Just a Thought: Twenty Nine

The most drenched out wretched day can be turned around

By a heart-felt caring smile

Make someone’s day .. J

Jekyll or Hyde

The moment slyly creeps in

Drowning out all the din

The stony silence leaves you alone  

Staring at the fence

The illusion of similarity unnerves you

With grey on both the sides

The thin line in between is shouting aloud

Choose … Jekyll or Hyde

No Quid Pro Quo

I sincerely believe that one of the true tests of a person is the attitude of the person towards someone from whom he/she can derive no personal gain/ favour or towards someone who is lower in stature (either position wise, socially or economically). One always exhibits the best behavior when dealing with someone from whom one can derive some value but the true colours are shown when you deal with someone from whom you can derive no personal benefit.

The attitude with which we deal with our helps at home or the cab driver, the lift-man etc. go a long way in showing the depth of our character. The easiest thing is to get swayed away as one progresses in life but it's difficult to remember that at the end of the day everyone goes back in the same box. So go out there and be empathetic, even if you don't derive any personal gain. You never know when you might be at the other side.     

Singular Focus

Often in life we are driven by certain goals for which we go that extra mile. It’s like a dream which has been relived, practiced and thought about numerous times. It’s something which always brings a smile when one is thinking about it and brings in a fresh lease of energy in one’s actions.

What it also does at times is that it brings about a singular kind of focus in one’s actions which makes one feel that everything apart from their achievement of the goal is trivial. The pursuit of the goal can lead to neglecting many aspects of life and may take one away from the very things that actually matter. However, the realisation of the same is always a bit too late and by the time the realisation set’s in, the things that matter are far away and the goal very close.

A scene from “Up in the air” actually captures the emotion very well when George Clooney becomes the 7^th person in American Airlines history to accumulate a million miles. He’s been thinking about the day and working towards it all his life but when the moment actually comes he’s at a loss for words. Maybe even wondering if it was all worth it.

Maybe it never is, but that's a subjective call and I'll leave it at that

Just a Thought: Twenty Eight

It’s easier to stick to a moral high ground than take a decision on some of the simplest of things

Just a Thought: Twenty Seven

Hope leaves a bigger mark
Than an ideology can ever muster

Spilled Milk

Most of us yearn for that something extra in our lives or have that one regret – only if I had done this or scored that 1% extra, life would be so much different. Well it very well would be different, but it wouldn’t be utopian. Just like we have our blessings and some aspects not to our liking in the current scheme of things, the desired life would bring the downs along with the ups. It’s not a one way highway.   

Last week I saw an interesting film on this subject – Mr. Destiny. It very beautifully captures this emotion of not crying over spilled milk and appreciating what you have in life in a very non-preachy way. So count your blessings and wear a smile. J