WHERE THE ATTITUDES MATTERED A LOT....

In the Morning hrs....

“The Meeting started at 0900 sharp…. The Clock shows 0915....  And you are here now!” said the GM looking at his 3 Senior Managers….

“I was busy on the other important work which took just 10 minutes more and I have to do that too…. Anyhow, this is my Routine Meeting......” said the first one looking up at the GM in his own style….

“Sir! I started in time…. On the way, our DGM wanted something and I had to answer…. I'm sorry for the delay!” said the next one timidly looking down all along….

“Oh!  Am I late? Thought am on time….  May be few minutes.... Yeah!  I see every one already here…. No problem, I'll pick up…. Good Morning to you all…. " saying thus, the third Manager quickly occupied his seat throwing a broad smile around….

After Lunch hr....

"Sir!  We have a problem......" the Assistants of the 3 men were saying in the individual Chambers....

"I am not sitting here to solve every problem of yours.... You have to do it yourself.... I've my own works..... Please don't disturb me right now" shouted the first Manager....

"OK.... Leave it with me.... Any way, I only have to do everything.... I don't understand what for I've Assistants in my Office....." murmured the second one....

"What's the issue dear?  Brief me a bit.... I'll tell you the way out.... No problem!" welcomed the third man with a smile....   

In the evening hrs at their Residences....

"Sir!  We have a Program....."

"I'm too tired.... At work, my Bosses are eating me out..... Can you just leave me for the present........ I've no time to attend all these Programs" refused the first man flatly....

"I'll try to squeeze in......What else to do? Take my name....... I don't know how to handle all these issues at a time.... I'm just gone!" said the second one almost half dead....

"Oh!  Very interesting to know.... We'll be there positively..... My family needs an off from the Weekly Routine.... Thanks for the invitation.... How much are the tickets?" welcomed the third man....

A few years rolled by….

The first man became unpopular every where, lost once his timely promotion because of his temper and equally a few people above, many below and in the neighborhood.....

The second one obliged everywhere but with a murmur, was never liked by Higher-ups, equally overpowered by Subordinates and shun in the neighborhood too...

The third alone was in limelight in many areas at the back of the right growth in his Profession, with Bosses ever liking him, the Subordinates ever respecting him and the neighborhood forever feeling a true friend and a well-wisher around them! 

TOGETHERNESS....

It is very much rightly said that 'A friend in need is a friend indeed' and this Great Saying was in front of me on a particular day of my life and beyond that.....

It was the time of 90s and I was in the Senior Managerial Level at my Office....As is known well in a Business Environment, the Managers forever oscillate and hop around.... They may talk sweet but they need to pretend that many times or they may talk harsh which they never actually mean at their hearts.... It's a continuous game played for a long time at the Work Place as well as at times, spilled into the outside life too as they cannot be instantly different in a day.... And soon it appears to people with them at Work Spot that they are actually the unfriendly and the opponent members of their life....

Naturally as I was passing thru' a stage of becoming mentally matured in my life in those days, I too carried for a while the impression that those were the people with me who would never become friends and ever their job was to criticize and question me or talk behind... unfortunately, it takes years to fully mature there and start seeing the Truth and I was still much away from that....In such times, on a fateful day I suddenly met with a road accident on my Two Wheeler.... Not a life threatening one but not a light one too... There were certain injuries as the hit was a bit harsh.... I was advised two weeks rest and further told to get into my routine of activities slowly as the body starts permitting.... And there ware no elaborate treatments; in fact no treatment at all.... A good rest, slow movements and recover on own without losing the very self confidence were the recommendations....

No doubt, it was a helpless state for a few days at home as all of my hitherto busy activities came to a standstill at one stroke with no immediate recovery signs in sight.... Thus a temporary life started immediately for me with a certain depressed mental state.....

But the Saying goes.... 'Every dark cloud has a silver lining!' and that was really right as I noticed a miracle happen there for the first time of my life....

During the first week of my recovery at Home, it was a strange experience of fulfillment in my life and never I felt such a warmth at any time.... The people working with me at all levels, were the regular Visitors to my home for a few hrs which they definitely squeezed in their working hrs, took extra pains and used find out if I am OK or I needed anything which they could arrange.... And here, I found one common thing...

There were no differences seen at all.... All that was instantly forgotten.... The Hierarchical Levels were not felt.... The Big and Small have truly become one.... And the very people of earlier times with whom I had bitter arguments and counter arguments, the same people from whom I silently vouched for distance, the same people who were quickly seen by me being on the other side, the people who were doubted very much come in our peaceful way of living a little more where the very environment of constant poking appear to extend and spill into family life too were all instantly seen as the warm, close and Welcome Group joined with the rest of other friends and well-wishers... A Single Group of people by my side with a Single Wish in their hearts.... 'He is in difficulty.... It's human to be with him in this time and thus fulfill my sacred duty here!'

No doubt, none would wish for such a pain and trouble in one's life of meeting an accident but that by the Grace of Almighty having gone light and the recovery being just a matter of time, the first week of that recovery for me had strangely become a blessing in disguise as I truly experienced seeing a unique warmth and inherent friendship attitude in all the people of my Working Community including in those from whom I thought I would never get a response in that way....

A Great Learning and a Great Fulfilling Time of my life with full of Optimism out of a togetherness experienced further with a firm Drive in me that my life too is worth living helping out for such causes!

This post is written in line with the requirements of Indivine Topic #together for https://www.housing.com/.

'LEARNING A LOT' IN SHORT TIME!

The not so old Grand Mom was too active and the Grand Son of 3 was no less in dealing with her.... And the lady decided to introduce her Little One to a few 'Money Issues!'

Whenever she visited the neighborhood Grocery Stores with the boy, she used to make him slowly become familiar with the Currency Notes used.... And the child too was too inquisitive to see the colors of various Currencies being handled, quickly memorized a few denominations and used to repeat that whenever he noticed a particular Note in transaction.... No doubt, the Grand Mom was proud that she alone taught him all that....

And the the lady was ever active in making him understand beyond that too whenever some chances of dealing with monies used to come up....

