NEW YEAR GREETINGS PLUS....

Dear my Indiblogger Friends,

The Philosophy of Life says.... 'aascharyo Vaktah aascharyo shrotah....' meaning '( In this world) the Speaker is a wonder; the Listener (equally) is a wonder....'

When contemplated on this, we can definitely conclude that a Blogger every time carries a Unique Message with him / her very much eager to convey to the World at any cost and that is truly a wonder as per our Sacred Books.... And equally attached to a Blogger are there a Group of Followers who are again interested to listen and understand that onetime Message.... Thus continues forever, the Sacred Blogger-Follower Relationship in this world!

Seen in this way, it ever becomes a Duty of every Blogger never to stop to speak out or pen down what is seen as a one time inspiration within....

As he / she speaks out thus, there is a few times an equal censorship imposed on the same from the external world from another angle where predominantly an opposition to that very Expression is seen backed by certain Earthly Powers...

Here alone lies the true strength and determination of a Blogger on how he / she fearlessly expresses the 'RIGHT' to the world and thus frees himself / herself from the strong urge within to bring out the exact requirement the World expects at that point of time....

I am happy that I am in Association with many such famous and well known Bloggers much much younger to me and here, I too promise to continue contributing my humble bit as per the very urge in me to Speak out on the Life Aspects and the Higher Purpose of this Great One Life given to us by the Almighty....

I take this opportunity to convey my heartfelt Thanks to all my Indiblogger Friends for showing their keen interest and continuous patronage to my Writings and Postings on Indivine....

One small info here.... Of late, as the number of Members in my Network had gone up, I thought of bringing out some of my old Articles posted on Indivine long time back by editing and modifying the content and thus present them again on Indivine with a more meaningful Message as otherwise I will not be able bring out those topics of inspiration to the newly formed Network Community.... I hope this is quite acceptable to all and further is in order in respect of the Rules and Regulations of posting on Indivine....

Any Suggestions and Comments in this context are highly welcome...

Wish you all a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2015!

SREEDHAR

'Experience' alone Speaks thus!

The young man at the back of a good Qualification got into his first Employment.... On a day, his Boss called him and said, “I expect you work a little extra and finish your jobs in time!” 

The young man replied with all obedience, "Sir! My dad told me that I should listen to the Boss with all attention, take Orders from him, do a good work.... I will just follow what you say!"

Thus the young man started working more hrs on his job and soon earned a good name as a highly industrious person.... A few years passed and soon he was promoted to a higher Responsibility....

His new Boss said, “Here you are a Senior Member of our Organization at the back of a good Work Experience.... You have to Perform else it is difficult to survive in this Environment!”

The young man silently nodded his head conveying the message that he understood his responsibility and further started working with that Tempo....

Again, a few years rolled by.... The young man was then the man of mid thirties and got his next Promotion as the Group Head.... He was all along showing excellent performance on his job through timely deliveries when suddenly one day his Boss said in a firm tone, “I find your Group members not updating their skills on a regular basis and you are not motivating them properly in that context.... We cannot survive for long with this attitude a midst the tough competition around us!”

The man felt bad at these comments and replied, "Sir! According to my assessment, they are delivering the required in time.... Updating the skills can wait for the time being!" The Boss looked at him and kept quite....

He thus earned good reputation as Group Head and was soon promoted as Team Lead on a new Assignment and was busy motivating his Sub-ordinates and exposing them to the latest skills required in their jobs.... Years rolled on and the man entered mid forties....

One day the Boss said, "As a Team Lead, you have not yet taken the responsibility of a True Leader!"

The man felt bad and the next day tendered his resignation saying, "May be I am not in the Right Place!"

His experience was no less and in few days he got his Appointment as the Division Head of a blue-chip Company.... Soon, he earned the name of the best Leader at Work in the new Company and was doing a wonderful job....

His Boss called him one day and said, “My dear! You are now In-Charge at Divisional Level but this year Sales from your Division have not grown in Volumes the way the Top Management expected.... I don’t know what to say….”

The seasoned Executive just interrupted him and said, “Sorry, this is my resignation.... You may search for a better person in my Place....”

He thus got away from his second Company but in no time got appointed as one of the Corporate Executives of another Company.... All was fine and a year passed…. And the determined man could bring the best possible profits for his new Company through increased sales….

One evening at a small meet, his Boss coolly told him, “I am sorry, dear! We wanted to retain you by all means.... But there is slump in the Market and the demand for our Products is temporarily down.... Presently, our Order book for the next year is thin.... Yesterday, it was decided in the Board Meeting....... The Company's finances can no more retain talent..........”

The man interrupted him with a smile and said, “Forget all this! I wanted to tell you equally an important thing from my side and I feel this is the right time for that…. Shortly, I am going for my own Company and there, I have a Requirement at the Top Level.... Are you interested? I just want to see my Company come up and perform the best.... And salary wise.... Here, there is no limit....... ”

FOREVER 'UNDER PRESSURE!'

The boy of 14 yrs just missed the last 2 classes to witness a Football Match with his friend which he very well knew that if his Mom came to know about that, she would question him beyond.... The friend too knew that very well.... Further to that incident, the boy was psychologically under certain pressure not to displease his friend for some time….

He was soon into the College and one day he went to the newly released favorite movie without informing at home…. There was certain tension in him when he met one of his neighborhood boys in the Theater who greeted him…. Subsequent to that the then grownup boy started smiling and greeting the neighbor and befriended him in the greater interest that the new friend would not disclose at home his visit to the Theater ….

He was soon an young man of 25 yrs straight away  moved to a good job…. In some time, there were a few tense moments at Work as the Boss commented on him beyond and he in turn confided his displeasure to a Colleague by criticizing the Boss beyond…. Subsequent to that, the young man was under under pressure for a while to be extra soft with the Colleague so that he would not convey those very words to the Boss….

It was a serious interaction with the Customer Rep when the matured man cum Manager of 40s was squarely put under pressure by the Customer to accept a few of his unreasonable demands…. When the Manager just showed a little resistance, the Customer remarked, “I know how you people actually Work and Produce our items for which our Company is paying a high price….Do you want me………….?” Instantly as a Manager, he was under pressure to bowdown as he knew very well the mistake from his side….

Soon he was the Senior Executive of his Division…. There was a tiff with his Big Boss one day for which the Big Man instantly got into a disciplinary action mode on comparatively a smaller issue which he knowingly allowed earlier…. In no time, the Senior Executive was under great pressure to say sorry to the Top Man and thus comeback to the safe level of operation…..

Finally, one day the man touched 60 and retired.... The next day as he was relaxing at Home, the telephone rang up…. “Hi! Dear! How are you doing?.................  Yaar! There is some bad News for few of us who bought the Real Estate Property in……… It seems, a few Papers are not authentic and there is some Litigation coming up…. I wish to say.... We are under Pressure at this moment.... And we should set right one mistake which we knowingly allowed while going for this Property…. Don’t worry, we will personally meet the Big Man whom we questioned a little more earlier and will please him…………… It seems, that’s the only way here….. Let’s come to some attention now…..Tomorrow, I am sending you the required Documents…….”

The Old man finally got exhausted of being under constant pressure to bow down to others throughout his life! 

The 'Sacred Golden Path!'

