Forgiving others is the best Virtue....

How often do we forgive people for their mistakes? Though we know, as a human being you are bound to make mistakes unintentionally. At that very moment why not we try to control our nerves and think for a while- the morals which we all might have been taught in our babyhood. I would share a chronicle which I read few days ago and realized how true it is. Here we go....

A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for one week. Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After one week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.

The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?" The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime???"

Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner was you”

O man! Forgive thy mortal foe Do not give him blow for blow Forgive him seventy times and seven For all the blessed souls in Heaven Were both forgivers and forgiven.

^s Ever , 
G @ u r @ v

Aman ki Asha....

For a split second it was a moment of shocker which created chaos of questions, and hope, same was the state of mind of every Indian(to be more precise) when saw the first page of Times of India on 2010 New year day. The words written in Bold: "LOVE PAKISTAN" was indeed the words wouldn’t have expected no matter what the issue is. After reading the whole matter (which is displayed in below pic) made me realize that forgiveness is the most courageous thing to do.

AMAN ki ASHA is an initiative by Times of INDIA and PAKISTAN's Jang group ( not sure why this group was named as Jung when they want to spread peace). But the best part of this movement was the Music concerts which are still considered as a strong media besides trade for conveying the peace and brotherhood.

Lines from the times article:

The lines above make sense only when it makes sense to the neighbours too; else it would be more like clapping with one hand and pretending that we are hearing the clap louder than ever. however more touching was amitabh bachchan's video on aman ki asha. where he says:

Dikhai dete hain dur tak ab bhi saye koi, 
Magar bulane se waqt laute na aye koi.
Chalo na phir se bichaye dariya, bajaaye dholak, 
Lagaa ke mehndi surile tappe sunaye koi.

Patang Udhaye,  Chaton Pe Chadh Kar Mohalle Wale, 
Falak Toh Sanjha Hai Us Main Peche Ladaye Koi.
Utho, kabaddi kabaddi khelenge sarhado par ,
Jo aye ab ke to laut kar phir na jaye koi.

Nazar main rehte ho jab tum nazar nahi aate,
Ye sur milate hain jab tum idhar nahi aate....

In lakeeron ko zameen par hi rehene do, dilo pe mat utaarna

Pursuit of Happyness

People aspire to be happy, some people pretend to be happy and the phase of my life today falls in the 3rd slice of being real happy. I find myself clinging to the stage of life I am in at the time. I must be lying if I say I didn’t have any little anxiety at the same time. BSNL disconnecting me from internet was an inconceivable reason for blogging after long time and the obvious reason for irate and anxiety. A new baby embedded in the family to make good things look bigger and better, spreading smiles all around, and secondly, a bloSSom in personal life aswell changed my mechanical life these days.

You find people exploring for happiness in what they believe happiness lies in. A person of Mother Theresa kind will find happiness in serving a deserted and deprived. Micheal Jackson pursed the happiness in dancing, Bin Ladens in demolishing the towers, and Rakhi Sawant kind-of might experience in SwayamvarS :p

HappYness seems to be related to the way we live our lives with those things that we have already.

Consider today as better than yesterday, and Enjoy each and everyday, moment as it comes, Tomorrow is like shining sun, Today is like bright moon and Yesterday was darken day.

Let me share a small sweet story with you: There once was a very wealthy and successful man. He had more money than he could ever spend and he was admired and looked up to by his community. Still, he knew that something was missing in his life. He wasn’t happy. All his life he had pursued happYness and strived for happiness but had never been able to find it.

Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret to happYness. He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple. After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there. He was weary and pennyless, but he knew that none of that mattered now that he had found the temple.

It doesn’t matter what our outer circumstances are either, because the Kingdom of Heaven is within us. Don’t spend the rest of your life searching the world for happYness then. Just look in the mirror and laugh. Just let the happYness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you.

“HappYness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you”.

Time to wrap-up with a song: This is from a Kannada movie Love Guru. I don’t remember if I ever heard any song as many times as this one. Still this is listed as my favorite and on top of my music playlist in my SONY W705 and is my caller tune too. This song is dedicated to a special person who brought a new dimension and happYness in my life these days. Njoy.

Tangaali Tandeya.m...

Tangali

tandeya nanna baalali Sangaathi aaguva savikanasali Kai jaari hodeya nanna preethiya mannalli hootheya nagutha nagutha Kunthu ninna kaala kelage naa hoovu elidantha galige ningeke nanna preethi gothehaagade hoithu yashtondu saari naa manasondirade ninn munde ondondu saarinu ariyade yeke nee hode ee haneyalli ninna olava geechilla brahma.. oooooo.. oooo.. ninge anisillavenu ningagi bandonu naanu ee nanna kanna bhashe ode illa neeneke ee gaali kanalla anubhava ondu sullalla ee preethi heegeke helade thiliyode illa ee nija ariya munna kaledu kotte naa ninna...oooo....ooo... Tangali tandeya nanna baalali Sangaathi aaguva savikanasali Kai jaari hodeya nanna preethiya mannalli hootheya nagutha nagutha

This blog title and ‘Y’ in happYness are inspired by Will Smith’s super movie “Pursuit of HappYness”

HaPpY iNdEpEnDeNcE dAy

“ At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance..... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again. ”

Tryst with Destiny was a speech made by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India on the early hours to declare to the world and India in particular that India is now free from British raj. power. WIKIPEDIA defines freedom as “The capacity to determine your own choices” and right to act according to ones will without being held up by the power of others. Today, the 15th of August is a perfect day, to look back the past and try to correct every mistakes we committed that might make a difference of any magnitude to the society in the near future

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I know to what extent a little mistake by a common man like me make an impact on the society, but it is so tough to measure the impact of mistakes committed by strong figures like national leaders, and one such good example I can recollect is that of our first prime minister. Our beloved Chacha Nehru in 1953 had a golden opportunity of listing INDIA as a permanent member of UNSC when the American president gave a proposal to Indian PM, but to put India on the map of diplomats and call itself non-aligned, Nehru declined that offer and presented this gift to China and later in the next decade China gave shrouds as a return thanking gift for our brave soldiers killed by their men. Today India is in race along with strong contenders like Japan, Brazil and Germany and its only time can tell whether we ever get that golden opportunity again to define ourselves as super power.

I don’t know whether it was really a mistake (blunder) or an opportunity to show to the world what standby…. that is, INDIA- believes in peace, love their neighbors and admire every individual country, but whatsoever it was indeed a learning experience.

Aug 15th, the day I feel the sense of pride ‘n enjoy the patriotic aura. I would also like to share what media has been so good in discovering the hidden creativity and talent in people. There are so many good patriotic commercials that are shown in the recent times. Take for example the ad wherein a physically challenged old man tries to stand on one leg in rain on hearing the NATIONAL ANTHEM and another such video that is close to my heart is that of a kid who wishes the national flag on its birthday. Please do watch this video…. It’s really cute.

Jai

hind….