That Sunday Morning, the Grand Ma drove with the Little One to a near by Coffee Shop located in the Premises of a Prominent Hotel as her daughter and son-in-law stayed back at home taking rest.... The lady preferred to go there regularly with the child as there was plenty of space for the boy to move around and she could park the car inside the Hotel Compound and have her favorite Coffee with the Little One too given his favorite Chocolate drink....Having thus ordered their drinks, as the Grand Ma was actively talking to her kid , she suddenly noticed an ATM Booth there for the convenience of visitors and Guests to the Area.... She instantly thought of teaching her boy something new....

"Dear! Come with me" saying thus she led the child to the ATM Booth, carried him up, took out her ATM Card and saying to the boy "See now what happens.... Hold this Card!", gave him the ATM Card....

The colors glowing on the Screen, the blinking Card Slot light and the colorful Card instantly mesmerized the boy beyond and he took it firmly into his hands....

"Now put this Card here and push in!" she said and as the Little One positioned the Card she helped him pushing the Card and pulled it out....

Further to that, she quickly completed the transaction work of withdrawing a small money and said with a beaming face.... "Now see! Here comes our money!"

It was an amazing thing for the boy as he along with his Grand Mom pulled the cash out from the slot .... The Grand Mom counted the money and kept it in her Wallet....

The child with the Card still in his hand said aloud to her, "Again!"

The Grand Mother was quite happy.... She made him position the card properly and once again performed the operation of cash withdrawal....

"Now keep your hand here, take out the money and give me!' she ordered her boy and he holding the ATM Card firmly in one hand, bent from her waist and nicely pulled out the Money with his little hands and gave that to her....

The Grand Mom was jubilant.... She felt proud that she could introduce the boy to an ATM transaction at such a small age....

"Again!" said the Little One and she necessarily had to do the whole Operation a third time.....

"Again!" demanded the child.... By that time, the Grand Mom saw their drinks ready and told her Grandson.... "No more! Come.... Now let's have our favorite drink...."

"Again" said the child....

"No.... No.... Everything is over..... Come with me...."she put the child down and walked towards the Coffee Table asking him to follow her....

"OK...Here! We will get the Money...." saying thus, the child looked at the locked Check Dropping Box next to him at his level, instantly put the ATM Card in his hand in the slot on the Box and dropped into it as the lady turned back remembering that she forgot to take back the Card from her Grand Son while she was busy in teaching him the ATM Operation very successively!

THE NEVER FAILING OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK IN LIFE!

It was a day of two Achievements in my life.... And not the lesser ones.... Something worth noting down.... Instantly there was an air of confidence in me.... And for a while that alone ruled....

But our Philosophy of Life firmly says....Every up is soon followed by some down.... Unfortunately here too that happened.... Yes.... No doubt I achieved.... But can I continue having it?  There is no guarantee written here and no assurance given anywhere on the continuation.... And that had put me down with an unknown fear in parallel to the achievement... What if I lose these as well as some other things? That's all... There was an instant dullness in me.... I was thus down for a while but to my surprise, that never continued....

And that was truly the God send.... I don't know what happened.... A Loud Speaker in distance suddenly relayed an Ancient Devotional Song which I was knowing but never thought of it till then.... It was so soothing to my ears.... For the exact meaning of the Song I quickly looked up on my Computer Web, a Page which read thus....

'Friends! Why don’t you buy this Prescription Formula from me for all your problems in life? It is a sure remedy for the problems life gives to all out of their pursuing desire and anger out of failure.... It is one solution for all the ill effects of our past deeds....Whatever monies be given, this medicine is not available in the market for a price.... All Great Devotees of God have taken this prescription happily and lived all along their lives thus....

Having 'Faith in God' is my Eternal Formula here for all!'

Instantly I was totally up in spirits, a great humility followed and the pessimism in my mind was just out from the scene.... Added to that I was full of Optimism more than ever seen earlier at any time in my life.... Yes! Ups and downs are part of life.... They are the Tests set by God to find out where I stand in the mental sphere of strength.... I've to just live thru' those whatever, be ever doing the Right, be helpful to others as much as possible and be humble all along Praying to the Lord for overall take care! That alone is the Ultimate Way here towards the Everlasting Peace....

I just then remembered the Famous Sloka of Srimad Bhagavad Gita to strengthen my Optimistic Feeling further.... The Sloka has the Sacred Message Lord Krishna conveyed to Prince Arjuna who was full of Despondency....

'matra-sparshas tu kaunteya sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah
agamapayino’nityas tams titiksasva bharata'

'The mere contact of Senses as is, O Son of Kunti, cause heat and cold, pleasure and pain.... They come and go and they are impermanent.... Bear them patiently, O descendant of Bharata! (till Knowledge dawns....)'

This post is written in line with the requirement of the Topic #lookup for https://www.housing.com/.

STARTING A TOTALLY NEW LIFE AT 'ONE CLICK!'

It was the total war scenario and everywhere people lived through a constant fear all the time doubting every other man in the vicinity…. The News heard used to be twisted and presented in no time in a way that looked entirely different…. Such were the tensions and survival instincts around at the back of the wild and violent actions of Power Mongers and Fortune Makers…. The life was practically going on through hours of happenings and monitoring totally forgetting the concept of the next day….

A midst those turmoils of life, the differences between two predominant Groups of a particular Region became quite distinct…. In the prevailing confusion, one Group just took over the Ruling and started its own ruthless suppression of the the other Group…. When the other Group members were quickly branded as the potential enemies, their united strength broke down and soon surfaced at family level in fighting for survival….

In such a Scenario, it was the toughest moment for 4 families of the targeted Group…. And, the men of the families quickly worked out a plan and sent away their family members through a secret Route far away from the enemy....

Subsequent to that, they too tried their way out but unfortunately by that time, that Route was closed with the tight security around as the Rulers came to know that few people had escaped through the Route…. Thus the 4 men were squarely held up in their own place and there was no way in front of them to reach their families….

Having become desperate, the 4 decided somehow try and get out through the same Route in one of their jeeps and accordingly hatched out a meticulous plan….

One evening after it became quite dark, the 4 men dressed up like the Army Officers of the Ruler, sat in their vehicle 2 in the front and 2 at the back and straight drove to the point of the particular Exit Gate….