A man of mid thirties was too ambitious beyond the limits.... Often, he used to discuss with people around and ascertain in his talk that earning a ‘big money’ for the self and family would ultimately be the only way to be happy in life.... Naturally, that much ‘big money’ would come only when one treads a different path of earning not bothering too much for Ethics in life….

“This is equally required in today’s world…. Else life has no meaning at all….You and your people would suffer, progress comes to a halt and there would be shortages everywhere…. Finally one would become a frog in the well and should forcibly satisfy himself / herself that his / her whole world is only that! What’s the use of such a life? I have one life and let me live that the best!” he used to assert all the time and was very much in that thinking….

At that time, one night he had a strange dream with him in which he experienced himself as a bunch of Sugarcane Plantations in a corner of huge Sugarcane Field thus identifying himself with a cluster of Sugarcane Plants....

At midnight, as he was relaxing in field happily tossing to and forward with the gentle breeze blowing over, he could hear a soft talk nearer a midst the Plantations....

“Don’t make any sounds…. It appears the Watchman is on his rounds…. Let’s hide for the present behind this thick Bunch of Crop….”

Soon the Watchman foot steps were heard coming nearer but retreating slowly after a while….

“Aah! He had gone…. He won’t be around here for another 2 hrs…. Let’s start our work….. Hey! Look at this Bunch…. Have you seen this closely? I never saw such a huge Sugarcane Plantations…. We are really lucky…. Let’s just take only this one Bunch with us and that’s enough…. It really sells for a big price in the Market…. We need not go round the field at all….What do you say?”

“You said it right…. This Cluster of Plantation looks too huge…. If we sell this in the Big Market, we straight away get ……… Rupees and that’s sure a fortune for us.….

“Actually, we should ask something more…. See, after all the juice is taken out, the left out Scrap too has a sizable value because of its high Calorific Value…. In this case, this Cluster is too big…. Let’s add that price too….”

“Yes! You reminded me that extra…. Good…. Today is our lucky day (night)…. Let’s now cut this, pack and take with us…. We can do this in just an hr’s time and we will be out from here at 2 AM by which time the Watchman may come back…. I’ll go and quickly get the sickle I left in the other corner…. You wait here!”

The dream was too much for the man…. Shivering out of fear, he suddenly woke up sweating all over and slowly noticed that he was quite safe in his own House and the whole Episode was just a dream!

No need to say….. The next moment, the man was in total ruptures….

"My fate too would be the same like the bunch of fat Sugarcane Crop in the end if I neglect now, become greedy and start earning monies with both hands never caring for Ethics of life which constantly stress upon the honest way of Earning and Giving in Charity apart from using the monies for decent living, growth and development of myself and my family…. Thank God, the dream had truly opened my eyes and made me firm up not get into this wrong mode of living…. If I embrace an Ethical life, ultimately I may have only few riches which are very much required as backup but beside such monies, good people with good heart alone will be around who forever will have respect for me and for my monies and be ever ready to do only the ‘Right’ in that context!”

Here, 'SELF CONTROL' alone is the 'WAY!'

In a big joint family, the ever wise Head of the family used put certain restrictions on the day to day activities of the grown-up Members of the family advising them repeatedly to be in the ‘Right Path'.... The Members were agitated a bit with those restrictions by the Elderly man and one day all of them together asked him the justification in doing all that…. 

The Head said firmly, “My dear! You know that there is fire in this house and you equally know that it is very much useful to us if we use it carefully but causes damage and destruction if we are careless in that…Similar to this, if Truth is missing in our actions filled with too many pleasures of life, that situation soon brings misery and pain to every one around us!”

“But we are grown up and we know what is Right and what is Wrong.... Why are you advising us on what is already known to us? It is really ridiculous!” said a member with a bit of impatience and frustration….

The Elderly smiled and said, “It is not that simple, dear! I’ll explain…. Any action of ours involving 'Pleasure' invariably produces a negative effect in this Universe and this can never be compensated subsequently through any other action from us except bringing out some solace to the affected…. Contrary to this, actions of ours involving  'Welfare' do not carry this negative entity but produce an ultimate balancing effect around for betterment…. And here alone lies the trick of leading a good life!

The Great Men of the world had seen this effect in depth and thus constantly advised us the mortals having our own needs, to restrict the pleasures to a certain extent allowing limited numbers in a streamlined way and simultaneously encouraged us do the welfare activities around as much as possible.... Of course, these Great Men almost freed themselves from the earthly needs except for Traces, allowed them freely 'OUT' for the inevitable good to the world through Proclamations and minimal Actions…. No doubt we the ordinary humans, are far, far away from this Level and thus the Ordained duties with us which invariably bring good for all of us are attached to our living restricting the energy flow in the direction of pleasures.... 

In this context, the young and more energetic but directionless are ever kept under the vigil of the wise learned and experienced who can guide them for their own betterment and for the betterment of the society at large…. And here, if you permit me to say I am exactly doing my part of that duty with all honesty and you..... if you understand truly all this background should allow me to play my this Role effectively!”

To confirm on what the Elderly said, Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Sloka 64 was heard in low tone being recited on the distant loud speakers with the meaning explained by the side....

raga dvesa vimuktais tu visayan indriyais caran
atma vasyairvidheyatma prasadam adhigacchati

'The self controlled man who follows the vedic injunctions while living amidst the objects of senses, freed (to the extent possible) from attachment and aversion, with senses under  a definite restraint will attain the ultimate peace!'

The Silent Noblest Wish....

The son was in Class 7th.... He had an option of speaking on a Subject in his Elocution Period.... He avoided giving his name.... The father came to know about that, straight away met his Class Teacher and included his name....

"I don't like giving a Speech in front of my friends!" pleaded the son....
"You should develop these Skills.... Avoiding is no solution here.... Select one of Topics given, prepare well and speak out!" ordered the dad.... The son murmured in himself....

He was in Class 9th.... He had to give his name for a Voluntary Service.... He avoided that.... The father came to know that, went to the School and straight way gave his name....

"I have to concentrate on my Studies... These come in my way!" said the son....
"Try manage both.... You should involve in such Works once in a way!" clarified the father saying indirectly that there was no go there.... The son was angry but kept quiet....

He was in his 12th Class.... He concentrated, wrote the Local Competitive Exam and was through.... The father made him apply for other Competition Exams too where he was eligible and write those Exams....

"Why all these when I am sure of my Local Exam?" asked the son....
"You should know what Competition is and better you write every one in front of you!" explained the father....
"This way, I am confused!" replied the son.... The dad kept quiet....

He had his selection of Job where in out of the two Local Posting he got, one had less Pay and 6 Month Training outside his City....

"This Company is better than the other even though they pay less initially and have Training away from Headquarters.... Select this one.... it is a good start in your Career!" said the father....
"When the other Company is paying more and their training is only for 3 months that too locally why all this unnecessary work? I want to join the second Company!" asserted the son...
"Do what I say.... There is good in that for you in the long run!" assured the dad....

The son moved out reluctantly for 6 months, had his Training and was posted back to his City... He was the happiest man on the first day of going for his Job.... The dad silently wished him the best.... He returned late in the evening quite tired and was resting in his room.... All the time he was silent.... The dad asked what had happened at his first day of Work....

The son said, "They showed my place, my computer and assigned me some Work... I had to continuously do that all the eight hrs till the last minute the Office closed except for Lunch and Tea Breaks.... That's all, nothing great!" said the son....

