We just came home last night from a very refreshing Niagara Falls Trip! It was so amazing and sceneries were thought provoking and my thoughts as usual just popped up, surfaced me, spilled and re-surfaced, sometimes told and shared and some untold but shared later. Fall colors really do have some impact on the mind that eases and brings so many thoughts and new ideas.
I really loved this colorfully drying deaths of the leaves on trees. A beautiful death of plants in all aspects - the scenery, the effect on the minds who watch the view and an end for a beautiful white start in couple of months.
Trees are so giving. Isn't it?
Their goodness just instills the hearts and minds of so many and the beautiful life these trees give us is unexplainable. The good of plant is doing so very good to me.
Ours was a package tour and so many people are in bus - Indians, Chinese, Spanish and Americans. Older people, younger people, kids and an altogether class of people - "students". Thats everyone favorite slot gifted by God in this long roller coaster ride to everyones destiny. Each time we as passengers were on the other side of the payment counter I saw these girls and some guys with flummoxed expressions diving their hands deep into their pockets and relieved faces as if a fisherman caught some useful fish in the pond after finding some coins. To Mannat and I that was a heart-warming scene. But such a lovely age it is.
Then I recalled so many stories from my childhood and college days and told those to Mannat. How many times I had imagined a bag full of chocolates :). Really .... Infact, I did that after getting job once or twice but then as I conquered my wish it died slowly and this happens with everyone. Its human nature after all longing for more and more and something thats out of reach. But this good feeling is so good and remains so fresh and alive. We were glad those guys were in the bus and made us remember those moments - first time we withdrew salaries from ATM, our first vehicles, first shopping spree and so on. With all this conversation I had the similar feeling to some extent as my eyes had the first sight of the fall colors.
Like the sweet college memories are the sweet sight of these trees - So good but very good as time passes!!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Fundamentals of Boredom ...
Its been 3 weeks since I joined my husband in New York. Five years of job and 1 and half years of job done at a crazy pace I am here relaxing, thinking, making plans, dissolving plans and listening to the plans from India. Everytime I take the call from India from my family or in-laws, the very first question is - "Aur mann lag gaya" ?
I kept asking my self the same question and I kept finding the answer. This was because I never got bored here. Then I thought why people (foreign) don't find peace in this Dream World for Millions, even after recession or may be on-going recession.
Am I too obsessed with America or what? But this was not the case definitely for many many reasons. To find this answer I thought about many people their behavior and their psyches. People like this place for flamboyance, some like for distance, many for money and so many geeks for the R&D work being done on this land.
To see the other side is the lonely life one leads on this foreign land. People clad in best of the brands, coke flowing all over, the tasty delights and independence. In each pair of ears there are so many songs from iTunes but no word of warmth and eyes full of lights but the bleakness inside. I do accept all the pos and cons but I do not accept that - "mera mann nahin lag raha".
I remember my mother saying that we make ourselves busy and we are the one who feel alone in the crowd of millions. How true! I am able to understand it completely now. People who make one thing their obsession even if they have millions of other things to cherish they can not be happy.
Then why am I not bored?
Here, I am happy within and contented because I keep shifting my interests ... :)
When I was in Bangalore I had made my work and my niece my focus and now cooking and relaxing. I think this philosophy works to beat and fail the "Fundamentals of Boredom" that we ourselves write.
Whatever you can do today and you always wanted to, do it today. Whatever others do and gain your attention, try it today.
It helps you shift the window to a different view and a happier one. I am sure!
I hope and pray my theory works for me and all ...
I kept asking my self the same question and I kept finding the answer. This was because I never got bored here. Then I thought why people (foreign) don't find peace in this Dream World for Millions, even after recession or may be on-going recession.
Am I too obsessed with America or what? But this was not the case definitely for many many reasons. To find this answer I thought about many people their behavior and their psyches. People like this place for flamboyance, some like for distance, many for money and so many geeks for the R&D work being done on this land.
To see the other side is the lonely life one leads on this foreign land. People clad in best of the brands, coke flowing all over, the tasty delights and independence. In each pair of ears there are so many songs from iTunes but no word of warmth and eyes full of lights but the bleakness inside. I do accept all the pos and cons but I do not accept that - "mera mann nahin lag raha".