From a distance, they noticed the stringent supervising / checking of each vehicle passing through the Gate and their hearts sank in no time…. No doubt, the Guards at the gate were fully vigilant.... Every one’s heart was beating heavily and it appeared impossible to escape through…. And they very much knew what would happen to them if identified at the Gate.....

As they neared the Gate, the men noticed that three vehicles were in front of them, theirs was the fourth vehicle and the Sentry at the Gate lowered the barrier… Two Guards in Uniform with guns came forward to check the first vehicle….

Twenty minutes passed…. The men of the first vehicle were proving the best that they never belonged to their enemy Group going out on their own…. At length the first vehicle was let off….

It was not so for the second vehicle…. The men were of enemy Group in disguise and were squarely caught red handed…. They were made to get down the vehicle and quickly were taken into the darkness…. The 4 in the jeep distinctly heard the low voices of the people caught and the shouting from the Guards and....That sure was the limit!

Suddenly, the man in the rear seat shouted aloud in a shaking voice, “I can't take it any more.... We are gone!”

The Checking Guard Heard this and looked at the vehicle...

The man next to him said in a further louder tone, “Why so much delay? There is no point in waiting here…. Let's go back…. Everything appears to be out of control!”

The man in the driver's seat was desperate…. With an aggressive mode, he overtook the front vehicle and brought the vehicle near to the gate shouting at the top of his voice, “Senseless waiting.... We are squarely held up!”

As the vehicle suddenly came near to the gate, the Guard checking the earlier one, looked at the men from back and started moving towards the vehicle….

The front man next to driver saw this in the rear view mirror, he knew that it was their end…. In a total desperate mode that over took him instantly, he screamed with a shrill voice, "What's the hell going on here?”

The Guard heard the shrill voice, instantly waved his hand to the Gate Sentry to open the gate for the vehicle saluting the people in Uniform in the vehicle….

The men in the vehicle were in a total collapsed state by that time but the driver having seen the 'GREEN SIGNAL', instantly got enormous energy, at one stroke pulled away at zooming speed acknowledging the Salute of the Guard through a firm Hand Raise breathing heavily, the heart pounding at an audible level and sweating all over with the rest no way better and in no time escaped from the jaws of death into the Land of Eternal Freedom starting totally a new life!

This is one of the great inspiring stories of the World War as I heard in my younger days and composed here in my own words.... It's forever an inspiring story to me even to this day as I frequently used to look up to this story when I had to make 3 not smaller decisions in my life in respect of relocation.... Once due to certain personal problem and twice on Job Transfers to far off place in mid-life... 

These 3 instances of re-defining my life truly gave me a certain confidence and strength in me whatever be the stress and strain involved in the process.... They further firmed up a belief in me that actually my these problems are nothing compared to the great hardships faced by people of the world at large in relocating themselves to far, far places totally removed from their own cultures and surroundings for the ultimate survival and basic living and I should ever welcome any relocation and starting a new life on my behalf if that warrants a certain good in coming up future!

This post is written in line with the requirements of Indivine Topic #StartANewLife for https://housing.com/.

SOMETIMES, AN 'EXPERT' TOO HAS NO EXCEPTION BUT TO 'ERR!'

### The Frequent Traveler Boss and his less traveled Assistant were travelling by Flight on their Outstation Duty.... The Aircraft took off, leveled and was cruising at constant speed the engines at their max roaring with uneasy sounds.... The Boss continued his seat belt fastened so that he wouldn't be disturbed because of turbulence en route, plugged in a pair of good ear plugs to avoid the engine noise and dozed off.... His wrist watch moved for a while and then stopped.... Soon having completed its level flight, the Aircraft descended to lower heights and at the back of necessary landing preparations started the final descent to the touch down point....

“Sir! We have reached.... The Aircraft is landing!” announced the Assistant loudly into his Boss' ears....

The Boss moved a bit with the ear plugs on, looked at his watch with half eyes open and instantly shouted at the Assistant, “What are you talking? Still 45 minutes flight time is there.... How can it land now? It's cruising at 33000 ft height! Are you clear?”

The Assistant fed up with the Boss' usual style of talk said with a sarcastic smile, “Yes, Sir! It's my mistake only.... As you said, the Aircraft is really cruising in skies at 33000 feet.... But, Sir! I am seeing a wonderful thing here.... There are trees, roads, vehicles and buildings too in the sky at this great height…. Isn't that strange, Sir?”

### A small Business Venture opened in the new Premises was shut for few days with a Board saying.... "Our Venture is just taking a new shape.... Please bear with us for a while!" The gentleman of 50s remarked, "It means the Business is closed... They don't simply say it!"

After a while, another similar Board appeared in front of a closed Eatery...."Under Renovation!" The gentleman again remarked, "Means the Business is down.... Got closed forever!"

The third time, the Board in front of a closed Shop of Quick Sales read, "Coming up shortly under a new Banner!" The gentleman was too proud, "My experience can never go wrong.... Coming up means gone down forever!"

The fourth time, a Board said.... "A surprise in offing.... You will soon come to know about it!" The gentleman laughed and commented, "Yes! it's sure a surprise.... The Business collapsed once for all.... We will surely know that shortly!"

Some one around remarked, "Sir! You don't know? Their New Shop is opened in our adjacent Mall in a Spacious Area a few days ago.... Many were invited on the day of Inauguration.... I was personally there on that day.... My God! How many new Products they displayed there.... It's really great!"

### A man left a good job in an earth quake prone area and took up a smaller one in a place relatively free from quakes…. But it so happened that often he was made to travel to the same place on Routine Office Work …. He was tensed up all the time and was told by his friends to take good advice from an Expert, known to suggest solutions for trivial problems of life….

Accordingly one day he met the said Expert, briefed him his problem saying, “Sir! I feel that the ground on which I stay should be firm and not shaky…. I am tensed up if I imagine that the same platform is not firm and can shake at any time!”

The Expert smiled and said, "No problem, dear! I'll make you strong in a minute.... See, presently you are a frequent traveler to this place because of this fear in you…. The Aircraft in which you travel too is not stable and shakes a few times in every travel…. Are you not cool there? It is similar to that here too living in this place.... Just think correctly, you can be cool!"