"Yes, dear! Relax now! You are at your best... All these days, my constant worry was to put you in this line which was never one day's Work... It's a total build up from scratch from the time you entered your School.... You might have resisted many times, but finally co-operated and joined in every activity I insisted.... Today, you are the Right Personality well prepared to take up in the coming days the turmoils, stress and strain and cut throat Competitions around you in your field of Work and Overall in your life too.... Your day One started today.... But no despair.... Relax, ask me what you want, have the best around you and rejuvenate yourself for a tomorrow's likely more difficult day in your job.... All the Best for you; well done!" said the father with a smile on his face and a pat on his son's back....

The son was speechless.... He was instantly takenover by an emotion when he saw the Eternal Love behind his father's every action that helped him become the fit person in life.... He mused silently....

"I promise you dad, I sure will do my best here, get laurels everywhere, turnout gold and keep up the silent wish of yours in your heart that I should be the best in my life.... And thank you dad, for this Priceless Contribution of yours for all these years towards me enabling me stand as the Right Individual in the Society!"

The 'Unpleasantness' around should never force me dilute my 'Responsibility!'

The Head of a family used to act in a particular way and the family members were questioning those actions repeatedly…..

“Why don’t you do in a way that would benefit us a little more? You follow everything to the root and it ultimately takes away even the little benefit we will be getting in the process….To say openly, you are not really helping us in this context!” were their comments.....

“I am not supposed to act in the way you are asking to me do…. If I do that way, finally there will be damage for certain section of individuals….That will take me as well as you no where beyond except temporarily keeping all of us mesmerized for a while…That’s all!" replied the Head....

“But, just because some where, some thing gets affected, why do you straight away deprive us of what we are rightly eligible to get from you?” asked a member a little annoyed….

The Head patted him, smiled and said, “My dear! You are right and I should never deprive you of what all you are supposed to get from me but only in a 'Right Way'…I am stressing the word…'The Right Way!’ This is a tricky word because each individual understands the meaning of the 'Right' in a different way…. But there is an Ascending order in this Understanding and the man of Higher Understanding is supposed to act with that Understanding alone which may look contradictory to the next man…. So, the next man thus may misunderstand him / her, but it is only temporary as ultimately there is good in such doings for every one…. Extending this Philosophy to the greatest point, the Great men of the Highest Understanding even left the family responsibilities in front to Meditate and thus do ‘good’ to the entire Universe and the world carries the Reverend Respects for Them even today….

While concluding the Head said with all firmness, “My dear all!   The Creator is ever watching me doing the required actions from me at a level of my own Understanding of the Truth.... I cannot deviate here and ultimately end up in doing a thankless job in the world and putting up a sorry face in front of the Almighty as I leave the world!”

'Gone with the Wind'.... At One Stroke!

It was 1st Oct of the year..

On that day, the young man who was posted on Office Work to the far distant land away from his Native Place for a period of one year landed at the new place.. The next moment he noticed that he was well separated from his dear Home Town through thousands of miles across huge expansive oceans as the typical Homesickness Feeling overtook him.. Yes.. A dreaded feeling, if one truly experiences and that way in no time,  the young man was terribly homesick!  

He found nothing common at the new place to his usual day to day experiences of life.. 

• The food was different, the taste was different, the items in the market were different, the language was different, people's habits were different, the heat, cold, dust, rain and the weather in general were different.. 

With the distance and cost of travel remaining high and at the back of the continuous work without any hope of getting leave from work, soon it was totally a gloomy situation for him except for the brief periods when a few friends of him were with him.. For a while, he was counseled by his friends and appeared to have recovered to some extent from it.. But something was still bothering him all the time.. Something seriously missing.. 

THE TOO MUCH LOVED FAMILIARITY!

Towards the Mid October, once the young man happened to visit a nearby Book Store just to spend some time.. There again he noticed that the books too were different except a few countable in number.. The subjects too were different and were never to his taste..

Moving thus as he went to a corner searching a lot for his choice, suddenly his attention was drawn towards something hanging on the wall there.. 

Yes! Finally he could see something exactly 1:1 what he had repeatedly seen, gone through, studied, argued on and was a Master of that for so many years.. 

THE UNIQUE PIECE OF WALL PAPER.. 

THE WORLD MAP!

That single Map suddenly brought a Great Feeling in the young man that he was never away from his Home.. The very Feeling was indeed a Big Boon to him and all of a sudden he found that he was totally freed from his vexed problem persisting till then.. With that Great Recovery feeling, he instantly started seeing a few other common things which he failed to notice till then..

• 'Yes!  Here, the People too are basically one and the same with the same type of physiques, the same feelings of pleasure and pain and the same expressions and requirements with them..
• The Nature around is the same with the clouds, waters, air, hills, vegetation around with so many common entities that can never be off from the scene..
• The weather might have been seen as different, but the words heat, cold, rain, lightening, thunders, wind convey the same known meaning only..

Then THAT VERY MUCH LOVED FAMILIARITY is intact in the New Place if seen in the Right perspective.. Then where is the crippling terrible Home sickness now?'  

That night the young man had a lengthy heart felt conversations with his friends on site and telephonic calls with his near and dear ones at distance and as he was returning to bed for a restful sleep which was a dream till the other day, he noticed himself unknowingly whistling aloud..

The piece of World Map purchased and brought home by the young man with all Reverence and Respect and positioned in his bed room hanging to the wall was silently conveying the Eternal Message of the ever existing 'ONENESS' amidst the countless dividing tendencies with the human beings!

The 'Funny Part' of a 'Sophistication' highly acclaimed!

A Service Provider advertised thus…. “Apart from our Sophisticated Systems delivering to you every bit of fineness, we are equally looking at how to address in a dedicated way all the breakdowns and rectification problems that would be coming up with time so that along with the Sophistication, our Customers are very much attended to for timely rectifications of the defects and they are not kept waiting unnecessarily or kept in darkness not knowing when the fault would be rectified….

In this context, we are coming out with an Innovative Plan where in a dedicated Complaint receiving, progressing the rectification work keeping very much the time element in picture and closing the complaint request after the rectification in a systematic way form the key Elements of the Plan!”

The Customers were happy with what all was promised…. Further, to their surprise, they quickly noticed that not only the promise, the practice too was instantly ‘ON’ without a bit deviation from what was promised…. ‘Yes! The Best System with us!’, they thought….

That day, when a Customer had a breakdown in his System, he immediately took his phone and by dialing an easily remembered number, a single ring guided him in no time, thru’ the whole process of booking the Complaint with a polite ‘Thank You’ in the end…. As the man very much waited for a faster rectification, to his own surprise in an hr’s time, the System was back to normal…. The man was truly thrilled….

Two days passed…. On the third day again there was a break down and he quickly registered his Complaint….

In an hr’s time, a Message was there on his Phone and in his Mail box…. ”Your complaint is registered…. The Reference No is (very long number)…….. The Status is …’Work is in Progress!’”

He was very happy and for a while, whenever he rang up to know what had happened, The Message repeated…. And the problem too continued….

The same day evening, another Message was received on his Phone and in his Mail box…. “Your Complaint has been assigned to Mr……. and our Service Man will do the needful…. Please relax!”

The problem continued the next day too and the Message repeated whenever he rang up to know the status….