I remember my mother saying that we make ourselves busy and we are the one who feel alone in the crowd of millions. How true! I am able to understand it completely now. People who make one thing their obsession even if they have millions of other things to cherish they can not be happy.
Then why am I not bored?
Here, I am happy within and contented because I keep shifting my interests ... :)
When I was in Bangalore I had made my work and my niece my focus and now cooking and relaxing. I think this philosophy works to beat and fail the "Fundamentals of Boredom" that we ourselves write.
Whatever you can do today and you always wanted to, do it today. Whatever others do and gain your attention, try it today.
It helps you shift the window to a different view and a happier one. I am sure!
I hope and pray my theory works for me and all ...
Monday, May 09, 2011
Stabilizer
There are so many modes available in the things that man design. Say for example, a mobile in hand, it has so many modes and features. Man designs and keeps on designing many options for one thing as otherwise people would not opt for the thing designed by him.
The creator of man also made many options, all kind of species and all kind of varieties in human race but no option for one heart. There is only one-to-one relationship that a human being knits with other human being. This one-to-one may work with one and will not work for other. This is how this cob-web is. So, many human beings and so many one-to-one make this. But lovely isn't it. Some confusions are baffling but beautiful inside.
But there is no stabilizer in place that God created like man has created to keep slave always a slave. Man's heart once slave may not always be as there is no stabilizer. Stabilizer to greed, possession, obsession, hatred, affection, affliction and so on. I wish God had made this stabilizer thing or a mode inside human being to judge hearts and the souls.
Everyday in the morning I come across a cross way where there are 5 possible traffic flows and huge traffic to Electronic City has to be managed by Traffic Policemen. Most of the traffic to Electronic City is from the lane through which I have to drive. When Policemen raises his arm to stop the traffic in my lane everyone in sync says Oh Shittt ... Then everyone relaxes and turns Off the vehicles with a tik - tik sound (sound of turning keys). As soon as the opposite side lane gets Green signal and everyone knows that Its our turn now all all the drivers make a dog face. It is funny and I share a loud gaffow within myself that I also look like a dog that waits for a biscuit to get from its master. How much that Traffic Policeman enjoys those faces I can well judge from his face. As soon as his expression just changes with his body language that he is about to throw the biscuit the vehicles front to back like a chain-reaction.
How stabilized and regular this complete scene is. But If I go to the dog faces' minds those are alwsys occupied with the big city dreams, immense thoughts and next idea how to destabilize the life to put a long run stabilizer :) ... I hope it is well understood.
The creator of man also made many options, all kind of species and all kind of varieties in human race but no option for one heart. There is only one-to-one relationship that a human being knits with other human being. This one-to-one may work with one and will not work for other. This is how this cob-web is. So, many human beings and so many one-to-one make this. But lovely isn't it. Some confusions are baffling but beautiful inside.
But there is no stabilizer in place that God created like man has created to keep slave always a slave. Man's heart once slave may not always be as there is no stabilizer. Stabilizer to greed, possession, obsession, hatred, affection, affliction and so on. I wish God had made this stabilizer thing or a mode inside human being to judge hearts and the souls.
Everyday in the morning I come across a cross way where there are 5 possible traffic flows and huge traffic to Electronic City has to be managed by Traffic Policemen. Most of the traffic to Electronic City is from the lane through which I have to drive. When Policemen raises his arm to stop the traffic in my lane everyone in sync says Oh Shittt ... Then everyone relaxes and turns Off the vehicles with a tik - tik sound (sound of turning keys). As soon as the opposite side lane gets Green signal and everyone knows that Its our turn now all all the drivers make a dog face. It is funny and I share a loud gaffow within myself that I also look like a dog that waits for a biscuit to get from its master. How much that Traffic Policeman enjoys those faces I can well judge from his face. As soon as his expression just changes with his body language that he is about to throw the biscuit the vehicles front to back like a chain-reaction.
How stabilized and regular this complete scene is. But If I go to the dog faces' minds those are alwsys occupied with the big city dreams, immense thoughts and next idea how to destabilize the life to put a long run stabilizer :) ... I hope it is well understood.
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