Closing my eyes I reviewed the
day and found that the day has slipped stealthily. I have not learnt a new
Idea, I have not made anyone smile nor have I made myself smile. I wrecked my
brain to recollect at least one or two achievements of the day which may give
me a sense of my worthiness but I miserably failed. From the day break to the
good night wish to my wife I found no substance to appreciate. The time made me
a fool.
The essence of my daily realization is poured in the form of this blog contents. An attempt is made to be Brief and express the ideas succinctly.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
why my wife summoned me with so much urgency
A call from Sairam in the evening
broke my sleep. He asked me to come to the main road and join with him and
Shirish Sir in the evening walk. I was
happy because for the last couple of weeks our trio (i.e. Sai,Atma and Shirish)
had not been together in the evenings. It was because of incessant rain and bad
weather. But today we did not care and came out. When I joined with them I came
to know that they wanted me to come with my vehicle and drop them in their
quarters as they had not brought their umbrellas. But soon we decided to enjoy
the rain with our group-walk under one umbrella which I was carrying. We
stopped at the Panigrahi hotel and started gossiping and I can bet that the
gossip was hotter than Panigrahi’s coffee. Before I could finish my coffee my
wife called me home urgently. She appealed me to come home urgently in a crying
voice. I suddenly came home and discovered that black ants have attacked my
wife and one ant had bitten so badly that it was bleeding. I heaved a sigh of
relief because it was just an ant and it was not a scorpion. But I could not
understand why my wife summoned me with so much urgency & seriousness. The
possible explanations may be.....
1. A
wife does not like another human beings come closer to her husband although
they are males and his colleagues.
2. A
wife may not like her husband enjoying life beyond the borders of family when
she is engaged in cooking and caring the child.
3. The
wife might be taking a test to ensure her importance and the commitment of her
husband.
Friday, July 19, 2013
A page from my life
Today what I write is neither for
advertisement nor for showing off the glitter of my life. I write today because
I deeply feel that a few people, places or things around me have deeply rooted
in me. Without them my life is unimaginable.
You all should know that I have
few friends with whom I fight. I have few students whom I shout at and I have a
few responsibilities that I love to shoulder.
Today I take them all for granted
but I know it very well that after a couple of months when a departmental
transfer lands me somewhere else I shall truly miss them all. I can also bet
that after 5 years if I remember all these people (if I am alive), I shall love
to remember them as the most wonderful and loving people I have ever seen.
How, one by one, 7 years of my life
I have spent so swiftly often take me by surprise. Each day, however
monotonous, bears many things to remember, cherish and celebrate. Those
incidents of my life may not have any relevance or importance to the general
public but they are now precious because after few years I shall love to
remember them.......
Like every day today is a usual
day but I mark this day as extremely special because one of my friend who has
the dubious distinction of being late in all his undertakings broke all his
past records. He completed his task 4 hours before the scheduled time. Perhaps
a tsunami of change has touched the planet and I am ignorant of it.
I remember those days of the year
2006 when we had to take our lunch at 4pm. It was like that we had a mess where
every member had to cook the meal in turn. The days when that friend used to
have the kitchen task we would make our own arrangements to fight hunger till
sunset. While cooking, in his characteristic style that good friend would be so
intolerably slow that everybody had to postpone the lunch-time.
However, nobody minded his
snail’s pace because he cooked well.............
The friend whom I described in
the above paragraphs is too fast today. Preparing 800 ballot papers by the end
of the ‘WHY I STAND’ meeting of the college is not an easy task and he did so.
I shall not thank him because I am not so formal to him. But I shall upload a
few photographs of the day (i.e.18th July,13) so when we see it, we
shall remember that we had wonderful years together
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
FUTURE
A complete 360 degree rotation of
the clock’s hour-hand and one day of life is subtracted. Night thickens and
sleep paralyzes the body. Silence prevails for some time. Then there is snoring
and the silence breaks. And by the time the snoring ceases another 360 degree rotation
snatches the night from life.............The man sleeps and time also slips.
It is another fine day. The day
glides upon earth with the golden rays of the sun. Now the man is awake. His
usual life ensues -the same tea-breaks, the same file work, and the same course
of life. The time flows with its repetitive nature. The wait for a burst of
happiness like winning huge money in lottery does not end. The e-mail icon does
not blink with his beloved’s mail but he awaits and looks expectantly. If the
present does not bear the fruit of joy then future must have it. Future is the safe
haven to look for it because future is the other name of all possibilities.
Therefore ,the wise say, when everything is lost the future still remains.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
HAPPINESS COMES FROM WITHIN
For so many days it was
ceaselessly raining. There had been flood all around. The rivers had swollen dangerously.
And most of the roads had been washed away. Previously the roads were rutted, potholed
and badly rough but it was a solace that they existed. But now even those worn
out roads vanished. As a result everything seemed directionless. All communication
came to a stop and life got soaked in the waters.
The abundance of water in the
physical world was quite opposed to the inner dryness of life in the spiritual
world. Life was inwardly hollow, almost withered and dead because it was not
sprinkled with the waters of love, service and sacrifice for a long time.
It rained cats and dogs. The
so-called modern man preferred to stay indoors. Many trees were uprooted in the
strong wind and there was a major power failure. The glittering ultra-modern
life of the civilized man underwent a temporary retrogression. Now life shed
its speed and sat silently under the flames of a lantern. The rain and blackout
were accompanied by no TV serial shows, no internet, and no phones. The foolish
stare to the LCD screen that was obstructing the thought-spring got suspended
for some time. The long repressed divinity in the man found conducive
environment to sprout new petals. So many distractions of the modern life
weakened with the tempestuous weather. Life once again heard the voice of
self-realization. The doors and windows of the house were closed but the man
inside it found many doors and windows slowly opening to the light of truth.
The truth was that
HAPPINESS COMES FROM WITHIN AND NOT FROM WITHOUT.
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