On the third day, a new Message was there with him…. ‘The Service Man had noted the defect in the System which can be rectified from our end itself…. Please relax and your System will soon be alright….”

The same day evening, the new Message received was…. “The defect against your Complaint No……… is rectified and the Complaint is closed…. Your System works without a problem now!”

He was about take the matter to the concerned Official when a new Message was received on his Phone and in his Mail box….”Your Complaint is registered…. The Reference No is ….. ….The Status is…. Work is in Progress!”

(If you read carefully, the funny part of the whole process can be seen in no time as the entire ‘Messaging Process’ was lagging behind by three days, without reference to when the ‘Rectification’ was done and in that urgency, the long ‘Reference Numbers’ could truly be not referred…. And the second Rectification here needed more time!)

'Work Priorities' in no time set right all that 'Simmering Unrest!'!

A casual talk among five Colleagues at a Party that Sunday Evening….

“That place is very much quake prone…. How much tension it is if you know that the earth below can shake at any time? I don’t like such places at all!”

“If you ask me more than quakes, cyclones scare me a lot…. I can’t think of living in such places, we don’t know when the sea can rise and come on to the land followed by high speed winds…. "

“Actually, flooding is the one that haunts me a lot…. I know in some areas, even little rain is enough…. Sheets of water on roads and into the houses…. "

“Actually, extreme hot places are a real problem…. Some places are so hot, dry and dusty in summer, you cannot come out almost for the whole day…. ”

“You mentioned…. More than heat, cold scares me a lot…. When it snows in hilly areas, suddenly so much snow fall completely cutting off all vehicular movements till help reaches or snow melts....”

The next day morning the Brief given by the Boss to the five in his Chamber….

“Gentlemen! A good News for all of us…. Our Company had unveiled its ambitious Plan to expand its Business in five new areas on the Globe where we can establish, tap the potential, create demand and thus build a strong Customer Base in the coming days…. Necessary Permissions to do our Business in these areas have been obtained from the concerned Authorities…. 

Our Chief wants you five Seniors to be assigned with the Preliminary task of spreading our Company’s message among the locals there…. In this context, you have to temporarily relocate yourself to these areas…. It goes a minimum of two years to establish and tap the potential fully.... We will add some more members to the Team in the coming days…. 

You can choose yourselves among these Places but these five places have one or the other extreme weather conditions…. But don’t worry, people are living there for Centuries enjoying the exclusive Benefits which Mother Nature bestows on them liberally which we miss very much…. It's time we too be in communication with Nature by living in these Places for sometime  and this is a Golden Chance in that context....

Please take charge of the things immediately and plan yourself to move to the new Places in a fortnight!”

'Effects' of Taking Life 'Easy'....

###  A man cleaned his house in full and disposed off a huge amount of waste, excess, not useful and a few dangerous items into the Central Community Dustbin, wiped the house with good Cleansing Agent and dried up the floors…. Soon the house was shining with extreme neatness and order with a beautiful Odor of freshness….

In the afternoon after Lunch, he decided to lie down and take rest for a while…. “Let me open the windows so that fresh air comes in!” thinking thus he opened the windows and rested on his bed….

After some time, he started sensing a strange smell in the room which slowly intensified…. Soon, it was a bit unpleasant….

As he was thinking of the reason for the same, he instantly heard some one saying a bit louder outside…. “Aahh! My foot…. It’s bleeding! Damn the man who threw it out and washed off his hands! I don’t know when this waste rotting in this dust bin will be cleared…. It’s there for the past 3 days and is overflowing….. Morning wind had just blown off part of this along with these small, small items on to road and this one straight away got under my foot….”

###  A man had a small (never say small) bad habit of pilfering a few items from the Shop where he worked day and night….

And in time, he became conscious of his own doing….

“If I continuously do this in this way, soon my Owner would come to know about this in some fashion because he too is keeping a watch on me…. So better I switch over to another innovative method of syphoning off these items!”

Thinking thus, he quickly adapted a new method of pilfering for some more time…. Again there was no go and he had to change his method….

Thus the man continued with a few different methods of pilfering over a period of time but finally the Owner too became quite smart and on one fine day straight away caught him red handed…. Finally, the man’s tricks ended forever and he was handed over to the Authorities for necessary action….

He was murmuring in himself aloud, “If only had I thought of an extreme meticulous fool proof plan of lifting the items from the beginning, I would have never ended up like this for a life time!”

A wise man around hearing this, remarked, “If only, had you thought of being honest on your Job from the beginning, you would have sure never ended up like this for a life time!”

                

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2014!

What else can one call that other than 'True Innocence'..... 

When whatever Name given is gracefully taken,  whatever food given is simply eaten saying, 'Yummy!', which ever language spoken in front is taken as own and whatever habits taught are simply followed without expressing a single doubt on all that....

When the difference between 'Good' and 'Bad' could never be perceived, simply smiles even at the thief who comes to rob own living house….

When the costliest toy was given, not inspired by that contrary to the expectations of others quickly looks around and soon notices the opened Carton Box of the toy lying to a side, instantly fascinated by the size and color of it, happily picks it up and starts waving the same to and fro in air out of an explained joy….

When moved from one Area to an entirely different Area due to family relocation, instantly adapts to the new surroundings and becomes totally happy in seconds….

Whatever said and done by the Parent is simply taken as the True Reference of Living and further to that forms the entire Personality based on that alone without raising a single question / doubt in that direction….

It's never a 'ONETIME' decision!

The man in his late thirties….

“Of late, the life had become average for me….. In the beginning, I thought that my Degree is the best, my Job is the highest paid and I can do many things with those Earnings…. But with time, I noticed a gradual change….. My Job payments have averaged out, the Responsibilities had increased, the Career Growth was not that fast as expected and equally the Inflation Levels touched high with no Proportionate Compensation in Wages…. And thus my Living Level gradually had comedown and settled at an average…. With this back ground, the City life had become costly and making a Home here had really become a dream…. I am thinking of one thing….

I’ll go back to my Native town after my retirement and live my retired life happily in our huge ancestral home…. With the limited incomes, I can easily manage my living in hometown as the Living Costs are quite less there…. Let the children stay in their own areas….Any how, they will have their own choices….

Yes! This is final and is going to be my life time decision; that’s all!”

And that man in his early fifties….

“All of a sudden, I am getting a good price for my ancestral home…. It’s better sell off such a Property and buy whatever accommodation comes in the City for that money…. You see….Over years, I am accustomed to the Customs and Cultures of this environment…. My friends, if I really look at, all are here only…. My children too who are now in their twenties have totally grown up in this environment and never want to go back to our Home town…. They say that this is only their Hometown having lived all these years in this place…. And I too agree with that…. I am thinking of one thing….

I’ll quickly make some deal and buy a medium sized house here with the money I get in disposing off my ancestral Home…. If I go out of the City, cheaper Properties sure will be available…..

Yes! This is final and is going to be my life time decision; that’s all!”

And the same man in his late sixties….

“We are aged now and we cannot live alone unless some one is with us…. The children are at far off places and in case of emergency, it is really difficult to reach them out…. They are often asking us to be with them or nearer to them by ourselves still living independently…. I am thinking of one thing….

I’ll sell off this my house in the City for a good price, keep some extra finances for my retired life and with the remaining money take a small Flat nearer to children’s area…. I think, I’ll be able to do that easily…. Thus we all will be independent but equally would be nearer to each other….

