. It can be treated , minimized, and dealt with if you put in effort from within. Your only option is to stay away from stress causing reagents - people, things, places, conversations, ideas, thoughts.

Life revolves around cards - Credit, Debit, Astro, or Tarot. Credit cards give you the satisfaction of paying the fees for something a little late.. but the truth is you have to pay anyway. Debit cards give you the benefit of not having to carry cash, but makes you spend more than you would have wished to, most times. Debit cards make you forget the worth of cash. Credit cards remind you of the same when you write your check for payment. When all else fails people tend to believe in Astro or Tarot cards. It is best to believe them for what they are worth, than arguing why they can't be true. Credit Cards refute the statement: Never postpone what you can do today. When we use credit cards, indirectly we believe in getting something for free at any given moment. When we use debit cards, unconsciously we forget that money exists in this world. Cards seem to make life easy... but remember, they dont seem to make financial management easy. Inspired by the two HDFC cards lying...

Being silent and Being quiet are not the same. Absence of Noise is Quietness. Presence of Peace in the midst of noise is Silence. Being quiet resolves disputes. Being silent never brings up disputes. Being quiet can mean acceptance. Being silent can mean forgiveness or patience. Being quiet all the time can cause problems to be promoted from trivial to disastrous. Being silent all the time can cause problems to be demoted from disastrous to trivial. They said, Speech is Silver, Silence is Golden.. Quietness didn't find a place in the proverb. So, speak when you must, with Silence as the goal in your mind. Speak to make peace. Speak to appreciate. Speak to love. Speak to thank. Speak to care. Speak to reduce stress. Speak to have fun. Speak to communicate. Speak to emote. In all these instances your mental silence will only improve. In examination halls and temples quietness will improve your focus. Temples and examination halls should revise their sign boards as 'Silence and Q...

Lets reserve judgment to managerial decisions and trial court rooms; Keep personal and social circle out of this. Your judgement need not be correct; Often it is just an assumption. If someone says something, it is expected that you listen, but it is definitely not mandatory to judge them by what they say. Almost always, you are judged by what you say, what you wear, what you do, but rarely by what you are. So dont worry about any incorrect judgement. Judgements are like statistics; they are just a broad scale to go by, but they are not to be completely trusted. Do not judge a person, but definitely judge his actions. That way, even if your judgement is incorrect, you still won't hate the person. Everyone has a right to give opinions, but often these opinions get stated as judgements. Know the difference between the two!!! Opinion is a view point, Judgement is a conclusion with no ammendment. Don't hesitate to give your opinion but ensure you think twice before you make it soun...

Men are Men and can be ridiculous; Women are Women and can be stupid!!! Men can follow world news much easier than what is happening in their homes; Women dont care much about who is playing today's cricket match but it is very important for them to know who is the designer for the next dress in display in a shop. Men are generally the happiest when left alone; Women are generally the crankiest when left alone. Men love to be carelessly dressed; Women love to look carelessly dressed, but would have spent hours together carefully on the carelessness. Men talk less; Women can never keep quiet; even the quietest woman is silently talking to herself. Men act like they dont love gossips, but then news channels are in business only because of them; Women don't act, they love gossips but don't love news channels anyway. Men cannot sit and read for a reason women can never understand - Books make you listen to an idea; Men like to listen only to themselves. If the home is lucky, th...

Committment adds more value to life at large. To have a committment means to adhere. If you do not have a committment, you would not feel like waking up, every morning. Rest takes meaning when you work towards a committment. To know your strengths and abilities, get committed to a mission or task. Principles have meaning only till people are committed to it. Knowingly or unknowingly each of us is committed to ourselves, if not to others. If we don't, then we are probably like a ship that lost its direction. You have no choice but to commit. If you want to live free of committments, then what are you doing here in this world? Committment takes a role everywhere - Relationships, Work, Self-discipline, Social welfare are only a few important ones. Have a mission, and commit to it till your last day on earth. This way, the others do not have to worry about you.

It just happens, whether you like it or not, want it or not, accept it or not. Its quite natural for change to take you off-guard. Change can be welcoming if it is given some time to sink in. Change is often overwhelming, but it usually is manageable with time. Change and Time are the best pals. Change happens with time. Change rules over you in the beginning, but in course of time, you can rule over the change by an acceptance attitude. Change is the best thing that can happen to you at any point of time. Change always happens for the better, although the betterment does not surface immediately. Every change small or big, has the same level of impact most often. Change takes time to enter into your emotional self. You are better off accepting change than fighting it. On any change, there is always an alternative; Accept it and smile anyway. Change is the only thing that keeps anything and everything in the world going, the way it is.

