Ever experienced a strain in your eyes? It happens because of exhaustion of the eyes.
Shut your eyes completely for more than a minute or so. Open them after a little while. (Recommended to be tried at least once!!)
See how extremely bright and colorful everything around looks. Even the things that have always been around and left unnoticed look brighter and appealing.
Well, that’s the catch! Forget everything for a while, take a break, come back to face it all in a better way! You’ll surely see things with a newer dimension, in a newer color...
There’s nothing more amazing to see than the hustle bustle in a local train at the night time. When all the people are heading to their homes, which is the best time for vendors to sell clips, accessories, fruits, carrots, bindis, etc. to the several women on board.
After a tiring day of movies and shopping, you try to get into one of the ladies compartments somehow with the crowd, find all the frustrated people inside. Some frustrated with their jobs, some with their private affairs, several uncountable reasons… some even extremely happy and gay about many things… I look at each face and wonder what’s going on at the back of that mind… Finally, I think of myself, land up on a seat after a long wait…
A little girl came and sat in front of me. Around 6 to 7 years old (Don’t Know, I am bad at guessing ages!) She was one of the vendors, sadly! She sat with a big box of Bindis on her lap. She had a tiny black thing in her hand. I looked closely to find a McDonald’s balloon (Which McD had been distributing today to each order)
Some fortunate little kiddo must’ve thrown it around which got into this little angel’s hands. It was like a treasure for her. It was an unblown balloon, which she kept looking at all the while discovering something which I have no idea of.
Our eyes met and I smile dat her seeing how innocently she was cleaning the little piece of rubber. The best part, she smiled back wide. I’ve always known that my smile is too wide, but today, I met a competitor. Which ironically made me happy and desperate about the competition.
A long ponytail, a long frock on her thin, hungry body, beautiful eyes, a dusky hue to her skin, the little balloon in hands and the box on her lap.
She tried to blow the balloon and abruptly took it off her lips, hid it in her lap seeing somebody. I turned back to see who stole her smile and excitement. Found a middle-aged woman; all I could see in those few seconds were, big earrings, ample rage for the little angel in her eyes. I turned to look back at the girl. She hid the balloon, looked at the lady back in little lesser rage comparatively, or an innocent despise I would say.
The lady yelled at her to work and not sit idle like that. She yelled back, something that meant “Yeah, I’ll get back after…”. The lady proceeded with her accessories trays further. She smiled back at me, I did too! Nobody would NOT return a smile to that lovely, wide, pure smile. The smile dissolved abruptly yet again when the lady passed by. She saw the balloon once, i am sure not for the last time that night. She must’ve played with it later at home, when alone… because she indeed values it that much.
Anyway, she slid it into a pocket in her dress, smiled at me, took the box and left for “work”. She vanished in the crowd, I saw that lady a couple of times around. I kept looking for the little angel but in vain. Don’t know why I wanted to see her again, once… maybe I wished to give/get a few more smiles so she could forget her sucking job!! Huh…
I kept wondering, thinking what other people at her age must be doing, “blasting” balloons, watching cartoon network, sleeping on cozy beds, mom’s laps….
Not that they shouldn’t!! but such li’l angels (who I meet on trains) also deserve all that! Think of giving them one such lavish day and the smile on their faces after every li’l amazing thing they discover around!!
We meet thousands of people each year. And it’s for sure that everybody has some impact on you. Some first impressions are correct, while some change with time.
You’re born empty-handed, and would leave this world in the same way. However, in the meanwhile, all that happens is give and take.
Everything happening to you is your fate, every person you meet around was meant to, as per your fate…
Then, if everything’s so well planned by the God Almighty, what do you have to do about it? Let the days pass by as they come? No! in this give-and-take, there should be more Give Than Take from your side. You have to pass on one simple message to every person you meet ever!...And that li’l message is Positivity…
Has somebody ever said to you, “You can say it easily, but it takes guts to face it boss!” Well, it isn’t really too difficult when something wrong is happening around you.
It has to happen as it’s your fate. What’s difficult actually is not just to face it, but to face it Positively!
Of people who commit suicides are probably the ones with too high guts, but those guts could’ve been used for something better, for life….maybe that’s why most of us consider them as weak… All that they ever went wrong in, was the way of Facing it. It was not POSITIVE…that’s the word!
That’s the word in my appeal that I would want Everyone to cling on to forever.
It is indeed difficult to take things positively as they come, when you’re in deep s**t. Only people outside can suggest you to do that, never your own self! But I would say, give it a try…
“Don’t take life too seriously, you’ll never get out of it alive!!” is something I’d once heard, and is true indeed. When you’re not gonna get outta it alive, why the fuss about the petty things!
