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Recently, I haven't been able to update this blog, its been a month now. I won't say it was a bad idea. I had to pull back, give myself some time, and rethink things. For good of course. There are one or two thoughts, I would like to share.

Whenever there is a change, make sure you know, how your responsibilities are changing? Be ready. To rise up and serve them. These include responsibilities of every kind, to yourself, to your family and friends, to your work, and to Allah. It's important. For that one requires to be very flexible. Along the thinking process, I read somewhere:

"Today, is the first day of the rest of your life".

If we think a little, its true. By any means you can't challenge it. You know why? Because you can't change anything about your past. WHATEVER it is.

So decisions come to us, whether we wanna attach our today, to our present moments, or to our pasts.

Pasts are only for lessons learnt. And no lesson learnt is valuable, if we don't apply it. Simple.

One more thing I read. Find it truthfully deep, if we could really think along.

"Count your blessings, not your problems".

True right?

Anyways, I hope this post happens to be a good come back. Things have been busy lately. :)

Thank you all for your patience. Appreciate it. And all those asking me to update, did contribute, in making me update it. A special thank you for them.

P.S: Giving up is not a solution. So, Never give up, step back, change, strike!

First step

This is just a random post. Been circling my own mind, clueless. Tossing up and down the neurons, and they are not tired at all. They are the ping pongs. Ping pongs of my free mind. :)

There's been a lot of planning. No actions. Bad. So, I engaged myself into a lot of stuff. Of course, that interests me. So, now planning feels like worthwhile.

Point is, there is no point making a plan, if its not going to turn into an action. And considering the conversion rate I see now after so much effort, it feels motivating. Feels like thinking ain't bad after all.

Well, they say its all about the first step. Okay, if not all, its mostly about the first step. Better take it, better than regretting later.

So, if you are thinking of doing something, and ONLY thinking about it. Better put it into action, just believe in it. You'll know, if its going to work or not. :) Try!!

As far as I am concerned, I wanna achieve so much. Let's see... what happens.

Tick Tock

Just had a random conversation with a friend, here is some thing out of it:

Me: I saw "INTO THE WILD". and i thought about you. In fact I thought about all the ambitious people I know.
X: Yeah. Life is sh*t without ambitions.
Me: Life isn't life without ambitions. It becomes a tick tock. Just a tick tock.

Feeling Mixed

I usually look out for words for my heart and my mind in songs, in lyrics and some times in poetry. Today i am having a lot of feelings. All of them at the same time.And then I was going through the lines I collect out of the songs, and this is how I summarize what is going in my mind. I am sure most of us do feel this way at times. Dig through the following:

"Do you know where your heart is?, Do you think you can find it?"
[OneRepublic - Say (All i need)]

"Can you loose everything?, you ever had planned, can you sit down again?, And play another hand."
[Bryan Adams - Never let go]

"Lookin' for adventure, In whatever comes our way"
[Steppenwolf - Born to be wild]

and eventually made me read my poem Reclamation again...

Peace.

P.S: All of these are great songs.

Thought cycle

And, I vanished yet again. I really don't like doing that. But I just get busy (yeah, its an excuse). I got hung up with work, home and of course myself. I always ask myself, how do myself keep me busy..?

Well, its that continuous thought process. Literally continuous. I am just busy chasing one thought and the another, and the cycle goes on. Mostly in pursuit of positivity, and reasons. They say thinking is good, but they also say over-thinking is not good. I totally agree. 

Now about controlling it. Well, if its really natural you can't contain it. You can't stop it once and for all. So what do I do ?

I give it directions. I give it magnitude. I give it motivation. Easy said than done eh? Hehe. :)

But, no harm in giving it a try. I have been doing it now successfully, err.. Partially for now :) It does take some time. Some patience.

Since I know it can be done, will master it. Thoughts can be productive. I am sure everybody else can. Now this post is just a thread out of that thought process. 

Point is, do think, its good. Do reason, but don’t over-do it. Like everything should be in balance, so this should also be. It won't be in balance for granted. We have to do it, until it becomes a part of you. Just like you learn to balance a bicycle, and then you do it automatically.

Do mediate. Don't over do it. :) Just give your thoughts a little room. Close your eyes. And let your mind wander a while. Don't choke it. But at the same time don't let it go wild (wild in the sense it starts disturbing you, exceptionally for creative work you can :D).

Peace.