Yes! This is final and is going to be my life time decision; that’s all!”

WORK.. WHAT AM I WITHOUT THAT?

The friend was at the doorstep in the early morning hrs..

“Are you ready with your bags and bicycle? Min 5 bags are required!”

"I'm ready.. What's the evening program?”

“No great program.. Salary is coming in the lorry.. After taking that in each of our 5 bags, we'll straight head to our food store. Many essentials may be missing. Whatever, let’s take only those items with long shelf life!”

“What about the rest of the money?”

"They are just bundles of cash only and nothing great we get out of that. Now since banks are shut, the balance we'll keep in our homes!”

“I feel very bad for the situation. When will it improve?”

“God only knows. At least are not starving!"

In the evening while returning, we entered the restaurant and ordered our favorite chai and biscuit..

“See, the numbers on display? Too big figures changing very fast!”

“Yeah! The price will change quite a bit from the time we order our chai to the time we finish it. The latest price displayed had to be payed by us when the bill is prepared. OK! Let's finish our chai faster. The numbers are jumping a bit fast today and already crossed the limit expected!”

We soon paid a big bill for 2 cups of chai and 2 biscuits, came out and headed homewards with bags of cash on our bicycles..

“You know what happened to the 2 people at the end of our street.. One who used to save every pie in the bank and the other who used to drink and throw bottles in the backyard? Today, the 1st man lost all his cash and the 2nd one got big worth for selling his junk bottles. Can't imagine such things happening!”

The dreaded dream was too much and I suddenly woke up sweating profusely with my heart beating very fast.The time was 6 AM with morning twilight seen in the horizon thru’ the window followed by twittering noises of early morning birds..

I took some time to come to senses and feel my surroundings. As I slowly turned on bed, I saw the book next to me and instantly recollected reading about

Hyperinflation of the times before World War II

And falling asleep without my knowledge!

Yes.. Let it be 'n' no of

• Lockdowns,
• Curfews,
• Strict restrictions on movements,
• Bad weather conditions,
• Mild ill healths,
• Continued family issues,
• Temporary dislocations,
• Non availability of certain services and
• The more related constraints

THAT ONE SACRED ENTITY

Called

DEDICATED WORK OF MINE

Should go on

NON-STOP!

Sure.. A dream to remember for life!

‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend,

an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’

(The incidents quoted are the stories heard and read the credit of which goes to the original Authors 100%)

Keyword: WORK

The 'Final' is never 'ME!'

“I don’t understand why these young people are so careless…. The Saying forever goes, ‘Man proposes; God disposes!'  Is it not right that they be cautious all along? There are constant problems in respect of Work, Finance, Health and Safety and if by bad luck any one materializes and takes a concrete shape, we are simply gone at one stroke…. Even the problems in respect of these at simmering levels too are a constant pain by our side….

Why not these young people straight away take proper care and see that all of these are properly guarded at every moment? No doubt, they have no knowledge at some places, but they can consult people like us who are matured and balanced, take our advice and thus act accordingly…. Instead, they forever are on their own risking everywhere and it is funny to see them equally happy in that very process itself!”

“My Dear! No doubt you speak from your side and tell the plus of listening to us…. But, if you apply the same Saying, 'Man proposes; God disposes!' once to our own suggestions and advices backed by such a maturity of age too, what do you see? The same uncertainty; is it not?  Can we guarantee the young that everything would be alright just because they would listen to us? We ourselves are not sure here, if we look into depth!

That’s the exact reason..... Everything is wrong here when some one stresses the importance of a particular Issue / Method / Plan beyond a limit….

Yes, I understand that the ways of actions of the young have more danger as perceived compared to following those based on our suggestions…. So the Right Way here is to advice in a softer tone to a level and leave that beyond as the youngsters too are grown up and have their own maturity to understand something about the Right and the Wrong unless we sense that they are sure looking at us for some guidance…. Here, in their own approach many times, these people learn to balance themselves thru’ certain learning which soon becomes their own and which is truly going to be an asset of theirs for a life time….

Having truly understood the limitations in all these approaches and after doing my job sincerely in a convincing way, let me leave the rest to the Almighty’s Greater Plans alone where in every one is surely and continuously learning very much beyond his / her own Present Understanding!”

A 'Perfection' to the 'End!'

The Father of three Children was a man of Perfection everywhere…..

“Being Perfect in life saves us from may handicaps and troubles…. It’s truly the Right Way of living…. Negligence on our part is the main cause of all the losses happening around us…. If we take care to the root, Perfection in no time would be in front of us in all fields and that is the ultimate Saviour everywhere! And here, with the responsibility of three growing up Children, I can’t relax even a bit!” he used to say often….

A few were amused with his talk but could not comment much on the issue as he never talked of indiscipline in life…. They just used to advise him softly to go ahead in life with certain Ease, Flexibility, Adjustability and Adaptability too rather than forever talk of Discipline and Perfection alone…. But the man was equally adamant to change himself…..

Daily, the Dad used to take his children to the Playground where the Kids would spend their Evenings playing making use of certain costly Sports Goods of their own…. Many times the Play Items were lying haphazard in the Playground with the result a few Items were lost quickly, could not be traced in the thick sands around or the Children forgot to pick them up…. The father of Perfection could not see such a mess anymore…. And he in no time thought of an Innovative Plan of bringing the Perfection around…. He quickly got 3 small light Wooden Square Boxes made to a Perfect Unique Size and one big Rectangular Box to fit them exactly…. A Perfect Fit…. He made a lengthy survey, purchased 3 sets of Play Items in 3 distinct colors and got the 3 Boxes too colored with the same colors…. A Perfect Matching…. Each Child’s Play Items were put in the separate Box so that the Children could take out their Items and put back in the same box with a Perfect Discipline…. The Big Box used to be moved to the Play Ground on all the days of Play in their SUV in a Perfect Fashion….

“It’s Perfect Way here…. The Items are never scattered around, each of my Boys can easily identify his Items and can take better care of them…. This way, no Item will be lost at any time!” the Dad used to boast himself….

No doubt the Children too soon got accustomed to the Perfect System around each of their Boxes exactly fitting into the Smart Main Box with own distinct colors and similar colored Play Items…. Everything in Order and Control…. It was a constant amusement to the Dad that why people would not make themselves Perfect in life so that nothing would be lost at any time and everything would be available at a hand stretch…..

Until on a fine day, the Very Perfection helped a Smart Trickster too to pick the entire Big Box of well arranged Fascinating Play Items, of course not of much Value at one stroke when the attention of the Dad was a little less!

An Ounce of Practice........

“I tell you dear! you should never discuss, argue on nor interfere with the other man’s personal issues…. See! It’s basically every one’s freedom here…. None need to oblige the other…. How can we question on that? In fact you should ever Respect the other man whatever he may say…. That’s ever the Noble Way….Then you may ask, what is that I have to do in situations like this? Just gently advice and leave the matters there…. That’s all…. Never pull on endlessly which soon explodes into an ugly situation whether you like it or not….”

“Sir! Basically, I was doing that only…. But you see, that man never comes down however patient you are…. But how much is that right, when one almost takes you to the point stressing that you are wrong or useless?…. Naturally I could no more control myself and….”

