Believe

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires


I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

These are not exactly what i believe. ;-)
These are lyrics of 'Affirmation' from Savage Garden.
Felt good after hearing them. so i posted it.
BTB, I too belive in most of them :-)

Change

The only thing that never changes is CHANGE itself.

That was the punch line of one of the university dramas during my post graduation.
That night i really thought about the changes that can come in my life.
I couldn't see much except for obvious ones like career and minor change in style of living.
But if really look back, i was really wrong. Hardly the time wheel has rotated,
yet a ocean of change in me. There are many parts in the life's sphere.
Some are work(not career), social, spiritual,health,personal discipline,feelings for others,
aspirations,food, balah,blah,blah. ALL HAVE CHANGED.

Am i feeling happy for the current changes in me?
..

I am back, again

Yep, I am back.
wanna scream like the backstreet guys "U can run u can hide, but u can't escape my ...." but i am controlling myself ...
Yes i am back , i am back to normal life. An ordinary software engineers life.
After a tiring training in which i ain't learn anything, after a lot of mixed happenings in my life, i am back to pour out my feelings and thoughts.
Yes, to pour out the feelings from my heart and thoughts from my mind ,
ironically which hardly match each other now a days..

ok .. what was happening all these days in my life ??

1. I finished my training in my new company and joined my team.
Not a great beginning, for i was not at best in the first few days in the company. Forget the best, i was not even normal on the first day. Total contrast compared to my previous company .Anyhow things are working out fine now ...


2. My friend's Engagement in kerala. Had a nice trip to Gods own land. Can't tell more on this ... I may out up a seperate post on this, later.


3. Bought my BIKE, atlast. Its a unicorn. My roomie and me have similar bike, similar color, similar helmet.Hope our taste similarity ends here ....
Also I learn't a valuable lesson in the whole bike buying exercise.

4. Started becoming more organised, thanks to robert and outlook. Started planning a bit. Also on the financial inflows and outflows. If not in 10s, but atlease in 100s, i can figure out where i spent !!.

5. Yesterday my friend was proudly telling me that by december 5th, he will have two lakhs in his account.Felt happy the way all our lives are taking. Just a year back, when we both shared the room, we used to plan how to economize our office travels. Also he will be travelling to US in april.

6. planning to take a insurance policy which won't take much premium , but gives good returns :-)


Thats all for now.
Definitely more to come ..

A 20$ Bill

A well known speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill.
In the room of 200, he asked, who would like this $20 bill?

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do
this." He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, "who
still wants it! ?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground
and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up,
now crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what
I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in
value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped,
crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the
circumstances that come our way.

Sometimes we might feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what
has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value: dirty
or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those
who love you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by
WHO WE ARE. You are special - Don't EVER forget it."

Remember that amateurs built the ark.
Professionals built the Titanic .

The Thin Line

This post is inspired by a statement from a movie.

Lemme get directly to what i intend to put.

There is a very thin line of diffenerence between Confidence and Arrogance.

A person who is confident will say "I Can Do it" while an arrogant one will say "ONLY I CAN DO IT" .

We need to be very carefull in not crossing this line ... unless one really wants to.

 

Diwali and four days

In a way, this diwali is a unique in a for me.i learnt a lot during this period(No i am not listing them here).

Firstly, this is the second diwali after getting a job. But this is the first time i had a awareness that i should give something to my parents for diwali.

So I started to plan !! wellin advance :-). I started thinking about the things i need to buy. Aroud this time i was under going a activity management workshop

in which the trainer was emphasizing on planning. Consequent of that is my use of outlook tasks...

 

I decided to buy a gluco meter for my father. Many reasons and incidents influenced me to take that decision.

I told my friends regarding this and suprisingly none said its a bad idea. Even my sil suggested that.

I started to look out for brands and the best available brand in my range was accu check.

It costs 2400. Comes with 10 strips and 10 needles. Needless to say that the strips and needles are for single use.

The usage is simple. But i would have liked it if the blood removal process is also automated. Any case it was a needy buy and i did it.

Then i bought lot of dvds , both spiritual and movies.

 

The onward journey was a pain. The morons in ksrtc filled the special buses first before booking the normal ones. I paid some 120 extra for a normal bus.

Over that the buses were not allocated. The times scheduled in tickets were like 22.45, 22.52,23.10 , 23.15 ,  23.18 , 22.22 .  but ony buses for22.45 and 23.15 were there. others were missing till 11.00 in the night ! i don't know what they did.

 

Return was fine. Got a side lower so i didn't sleep.