The gift of time, is memories. The brave accumulate them, while the weak, wither away on/with its burden. Year, would it then qualify as 'Yearnings earned after reaping.' An year, has two dimensions: An abstract-emotional/Physical-tangible. WithOut 'humanly'/'equitably', nourishing the physical state of being and trying to instill divine virtues into the intellect/mind would be a futile hollow / shallow effort. Understanding/underTaking the causes/symptoms, both unconditionally/nonjudgmentally, is the beginning/end of any holistically driven journey/venture in its totality. "The truth is, we are not given a good life/bad. WE are GIVEN a life and it's up to us, to make it into a paradise/purgatory". "I said, what about my eyes? He said, keep them on the road. What about my passion? Keep it burning. What about my heart? Tell me what you hold inside it. Pain and sorrow? Stay with it....the wound is the place where the light enters you." Eventually, its easy for an angel to become a devil and easier for a devil to become an angel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST_WC13rNJo (Life is a melody!...Hindi lyrics.)
https://www.facebook.com/ABCARTS/videos/5989606881058840 (A journey....)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK6Hux4spNM (Learn/unLearn/reLearn!...Hindi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihhvm6eLWZI (A prayer....)
Pasting within, some statements made on my social media platform. When closing, the financial book for 2022. I personally think, an individual's birthday is their new year, where they have made a successful revolution around our star/sun. When the financial year closes, check on once financial blessings/balance sheet and learn to save/share prudently. On once personal new year/birthday, introspect on once character/attitude towards others/life. One has a choice, to be always bitter/better from any unfolding/evolving circumstance is the truth. Never the less....found this circulating note, creatively crafted.
"Hi Dear All,
This is to Inform You All that Our Beloved and Well Known Friend Mr 2022 is Retiring on the 31st of this Month.
His 12 Wives, 52 Children and 365 Grand Children will be Attending the Grand Send Off on Friday, the 31st December at 23.59 Hrs.
However, His Family Members asked Me to Inform You that He is Retiring with ALL Your Problems, Sickness, Disappointments, Frustration, Untimely Death, Shame, Disgrace, Barrenness, Discouragement, Failure, and Rejection.
Yet, His Successor - Mr 2022 asked Me to Inform You that, He is Going to Compensate You with :- Long Life, Good Health, Wealth, Love, Abundant Blessings, Peace, Joy, Righteousness, Promotion, Prosperity.
God's Blessings."
Highlighting, a nations evolving underStanding/underTaking....to be imbibed within individuals/nations, as a bench mark set, for our self/larger humanity to reform/evolve out into. For instance in this scenario..'He is an European/Asian/African/South American at heart....is the beauty of our salad bowl, USA. It's deep rooted intrinsic values, are to be unConditional/nonJudgemental to everyone. May it always shine/reach out, to be better from good. May its globalized outReach/outLook, thrive year after year, to shatter away/narrow down, the ignorance of hatred/bigotry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOQEbmcxyks (Think!/Evolve out!.to learn/unlearn/relearn.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP5D6Ssgsi0 (The irony of mindsets/humanity at large. The encouraged / condescending story of becoming a hero from a zero, The easily sold/bought aspiring journey of entitlement/privilege from rags/riches. What is lost/gained during the ride? Where should the real reform, of once outlook/attitude modulation start from?)
https://fb.watch/afXnrOZ-fg/ (1 Samuel 1:10-20. The Israelites, after their freedom/resettlement.They ask/seek for a king, knowing well its implications....is human psychology within a nut shell. With shallow/hollow memory, of the very recent past, is our human history: In Malayalam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4D4FhX4_Mg (Soft/Hard understandings & undertakings. What are its short/long term ripple effects: In Malayalam.)
Coping/Pasting/Sharing..few insightful blogs:
**WHAT WENT WRONG?
There was a very brilliant boy, he always scored 100% in Science.
Got Selected for IIT and scored excellent in IIT.
Went to the University of California for MBA.
Got a high paying job in America and settled there.
Married a Beautiful Girl.
Bought a 5 room big house and luxury cars.
He had everything that make him successful but a few years ago he committed suicide after shooting his wife and children.
The California Institute of Clinical Psychology Studied his case to find *“what went wrong?”*
The researcher met the boy's friends and family and found that he lost his job due to recent America’s economic crisis(COVID 19 Pandemic) and he had to sit without a job for several months.
After even reducing his previous salary amount, he didn't get any job.
Then his house installment broke and he and his family lost the home.
They survived a few months with less money and then he and his wife together decided to commit suicide. He first shot his wife and children and then shot himself.
The case concluded that the man was *Programmed for *success* but he was not *trained for handling failures*. Or the issues of real life.
