Feel Gratitude for Life

Today, I sincerely write to express heartiest gratitude to God for the gift of Life, Well Being and every tiny bit I possess. Last two weeks have been the most frightening in my life. I almost escaped death and gifted with a second chance in life. Not elaborating much about what happened it was a terrible road accident I survived.

There are lot many people who get up everyday moaning and unhappy about life. Be it rich or poor, we all have different problems and challenges in life however the way we deal with it is our choice. I see so many lost souls out and about who are having what looks like rather frantic days of swimming upstream. They appear frazzled and irritated that life is pushing back at them making their experiences anything but smooth. I hear them speak of fear about what is going on in the world and I know they most probably watch the nightly news faithfully, absorbing all of that fear filled, negative propaganda. It saddens my heart to see people asleep and struggling so in life. If they only knew with just a few changes in their thinking life could be so very different. Feeling gratitude is one of the big game changers. It is remarkable how making the effort to feel and express gratitude changes us inside, it opens our heart and makes us glow. How much effort does it take to express gratitude and yet many forget to do it, despite the great rewards.

We all must know this but just to remind, Tomorrow is mystery, yesterday is history but today is Present (It’s a Gift). So we must express gratitude for the gift we have received.

I most certainly agree that life would not be uniformly smooth for everyone and it might not always be easy to Smile. However, I can assure that positive attitude and strong determination would always lead us out of the most difficult situation of life. Furthermore, always feel and express gratitude for what life is since it could be worst.

Ambiguity & Life

With the virtue of my experience I am convinced about the fact that Life Just Happens. No matter how thorough you plan it, Life will continue pushing you into different challenges and surprises. That being said, everything happens for a reason and help us evolve in life.

Over the last three years my journey from living, working & studying in England and than moving back to India (my native place) has been a roller coaster ride.

Sometimes I sit back and think what it could have been if would have stayed or perhaps settled in England. Would I be happier? Was that a wise decision?

Some morons make me re-think as they sound so convinced that I should have stayed without even having a slightest idea. Well the point I am trying to put forward is live for yourself. Be stupid enough to take any decision without being bothered about someone who doesn’t even matter in your life. 

As mentioned in last two posts (opss that was about 2 years ago), keep looking and stay hungry. That’s what I have been doing all this time and will continue….

I might have discovered what I am looking for or what brings happiness to me. Path I chose is tough and full of hardship initially. However, I am glad to say that I have started walking on it. I fall and get scared if I can make it but than I remind myself that DOTS WILL BE CONNECTED AND WITH THAT HOPE I KEEP WALKING…….

Not sure if this will make sense but hope you enjoy reading it!!!

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist- by Paulo Coelho

This book recommended by a friend claiming to be life changing for many people. After hearing that, I decided to see it for myself.

The novel is about Santiago, a guy who has a dream and courage to listen to his heart. He travels across different lands for self exploration and in search for treasure of his life. Being told by his father when he decided to go, “Travel the world until you see our castle is the greatest, and our women the most beautiful”. But his dream to explore the world inspires him to travel across; in his journey he sees the greatness of the world and meets different people like kings and alchemist. But by the end of his journey he realises that treasure lies where your heart belongs. And the real treasure of life is the journey itself, the wisdom he acquired and the discoveries he made.

The thing that has inspired me the most is optimism, the truth that “when you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it”. Although it would not make sense to many pragmatic people but I believe in omens. So, it is important to believe and listen to your heart. Before reading this novel I always have this fear of growing old without achieving my treasure. But the author said, most people are seeking the treasure of their destiny, without actually to live out their destiny.

This of course would not mean procrastinating things in life, like this is my second post since January but to live happily in present. So remember, “If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise. But, if bad things are and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur”.

I would recommend you to read this book!!!

Hello People!

When I thought of blogging first question that cropped up in my mind was “What shall I blog about?” But one thing is clear; I am fascinated by the idea of blogging. But this was not enough to involve myself in the activity. Although, I have never considered myself as a good reader but this time I had no choice. So yeah, I started reading other people’s blog to get a gist of it and writing my first blog post. As you know this is my very first blog post, I will appreciate if you can put your comments or perhaps give some ideas.

This video updated by some random guy on social networking website has really made an impression on me and I kind of started relating things happened in my life with the three stories told by the speaker in the video. This was convocation speech delivered by CEO and Founder of Apple, Steven Jobs, many of you might have watched this video. If not, I think you should get this opportunity to at least know about it. This blog is just inspired by three stories which I reckon are quite interesting.

1. 1. Connecting the Dots

One question you need to ask yourself; Do you believe in what you are doing? If answer is no you certainly need to think about it. It is important to keep faith in whatever you are doing in life as everything you do today will connect tomorrow. One has to believe in something whether it is luck, destiny, god whatever because this is the only way that gives you confidence to follow your heart. When you listen to your heart you are more likely to achieve what you desire from life.

2. 2. Love and Loss

Do you love what you do? Sometimes life hits you hard but one should never lose faith. If you love your work no matter how hard it is you will achieve success sooner or later. Our work fills a crucial part of life and the only way to be completely satisfied is to love what you do. So, it is imperative to find and do what you love. If you haven’t find it yet, keep looking and don’t settle.

3. 3. Death

There is a quote, “If you live each day as if it were you last, you would certainly be right someday”. So look in the mirror and ask yourself if today is the last day of my life is that what I want to do, what I am going to do today. If the answer is no for many days, you need to change something. Because if you know you are going to die soon, you have all reasons to follow your heart. And, again as said before if you follow heart you are more likely to be successful in life.

I hope you enjoyed reading it!!