3 to look at...

While reading an article in a magazine, I found these 3 things worthy enough to make a note and now share with you :)

3 types of people :

Those who make things happen

Those who watch things happen

Those who wonder what happened

3 which can never be retrieved :

A spoken word

Time passed

Neglected Opportunity

3 which makes life so simple :

Be grateful for everything

Forgive those who hurt you

Give without expecting anything in return

Have a nice day, take care :)

Is he not Fortunate??

This incident dates back to a couple of years ago when I visited one of my uncle’s house. My uncle has a son who is in primary school. The kid got a tight scolding from both his parents and was upset and went into sulking.

He skipped his lunch as a part of his protest. I tried to comfort him, asked him whats the matter and this is what he had to say :

“One of my friends bought an Xbox game console, we together played a couple of games. Video games are a big craze in our school, all my friends talk about their achievements."

He continued, "After returning home, I asked my parents to buy an Xbox for me too. They said its a threat to academics, so they’ll buy it during the summer vacation and not now. I insisted but was scolded badly”, tears rolled in the little lad's eyes as he spoke.

After hearing to his story, I was trying to figure out how to convince the boy to cheerup and eat something.

"Try to understand that your parents want you to always be happy and fulfill your wishes but they even think of your future and academics are more important than fun games."

The boy said, "My cousin is so lucky to have everything he desires, am not atleast half fortunate as he is".

I took his palm into my hands and said, “Man, you talk about being fortunate?? Well, as you are resting yourself underneath a fan and a blanket, over a million children of your age in this world are homeless and struggling to get basic requirements like - proper food, clothing and shelter".

He was silent as I continued, “A ten-year old boy who was working till midnight, serving tea to lorry drivers on the roadside is again on the same job in cold weather. Child labour activists tried their best to liberate the boy, but remained helpless because he was an orphan and being raised by his cruel uncle who runs a tea stall”.

Another boy is riding his cycle braving heavy rain on the uphill, drenching himself but safeguarding the newspapers with polythene covers, to bring you the morning newspapers on time.

Now tell me, “Are you not atleast 1% fortunate than them? No, you are 100% fortunate, so work hard studying for your final exams, your good scores will help you do justice to your parents efforts and not games on Xbox.”

The kid nodded his head and stepped out to eat his meals. My uncle and aunt were surprised, “What did you tell him, he seems to have come to terms with what we said and wait till summer vacation for the Xbox”.

I was so glad to hear that he wrote his final exams well and his parents were happy and they bought Xbox for him during his summer vacation. The kid had many stories to tell on phone to me about how he won exciting games on the gaming console.

We are all so fortunate to have got all that we have now and contentment and satisfaction in life is the key for a tension free life...

Optimism, very Contagious…

Is your glass half-full or half-empty?

Cheerfulness comes straight from the heart, but sometimes we find it hard to be cheerful and optimistic towards others. On those days when nothing in your life seems to be going right, it can be really tough to see the silver lining on those dark clouds. However, it's during these times when the ability to see the good in even the worst situations is important. An optimistic attitude benefits not only our mental health, but influences our physical well-being as well.

Always be sure to smile. It'll make you and also everyone around you feel good! If you're having a bad day, identify it and think up ways to make it better. There's always something positive to pick in everything.

Stay in the company of optimists, you’ll turn one. We find some people displaying optimism and cheering everyone around them in every way. Yes, try looking only at the positive aspect of everything and you’ll notice a change in your daily life.

Your optimism will start turning contagious to people around you…

PS: Many thanks to Ramesh Bhai, his comment is the motivation behind me writing this post today.

The Window...

I miss all my friends here in blogger, I'm sorry for staying silent so long, ok I search for no excuses, the reason was I became a bit lazy and increased no. of sleeping hours since the advent of monsoons :)

The other day I came across an old newspaper cutting in my cupboard, author unknown. But found it really nice and felt like sharing it with my friends here.

A young couple moved into a new neigbourhood. The next morning, while they were having breakfast, the wife sees her neighbour hang the wash outside. "The laundry is not very clean. That lady doesn't know how to wash properly, perhaps she needs a better laundry soap", she says.

Her husband looked on but remained silent.

Everytime the neighbour hanged her wash to dry, the young wife would make the same comments. About a month later, oneday the wife was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, "Look, she has finally learned how to wash correctly, I wonder who taught her this".

The husband said, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our window panes".

And so is with life : What we see while watching others, depends upon the "Purity of the Window" through which we look.

Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good in the person whom we are about to judge.

Have a nice week ahead :)