P.S: This "me and myself" thing, reminds of a poem of mine My Asylum. :)

A change is in act

Well, from this month, February, i m moving on with my professional life with a new company. I am excited, motivated, hungry for success, and sad for not being able to work with my teammates from the previous company. Its all mixed feelings. We were the best team I ever worked with.

But, at the same time, being in my nature now, i don't look back at my past. Just keep the helpful experiences with me. Everything else goes in the black hole. 

I am looking forward to a wonderful year. With lots and lots of opportunities. Regarding self-improvement, outlook on life, helping others, and of course enjoying this tiny life.

The lessons I have learnt are priceless. Something that you can never learn from books. 

I am planning to keep this blog updated. But since last month was really keeping me on toes, I couldn't do so. Sorry readers.

So see you around.

Peace!

Rain or no rain!

"I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."

Clint Eastwood

Actor and Director

Dreams

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."

- Langston Hughes

A new year, A new resolution

Here we are in another brand new year. Feels like a fresh start is waiting for us. It’s a nice time, to put together your "new" resolution. Its always a good idea, to put behind whatever happened in the past. Because, hey, that’s the fact, you can't do anything and I mean anything about it. You can’t change it.

Being a positive thinker, having my sight set ahead, one part of my new resolution is forget/forgive what happened in the past. And move on. There are enough challenges ahead as compared to the challenge of keep diving in the past. 

Past is only for one thing: To learn something from.

So, the new year is here. Better brace ourselves, for another tough year keeping in mind the global economic recession or whatever. :) But we are bigger than that. Have better things to take care of.

Start exercising, improve your diets, plan some more improvements. Change yourself in a better way. Establish achievable goals. Make them your targets. And yes, don’t forget to add the ingredients called will power and discipline. Without them, resolution will go down the drain. :)

You can always add up the things from your previous resolution. It wont hurt anything. Just be more hungry about your targets this time. And i mean genuinely hungry.

Whatever you plan and hope to achieve, good luck. And yes, one more point I would like to add in my list and would want you guys to add, that is "Be Happy".

Good luck to all, for the year ahead.

Peace.

Back on the highway

Sorry, for being away. Initially I was busy in office, then malaria got me. :) I m recovering pretty well. Able to sit in my bed, type this post. So feels really accomplishing.

There is a thing that happens to me, whenever I get sick, I just get more time to think. To let my mind wander off. Sometimes, its not at all fruitful. Its all mish-mash. But sometimes, I get to figure out a lot of things. Ranging from my own life to the lives of people I love.

So this time around, I got time to think things over; Time to evaluate the decisions, and the result I got from them. One things for sure I don’t let regret take over me. With every page turned there is a lesson be learned. So I did. 

Mistakes are a part of your life. Everybody makes them. The difference comes with the factor how you recover; How you NOT make them again…

So laid out my plans, thought about lessons, evaluated experiences, and thought of people I found this year. I cherish every one of them. 

By far this year has been the most exciting year of my life. In terms that I saw so many new chapters of life.

So, I m ready to travel that road again. Back on the highway. We shouldn't be giving up at all. Never give up unless life gives up on you, and life only lets you go, when your time comes to leave this place. So until then fight, search, learn, and enjoy all of it.

Looking for the kill

Wait wait, its not about killing someone you hate the most in your life. :)

 Its all about killing (means removal, just trying to emphasize metaphorically) every obstacle that lies between you and your dreams.  We all have dreams. Things that we want to do in this life; but keeping our morals in tact. Its about reaching out, and making them yours. Make them a reality.

We really have to stretch our imagination, test our limits. By the every test, it has the capacity to stretch.    And yes all this should be applied, by keeping the human capacity in mind. Remember, its really never over, when you start telling yourself its done; it over. So, you can always tell yourself, its never over for you.

We need to keep giving ourselves some targets ( for the kill ). Then we should have a go at it. Analyze; prioritize; and execute.

Some bold steps are required, so is the courage to bring in a change. This is all that is humanly possible.

Its never too late to give yourself a target, life becomes what you think it is for you.

So go ahead, find out a target for yourself. At least for today. Take it down. You will feel that you have accomplished something. That will increase your confidence; and strengthen your belief in yourself for going out for a kill.

Happy killing! :) 

And ...... Peace!