“Yes! I am telling again…. Here alone you should act exact…. Simply be calm…. It’s enough and a great job is already done…. I tell you, it’s an art by itself… Not so difficult…. Try it…. You will be a Master of yourself soon….”

“You may say…. I tried a lot but it never worked…. As I was soft going, the man was rising beyond…. Then naturally it’s human instinct, you know?  How long one can keep quite?  I simply gave back….”

“Yaar! That’s where we always make a mistake…. It looks as if I became Hero over night but I can say with all assertion that we are the weakest at that point of time…. Here alone, you should be careful and….”

“Sir! It’s easy to say but in practice…..”

“I am telling you again and again…. You have to relax here….”

“But, I tell you none can keep quite in such situations…. In fact it is below disgrace to bend down…..”

“What? Disgrace? Do you know the meaning of disgrace?  OK! How can you know? At the back of your……”

“Sir! Please don’t talk of my past…. I don't like it…. ”

“Whether you like it or not, the fact is a fact…. None can change it….”

“I told you already…. I can’t keep quite…. This is…..”

“Enough! It’s not worth talking to you…. Now only, I understood that you are such a Headstrong and….........”

"————-"

"You don’t know how to respect others…. As an elderly man, I am telling you with so much patience and you never leave your point…. I don’t want to see your face any more…. It's such a pain talking to you!"

A dad's Heart....

It was truly a Touchy Emotional Scene…. The daughter for the first time was traveling to distant lands to join her family…. And the dad packed three big bags for her apart from the usual smaller ones….

“Why three big bags?  They allow only 2 for me on my Flight....”
“On extra payment they allow the third…. I’ll pay for that!”
“It’s too much…. I can’t take all of them out myself at the Arrival Point....”
“Please hire the ‘Help’ at the Airport…. Take from me extra money for that!”
“The Taxis there are not big…. They can’t take 3 big bags along with the other smaller ones!”
“Hire a bigger Vehicle…. Take all that extra money from me!”
“Why are you spending unnecessarily so much money on all this stuff of not much value?”
“But these are the items you love to have with you as I know…. You alone bought them all and stored safely all these days…. I can’t give a lesser importance to all these under the name of saving monies!”

The daughter could not reply to her dad for a while…. Her emotions were beyond her control….

The dad continued, “Don’t worry…. All are taken care now…. Tell me if I have forgotten anything else to pack…. I’ll add one more bag and pay for all!”

The daughter looked at him spellbound….

“Yes! Dear!” the dad continued with a smile…. “I am just taking advance care of myself in all these….”

“What are you talking? I am not getting it!” she asked her dad with a big question mark on her face.…

“On a certain day in the coming days, I, under the influence of either forgetfulness or any other emotion may do some 'Less' for you…. Since such an action if done even once would produce a never ending pain in the heart of a father, I am doing much more in advance now so that at any time in future, the very thought that I gave you the max once upon a time will surely console me in such instances even though they are almost rare!”

Professional Growth....

Professional Growth forever is a twofold activity….

• Always Think Big or Think High or Think the Impossible…. 
• Every where there is a Solution for the Problem on hand; always try to look for it…. 

One of the famous Stories I heard in my childhood says….

A King was a sadist.... He, all of a sudden, asked an Expert in his Court to build a horse which would fly! 

The Expert was helpless…. He was sad…. His son, who was a smart fellow, told the father that he would answer the King.... 

When taken to the King, the son answered in affirmative that he would make a horse which would fly…. But asked the King to give two years time, as the Project was Special…The King agreed happily….

To a question from the father that how he would build such a horse, the son quipped, “In two years time, we don’t know.... We may not be here, the King may not be here, he may change, he may forget, he may give an extension for another year, he may ignore all together….. or I may make a horse which flies…. For the present I have given you the best solution for the burning problem in front!”

We understand from this Story that one should always have a Positive Attitude of experiencing something totally new and life would not be the same all along as being seen presently …. 

The second famous Story which I read was….

A Princess had a condition to marry.... Anyone could put her two questions.... If she could not answer, she would marry the man.... 

Many asked her very very tough questions which she answered in no time.... The talk of the town was that no one could put her a question, which she would not be able not answer!

Finally, one wise Prince asked her the very first question, “Which question can you not answer?” That is all! He could marry her.... 

What we understand from this Story is that a few times, seemingly impossible can become sure possible the next moment! 

Of course, there are instances where aiming the highest and attempting the impossible may look foolish and it is partly true too…. But if we look the other side, we instantly perceive that 

• Our life is nothing but a series of ‘IF's and ‘BUT's, 
• One may Plan meticulously but what results, one can never anticipate and 
• At Work, the Employer always expects maximum growth in his/her Business Venture! 

And in such a Scenario, may be aiming the Highest as per the Eligibility and go on modifying the same to suit the Present with a constant Positive Outlook is fairly the Wisdom to achieve the best Growth in One's Profession.... The lesser forever never! 

The 'Business' Syndrome...

### “Hi! My boy likes ice cream and you don’t serve it here. Can I buy it for him from the next Shop and get it here so that we can have our lunch as the child eats the Ice Cream?” 

“No Sir! We don’t allow the outside food in our Restaurant except the child’s own food. For your kind info, we serve special food exclusively for children!”

“But.. The Little Boy likes his Ice Cream a lot!”

“I’m sorry about that!”

“OK! Please take our Order!” 

Meanwhile, the Little One was too active. He took the glass of water kept on the Table, instantly 

poured the whole water on ground, 

brought down down the artificial Plant kept neatly at the centre of table, 

threw the salt from the salt bottle on the table all round and was 

ready to reach the pepper bottle next to it at the back of a great zeal of exploration as few nearby Customers started moving a bit carefully..

The Manager instantly came running to the Dad and said, “Sir! Kindly get the Ice Cream for your Boy.  We, from this moment are relaxing our Rules for small children!”

### The elderly man entered the Restaurant and said, “At my age with my own health problems, I can’t eat anything spicy, salty, oily and sweet…. Can you just give me 2 slices of plain bread simply toasted with nothing on it along with a cup of tea?”

The Manager came to him and politely answered, “Sir! We can’t just give like that…. We add a little of our own…..….. to it, toast it and serve it you…. That would be quite tasty!”

“No please…. I don’t want anything on it…. Just give me the plain…..”

“Sir! Again I am telling…. We can’t give like that and you will never like it…. Please allow us to add a bit of our specially prepared……… to it and serve you as the best!”

“Dear! I am telling you I like it plain…. I will straight away pay a price that is there on your Menu for a Toast…. And I promise further…. I’ll never say a word on what you served to me here today!”

“OK! Sir! Your wish…. We don’t want to displease our Customer on this side too…. We’ll get it for you!”

Soon 2 pieces of bread were served to him hot along with Tea and tasting the bread item, the man immediately said, “Hi! It tastes  different!”

The Manager smiled and said, “Sir! I told you that you can’t eat it…. The bread is just 3 days old!” 

### The man entered a Restaurant and ordered a large number of items…. He then took out a small piece of food from the next Eatery which he had purchased from there earlier and started eating it….

The Manager came running to him and said, “Sir! We will not allow outside food here!”

The man got into an argument and said, “Dear! Your Restaurant is almost Empty…. As such, I am not disturbing any one here and I am not going to make your area messy with this food… Further, I placed a huge Order too on you…. Thus truly speaking, here I am never against your Business…. What’s your problem then?”

