Conversations with god........!!!!!!!

One night I met god in my dream………..and that meeting started out with certain queries of myself……..

I asked: You know Lord…!!! In the year 2012, I tried to persuade you by offering a bribe of Rs.500 in lieu of my result in which I scored less than 60% which could have led me to huge financial losses…….. But sadly the result was the same……..it was 58%.......

God replied: Yes, my son…….i remember that…….but that was to teach you the seriousness that you were lacking in studies and after that setback you came back really well……….!!!!!!!

Because I was trying to teach you how to remain grounded and not over- confident………!!!!!!

I again asked: I was bowling well, probably the best of my career, in a selection match……….yet I wasn't selected……..Why so………??

God replied: To teach you the importance of hard-work……..if that would not have happened……..you might not have been a cricketer that you were after that failure………you again came back really well…….!!!!!

And the almighty disappeared stating following lines……………

“Remember, it’s my prerogative (right exclusive to certain people) to decide the syllabus of your life……….it depends on you how much you learn from that………..”

When I look back at those failures of my life………..that actually happened for the sake of me………hence never consider a failure as a setback……………because

Someone has very nicely written:

“ Ruk jaana nahi tu kahi haar ke……..kaato pe chalk e milenge saaye bahaar ke……….”

And the Topper is...........!!!!!!!

“Can it be said that toppers have good memory but less intelligence……???

I asked in one of the personality development sessions………!!!!!!!!!

My question evolved out of the third eye that I have which prompts me to ask questions to myself whenever I meet a topper…………..specifically class-toppers………….

Though, toppers seem to me as someone who stands for everything in general but nothing in particular………it simply means, they lack sociability, power to communicate efficiently and are less participative as compared to what an average student is……….

To me, being a versatile 70%iler is far better than a monotonous 90%iler……….because being multi-skilled is the ability which even toppers envy……….!!!!!!!!

I admire them for their discipline, their work-ethics yet some part of me tells me………….this is not the one I want to be…………

Well, I don’t compare myself with them, because I never wanted to be them………….I always wanted to be what I am……….

And the answer to my question was………….yes, you are exactly right……..!!!!!!!!

Because……

Even toppers are managed by people who themselves were not toppers.......but they were intelligent........!!!!!!!

Average package kitna hai....?????

{Deciding about an Institute and the talks about average package and Return on Investment is highly prevalent. You gather a lot of states, try to get the khufia information about the  package that was being offered and the prospects of being placed when you arrive to the deciding semester………..well amidst all that hurly-burly, we forget to evaluate one thing……..}

Here is a story which will suffice the motto……….

In ancient times, there lived a student who was learning the art of archery from a well-known master who was highly recognized as the best in the business. One day the student asked the master:

“If I practice for 3 hours a day, in how much time I will perfect this art?”

The master replied: “3 months”

Student again asked “If I practice for 5 hours a day, then how much time will it take?”

The master replied “5 months”

Student again asked “If I practice for 8 hours a day, then?”

Master again replied “8 months”

The student continued asking the same question increasing the no.of hours he will practice daily to perfect the art and the Master replied in the same manner, increasing the no. of months in the same proportion to his increment in time.

Annoyingly the student asked “As I increase the daily hours of practice, why there is a proportionate increase in the no. of days that will take me to learn this art as it must take less time than before?”

The master gave him a gentle smile and said:

 “If your one eye is on the destination, how you will be able to master the art with only one eye”.

Well, for most of us who highly focus on destinations (return on investment in education) it is necessary to concentrate on the journey of becoming an engineer or a manager as……………

“If you have pursued the journey passionately, destinations will always be better”

So from the next time, be afraid to ask “Average package kitna h…….?

Lets begin the Journey........!!!!!!

{As I look back to those days when I was a Junior, a thought strikes my mind that if I would have communicated with my seniors in a proper manner, I could have been a better student. The grades are still high, but when I look myself in the mirror of Finance, I still lag behind……….Well………If’s, But’s, Could, Would will remain……….but what needs to be done right now is to give few pieces of advice to juniors……..}

“Learn to manage yourself, your life and your belongings………..”

Those were the initial advisory words of my father when I get into a Management course…………

Well, over the course of time what I have observed is that Managers, in pursuit of managing others’ life, end up on creating a mess of their own…………..They are pressurized to give the best investment advice to the client, yet their own finances don’t find any significant investment avenues……….. they are supposed to remember deadlines, yet they don’t remember the birthdates’ of their special ones’………………..

And here lies the first lesson of management………..If you are seriously here for getting the output of the sum you are putting in, you must focus on managing your own life, must dress up like a professional which begets a professional attitude and should focus on improving your own lifestyle…….

