~ The Beautiful You...~

There is always a sense of humility and astuteness in you which guides you towards your behavior with the outer world and All you need to do is to show your beautiful side to the outer world for it to respond – remember here you are interacting with enormous possibilities in a limitless universe – getting aligned with them is the most profound phenomenon. 

What I have started to observe around me is that there are many souls being patiently doing that ‘Beautiful Work’ without any rewards, maybe they understand this to be their responsibility – in turn they must be getting that elusive internal calm which many of us are chasing. Our accomplishments remain unfulfilled even if we have a iota of grudge or a feeling of comparison or smallness in comparison to others, but surely we won’t mend our ways of living and as a result we fall in the trap.

My advice for the youth and many who feel stuck up in the rigmarole of daily living and life – experiment with your day, do something unique and something which you wanted to do – let it be just a small act of kindness or compassion, you will see the change in your aura and your perception regarding your existence. Doing so, you will surely attract the sympathy of the universe and this would surely have  ripple effect on the people around you – the lives of whom you will touch knowingly or unknowingly – the results will follow.

We have been programmed to be good natured and being beautiful is always the part of the plan of our living, but somehow the pressure and pulls of our society and the huge burden of achieving something is has ripped us apart from the track. Have a constant look on the sufferings of people in the society – with broken relationships, failing family ties, acts of revenge and many other anomalies which have encircled human relationships, the only escape seems to be being beautiful.

To start with, start feeding the hungry, or help someone in distress by whatever means possible or what you can do – Feeding birds, and stray dogs, kittens and other such living beings is another act of beautification of your soul, just take the plunge and see for yourself the calmness which falls on you – the change would be everyone to see.

Remember you were born to be and act as a beautiful living being and so would you die…the key is in your hand…after all, we surely have been given the act of free-will and what we want to be in our short existence here…

~ In sands of Time...~

Some people you meet in life and they given you those timely inputs which remind you about your daily living and you trajectory of thinking goes to a different dimension altogether.

It is just sheer coincidence that makes you meet some of the finest souls who are around you but you just pay heed to their knowledge and given that patient hearing. Today, I just jot down thoughts from one soul I met out of the blue and exchanged numbers for what I learned from him will go a long way in shaping my living and thinking...The thoughts go as below...

You are the same person with same education qualifications, abilities and doing the same level of effort to sail across this mundane life but things don't shape up to your stature. You get frustrated with the outcomes time and again and feel helpless in putting more of your effort - simply being you now have an empirical data of failures though you did your best.

Suddenly, after some time, you see life steers ahead automatically, your efforts start to culminate into success - in the realm of things, you are the same person but how come things are getting done now - Is it the time which has now materialized your success and now that it has to give results according to your liking!

There are quite unfortunate souls who did not make it to the end of time - they will never see their old age as they are no more - all their lives, they delved into planning for a better future , a retired life - planning for their family, their own retirement but the shackles of time snatched them away from the near and dear ones - as they say their "Time had come." - though this is our opinion about life but who knows why they went early.

As I was conversing with a gentleman who has seen it ALL - deaths, business downfalls, monetary success and every possible human achievement, and he thus spoke from his sheer prudence and experience of life..."So what is the most important thing we are loosing on and which we cannot stop or cling on to?" , after a small pause he uttered just one word "TIME!" - It is time that we are seeking and living by and prudently thinking you would measure your life against it.

For those gentlemen who want to be super achievers, they are also on the same path of chasing TIME, often doing great efforts to beat it and gather accomplishments in their life - they certainly want to beat every moment and achieve things which seem to be out of reach or unachievable - of course everyone has those 24 hours and everyone is crippled by those timely hours in a day - but do we stop for that humble second and ponder on what we are actually seeing in the midst of our living and our short journey called "Life". 

The answer to this age old question lies in the aftermath of time , when we all would be gone one day into oblivion of this very time we are chasing....Surely, there would be time when we want to live more but when the "Time's UP", we have to quit this game of life, even if we want to exist more...

~ A Coffee Meet...~

 A Coffee Meet…

The coffee was just magnificent and it really made my day – more than that the person “Rajeev” was the sole subject of our talk which began when I spotted the much forgotten Coffee fizz machine –“Desi Style” 😊 , I could not stop my urge to have the last cuppa before I eagerly wanted to retire for the day after having a sumptuous dinner at a family function.

With all the monotony of the gathering, the coffee machine was cynosure of all eyes and I could smell its extravagance fragrance from quite a distance, not to forget the fizz sound and the evoking smoke and not the least, the aura of coffee powder – the combination of all the extravaganza was smearing to have at least a cup of the beverage which might be your last one , considering the dying tradition of such machines in functions and parties.

As I walked upto the coffee vendor – a smart looking fellow was already having a mindful eye on me as he could sense that I have that knack for the beverage – as I approached him, he greeted me and quickly started to fizz the coffee machine – that was the actual trigger point – as I conversed,

“After ages, I am seeing this coffee machine, hope this lives on , as I have never ever tasted the scent of coffee from best of the shops in town – this local machine has been reigning over my mind ever since I was  kid. He profusely obliged and admitted that in every function he finds fanatic fans of this machine and the coffee it makes!”

Just then a tipping idea poured into my mind and I advised Rajeev to open up a small setup according to his economic prowess and start selling coffee from this machine – as I told him “Believe me, the machine would be a unique selling proposition for coffee enthusiasts to come to him for that scintillating sip! – In an era of MNC coffee machine and parlors, the old way would soon be the talk of the town – the showiness and the sounds and steam puffs would certainly be catchy for customers to pay you a visit – keep it less competitive price wise and also have a biscuits and rusks as evening snacks  to keep it simple!

The idea stuck Rajeev and he promised me to give it a serious thought as he had never envisioned such a stance , though he has been in the business of coffee making since 5 years – though he always thought to do something of his own – what better way to start with a USP you are good at.

As the machine foamed for the last time, I could sense that my coffee was almost ready – the only ingredient missing was a topping of coffee powder , which Rajeev readily sprinkled on the foam that had made a mountain in the cup – the fist sip made me wonder about the good old days of such small festivities and enjoyments – surely I was lucky to have my moment of reminiscing my past and the glory of sipping coffee from the not so ubiquitous coffee machine which was  pride of every party and family function – especially in winters…