The Manger said, “Sir! This is our Policy!”

The man remarked, “That’s why your Restaurant is Empty this moment…. Please be a little realistic to practicality of life!”

The Manager murmured, “Whatever said and done, at any time we don’t want the Rival in our Business to progress at our cost!”

The 'LESS' here is forever.... a 'PAIN!'

The gentleman took the Voluntary Retirement 5 years in advance of close of his Service when he was a having a serious tiff with the Boss and as a blessing in disguise his Company announced the VR Scheme with good financial benefits.... He quickly applied for the same and soon was OUT.... "With a good amount of lump sum cash with me and lot of time in front, I can at least relax now and do what I missed all these years in my life...." he thought thus....

But in no time, he noticed that spending time was too difficult with nothing to do in front.... And equally he found himself doing some odd jobs of others without anything termed as 'his own' as there was plenty of time with him which otherwise people around would have found their own ways of managing those issues.... He was unhappy for a while but did not lose heart and firmed up, "I'll find an alternative job for me and if I search, it will not be difficult to get one at the back of my vast experience but I need one where I can take it a bit cool and do something my own!"  And that became very much true as coincidence to his decision, the next day there was a call on his mobile phone..... 

“Hello Sir! We heard that you took VR from your Company.......... We have an Honorarium Post for you in our Group......... Our Work needs your experience as back up.... We have to complete........... Can you help us here?” 

"Perfect!  I am coming there from the next Week!" the man said with a feeling of a great satisfaction on his face.... 

But, in two days of joining the new Job he found that the task to be delivered was too demanding and he was easily questioned for peanuts in the name of Honorarium…. No need to say.... In a few more days he was out from that job…. But strangely the phone rang again…. 

“Sir! I heard that you took Voluntary Retirement............. There is a small Offer for you.... It is an Advisory Job where in you will be........... It may not be a hectic activity but quite relaxing for your age and............"

The gentleman felt in himself, "Yes!  The Right One I am looking out for at this point of time!" and soon got into that Work with all Pride as he would be able to offer a good guidance and steer the Careers of a few Beginners…. But to his surprise the interests faded again, misunderstandings cropped up when he, out of his vast experience could never see a wrong taking in front of him and to question that he found no Administrative Powers with him.... No need to say that after a short time he was back at home again….

“Hello Mr.........., How are you? I heard that you took VRS and tried a few other Jobs of……… Actually, we have the right Job for you…. And it is the right challenge for you at this point of time! You,  yourself will agree to this after you join us…. Equally good are our Perks if not the basic Salary.... When do you like to join us?” 

The man was doubtful of his own liking of such jobs at that point of time but some how agreed and  had taken up the job.… No doubt, the Job was hectic, interesting and demanding but the Payments were not at all matching as many Perks were just on Paper and nothing came to his hand…. The man felt below dignity to Work for such a less Payment compared to his original Salary.... Thus he was out again the third time….

The telephone rang up this time.….

“Hi! Is it………? Yeah! I am.…….. I heard that you had taken VRS.... Good, you came out from there…. That atmosphere is never for people like us…..We cannot sell ourselves like slaves…. OK…. The reason why I rang up to you is…......We are looking out for a very Competent Manager here…. There is a challenging Task from one of our Prestigious Customers…...... I know, you are the One that can rightly help us out at this crucial time…. And about our Jobs and Payments…...... My Company means…..... That’s all…. Nothing would be less here and nothing has a laxity…. Only you should step in and you yourself will soon see that…..... When do you like to join us?”

The man went there from the next day and never looked back till he retired from that Unique Offer!

The Perfect Plan!

The Little One of 3 yrs was too naughty…. He had his own ways of exploring, his own demanding Nature and his own inhibitions to keep off….. And whenever he was forced to stop his such Expression, he used to raise a cry unending till his goal was necessarily met…..

In number one attitude there were a few times some dangers, in number two there was a behavior of annoyance for outsiders and in number three the kid was not able to adapt to the usual good for him and move off from the so called 'not good'….

The elders thought of gently correcting him by various means but nothing worked…. And whenever they forced him, it used to be a big drama and a long cooling off subsequently…..

The Mother observed all this for a while but soon firmed up on the timely correction required in the Little One which she allowed up to that point of time out of her own intuition which was once again for the good of the child as none could dispute on that…. That’s how the Mothers work around us….She thought of a simple final plan…. She created the imaginary Figure of the ‘Security Uncle’ around being a constant Watcher on the child's activities…. That Uncle will accept all good but where the child was not listening to the Mom, he would come up into ‘Picture!’

So at Home the action was some one pressing the Calling Bell in intervals when the child does not heed to the good advices and when outside, a member going away to physically bring the Uncle….

And it was the Perfect Fit of the Sensitive Moment and made its own Wonders….

Soon, the child whenever showed his resistance and started on his own beyond, in no time the Unknown Uncle used to be in Action…. Appearing discretely nearer and around and monitoring the child’s activities…. No doubt to say, the Little One in no time was a boy happily doing the required for his own good….

Days passed into months and then into years….

Soon the child had grown into an young boy and in a few years later into the young adult….

Yes! He would have understood at one stage during that period that the Uncle was nothing but a fictions Character going around….

But that never disturbed him, he smiled in himself on the Trick used by his Mom, had a full Respect for the Trick and all Reverence for the Mom who used it, retained the same with him safely and used it whenever he had to deal with children who refused to listen to the good beyond and wanted their own say unlimited….

A Great Gift given to him by his Mom for his own Welfare without an iota of fear instilled at that tender age to bring out a fully Grown Personality in him who could subsequently Express himself as a Man of Action in his life amidst many Crises and a Gentle and Caring Personality around for those who badly needed the required Attention in their sensitive Moments of life….

What else one needs at such a tender age to Grow and Out Grow as a Perfect Personality of Right Expressions in later part of their life?

Hats off to all the Moms in this World who are really doing such Great Service in Upholding and Maintaining a Great Social Order around us and in our Neighborhood!

‘Small’ is the Keyword here; ‘Large’ is not Reachable easily!

Once upon a time, two Mighty Groups were promising a large section of people what they could do for their betterment…. “If you keep faith in us and follow us, we will provide you with….....” People had kept faith in one Group and followed them for sometime…. Not much had happened and the usual more or less continued....

The other Group at this point of time contested saying, “You believed that Group and they failed because of these....1...2...3... mistakes…... Believe us and we will do….......” And, so naturally people believed the other Group and shifted their faith there…. The other Group too did not do much....

The first Group said, “See! They also failed…. It is not that easy…. We might have failed in some issues but we were doing a concrete job…........” No doubt, people shifted their faith…. But again nothing great happened, the story repeated and the second Group once again was followed for a while….

People were totally vexed with all those promises and were squarely at Cross Roads to arrive at the Right Course of Action….

Suddenly the two Groups together started talking in a different Way and each had said, “We both decided to do only ‘All Good’ from now onwards and never allow a little bad too to creep in which earlier had happened…. So there is no problem now and all is going to be well soon.... The only difference here is that our Group's specific Plan in this context exclusively caters for............” and elaborated their Own Plans....

