Mind and Matters

It’s a bright sunny morning; I look out of my window from the seventh floor to enjoy the early morning. But I am distracted by too many noises. Honking cars and bikes in traffic jam are the prominent ones. Everyone seems to be running with no time. What are we chasing??? Everyday seems to be a marathon with no time left to do many of our precious things. Our heart aches to have a day where we will give time to all that we yearn to do. Most of us spend our day in working those extra hours which may or may not benefit us. After few years when we will sit and think of these, most of us will realize that we should have had a better Work Life Balance. Reports say that today people are prone to more illness due to this imbalance. Illnesses that are physical have medicines but those that affect us psychologically will take more than pills and a few years of our life to get cured. “Time gone is gone forever.” We can never get it back. All WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JHONNY A...

The letter was so touching that it brought tears to my eyes. It was a letter from my Father! His letters have always been special to me though I have never told him this. This particular letter stated the importance of my mother and how I should never forget what she has done for me. Yes! I would always be there for her was my first thought. What about him – my Father, he had not mentioned himself once in the letter. Father - my appa was a no more than a person who used to get me a lot of gifts every year from overseas for the first five years of my childhood. No one escaped his anger and that made me even more distant from him. With my years of growing, my appa was only just another human being. Never did I bother to realize what he felt for me, silently in his own ways he was there whenever I felt a need for him. He expressed all his thoughts in writing to me – pieces of paper whose value is invaluable. With these thoughts in mind, the letter in front of me once again came alive. I...

Women – an epitome of beauty, patience and intelligence. Why did I choose these 3 words to describe the masterpiece created by the almighty? Not because I am one; for me, these words equal any women in this world. Every tiny corner of this world has tried and is trying to define Women; the truth is she is beyond definition. She is in search of her own self before birth till she dies. This search helps her to mould and change herself into the numerous faces she wears throughout her lifetime. The women of today are no different from the yesteryears; just that her surroundings have changed manifolds. Adaptability being her nature, she has given herself a new outlook. Every role that she portrays is carefully sculptured and created by her; with that comes the capability of being the best in all roles. For instance, women terrorists are equally wanted as their men counterparts - no one can say that they would cause less harm! Every woman has a story to tell; a story...

I am a mother now... funny it feels sometimes... never in my wildest of dreams imagined that i would be one. At the moment i was told i am preganant , i said okay.. now there is lots of time for the life to take its shape.. now when i hold teh same life in my hand, its like a magic... my belief in the supreme power has increased ten folds after this miracle in my life... Thank you is all i want to say to him!!

What is one supposed to do when you get hurt by what others say ? Answers i have usually got is to either hurt them back or to just ignore it . I tend to ignore it almost all the times noticing that i still dont leave the moment and walk ahead. The moment starts taking many shapes in my brain and creates a world of its own . This causes stress on me and in turn on others . While I am writng this , it sounds really funny to ame and the only thing I need to do is to ignore and move ahead . This leads me to believe another fascinating fact that brain is the most complicated machine ever made. The more I try to control it my way , it slips from my hold ( i allow it to slip it from my hold.) While i am fighting against my odd shapes and sizes within the brain , I am sure all of you out there have very similar situations and thoughts . I am not sure whether i will declare success on this battle as i foresee a parade of battles alreading marching towards me..

My mood has not been all that great from yesterday and the funniest thing in that was every hour came up with a situation to add to it:). This is what happens i guess as my thinking had got tuned to a particular string of thought. I ended and started with an argument which turned into a ego issue inturn into a silence issue with my better half.. my lift stops working when i get to go to office .. My driver speeds like schumacher making me jump all over the car and i have meetings lined with the SVP of my company.... Wow what a way to pen my thoughts. I was trying to maintain my professional outlook but alas my colleague took on the icing on the cake by behaving in the weirdest of ways... been doing that for sometime now and i am yet clueless why?? Now that i am reaching the fag end of teh day at office i am hoping that i dont wncounter any more experience that enhance my thoughts .. tickling thoughts more n more!!

BLINK – A Review Written by Malcolm Gladwell, BLINK gives us an insight into believing our instincts and making Snap Judgments. BLINK takes us through a journey of various situations which then unfolds the power of thinking and mind reading. What one can learn from BLINK? Every decision we make is a result of attention to lot of details and analyzing the same. Do we ever come to conclusions just by believing our instincts – YES, we do but we rarely have the courage to accept the same. This momentary decision is what BLINK asks to believe, as most of the times we come up with the same solution after carefully analyzing the same situation. We do this day in and day out but unknowingly, otherwise why do you think at any given time we prefer a James Bond movie to a Mona Lisa? Human Brain is one of the best gifts to Mankind. We have to develop the skills of using it in the best possible way as it is unique to each one of us. Every situation in life (be it having a Pepsi or a Coke) is ruled ...