Strength is having a graceful life!

"SHAKTIHA KRUPAYUKTAM JEEVANMASTI" means A graceful life is a peaceful life.

In the daily pace of living, recognition, fame and attention, we often forget how beautiful and necessary grace is.

We have little to no control on the circumstances that come our way. What we can control is how we react to or handle each situation. It takes extraordinary discipline and a peace within one's inner self to handle any situation with the utmost grace. It also places a burden at times on being the bigger person regardless of who we are dealing with - a child, a friend, a spouse, an elderly person, etc. 

A lot of times, I draw my strength from the good within and around me. It can be one's faith, one's support system, one's inner happiness and the list is endless. To find my inner strength, I try to follow these 5 principles:

1. Lower expectations from people in my everyday life 
2. Do not take things personally (start with the trivial things)
3. Do not judge or criticize anyone
4. Learn what's good from around you
5. Have a healthy introspection (once every 3-6 months)

Life can be a bed of roses - it is up to us to choose to see the roses or the thorns!

The Miracles of Life !

Somethings make you wonder if humans are as great creators as they proclaim to be. The circle of life aided by nature, a newborn child, a parent watching their child take a new step every day with love and care, and so many such things that existed long before we had electricity, the world wide web and a lot of the technological inventions without which we seem so much impaired these days. 

Definitely I don't want to discredit the human race of all the innovative findings which make life easy and fast...kudos to every human that ever lived on the face of the earth and contributed to such inventions. 

It just make me wonder how awesome must be that greater power that created such a human...simply divine!

Comeback...

It's been awfully long since I blogged...and I am starting today with the hope of keeping this going with at least one post a month :)

A few years gone by and when I look back there is just one prominent message - "live life one day at a time". This does not preclude planning for the future. Enjoying the simple and small pleasures of life adds more meaning to every day...be it sitting around the table for a family breakfast, reading a book with your husband, watching a movie with the family, listening to music or radio with the kids.

In this ever shrinking world we live in, time is a very important factor. Taking oneself too seriously can become a big hurdle in the path to happiness.
You may ask how do we not take certain things seriously? 
I only say this: Try looking at it through a different perspective. Most times, this approach adds sense to a happening that seemed totally incomprehensible before.

There is an ancient quote that "Life is not a bed of roses".
My thought: Life is a collection of little meaningful moments...make the most of the moments you have, to make your time in this world larger than life!


Signing off...

2006 - It's been a great year !

I'm back to blogging after a break...life has treated me very well these past few months...but I missed writing too much that I'm sitting up at 3:05 AM on a Sunday morning writing this piece !

The year started off with me spending time back home among family fantastically. A lot many improvements in my career and a special touch to my personal life...guess what??? Yes, I'm getting hitched. Call me fantasizing, but I've always believed in "A special person is out there for me". It's a feeling of a dream come true !

With an approaching wedding and a few deadlines in a new job, you can't imagine how life can be. There is a long list of things-to-be-done-and-best-done-with-less-folks-around. It's been fun performing at work and going shopping for a wedding in the evenings/weekends. To top it all, I have had a few people ask me if I'm getting cold feet. Not that it's a silly inquiry, but where is the question of uncertainty when you are sure of what you are doing. The very thought of a reply brings up my fiancee's face and I just smile to myself. We are a strange combination ~ quite the opposites really...excluding the principle of magnetism, this is where I understood what they mean by opposites attract.

So much said, I'm eagerly looking forward to the New Year's and my upcoming home going...not to forget the very special occasion of our wedding !
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Fabulous New Year !!!