Initiate the change

Again, I was thinking about change. Change in life, in thinking, in progress, in ideas. Change is important,  if its made for the good. It refreshes life. Brings new visions to soul. Provide opportunities.  Change is the  entity that makes us feel alive. The difference between the past and the present.

But, one thing that is more important than the change itself is the initiative that brings the change in existence. We cannot and shouldn’t wait for the change to happen for itself. If it does happen without us doing anything about it, then it simply means we got lucky.

But we wont get lucky every time. We have to initiate the change.

This is something that is missing in the most of us. We can complain about our bad states, but we don't actually get up and start working on our progress. We should realize this, and get up, and start the process, that will eventually bring the change.

Good luck to all. 

Peace!

A special piece out of time

All that time, while I was busy, considering the fact that I have some responsibilities to take care of at home and office both, I kept on thinking that how can I extract some time for myself, for this blog, and for those who might read it one day. :)

The answer to that I found was, time wont come to me, and say "Hey, here I am, use me!!". 

WE HAVE TO EXTRACT A PIECE OUT OF THE DAY FOR US. FOR OTHERS.

It depends on us. We should do as much as we can. Being busy isn't bad. But being unable to find time for yourself, will effect you in the long run. Sometimes you need yourself. Sometimes you are needed by others around. Doing the routine work is routine. Doing something for others and for yourself, does not seems to be that important but it is as much as required as your daily stuff.

It seems difficult in the start - impossible  - But isn't. Mainly, the reason is lack of will ( if not the severity of the task that is keeping you busy). All I am insisting here is, whenever you can make time for yourself and others, do it. Make it happen. You won't know it until you would feel its effects, that how can your little attention can change the day for someone. 

Make a call, say a hi, post a message, do an email, or write a blog. There can be numerous ways. 

Just get out of your daily routine once in a while, do something special for yourself, or someone else. Even if it means, having a big bite of a chocolate bar. :)

The Twilight Zone....

Yeah i know there's alot of uncertainity in life, yeah i know things can get real difficult, yeah i know the human is greedy, and yeah some things are just too important for you in life...

can you endure the waitingg...??
can you enjoy the "meanwhile" ...??
can you possibly think about the worst case scenario ...??
can you ask yourself the "what if?" ..??
can you let go ...??

you know they say always keep trying - give it an all out effort - but what if even after doing all that it takes, you are still left helpless..?? with the dreaded feeling of drowning in a pool of anxiety..!! - how will it end?

I guess the only thing that can fight this uncertainity in life is the belief in "fate," ..... something which can keep you going on.... You gotta keep it together, keep yourself motivated, encouraged, focussed and full of life at all times..

Remember at all times, that there is only a certain percentage of the work which is under your control... Play your part of the game to the best of your abilities and just "belief" in the rest to happen.... :) - if you'v played a fair game, you're certainly the winner... Just do it!

Life : Puzzle

Few days back I was having a conversation with a friend of mine; this is something I ended up saying:

“You know, it’s hard to stay focused, and hold people together, when I see almost all of the people I know, drowning in their thoughts, without any sign of rising back up.

But dude, trust me, it’s just a puzzle.

It will solve you, or time will solve it. Or it will keep you puzzled.”

I should have also added that “One shouldn’t give up efforts to solve it!” Life really can become a puzzle, and there can be times when you might feel like, some of the pieces are missing. But you can’t know for sure unless you try putting pieces together. Keep trying!

Just don’t give up people!

A beginning to my blogging career

Here it is, realizing a wish, writing up my first blog.

I have always been into seeking inspirations, and turning them into my strengths. There is always something that clicks someone positively; clicks them to move ahead in whatever phase of life they are in. Hope never dies. It’s our faith in its existence that dies, eventually.

Inspirations and aspirations can be found anywhere, in any form. All you need to feel them is your faith in hope and success.

There is no particular reason, to start blogging, it's just a wish. It’s just a representation of what I think and perceive. :)

Nothing’s perfect. But still you want things to turn out perfect for you. For me following aspirations, is more important than hoping to get perfect one day. Merriam-Webster defines aspirations as “a strong desire to achieve something high or great”. Eventually, it comes down to our efforts, plus our desires to achieve what we want the most.

Our job is only to turn a desire into a passion. Rest flows. Persistent efforts are required.

Inspirations become your strength, and aspirations become your targets. Passion becomes the driving force to achieve those and keeping you focused.

Good Luck to all. Peace!