As the man soon took leave and left, the Expert was too enthusiastic to know the change he could bring in the man thru' his unique advice and accordingly after a couple of days made an enquiry with a friend of him on how the man was behaving after his advice…. The friend said in a worried tone, “Sir!  It has become worse now…. Presently he is afraid of traveling in Planes too!”

GOD COULDN'T APPEAR...... SO HE CREATED 'CHILDREN' AROUND!

## Inside a huge Bungalow in the Posh Area of the City....

Two Groups of the big joint family were quarreling over the psychological possession of the little child of the family.... 

“You never cared for us earlier…. We were in total in darkness about what was happening all these days.... Now since the Little One is here, you are coming and showing all your care and love.... What right do you have over our child? He was all the while with us, likes us and belongs to us….”

“We know how much you also care for us! You never interacted with us earlier….You are equally head-strong….Now since the child is there, you talk as if your love is over flowing! Never our child will be allowed with you so easily unless you mend your ways….”

And the arguments and the counter arguments there were endless….

The child of 2 yrs who was with them for a while slowly moved away from there, went to a corner and started looking at something on the ground with all curiosity....For certain time till the family members located him,  the Little One was an in inexplicable joy looking at a moving Creature near a bush which suddenly stopped for a while, slowly raised its head and looked up.... There was an instant appreciation on the face of the child and the Creature too appeared friendly responding to that with all warmth! 

## In an adjacent Apartment Complex....

"Sir! It's really strange! You know.... Yesterday, this neighbor of mine who was such a close friend all these days, suddenly picked up an unnecessary quarrel over a trivial issue happened sometime back.... Let me say, I might have made a small harmless comment then...... That he remembered so much and said....'We have done no mistake there! It is your people that got in and created all this hell around….. As neighbors, you should have had some sense of decency in talking…..'

I was just taken a back with his words and he having said all that which really hurt me, I had to say, 'NO.... I don’t allow you talk like this.... What right you have to accuse us straight away for almost no fault of us? You please mind your business!' and I did that in total....

Sir! Please tell me for no fault of us, how can this man accuse us like this? I was so  polite, so patient and so much understanding all the while but he was never coming down.... And there was no go for me there except to say what I said.... I really feel hurt!"

The young boy of 7 yrs who came home from School straight away asked his Father, "Dad! I have to answer this question in our class tomorrow without fail…. Can you just tell me whether the Egg was there first on Earth or the Chicken? I am really confused!”

## A little away, in the Factory Township the talks in 2 Opposite Housing Quarters....

“Dear! What does this neighbor of ours think?  We were such close Colleagues in our Office for so many years.... Just because he got an earlier Promotion yesterday, he should not immediately start behaving different.... Today morning.... I needed some info at work and I went to him as usual.... You know what he said............. Leave it.... Any how Levels always matter.... Now, he thinks he is Higher everywhere.... In fact, we are much much better outside considering our Assets with us.... 

I’ll never go and call him by myself whatever you say…. Let him only come out and say ‘Hi’ first if he wants…. And I want our Rahul not to interact any more with their boy.... He has so many others to play with.... Now, the differences at Office will sure spill into our neighborhood too..... A sad situation!" 

“Dear! What does this neighbor of ours think?  We were such  close Colleagues in our Office for so many years.... Just because I got an earlier Promotion yesterday, he should not immediately start behaving different.... Today morning.... He needed some info at work and I welcomed him as usual.... You know what he said.... Leave it.... Any how Levels always matter.... Now, he thinks he is Lower everywhere.... In fact, we are much much better outside considering my Prospering Career in front.... 

I’ll never go and call him by myself whatever you say…. Let him only come out and say ‘Hi’ first if he wants…. And I want our Rohit not to interact any more with their boy.... He has so many others to play with.... Now, the differences at Office will sure spill into our neighborhood too.... A sad situation!" 

The two opposite doors were shut for the whole of Saturday with silence alone ruling around…. Soon, it was 3 PM Sunday Evening hrs…. There was a small sound in the backyard and the man went into his backyard to check what that was…. The boy of the Opposite house, 9 yrs old was seen moving there…. Seeing his friend’s father, he instantly got frightened and said meekly,

"Uncle, is Rahul coming for Play?  It's our Playtime!" When the man looked back, his own son waiting there sheepishly murmured….  "I only rang up to Rohit today morning as we already missed our play yesterday!"

(The full Title goes thus.... God could not appear in front of every one personally and so He created children around)

GOD PROPOSES; MAN DISPOSES!

God says, "I have given you Nature around as coarse; try to live your life as much nearer to this as possible!" Man forgets this eternally and forever would be exploring fineness everywhere in everything….

God says, "Take initial care and see that unacceptable odors are not created by you around you!"  Man, on the other hand becomes careless there and endlessly tries to counter the bad odors invariably created around by lighting incense….

God says, "Between the Original Truth and what you actually experience in life are built all your Rules, Morals, Austerities and the Rituals.... Know this well!" Man simply forgetting a Message of continuous improvement required in that direction, often ends up worshiping these very entities themselves through out his life ....

God says, "Remember, any incapability in you sooner or later gets condemned everywhere…. Never invite an incapability all by yourself!" Man often forgets the hidden Message here and relaxes beyond invariably inviting a bundle of hidden in-capabilities with him for rest of his life....

God says, "Remember, your advising is like getting into a moving vehicle…. If you do not run along, you may soon be run over!" Man quickly forgets this Original Message and invariably starts forcing advice on others there by running into the eternal problems of conflict....

God says, "The world forever murmurs whatever you may do to please.... Stop this over pleasing!" Man again forgets this and sooner responds extra for all the murmurs around thus making the very murmurs increase many fold….

God says, "Between The Original Perfectness and the best trial to be Perfect lies the entire gist of your life…."  Man just forgets this One Message and in no time gets into worshiping his own perfectness....

God say, "Be vigilant everywhere....Else your confidence seen intact today doubly grows before a mishap and totally goes after that without an exception!"  Man paying least attention to that Message ever moves ahead in life with a never lessening dose of over-confidence....

