Consolation...and...the solution

whenever we are in the midst of a problem, we find people who love us come and console us...
they dont do much, they dont say much...except ' this too shall pass'....

many times i wondered why do they say so ??
saying it out doesnt really solve the problem...
mabbe its jst to console you, to make you feel better.. its not a remedy..doesn't solve the problem..doesnt help you in any way... then why do they say so ??

One saturday afternoon, I was discussing this with my granny ..and here is what she had to say.....

well.. it surely aint the remedy, but it can definitely help you in finding your way ..

face the problem not as a problem... dont panic when you face one...
whenever you think something is completely over-powering you, calm down and think about its 'magnitude'..
at first it might seem to be huge enough to completely ruin your world...
on thinking further, you will realise that its just good enough to spoil one week of yours...
hmm....you will be thrilled cos suddenly this problem would seem to have shrunk its size...think a little more....
a week would seem too long a period .. so you would come down to a day or two....
Now think about all the good days that you have had....
i ' m sure they would be in hundreds.... and come back to these two or three days of despair....does the problem still seem to be big enough ?? :-)

When you have shrunk the magnitude of a problem to this minute level, your mind is free to work to find the solution...
You need a mind free of overheads when you try to find solutions...

Many times you succumb to hard times only because you allow it to over power u...
Nothing is big enough to ruin your day..
Difficult times are difficult till you think they are...

No one but you can help yourself out...
People might know the cause of the problem, they might know the effect, but no one other than you can find the solution.....

They console you only to assure you that things would be better soon...

"This too shall pass" is only to remind you of the triumphs you have had in the past ..
Its just to reassure you that you are strong enough to deal with it.. ..
Nothing can ruin your world unless you want it to....

at the end of the day, "Every cloud has a silver lining."

da search ...

Da Search .....

All of us, are looking out for something...
something better than what we already have.. or something which we dont.....!
Rite from a billionaire who tries to crack another deal so to make some more billions, to a beggar who begs each day for his living... both search their way out..
Every individual has his own need....some to make some more money....and some to make some money...
well "the need" guys...to each one, his own :)

It is this "search" which fascinates me....

We played the 'the treasure hunt' game back in school.
The game was to hunt the treasure based on the map given.
Even as a kid, we knew, that all we had to do was to follow the routes given in the map.. and that shall lead us to the treasure.. :-)
The correct path needs to be followed..Hints to be decoded... It was all so simple..

Today as grown ups, we still play the same game but only with slight modifications...

Well, the paths are unknown... Hints still exists...but most of the times we fail to recognise them...
There is no map my friend... and we arent sure of the end of the search...
Everything looks complicated!!

Back then, it was just a game... Today, it is Life :-)

The search fascinates me.. drives me...motivates me... to come out of my shell..to fight all odds...to do things beyond my expectations...
to achieve more and more and then some more...

Its this search which makes living worth living :-) Its this drive which keeps one going...

some say that you need to be satisfied with what you have...
some say you shouldnot be over ambitious... some say take it easy dude :-)...
I say 'keep living ...keep the spirit high.... and keep the seacrh on..... :-) '

on a blogging spree

after becoming an avid blog reader, i decided to join the blogging community... lets see how i fair ? ;) though i have already made some posts in this blog, but lets start with the W's for blogging? why..what...etc...
why do i blog ???
i decided to blog only to transfer all the zillions thoughts that keep wandering my mind into another medium...so this blog of mine is going to reflect different moods of mine.... a perfect canvas for me to paint as and when i feel like doing so..
what do i blog ???
i dont promise to have a particular style of writing with big words, mind blowing thoughts, some very fascinating or some totally thought provoking.. nah.. i aint gonna do that !!
this blog is only for me to write things that are in my mind..yep its just going to be that..as and when something comes up and i feel like typing it out, i will do it..
why should one read this blog ???
heheh :) well well well.... i dont really expect anyone to read it...but if they do, then i would be pleased :).. like i said, i dont claim to provide you with a great piece of writing.. its going to be my thoughts on various situations that i face ... my stuff and my point of view...
but if you want to share your comments on it, then please feel free to do so....

For the readers of this bog heres a disclaimer ... ' incase you feel that a post if about you then yea it could be about you ;) ... if you didnt like something written in it, then go ahead and write down your comments... and incase i bored you with the blog, then who cares ??, when did i say that i am going to entertain you :P '

i aint losing the fight... :)

heard this song from Bryan Adams latest album and just loved it :) there is something very realistic about the lyrics of english songs.... I can really relate to most of them..nothing very superlative..no high-fi funda.. jst the words of a common individual written in a very simple way...

yea, so now coming back to 'the search' and 'the fight '.. I havent really comprehended much about my search, but yes about my fight...well here it is...
I am fighting against the monotony in my career.. I dont really want to be a mere IT professional who works in an MNC and gets a big pay...and yep onsite trips ( the paid vacation packages).. I want to do something special.. something of my own....
So my fight is against myself... to make myslef come out of this comfort zone that i have built, in last 2.5 years..... this is my fight at the moment...

Why the name of this post ??
Well, its difficult for each one to break free from their comfort zone..
Most of the times, you feel its not worth it..when all is going well then why should I try to do something about which I am not sure of .. who knows I might succeed, or I might not !!
But I say, lets try .... lets fight all the odds and try..once for our own self...
and yep i am not going to succumb to all the road blocks that i face........as he says,
' i aint losing the fight ' :)

Chicago.....

It was the 12th of August,2007 afternoon when I landed in this city. My first visit to the phoren land.. My first stay outside home.without family..without friends...
And I just loved this city...Not only b'cos of its beautiful sites, warmth, the urbane feel,my first experience in US, but b'cos this city taught me to stay alone...do things on my own..to learn new things... the entire experience is something that i always wanted and now 'when I have been there done that ' it gives me sheer pleasure to sit back and live the moments again..this time only in my thoughts :)
And i can say, I love this city not just because it is one of the best cities to live in but also cos it taught me many things...about me :-)
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