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The only choice to make was to go ...Up! This is not the end. This is the beginning.  In life we get to make all kinds of choices. Even when we hit a dead end against a wall, there's a choice to be made - to turn around, to sit down, to stand and wait or to go up! I have taken the last one. UP.  For me life is not a battle to be won or victory to be written about. It's life. Simple life. Life is the only thing that has no template or warning system to work with. The day we are born it begins and only ends when we end. Rest all are our stories. There are no breaks or self help manuals. It just goes on and on. The syllabus is ever expanding and upgrading. Most of the times things we face are out of syllabus. I am sure you would agree to this. The hiccups that we experience on the way of living are our own. No two life mishaps or joys are same. Life has absolutely no role to play. We role play. Each and every action or reactions are responsible for the subsequent one

This piece "Life Goes On" has been taken from my first blog "Food  for Souls" when I started some 7 years back. When I revisited it tonight I realised if you are true to yourself nothing else matters. The hard coding can perish with you but never fail you. I am putting it down once again for sharing my modest beginnings in the world of sharing. LIFE GOES ON In last couple of days I saw some movies and two of them caught my imagination. Though there is nothing common in them starting from the era when they were made to star cast to the directors to the story line. I mean nothing in common. Nothing at all. Yet they told me the same thing. Life offers the same to all in all ages. It's our interpretations and how we accept it, which is the differentiator. Being human doesn't mean we limit ourselves. It means we are limitless like the nature we are part of. The first one was "Satyakam". It is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Well he is mor

In the letter that Andy wrote to Red were the words " Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe even the best of things, and no good thing ever dies ". This was towards the end in the movie Shawshank Redemption (1994). These words have stayed with me for years now and still have the power to make me look at the bright side of life now, and always. Every morning when I get up I hope to have a great day. Every time my child waves to go to school I hope she has the best that the day has to offer. Every time my spouse leaves for work I hope he would come home with a smile. Every time my family calls I hope there is some comforting news to be shared. Every time my friends come over I hope we will have a great time together. There is hope. Hope never dies and I never let it go. Hope is like a never-ending story.  Do I build faith or keep hope? I have often struggled to distinguish between these two and without exaggeration have arrived at the conclusion that somehow hope has

Don't you feel that individualism has slowly and steadily permeated all walks of our daily life and everywhere this same bomb is exploding in our faces - ' its my life . ' Well I certainly experience it and nothing wrong about it. I call this a bomb because like bombs they might be dropped at a particular coordinate but the impact area is far and beyond. It not only hits the target but also affects the surroundings. This simple 3 word sentence can change the entire meaning one attaches to everything - for better or for worse but it does. Not to forget this sentence has embedded within it a very important fact - taking decisions or making choices or calling shots etc. - whatever the nomenclature. All point towards the person who is responsible for doing this - ME, MYSELF and I. You can't escape. A couple of weeks back I had read it in the news paper how Shikha Sharma (CEO - Axis Bank) during her convocation speech at IIM(A) quoted Dumbledore's advice to Harry P

Happiness is just a tear drop away. This was the way of being for perhaps most of us from "pre millenial generations." All that happiness stood for or all that could help us achieve a happy state of mind had to be earned. Toil or tear whichever was applicable or whichever came first depending on the stage of life we were in. We got what we deserved and needed. That's how most would remember our childhood and growing up from that era.  I wonder where those days have gone or should I say those people have gone. It was a simple give and take. Give love, respect, consideration, help, time etc etc and get the same in return. "Input is equal to Output" theory. This was life and this is how it should always be. And sooner we teach our younger ones the better it is for them. In the last decade this emotion called happiness is keeping us on our toes and wide awake else we might miss it. Ignorance is no more bliss.     When did happiness become a goal and more impor

1 year 2 months 23 days. This is no statistic or a cryptic riddle. This is how long I have been living since I defeated my brain condition to come out 'normal'. A new kind of normal. As most would agree the real journey of life begins when the surgery is over. Its my journey and I have to walk it for the rest of my life. I came out and living is the greatest achievement for me. How I made it, is a separate story and a long one. I will write it someday for sure but right now there are more important thoughts that are keeping me awake. As per psychologist Maslow and his theory one can attain self actualization only after all the other lower levels have been conquered. I am not sure whether I have crossed and conquered all the levels but what I know is that I am at a stage where I can see things clearly. Crossing or no crossing the levels. This clarity has come about after a lot of pain, soul searching, help, realizations etc. The truth has been overwhelming and tough to say