God says, " Be careful.... A Lost Empire can never be rebuilt to the Original Level.... Even if built physically, the Original Confidence people carried with them would ever be missing!" No doubt, man equal number of  times forgets this and works aimlessly till a certain downfall is seen as imminent....

God says, “There is only one Duty with you…. Fighting with yourself through out your life!”  It is strange to see man coolly forgetting this Valuable Message fighting with others continuously....

God says, "A well informed person in the vicinity quickly becomes an enemy to those equally competing around….Take care!"  Man coolly forgets this hidden Truth and starts challenging around till he is snubbed at a certain level without a say....

God says, "Learn to fight for your Rights in silence first before voicing for the Rights of others…." Man equal number of times is seen bypassing this Golden Rule and fighting everywhere endlessly till silenced once for all!"

CENTURIES MAY GO.... THIS ENVIRONMENT NEVER CHANGES!

The Environment is a typical huge Office Complex with many people busily going round and doing their unending works with no let up in sight towards closure unless one either forcibly does that coolly forgetting the consequences in store or the day itself closes invariably eating into one's precious evening time.... Here forever, heated discussions are the order of the day, complex decisions are the crux of those discussions and almost the impossible targets are the outcome of all that fuss…. Let's look at an early morning Scenario....

In the GM's Office....

"Good Morning, Sir!  Sir, have you called me?"

"Good Morning Ramesh! Yes!  I called you.... How are you doing?"
"Thank you Sir.... I'm fine.... Sir... A small request.... I need...."
"What dear?  You are coming to me asking for help?  You are the Chief here, I've given you all Powers to manage and you want me to help you? Strange!"

"Sir! I very much agree with you.... But......."

"Yaar!  Don't waste my time.... I've got to go now.... OK!  Listen....The reason why I called you here is.....  The Financial Year is coming to an end and our monies have really become tight.... And you know our Customer's temperament.... Rest, I need not specially tell you.... Are you getting my Message dear?  I don't want any delay in the deliveries already promised.... And keep all your people informed on this without any exception.....OK, then....See you!" 

In an hr's time, all the Managers were summoned by the Chief and as we pay a little attention to that typical talk ....

In the Chief's Chamber....

"Good Morning, Sir....."
“Hello! A very Good Morning to you all.... How are you doing? How's life? Any problems at your end?"
"Sir! I have an issue..... My Group has......."
"Sir! Mr Ganesh working with me is........"
"Sir! Last month, there was some shortage of......"
"OK...OK.... OK.... I got your points.... But before that, let me carry the Message of our GM to you....We are presently tight with our monies and this continues till March end.... And our Management never appreciates any late deliveries to the Customer.... Please see that all issues with you are streamlined immediately.... And keep your people attentive on this..... Got it?.... Right this moment, please get on to your jobs and keep up the tempo.... OK, see you then....  I've got to go now!"

And all the Managers back to their individual Cubicles were soon active in passing that single Message of their Boss in their own style to their Assistants....... A few talks in that context invariably go on....

In Cubicle No 1....

 "Sir! I need some clarification here........... Can we.......?"

“No, no, no…. No, I am telling you a big 'No'…. Not at all…. Listen to me…. No…. No…. Whatever it be, I don't agree to this…. OK.... Leave all that.... You just have to start the work and get me the results by....... ” 

In Cubicle No 2.... 

"Sir! I've a problem.... This month there was............."

“Yes! Yes! Yes.... Yes, I very much agree with you …. Yes…. You are right here…. But…. you see…. Yes…. That alone is the problem here.... Yes…. OK…. By today's evening, I want from you……” 

In Cubicle No 3.... 

"Sir! Yesterday, that boy working with me Mr.......... had done......."

“Alright…. OK…. I agree…. Fine…. Yeah.... Great.... Never expected.... OK…. I understand.... OK.... Nice.... But remember, today itself we have to finish this work.... No laxity here.... Got my message?” 

In Cubicle No 4.... 

"Sir! I want to you to resolve this one issue...................."

Nod… Nod….. Nod….. "OK, tell me further...."  Nod.... Nod.... Nod.... And finally a big double nod with instructions.... "You please see that by evening your work is completed and...."

In Cubicle No 5.... 

"Sir! The job pending with me has a peculiar problem..........."

“What are you telling? Where? When did it take place? Who? Which file he wants? Come on.... How can he ask like that? OK!  listen....You we have to finish all this by today itself and then only..........” 

In Cubicle No 6.... 

"Sir! I very much need your help in my today's........."

“Sorry.... Am too busy….. No time….. I don't know what's going on here..... Please no more clarifications on this.... Just start your work and I am telling you by evening, you should finish.........” 

In no time, all the Assistants with whatever they understood were back to their Spots briefing their Staff on the day's work....

And soon all the Staff were back to their respective works for the day which any how they have to do and they only have to do and even if they don't know they have to learn by trial and error and do the best in the situation as none above them in the hierarchy are either knowing that or eager to know and help them out and this drama thus goes on eternally with no respite at any point of time!

THE MOTHER ALONE KNOWS HERE 'THE BEST!'

This is the story of Sixties….

The day was hectic for the family of 5. The father was out for most of the day. The Mother was busy in arranging in the house for an impending visit of a few guests. The 2 elder sons were busy with their own College Works.

The youngest boy of the family had his Exam the next day and he was busy preparing for the same. The tension of coming up Exam practically robbed him of his hunger. As his Mother would not leave him, he took his lunch to his room saying that he would eat there but coolly put back the items to their original places in the kitchen when she was busy somewhere else.

The day ended thus and it was soon the dinner time. The Mother arranged the dinner but as the boy's lack of hunger continued, he asked her to leave his food on his table as he could eat later. The Mother insisted that he eat in time with others but the boy angrily told her to leave it and go.

As she was not interested in disturbing her son, she just kept the well arranged food on his table neatly covered and went to her bed. The boy was awake up to 12 O’Clock in the night, coolly put major portion of the food in dust bin eating a bit, kept the empty plate on his table and slept off. The Mother got up around 2 AM, checked whether her son ate the food, seeing the empty plate on the Table, she left it in the kitchen and further went to sleep.

