The Ant

One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather cross my back terrace. Several times it was confronted by obstacles in its path and after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour.

At one point the ant had to negotiate a crack in the concrete about 10mm wide. After brief contemplation the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked across it and picked up the feather on the other side then continued on its way. I was fascinated by the ingenuity of this ant, one of God’s smallest creatures. It served to reinforce the miracle of creation. Here was a minute insect, lacking in size yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome. But this ant, like the two-legged co-residents of this planet, also share human failings.

After some time the ant finally reached its destination - a flower bed at the end of the terrace and a small hole that was the entrance to its underground home. And it was here that the ant finally met its match. How could that large feather possibly fit down small hole? Of course it couldn’t. so the ant, after all this trouble and execrising great ingenuity, overcoming problems all along the way, just abandoned the feather and went home.

The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its epic journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a burden. Isn’t life like that!

We worry about our family, we worry about money or the lack of it, we worry about work, about where we live, about all sorts of things. These are all burdens - the things we pick up along life’s path and lug them around the obstacles and over the crevasses that life will bring, only to find that at the destination they are useless and we can’t take them with us…

Attitude

I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important.

My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.

Today I can feel sad that I don’t have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn’t give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.

Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.

Today I can whine because I have to go to work or I can shout for joy because I have a job to do.

Today I can complain because I have to go to school or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.

What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have!

FB, twitter, digg, orkut, Advanced Chai Ki Thadi

Hey guys

long since my last post... was a bit lazy + tied up@wrk + project deadline to meet up n othr wrk stuff

nyways there was this interesting rather very interactive session on security check@workplace as Bharti Airtel has become one of the first enterprises globally to have received ISO 27001 certification..

there was this interesting discussion where the trainer tag'd FB, twitter, Digg, Orkut are all "Advanced Chai Ki Thadi"

liked the way she coupled social ntwrk sites wid chai ki thadi.. a bigger wider platform to chatter..

Unique thats you

Enjoy that uniqueness. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You weren’t meant to be like someone else. You do not have to lie to conceal the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.

You were meant to be different. Nowhere ever in all of history will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.

If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap in history, something missing from the plan for humankind. Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!

No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person.

No one can be cheerful and lighthearted and joyous in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.

Share your uniqueness. Let it be free to flow out among your family and friends and people you meet in the rush and clutter of living wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!

See it! Receive it! Let it tickle you! Let it form you and nudge you and inspire you.

A to Z Tag

Rules of this shitty shitty tag :

1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share the ABCs of you.
4. Tag 3 people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
5. Let the 3 tagged people know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so that there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag!

I was tagged by Angie.


A to Z about me.

A – Available/Single? -
"Khulla Saand" ;P

B – Best friend? -
Hey seemz u're the best!

C – Cake or Pie? -
None.

D – Do I want something right now? -
babes missin ya ;P

E – Essential item you use every day? -
Cell phone, Deo, shampoo.... ..

F – Freedom to me is? -
jus another me...

G – Giggle / Laughter -
makes mmnt precious.

H – Heart / Brain -
a twisted tangle of both.

I – Indulgence? or Addiction? -
Indulgence it is!!

J – July or July? -
it rather be August!!

K – Kids & their names? -
remember 'm still "khulla saand".

L - Life is -
a blessin live up to it!!!!

M – Mistakes!
makes ppl learn not to repeat thm wid me ;P

N – Number of siblings? -
two.

O – One thing I hate to accept? -
anythin annoyin which i feel's nt genuinely said.

P – Pictures / Reality -
living reality while capturin picture to cherish.

Q – Quote for today? -
"oh fucuuuuuk offf"

R – Reason behind my brain working these days? -
Damn!! I'm alive!

S – Season? -
Winters n Spring, bful nature.

T – Tag 3 People? -
Dip, Whysoserioustoday & Sonal.

U – Unknown fact about me? -
like my place tooo uncluttered.

V – Vegetable you don't like? -
Bitter gourd!

W – Worst habit? -
late night sleeep... may be bt who cares...

X – X-rays you've had? -
all my x's knw dem n wrkin on... ;P

Y – Yes?? Yuck??? -
What? This tag is so shitty! Yuck!

Z – Zodiac sign? -
Leo.

Never take someone for granted

Never take someone for granted.

Hold every person close to your heart..

cuz you might wake up one day,

and realise that you’ve lost a diamond,

while you were too busy collecting stones.

Khabar Nahi

Wonder if thats love i feel
Sneaking up on me
Khabar Nahi oo Khabar Nahi...

Feels like i belong to you
You belong to me
Khabar Nahi Khabar Nahi...
Tonight yeah tonight could be the night
You and i become eternally...
Khabar Nahi ooo oo
Khabar Nahi Khabar Nahi....

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Through the ages, mystics, sages, singers and poets have all expressed the ballad and call to love.

As humans, we have searched endlessly for the experience of love through the outer senses.

Great nations have come and gone under the guise of love for their people.

Religions have flourished and perished while claiming the true path to love.

We, the people of this planet, may have missed the simplicity of unconditional love. . .

unconditional love is an unlimited way of being. We are without any limit to our thoughts and feelings in life and can create any reality we choose to focus our attention upon. There are infinite imaginative possibilities when we allow the freedom to go beyond our perceived limits. If we can dream it, we can build it. Life, through unconditional love, is a wondrous adventure that excites the very core of our being and lights our path with delight....

Shout...

Why do we shout in anger?’ A saint asked his disciples, ‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’

His disciples thought for a while, one of them said, ‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’

‘But, why do you shout when the other person is just next to you?’ asked the saint. ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?’

Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint. Finally he explained, ‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.’

Then the saint asked, ‘What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small…’

The saint continued, ‘When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.

The power of a touch

Too often we underestimate:

The power of a touch,

A smile,

A kind word,

A listening ear,

An honest compliment,

Or the smallest act of caring.

All of which has the potential to turn a life around.