Attitude - The mystery power

My experiences -

• 23 years with life
• 18 years as a student which makes it 18 years as a teacher too
• 13 years in friendship
• 23 years as a son n brother
• 3 years as a Brother in Law

In all these years, I've known atleast 50 people personally very well and around 200 people well and more on less personal relationships. All across the world people find it a very common topic of gossip to bicker on politicians, law makers, senators, etc etc. Everyone, including myself, have great dreams and wishes ranging from a high tech automobile to a grand mansion or bollywood superstar. Technology has grown so much that information is most easily available thing today, but with a clause - You must go n get it. Inspite of the so called lack of opportunities, so called biased political system, so called unavailability of information and guidance, few names have made it to the international arena from slums, poor rural cottage homes, platform bedrooms and worse conditions - names like Abdul Kalam, Dhriubhai Ambani, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the list will go on.. They grew in the same conditions as the grumblers did.. Same rules which were biased against them.. Same financial conditions which made it look impossible for them to start.. Well, lets take a diversion to some personal stories now...
In the last five years, I have known a guy who had great dreams and I have provided him all the support I can - financially, morally, encouraging, information and more.. I tried to push him into a level where he will be able to propel himself, I tried four years - in vain. He just didnt get it.. He just didnt get the attitude though I motivated and encouraged and supported him for 4 years... Truth be told, may be I ain't good enough to motivate them or maybe attitude just cant be injected by an external source... I feel the latter is more true...

Attitude - The one intangible and even unfeelable force which can change so much in life... From the most developed nation - USA to one of the least developed countries in Africa, all countries are corrupt. The 2010 mid term elections of USA are the biggest exposure of the atrocities of US politics.. Same is the case with UK, I've been here for a year now and I know that India inherited its corrupt character from here. Same with India... No place is good enough to provide a bed of roses and fairness.. Nor is any country bad enough to deprive people of everything... If you want something, you get it if you have that one intangible force... Attitude.. I'm reminded of Abhishek Bachan's dialogue from GURU - I saluted to those doors which would open for a salute and I kicked those doors which didnt... There is no big magic to get what you want, you just have to go for it and never quit..

THE VOICE OF LIFE

I found a molluscan shell in the beach

And asked it why it was special?

It answered “ Listen to me, I’ll give you my answer”

I did and kept it to my ears

In its silence, I found out patience

In its silence, I found out hope

In its silence I realised trust

I realised faith and belief

In its silence I gained my energy

In its silence I gained my strength

In its silence I gained my confidence

And more in the Creator of all

Atlast I realised that it wasn’t silence that I was listening to

But I was listening to the voice of life.

An Ode to an Unsung Hero

I know a girl who lives among us

Born, brought up and taught just like the most...

Class topper she has been all through her life...

She did her schooling just like us all...

In wonderful schools she enjoyed her childhood...

And came with adolescence, the need to choose a path...

Given the freedom to choose what she wants

Given the fortune to have the scores to choose

She chose a degree she really believed she will enjoy...

Four years went and she enjoyed her college days...

She learned what she loved and thought of learning more...

For some other priorities, she chose not to learn more then

And decided to be a part of the herd

The herd of humans who sell themselves and all their hard work...

But somewhere within these days

Came a time when she discovered her love...

She discovered the joy of seeing a smiling child...

And then she joined this herd and failed to take the beatings...

Somewhere inside her heart, she heard her beating rebel...

She couldn’t be in the herd...

She couldn’t sell herself anymore...

She didn’t want the money

And there came the boldness of her love...

Against the raising outer voices

And against the critical mouths

She chose to unchain herself

And she went for her love...

And that made all the difference between her and the rest...

At 18 she chose what she loved

And again at 23...

When the rest were taking beatings...

She was cherishing the hours with the kids...

In her I found one human

Who took the greatest of journeys...

The journey most of us fail to take...

The journey deep within...

To hear to the inner voice

To realise that any day could be last...

To choose what we love and have the courage to go for it...

Against the dogmatic and worn out life...

She enjoys every minute now, of work and of rest

Her work gives her good memories

Which she can cherish in her rest...

It is this which I define to be living

It is this which creates the line...

Between those who live as masters and those who live as slaves..

After all, in today’s ‘globalized’ world...

Only two kinds of humans live..

The employers – the masters

The employees – the slaves...

- NAS

Nice poem on faith and almighty

I refuse to be discouraged,
To be sad, or to cry;
I refuse to be downhearted,
And here's the reason why...
I have a God who's mighty,
Who's sovereign and supreme;
I have a God who loves me,
And I am on His team.
He is all wise and powerful,
Jesus is His name;
Though everything is changeable,
My God remains the same.
My God knows all that's happening;
Beginning to the end,
His presence is my comfort,
He is my dearest friend.
When sickness comes to weaken me,
To bring my head down low,
I call upon my mighty God;
Into His arms I go.
When circumstances threaten
To rob me from my peace;
He draws me close unto His breast,
Where all my strivings cease.
And when my heart melts within me,
And weakness takes control;
He gathers me into His arms,
He soothes my heart and soul.
The great "I AM" is with me,
My life is in His hand,
The "Son of the Lord" is my hope,
It's in His strength I stand.
I refuse to be defeated,
My eyes are on my God;
He has promised to be with me,
As through this life I trod.
I'm looking past all my circumstances,
To Heaven's throne above;
My prayers have reached the heart of God,
I'm resting in His love.
I give God thanks in everything,
My eyes are on His face;
The battle's His, the victory is mine;
He'll help me win the race.

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:) Insectivorous :)

Seariders

Born Again

I’m growing I’m growing, growing everyday

I play I win

I play I lose

I play I fall

Get hurt n cry

Life hits again

Again, again, again n again

I weep, I moan, but I still hold on

I bleed, I bleed

Only the last drop left

I still hold on guzzling in air…

Sleepless nights

Breathless days

Emotionless minutes

I still hold on

And the day is born

When the sun has shown up at last

I breathe more air

And my blood flow starts

I get up on my knees

And my enemy watches

My enemy is none

None but myself

The bad half of my soul

It stares, stares, stares in amazement

I breathe, breathe n raise my arms

I shout I shout

And I plead to my Lord

“Give me more strength! I can’t lose my game

Give me more strength! I have more to do”

And the sun shines more

And I gain more strength

My soul says “Stand up!

Go, Go, Go…”

I stand I shout and I take my first step

And comes my foe running

And again hits me down

I’m kicked I’m hit

I bleed, bleed again

I retrace and move away

To save the gained strength

He stands n laughs

And calls me for a fight…

I scream I scream

“Give me more strength”

And I raise, I rise

I rise on my legs…

He comes running again

Baffled by my guts...

I scream I run

I run with all my strength

The game is again on

I’m gonna play again

This time too I might lose

For I know it’s hard to win

But I’ll not quit

The game wont end

The game wont end

Coz I haven’t won it yet...

-- NAS..

Riders of the Skies :)

"wanderers forever"

dusky glory

"nature's work on the azure canvas"