The next day morning, the boy was leaving early to school in the Exam mood. By then his hunger was back. The mother kept his breakfast ready but as there was no time, he ate a bit of it and asked her to pack it to eat it at school. The Mother did that even though she was not happy and bid him bye saying best of luck in his Exam. 

The Exam tension continued, the boy had no time to eat the food given by his Mother and as his Exam would finish by 11, he thought of eating coolly the food in the box after that.

As the boy was writing his Exam, by 10 he started experiencing strange black-outs and a less-energy situation with a falling off feeling. He somehow finished his Exam by 11 and without disclosing his problem to any one, straight walked back home and the moment he reached home, he almost lost all his energy, just rested on the floor in the veranda closing his eyes in half sleep mode.

The Mother who was alone in the house, just came out and as soon as she saw her son in that condition, she ran inside, quickly mixed some rice with thin buttermilk, brought the same and simply made the boy drink it slowly saying that he would be alright. The instant intake of food immediately gave certain energy to the young boy and he looked better and improved. She made him rest immediately on his bed and further took care of him through additional food and water. The boy became perfectly alright by evening.

The father and the the 2 elder brothers returned home by evening and the Mother explained to them what all happened. They all felt for the boy miraculously getting out of a bad situation. At length, the elder one asked his Mom how she could so quickly make out his brother's condition.The Mother said, 

"I totally know every moment since your brother stopped eating properly. Yesterday, he missed his major lunch by eating only a bit of what I gave him. Again, he never ate his dinner and today morning skipped his breakfast and went to school. At school too he did not eat the food I gave him in his box. Thus he was without food for a fully day yesterday extended to today's morning........"

"But Ma.. All the while, you only gave him food and monitored his eating. And he carried his food to school too. How could you make out so precisely that his condition was due to lack of food and nothing else?" asked the eldest son at the back of an unexplained curiosity with him.

The Mother with tears rolling down from her eyes said.. 

"Yes!  I gave him food myself but today morning alone after he left for school, I could find out that he did not eat all that I gave him because the dustbin had the night food he had dumped into it. When I saw that, I instantly remembered noticing some excess food of every item of yesterday left out in the kitchen and that confirmed to me that he had not eaten the yesterday's lunch too. 

Seeing his Exam tension in the morning, I was sure that he would never eat the food he carried with him and he just did that only to please me at that moment. And I could never do anything more than that as by that time you too all left home. I was just praying to God that your brother should be alright at School. Left out thus to my own assessment and continuous anxiety from morning, when I suddenly saw him at the gate with a dull face almost in falling off condition, instantly one single thought alone struck my mind and nothing less of it.

'God!  My boy is starving.. Let me give him food immediately and take care of him!'"

THE 'TEN SECRETS' OF THE 'ONE ENTITY' EVER SOUGHT AFTER IN THE WORLD!

When the King Midas asked God the boon of Golden Touch, he never expected that to make him totally miserable in no time.... When the greedy rich man thought of taking gold and paper wealth with him after life some one remarked, 'No Use...The metal melts and the papers burn!' And when the miser cried aloud seeing his monies stored in the backyard stolen, some one remarked 'You can as well keep a stone there and be seeing it daily!'

These are the moral stories we heard in our childhood and often hear around about one entity in our life.... The money in excess! A little more talk on this for a while....

• Behind all the principles of Self Help, a few times miserliness may be the driving force to save those few Rupees.... This Philosophy sure catches me hard if I'm not alert!

• Money protects; money kills and this is just the 'Eternal Law!' on the earth.... And very often, it's my wish alone here that turns the plate!

• If more and more monies are received, very often lesser and lesser percentages alone go towards charity as the extra monies always look dearer.... The attachment to money is too powerful to be ignored at anytime!

• The rich man invariably displays his wealth in the right moment; the mediocre who might have copied him up to that point in one way or other, sure fails here unless the discipline there is just to identify with the greater Community he is part of....

• Giving no doubt is great but ever attached with a clause.... And they alone are truly blessed in this life who invariably see that the Receiver always gives back appropriate returns to the World and they never disperse their wealth without that!

• A delinquency in money handling is sure a great disaster.... It may be easy to quote in such situations that money is not everything but soon tough times follow when every thing is seen thru' money alone with no let up in any direction! 

• As long as I refrain from doing the honest and hard work and try to find ways of making money whatever, I am only seeing the 'Waters of Mirage' in distance.... But, the moment I close all doors of making such easy monies and straight away get into the right discipline of earning, my 'Oasis of Waters' would just be next to me!

• Money sure speaks; but the 'man in picture' speaks much better! And if that man is simply forgotten and a fortress of safety is built around with that money it sure turns into a prison of agony in the end.... 

• God created the man; man created the money and money invariably created the 'evil' in the world! And the association of money and evil is well known from the times immemorial..... 

• As a 'Professional' in the field, the sooner I try to channelize flow of the best monies into my coffers, many 'Non-Professionals' around me in no time impress me beyond and re-channelize part of that flow into their coffers…. A wonderful in-built mechanism in Nature!

A UNSENT LETTER FROM A DAUGHTER TO HER DAD....

My dearest dad,

Out of utter helplessness as I cried the loudest, Mom told me that your gentle hands holding me all along, held me further tight and comforted me when I got the first immunization shots at the tender age of early months when the dangers of not having the same were totally unknown..

One day it seems, I tried to stand up myself suddenly from the then crawling position and your loving hand following me all along, instantly held me making me stand without hurting myself, Mom further told..

In a few days, as I showed interest in walking, Grand Ma who was by my side told me that your kind hand again continuously held my tiny hand making me walk simultaneously taking care to see that I didn't fall down in the process..

I was told that your firm hand held my right hand gently and guided me in writing the 'First Alphabet' as Mom was busy for a while which paved way for the entire Career of my life today..

In those days of my active childhood I still remember, my one hand forever being held tight by your caring hand while moving in crowds as Mom was busy taking care of my Sis so that we would never be lost away to the unknown worlds full of all dangers..

Your kind hand often held my both hands with all love and tenderness and comforted me whenever I got hurt while playing as I distinctly recollect and remember even to this day..