What issues might you have in life?? :-
# I don’t like this thing about him/her? (You cant help it boss! It’s you who are related to him/her ultimately, and besides, you are not perfect either!)
# I don’t like the way life is treating me!! (Boss! It’s your life, treat it the way you want it to be!! Life treats you the way you treat yourself!!)
# I don’t know why my life’s going on the wrong way!!? (If you know what’s wrong and which way is right, go ahead!! Don’t whine)
# I don’t know what fate has in store for me ahead!:( (You don’t need to know it anyway! Do what makes you happy! Even if you tumble down you’ll know why you did!)
Pass on the positivity to everyone you meet…
Sick of your boss? Can't help, join elsewhere or try to have fun at his back, yet keep him all flattered and buttered up & happy… :P
Confused about your career? You know very well, what all you Can't be doing, and Don’t!!:P
Pissed off with the interference of your beloved/relatives? Well it’s in their name, ‘loved’ & ‘relate’!! Try whatever, you can’t live smiling without them! …
So no fuss, no negativity! Nothing is of use! Things are meant to happen! They will! All You need to do is be more positive. All it takes is your will!
Enjoy every moment!
Do what you REALLY feel like doing!
Don’t stop yourself as long as it doesn’t harm any other living being!
You stay so stuck up and busy in your tight schedules all week! The one day that you get free on weekends is spent at home, relaxing, giving yourself a good break! Ever wondered who all are actually left in your life lately? Your colleagues, boss, husband/wife, bf/gf and rarely maybe even your parents! Just a handful of people if you really count. And what kinda time do you spend with them? Few minutes of the day? And that too in either a bit of absent-mindedness, or an over-occupied mind, tensed brains, low attention, and what not! Is that all you have for them?
Your work does turn out to be something that keeps you away from them, even when you’re around them. Yet, at the end of the day, you are found cursing your jobs for not giving you what you wanted from them! Ever thought of those loved ones who do not get what they want from you! Have they ever cursed you for it!?
The question is, is the pain worth it? If yes, then go for it! Your job is gonna suck bigtime, forever!!! Don’t waste what you have for others while engaged in that!! :P At least they deserve much more than what they’re getting right now!!
Anyway, try it out guys! For once at least! This week, take your work as lightly as you can…leave everything related to work in your office premises when you leave for home in the evening…come home with a smile, spend some quality time with all of those handful lovely people…With no thoughts of your blood-sucking work, your plans…Just embrace them for the rest of the time you’ve got and see the difference. Not only in them, but in yourself too! Call your old friends up, who have been in your “contacts” list for a long while now and have lost in the blur memories. There is enough time if you are really willing to make up to things… Love...! Unconditionally! :)
Does our real strength lie in others? Or is it just hidden inside us and we need that kick to realize it? It happens several times that you have thousands of questions in your mind and you’re looking for their answers and find none! Then maybe someday you discuss a few things with someone and suddenly get apparent answers to your questions. Does someone’s support have such a big impact on you?
Well, even if it IS so, one shouldn’t mind! Doesn’t make you any smaller taking help! The point is, are you weak at introspection that only a push given by someone else makes you work on things!? Do they need to remind you of your strengths? Or do you get THAT busy with your schedule that you can’t get time out for yourself and the days pass by in the flow, week by week!?
Like the several bailouts going on around, I think each one of us also seeks a stimulus package in times of our own recession! :) The fact is, we indeed are strong enough. We’ve heard this umpteen number of times that “God gives us problems, but also gives us the strength to deal with them!”.
The difference lies in realizing your strengths. We often get weaker on seeing consequent problems in life, unaware of the fact that we surely can handle them well!
i've met people who very well know what is to be done in life furthur, in order to improve it, to take it ahead, to give others, to get and what not. and YET i've seen them doing nothing about it. They started working on those things only after getting that nod from their friends and those much-imp-Shoulders around!!
By the way, there’s a great importance of the person coming in such difficult times to give you a shoulder to cry on or a pep talk when it’s the most required! Believe it or not, everyone around seeks for one such person…someone to confide in…
Love all, share your thoughts with others, be there for others and life would get so much more content!!!
I am currently pursuing my masters in Institute for Technology and Management, Navi Mumbai. All I do in my free time (if I get any, after the movies and naps) is sketching and thinking. The sketching gets sheets and the thinking is reflected in here. I miss my city Nagpur; there’s nothing that can lessen your love for your hometown. Not even Mumbai. I am a true Capricorn. They say Capricorns have a habit of finding faults in others. Maybe I do :P but believe me, it’s fun!! :D You understand people better ;)
My writings would indeed reflect my thoughts, but I can’t b judged from my blogs that’s for sure. Hah. I’ll make everything around complicated and yet would try to find an easy way outta it. Visit d blog and keep commenting!!