People decided to forget the History, temporarily keep faith in one of the Groups through their own best known evaluation and get back to work for their betterment as much as possible by themselves individually and though smaller Groups of their own with a faith in the immediate Doers around and with a close Personal Follow-ups....

And ultimately, that alone worked 'THE BEST' in the given situation!

'Emptiness' in Life is forever a 'Monster' by our side!

It was the D-Day.... The gentleman Retired that Evening from the very long Service he had been into for years..... Back home in the Official Car, he was absolutely silent.... 'All family responsibilities are well discharged, children are well settled in their life, finances are never an issue and God given health is much better..... What to do with such a Set Life in front from tomorrow Morning with nothing to do?' was the question very much in his mind....  Many Offers, Suggestions and Advices were there but none could really substitute for the Original Work Life of Status, Power and Involvement that was there till that day.... All had straight away vanished at one stroke....

"Sir!  Our Company likes to Offer you an Advisory Job with your last drawn Salary for the next 2 yrs.... Our Letter of Offer is ready.... We Welcome you to Our Organization!"

“The right time for you to seriously start pursuing a Hobby of yours for which you might not have found time so far in your life!” 

“This is the time you should visit some of your distant Friends and Relatives whom you could never meet earlier due to your busy Schedules and missed all such interactions.... It keeps you really busy and happy in life!” 

“Why don’t you develop the habit of Reading and spending time in that line?  That way, you will soon find the best books around you.... It's worth doing that job compared to any other activity as here you will never come in the way of others.... Else misunderstandings will be plenty...."

“You can do a Social Service in the neighborhood or through an Institution.... That way, I am sure some Honorarium Jobs will be found around you....” 

“I tell you, God Oriented Activities and visiting the Worshiping Places are the best engagements for you at this point of time as these are the Ultimate in Life!”

The Offers, Suggestions and Advices were consolatory as none could help more than that at that point of time.... No doubt, a few sure engagements were possible with the Job of Advisory Activities at the back.... But a feeling of  'TOTALLY LOST' simply engulfed him instantly.... It means, a Chapter closed once for all for the lifetime.... The man instantly felt 5 years extra aged.....

Suddenly, the phone rang up…. It was the Distant Long Call....
"Dad!  I wanted to surprise you with this News.... I know you are retiring today and and the immediate ideal engagement for you, the right support for the little boy and mental peace for me while I am at my Work would be.......... The Right Role for you from now onwards.... Please prepare yourself.... I am sending the required Papers for you to apply for......." was the sweet voice of the daughter on Phone.... 

"Yes! The Right Activity for me right at this moment.... Subsequent to this or along with this, I try to take up an Advisory Job in my Profession and thus pass on my Learnings in my Job to the youngsters around me.... Beyond this, let me see what else interests me and ultimately I have to close all these activities thru' a God Oriented Attitude which alone safely Sails me out from this life...." was the immediate decision in his mind.... And the sober atmosphere that existed till that moment instantly became Lively and Vibrant at the back of a totally 'New Zeal' to move ahead!

Have I done my 'HOME WORK' here?

At each Moment of my life, I have to constantly streamline three of the Entities with me Viz., Time, Money and Energy in the required direction very much advocated by the Learned Men of the Society.... And that direction always is either the one well Feasible for me and the one where I already Committed....

Instead, I may be constantly diverting these Entities in some other directions out of my own craze for short lived pleasures and comforts thus causing a true shortfall of these in the required direction....

When I thus start spending my Time, Money and Energy more in places not entitled for the Receipt, the Returns as per Nature will never truly be for me and soon I feel either exhausted and end up with a feeling that I was forced in that direction.... And it is definitely a Pain in that direction.... Where the supply of these three from me fall short, there again the Service and Support are straight away lost and the entitled people in that context too suffer one way or the other which is again my Pain in another direction....

This phenomenon, on the face of it may look Complex but truly becomes simple in Understanding, when I just start doing my Works more and more for Welfare and lesser and lesser for my Pleasure…. If I can do thus, definitely it is a Gain for the World as the Contributions from the Non-entitled Places are rightly diverted to the areas where they were supposed to be given and that again is my Ultimate Gain only....

And in this Sacred Process alone

• A Duty is discharged....
• The Justice is done....
• The Suffering and Exploitation are brought down....
• The Peace of Mind is ensured.... And 
• The Almighty forever is by our side!

The True 'Freedom of Expression!'

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

The sure 'PIT FALLS' of a greedy life!

• Greed invariably blocks one’s Progress and Development in life…. 

The Famous Old time Story goes.... When a Boon was offered to a man, out of greed he asked for two more Hands to work extra and one more Head to think extra with an idea that he could effectively turn out more and thus Progress doubly.... But when the Villagers saw him thus, they thought it was a Demon and instantly attacked and killed him....

• Greed sure makes people stoop down to very low levels…. Ultimately one may sell himself under its influence….

An Old time Story heard and retold in this context….

A father had four sons.... He was a very greedy man in his life.... He thus amassed huge wealth.... With time, he became old.... Soon he was a worried man with the unending thoughts of what his sons would do with his amassed wealth after him…. And finally the day had come when he definitely had to talk about that, as his days were numbered….

No doubt, he had a meeting with his sons and discussed the issue in detail.... He expected a great answer from them on how they would improve the wealth….

The eldest said, “Father, I‘ll continue your Business and try to improve it by all means whatever!”

The father was not at all satisfied…."It is the same; all sons will do that” he commented....

The second son said, “Father, I’ll use all types of techniques to earn maximum money and thus grow our finances....”

“Great!” the father said, “Still any further possibility of improving the wealth?”

The third son said, “Father along with the above, I’ll spend very little on me and save the max.... I will not spend any money on your....... after you leave the world....” he told with a vicious smile….

The father was really happy, “The best way of making ultimately good money in this world!”

Almost satisfied, he looked at the fourth one curiously….

The fourth son bursted out, "Father, with all above, I have an additional plan.... I have connections in meat selling business.... Soon after your…….”

The father was highly excited.... He called him closer and whispered, “Better you go to the next street for selling.... You get the best price there….”

• Greed quickly makes more enemies than the number of Rupees it brings in…. 

This is the Classic Story heard, where in the greedy man took out the Monies and Peace of mind of all the people around and when time came and his fat body had to be moved to the final destination, none of the people near by were ready help in that whatever monies were offered for the job....

• Greed never allows one to lead a decent life…. 

The Moral Story heard and told often about the greedy fox which noticed on the way in the forest the bodies of a hunter and a tiger killed in a fight and instantly became very happy as it could feast for a week…. The fox looked out for the immediate quick eat when it found the bow tied with a nerve thread and as it took a bite at it the nerve was cut and the bent bow hit the fox making it fall down instantly....

• Greed ultimately engulfs one's own Peace and Tranquility.... 

The Famous Story  ‘The Golden Touch’ says.... A King was gifted with a Boon where in whatever was touched by him would turn into Gold instantly.... It was highly interesting and eye catching for a while but soon ended up in total misery and despair as when the King wanted to eat his food, it turned into Gold, when he was about to drink water it turned into Gold, and when he took his little Princess daughter into his fold, she too turned into Gold…. The boon ultimately turned into a Real Curse…. Horrified at the happenings, he instantly Prayed for the reversal and total withdrawal of the said 'Boon!'

And it is ever our 'Ardent Duty' to avoid the influence of the said 'GREED' on us in our life!