And I was told by Grand Pa that your loving hand used to gently take off my hands from the book, carry me and make me rest comfortably on my bed whenever I slept off while studying..

I very much remember this day too your confident hand holding my hand and wishing all the best every time I was going for my exams with Mom waving from behind..

Again, your hand alone first congratulated me with an excitement on the face when my success in Exams was announced at the back of a great pride as Mom brought Arti from Puja Room..

There after as I see till yesterday, that kind hand of yours alone guided me walk through the initial turmoils of my work and family life and there after left me totally to myself, all along readily extending the necessary help where required, never.. never missing even a 'tiny work' involved therein!

Today, as I recollect these Golden Cherished Moments of my life, I very much feel that long back, I should have penned down this Song of Life and sent my Letter of Sincere Thanks Giving to you who gave me everything required in my life and made me stand in the world today as the fully grown and capable Woman of the modern times..

Unfortunately, the ever continuing responsibilities of mine totally kept me off from doing this.. Thus this Letter of mine ever fresh in my memory but never penned down just remains the Unsent Letter of our times as this day, you have left all of us and gone far far away never to return!

Your grieving daughter..

THE 'UNSHAKEN FAITH' OF THE 'UNKNOWN TIMES!'

A Emperor was a good Ruler no doubt but was truly an Atheist.... "When I strongly believe that whatever comes up to me is to be ultimately lived thru' by me alone, where is the place for God here?  It's just the weak man's Philosophy.... I'm sorry... I can't accept this.... Just be doing good and thus live the life!" he used to reiterate whenever a few Elders and Well-wishers advised him in that line.... And the wise Minister having noticed that attitude for a while, firmed up to try a few methods and bring a change to his Emperor's Psychology in a Novel Way if they worked out....

One day morning, he thus created his own story and said to the Emperor, "Your Majesty! Last night, the God of ‘Misfortune’ appeared in my dream and said, 'Your Emperor would be facing a Misfortune on the coming Wednesday as he never believed in God and offered Prayers!'  Sir, I'm a bit worried!” 

"My dear!  I don't believe in all these dreams and God of Misfortune and I'll prove to you that nothing would happen so easily with our good care.... But if I am moving actively outside on this day and by chance have a small sprain or a catch, you will surely attribute that to your God of Misfortune.... So let me just stay indoors and restrain my movements for that day.... And You too will be with me by my side!" he said with all firmness.... 

A day before the D-day in the evening hrs, the Emperor declared to his Court that as he was not feeling well, he would totally remain indoors the next day with his Minister.... The Physicians too who instantly attended to him advised him rest as they could find nothing wrong with their Emperor.... 

The day thus started and just moved on till 4 PM without anything going wrong.... By that time, the Emperor's pride shot up and to make doubly sure that nothing would go wrong for the next 2 hrs too, he decided to spend that time in total isolation in the secret escape tunnel passage from His Chamber in the Palace.... He just asked the Minister to bolt the room from inside, open the secret passage door and move to the middle of the passage.... They both thus stayed the last 2 hrs there and returned to the Palace....

The Emperor was jubilant, bid bye to the Minister and rested for the day.... The next day morning, he straight away narrated the whole story in his Court reiterating his stand firmly, “No one can do anything to an individual who all along carries high self confidence and totally believe in self!”

Everyone kept quiet, but the wise Minister told his Emperor that he was wrong....

When the Emperor challenged him on his words, the Minister said, “Your Majesty! You are a Monarch and supposed to be Ruling all of us.... You, for the first time to my knowledge, have hid this Specific Event totally from your Court men.... Yesterday you left all your Official works, pretended to have a non existing sickness, bolted your room like a man of cowardice, went into escape tunnel which the Kings use in rare circumstances when they were defeated by the enemy and spent two hours in the dark, stuffy and smelling tunnel without a movement.... What other 'Misfortune' should descend on an Emperor of your Caliber?”

The Emperor was just amused with explanation given by his Minister and equally understood at that moment that his own plans and actions were always limited in front of the Unknown Powers of the Universe....

"OK! I agree that it was a day of Misfortune for me.... But you believe in God and sincerely would be praying to Him all along but you too have passed thru' all this harrowing experience.... Why did not the God take care of you here?" he asked....

The Minister smiled and said, "Your Highness! I lived in the Palace for full day along with my Emperor enjoying all the Royal benefits.... It was truly an honor for me for the day.... Where was the Misfortune for me in this Scenario?"

The Emperor was speechless with the explanation given by His wise Minister.... "You opened up my eyes.... 

• God truly exists as nothing can come up unless Something is there behind!  

Thanks for the Great Job done!" saying thus he embraced the Minister and hugged him...

"But here the wisdom forever is....

• As something can come up out of nothing too it's better, we believe in God but forever believe there in the Right direction alone!" 

clarified the Minister simultaneously at the back of a smile as he revealed his Plan behind the Event....

Just confirming on those wordings, a Vedic Teacher outside the Palace was heard reciting aloud followed by his Scholars repeating in chorus the 8th Sloka, Chapter 10 of Srimad Bhagavad Gita where in Lord Krishna declared to Prince Arjuna....

'Aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate;
Iti matwaa bhajante maam
buddhaa bhaavasamanvitaah.'

'I am the source of all (in the Universe); from Me (alone) everything evolves; understanding thus the wise (forever), through meditation, worship me (alone).'

(An inspiration I got out of a Parable heard in my childhood)

THE 'SACRED SECRETS' OF GOOD BLOGGING!

• The Content: A Blog Post is just a bout of an 'INNATE INSPIRATION' in the Blogger which he / she should express it out 'AS IS' to the extent possible.... In this Scenario, too much of attention given to the writing aspects of the language or too much use of of the spoken language surely defeat the original purpose of conveying the Message.... The contents should just be told as an interesting story taking care of the spelling and grammatical aspects involved there in....

• The Beginning: A traditional beginning often becomes a boredom and soon distracts the interested Readers.... An expressive beginning retaining till end a little suspense of what is going to be talked of will surely do a wonderful job here even though each Blogger has his / her own knack of starting the talk....