Often, stress is a habit. Stress can be permanent if we do not want to get rid of it. Let's not get used to living with stress. Let's seek BetterHelp ! Stress is no more than a concept in mechanics, if we want to keep it that way. It is possible to deal with stress, but you have to make time to work on it. Society causes more stress than your self, but in the end you are the only one to be blamed. Stress is directly proportional to perfectionism. It is just okay to be imperfect. Nobody cares anyway. Life need not be as perfect as you have carved it to be. Let's learn to accommodate minor differences and minimize stress. Ego and stress live happily ever after. Blood pressure, diabetics and heart aches are direct gifts of stress.

You never know how responsible you can be until you are put in a situation. Responsibility is an off-shoot of commitment and sincerity. If there is no responsibility, there is no sense of satisfaction. It is good to take responsibility for all your actions and words, else it will transform into a blame game which is often very unpleasant on the relationships. Nobody else is responsible for what is happening, except yourself. If your child has to be responsible, take the responsibility yourself first. It is possible to be responsible and still be relaxed. It is good to be responsible for the happiness of your loved ones, because that is all there is in life at any given point in time. If you want to cut down on our monstrous ego levels, just try to be responsible for one person's happiness, at least once in a day. Things just happen, and you only assume responsibility most of the times. Responsibility is a big word; Its good to play it well for a happy living. You cannot avoid respo...

Dress-up to attract respectful looks. Your dress defines you and defends you. The cost of your dress does not matter as much as the impression it gives about the cultured person in you. Its good to check your dress sense once in a while. In a crowd, its best to wear dress that is comfortable to every one's eyes. If how you wear a dress does not matter to you, then you must be willing to face consequences, often unpleasant. Dress sensibly as much as possible. I am ranting off like this because I chanced to see two improperly dressed pretty girls day before yesterday night. This is not the first time I see an improperly dressed young lady, but the first time when the girls behaved like there was no one else around. I wanted to write a whole post about this, but right now, I don't have the time to reword my language to fit my blog's principles. Some topics are very sensitive and the scene I saw about dress sense surely is one of them. Cant take a chance now when I am in a hurr...

Never underestimate the power of positivity. There is no superlative or relativity for few words in life; Optimism is one of them. There is no less optimistic view or more optimistic view or most optimistic view; Optimistic simply stands as strong as it is. If you can believe, you can achieve it too. Working backwards from the success platform, an achiever is first a believer; a believer is a dreamer. Start dreaming of yourself in a success platform. Negativity does not resolve anything........ so even if it seems pointless to stay positive, why not stay close to the positive notion of things? At least, you save your mental health. Positivity is the first seed that you need to sow to see a possibility or opportunity. There is a lot of difference between the word 'wrong' and 'incorrect'. 'Wrong' rules out the allowance to learn and 'Incorrect' encourages to learn what is correct. No one can encourage you to win, if you do not allow positive words to sink...

Thanks to my friend, who sent a very thoughtful forward. These thoughts are after-effects of that useful read :) A leader knows when to let the other person take the lead. Leadership and management are two different things altogether. You don't have to be a manager to be a good leader. You have to be a leader to be a good manager. The extended basics of leadership - Work hand-in-hand, Give-in once in a while, Be responsible for your decisions. A leader must be able to appreciate a good job in front of the world. A leader must have the courage to call a spade a spade. A leader keeps the not-so-good feedback between the subject and self. A leader who is an expert, admirer or an aspirant can appreciate a good job, well done :)

- That which you call 'Complex' only seems complicated. - Every complex task eventually gets accomplished. - Yesterday's complexities always seem lighter than those in the present. - Today will clearly be tomorrow's yesterday or simpler still..... Tomorrow, Today will be 'Yesterday' - Often man complicates life, like the previous sentence. - It is good to acknowledge complexities, but never let them stress your mind. - If it does not seem complex, you may not put in your best. - If it is complicated, it is surely an interesting challenge to take up. - What seems complex to you may have been as complex to your neighbour, just that you do not know what really happened. - Mechanical and Construction Engineering drawings seem extremely complex to me.... as complex as my Computer science seems to them. - The word 'Complex' stands meaningless, the minute you begin to understand it. - When you accomplish a complex task, the sense of contentment you feel is imm...

This flashed suddenly in my mind, when I was reading something: For the world around you, most often: - 'You' become paramount in all problems. - Its at least partially,'your' fault. - There is a 'You' could have done scene. - If there is something that is to be done, 'you' must do it to avert another 'You' could have done scene. - If 'you' are not taking responsibility, then no one else will. - 'You' must learn to handle it. - 'You' should change. - 'You' do not know.

Just about anything and everything is news. If you want to be famous, do something to make it to the news headlines. You need not be popular for the accepted reasons always. Swine Flu, Typhoon, and Lost Monkeys all can have equal importance rating in a newscast. [ This is particularly from the NDTV Noon news on August 11th 2009 ] News is a refined form of essential gossip to take you through life. Even if you do not want to hear the news, you will still hear it from your circle. News is usually a mix of fact and fiction, salted with view points, and garnished with hype. If it is not in the news, then it has to be locked away as a secret. No news is good news - Often heard saying, sounds true as I write this post.