Now let's come to the actual question.
*What are the habits of highly successful people?*
First of all, I want to tell you that if you have achieved everything, there is a chance to lose everything, nobody knows when the next economic crisis will hit the world.
*The best success habit is getting trained for handling failures*.
I want to request every parent, please do not only program yourself and your child to be *successful* but *teach them how to handle failures* and more importantly, teach them to face the realities and true lessons about life.
Learning high-level science and maths will help them to clear competitive exams but life knowledge and wisdom will help them to face every problem the world throws at them.
Teach them about how *money works* instead of teaching them to *work for money*.
Help them to find their passion because these degrees alone will not help them in the next economic crisis and we don’t know when the next crisis will hit."Success is a lousy teacher. Failure teaches you more."*
**What do we encourage/expect today for self/ from others?
"A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.
He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.
When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.
Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up'.The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller asked.
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in..'
'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog.
There should be a bowl by the pump.'
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.
When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.
'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked.
This is Heaven,' he answered.
'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'
'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell.'
'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'
'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'"
** Where to draw the line of/for responsibilities on/at different chapters within our lives.
SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?"
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make $100 an hour."
SON: "Oh! (With his head down).
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $50?"
The father was furious.
DAD: "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
DAD: "Are you asleep, son?"
SON: "No daddy, I'm awake".
DAD: "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $50 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling.
SON: "Oh, thank you daddy!"
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
DAD: "Why do you want more money if you already have some?"
SON: "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.
"Daddy, I have $100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I want to play with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.
We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.
**Journey
Finally, the farmer decided that the donkey was old and the well was already dry and needed to be covered anyway; that it really wasn't worth pulling the donkey out of the well..
He invited all his neighbors to come help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to throw dirt into the well.
The donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly loud. Then, to everyone's surprise, he quieted down after a few shovelfuls of dirt.
The farmer finally looked down into the well and was amazed at what he saw... with each shovelful of dirt, the donkey was doing something incredible: It was shaking off the dirt and stepping on top of the dirt.
Very soon everyone saw surprised how the donkey reached the mouth of the well, went over the edge and trotted out...
Life is going to throw dirt at you, all kinds of dirt... the trick to getting out of the hole is to shake it off and use it to step up. Each of our problems is a step up. We can get out of the deepest holes if we don't give up...
Use the land they throw you to get ahead!!!
Remember the 5 rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hate.
2. Free your Mind of distractions.
3. Simplify your life.
4. Give more and expect less.
5. Love more and... shake the dirt, because in this life you have to be a solution, not the problem.
**A dream
Once a man saw in his dream, that a lion was chasing him. The man ran to a tree, climbed on to it and sat on a branch. He looked down and saw that the lion was still there waiting for him. The man then looked to his side where the branch he was sitting on was attached to the tree and saw that two rats were circling around and eating the branch. One rat was black and the other one was white. The branch will fall on the ground very soon.
The man then looked below again with fear and discovered that a big black snake had come and settled directly under him.The snake opened its mouth right under the man so that he will fall into it. The man then looked up to see if there was anything that he could hold on to. He saw another branch with a honeycomb. Drops of honey were falling from it.
The man wanted to taste one of the drops. So, he put his tongue out and tasted one of the falling drops of honey. The honey was amazing in taste. So, he wanted to taste another drop and then another and as a result, he got lost into the sweetness of the honey. He forgot about the two rats eating his branch away, the lion on the ground and the snake that is sitting right under him.
Suddenly when the branch broke he remembered all the dangers woke up from his sleep. Since this was an unique dream, the man went to a pious philosopher/Scholar to know its meaning.
The scholar said
"The lion you saw is your death.
It always chases you and goes where ever you go.
The two rats, one black and one white, are the night and the day. Black one is the night and the white one is the day. They circle around, coming one after another, to eat your time as they take you closer to death.
The big black snake with a dark mouth is your grave. It's there, just waiting for you to fall into it.
The honeycomb is this world and the sweet drops of honey are the luxuries of this world. We like to taste a little of the luxuries of this world and it's very sweet. Then we want to taste little more and then more. Meanwhile, we get lost into it and we forget about our time, we forget about our death and we forget about our grave."
Wake up from the sleep and do good best of you before it's too late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-079YIasck (A seeker's, guide book.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X7fZoDs9KU (A TED talk from 2014. A benchmark set, for the aware/educated.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4y2e4rUxfo (The wise man said.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag33QJmknXM (With a vision/mission collectively, as animals/planet we are better off, than being fragmented/isolated as races/species. May understanding/empathy triumph over sympathy/pridE)