• The Ending: The ending of the Writing should necessarily carry the final Message in brief what the Blogger wanted to tell ultimately and should be worded in such a way that it generally picks up on certain Great Sayings known to the World.... If done precisely, the Readers accept the Blog Post wholeheartedly as every one believes firmly that the Sacred Sayings of the World forever do good to all....

• The Title:  A suitable Title to the Post is very Important including its presentation as the Gist of the Message in the Write up appears here discretely but never revealed.... And this selection is a trick and luck by itself and it should neither be  too short nor too long since the short one does not stir up the Readers and the long one simply dampens their spirits.... Any repetitive Titles in the Blog sure create a boredom in the minds of the Readers.... Well known Sayings changed a bit conveying either humorous or a bit sarcastic meanings are often well accepted.....

• The Brief: When asked to give a Brief on the Blog Post before one reads thru' it, the Blogger should sincerely speak out there the Message he / she is going to tell partly brought out and partly hidden.... This is exactly to appreciate the Readers' eagerness to know what basically the Post is about at the same not more than that as they are not interested to know the mystery behind it.... It's a knack of telling and certain comparative statements here sure help a lot....

• Frequency /Time of Posting: Too many successive Postings in a short time create a burden on the Readers and in no time side track their attention.... Rare Postings finally make the Readers forget the Blog itself.... Again Live News around sure has an impact on the Readers in accepting wholeheartedly a related Blog Post just brought out at the same time which at some other point of time would have done its job without a remorse.... Depending on the on-going wave of Emotions with the Masses, the Blog Postings should be timed for success communicating the Right Message....

• Reply to the Comments: The Blogger ever should take care here, appreciate every Reader's feelings about his / her Blog Post and acknowledge the Comment thru' appreciation of the particular Reader's feelings.... Trying to antagonize the expressive feelings of a Reader however opposing they be to the original message should never be attempted at any cost except only reiterating the original Message softly.....

• Importance of Co-Bloggers / Readers: The Co-Bloggers / Readers are just the backbone of success of any Blog.... Their patronage alone supports a Blog in the Blogging field.... Thus, it becomes the primary duty of a Blogger to take pains, pay attention to his / her Readers' Blogs and sincerely appreciate their Innate Expressions.... Here different Ideas, different Topics, different ways of Writing etc sure are to be noted as each Blogger is sincerely trying to express his / her own feelings thru' his / her Blog created at the back of so much pain and effort....

• Reading the Posts of Co-Bloggers / Readers: The Blogger should forever spend a certain time in reading others Blog Posts truly grasping the contents.... Where time is limited because many have to be paid attention, one may go thru' the Page a bit faster but surely and precisely getting the sub-message in each Para, thus reach the end and truly grasp the final Message the Blogger has conveyed.... This discipline alone ultimately creates a good environment around in the Blogging field....

• Commenting on the Posts of Co-Bloggers / Readers: This is a must if the Blogger truly feels that the Co-Blogger's Blog Post conveyed the Right Message.... He / she should ever write an appreciative Comment once he / she accepts to read the Blog Post... A critical Comment if any should be worded nicely so that it never appears as criticism but brings out another Right Point alone in parallel....

• Fading Importance seen in the Right Spirit: Blogging should continue, should never be stopped just because there is a certain impasse in the popularity as it happens many times because every 'UP' in life invariably will have a 'DOWN!'  Patience is a virtue here and the tempo of conveying the Right messages through the Posts is to be constantly maintained.... Soon the newness once again comes up in the existing Bloggers' minds along with the support of newly added Bloggers in the field and the next 'UP' follows as life is never static.... Here it's ever the duty of a Blogger to remember that the Blogging Capacity is the Gift of God, the Almighty thru' this Capacity had given the Blogger a chance to tell to the world the Right and that  should ever be fully honored for a life time! 

HAPPY BLOGGING!

THE DAY OF LIBERATION!

The man of mid thirties having fully qualified himself to drive was on road the very next day in his car all by himself of course sure, with a certain extra care and attention….

But, unfortunately too much of anything works against the original purpose and here too that single issue alone created a problem to his good driving as

• Whenever he was a bit hesitant to over take the vehicle on his left with a limited clearance, the impatient drivers from behind invariably used to honk at him hard....
• The same when repeated while turning left, the expert drivers behind used to shout at him to go....
• A few times when he made a sincere attempt to cut through traffic for turning right, no doubt a little tough task for an Amateur, he invariably got stuck in the middle and had to take enough preaching from the other road users who equally got stuck because of him!

Rightly speaking, for a while that 'LURKING FEAR' alone had kept off the 'TRUE EXPERTISE' coming up in the man and his days thus were moving with a 'CERTAIN INEXPLICABLE UNEASINESS!'

But finally the D-day arrived…. Sure, a very Important day in the life of the man!

There was some serious problem at home and certain urgent works had to be attended to immediately.... No go, he had to move in his car, a bit faster, that too not a small distance and exactly through the middle of the City.... Yes... Really, a Testing Time for him!

• The continuous overtaking of the left side traffic was in front…. Clearances were small between the close moving vehicles…. But no go....Had to push through…. Done once…. 'Strange? It  really happened! There was enough space.... A great wonder!' mused the man instantly….

And a fourth of his confidence too instantly got restored….

• Soon a few left turns were to be made…. To Join the main stream…. Could not wait…. Just moved the vehicle in steps turning left simultaneously allowing a few vehicles to pass in front…. 'Yes!  It's not difficult; just a knack of driving!' he thought right at that moment....

By then, half of the confidence was already up in him….

• Soon The dreaded right turn came up…. There was no go…. Pushed through a small distance…. A few on-coming vehicles were forced to stop… Further pushed through…. Some more vehicles stopped…. When the last one cleared and passed through in front, pushed through the remaining stretch and made a perfect right turn…. And under the very cover of his vehicle, a few on the left very easily could turn right with a thankful gesture to the bold man’s initiative…. 'Oh, God!  What's that I have done? Never imagined this really possible!' were the man's unexplained feelings then and there.... 

And exactly right at that moment, the other half confidence till then eagerly awaiting to take over instantly completed it's job in full making the jubilant man truly....

A 'CONFIDENT DRIVER' ON THE ROAD!