Human psychology or human brain responds to surrounding an individual have………the kind of lifestyle a person have and the quality of company a person keeps with him…………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although the path to self-management requires many compromises and sacrifices, it will surely help you in long run……….make a good competitive company…….enlighten the ambiance surrounding you by good and positive thoughts……..run for quality…….marks and package will take care of itself……………..

And the last but not the least advice from me……..

“Don’t ever condemn IMS in front of anyone……….”

Because……….When you make a choice, you choose its consequences also……………..!!!!!!!!!

Ye dosti hum bhi to todenge......!!!!!!

Friendship is a wonderful beginning………….

Both of them met through a common friend but as they conversed more and more, their friendship grew in leaps and bounds………..

Both of them were entangled in their own quagmires yet they were happy to be with each other……….searching for a moment of relief which can take them away from the complicities life offers………….they were the ones who were just friends, but shared every hidden secret that lies beneath them………

Helping each other became their characteristics……….laughing in one’s own cocoon became their prerogative……….sitting for long hours in a café and in a study room became their habit……….

Because they were not best friends………..they were friends with best feelings……….!!!!!!!!

As the time passed by, it bolstered to a great extent……….and was at a level of maturity where although they have their own targets and personal aspirations…………it soon became collective to them………..

And then, a tide came and blown away everything…………

A slight misunderstanding added by the agony of each other’s ego coming to their way which once pushed the resumption yet the friendship never resumed……

One was ready to resolve while another was rigid in nature……….one was ready to hear the bitter words and take things back to normalcy……..other wasn’t ready to shed the ego which is a useless virtue to possess in these times……….

As the time passed, two poles became apart from each other……….and in those times…….the tide took away everything……..they were no more friends……….

Because they have become good actors now……….pretension is the last thing they can do………!!!!!!!!

Friendship is also about bitter endings……………

Well, the above case might not be a case of true friendship but my personal experiences states that……….

“ Friendship is not about how steady the boat sails, it’s about how it balances and bounce back once again when it starts to sink…………..”

Do you believe in god....????

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD………??????

This is the question I like to ask to everyone who is my close acquaintance as the answer of this question reflects how much unsatisfied we live in our own lives………….

The answer I get mostly is……

“No, because god hasn’t given me whatever I wished for………..”

In my recent frequent visits to Hospitals where people sob more than they smile, I came up with a striking realization that what I am, where I am and what I have is much better than people who survive for their lives day in day out and hence I must thank almighty for giving me whatever limited yet precious assets I have which can be better utilized to produce more………….

Well, as we grow more as an individual, some personal aspirations, wishes and desires arise naturally to us which when remained unfulfilled can take the better of us and hence to shift the burden of failure, we try to blame the existence of almighty………………who is conducting all the proceedings in front of us…………

We live unsatisfied throughout our lives………….because we don’t thank the almighty for what we have  and focus more on what we don’t have…………….which is born out of an uncanny habit of comparing ourselves or by useless virtue of asking for more………………

We can’t appreciate and value what we have, we go to temples for the sake of a personal desire and not by the eternal faith in god……..We ask for more and more as the thirst and desires are unquenchable………….Because……..

Mind likes to chase a promised happiness at the cost of an available one………

Live satisfied for what you have, where you are and focus more on generating higher returns out of that……….. Because…………God also helps those who helps and value themselves……..!!!!!!!

So when next time someone asks you this question......think twice before answering.....

A sweet anecdote…………

{He asked: Do you believe in god?

She replied: No, because god hasn’t given what I wished for……….

He replied momentarily: Mujhe bhi to nai manga tha phir bh to mil gaya naaaa………… :p :p }

Leave the crust out........

One day a highly spiritual man took his 4-year son to an Italian restaurant where they ordered some pasta and breads. As their order arrived, the little child took the bread and start cutting it to segregate the crust out of it while the man was still thinking as to how to eat the bread…………….

His son’s act of cutting the crust and eating the soft part of the bread initially bewildered him but the very next moment; it gave him a life-learning experience……………!!!!!!!!

The little boy had the wisdom to focus on the good part of the bread and leave the rest……!!!!!

We human being, as we grow up and become more of an individual, tend to give too much importance to the crust part of our life…………..we try to distract ourselves or rather are distracted by spending too much time on focusing the crust of our own lives rather than focusing on all good things that happen day in day out in our lives…………..

We focus on the restraints or the obstacles that slows down the progress………..we focus on future uncertainty that lies in front of us………..we focus on activities of people who don’t belong to our priority list…………..we focus on all the bad things that is happening with us………..

And in the process, we lose the ability to have positive thinking…………..!!!!!!!!!!!

Well our thoughts do form our world and what we think about does grow in our lives……..What we focus on will determine our destiny and hence……..

We must focus on the good stuff…………!!!!!!!

I would repeat the same lines again………

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“Life is not about managing what you have, it’s about managing what you don’t have……….”