it's friendship day!!

so who is a friend? it is one of the most casually used words in English language and everyone has their own idea of what it means. now this is my blog, so i will say mine.

A friend is characterized by qualities of care and presence. They are there, in your mind and around you, no matter the geographical location. It's not about convenience, it is about trust and the feeling of a bond. When there is something serious and sensitive to talk about, the name that pops up is the friend.

I feel alone at times. yes,i do. Being extremely selective about the people I interact with at a deep level, I find myself without company at a number of occasions, but that's the way I am and that's the way i will be.

I am thankful to life for giving me a few good friends, people who understand life at more than a superficial level. People i can really discuss the depths of my thoughts, I am thankful to you.

Pallavi has been my long cherished friend, she's seen me through some of the worst of my phases and i will never forget that....you deserved a mention for you have been a long story... :)

dale Carnegie says- if you want to make a friend, be a friend...it takes time, energy, faithfulness and selflessness...yes it needs all these things....it's not something in the passing, not come and go

kudos to great friends and kudos to friendship...happy friendship day!!

the next 4 months!!

this is the plan for the next 4 months.

"work" be it reading, dissertation or aything else. I have freaked out enough and now this is the time i devote to learning and understanding where my future is headed.

problems, anxieties, apprehensions!!!

well, i did not have a great day today.. i had an interview with the placement staff and they told me that i need to get clarity about the profile and as well as about the industry details.

It has kept me thinking all day about where i went wrong or i just need to use different words!!! i have been thinking all day and been a bit anxious although that does not serve any purpose. I may also have to change my dissertation topic because airlines is again what i chose. I am lost. It's disturbing me, yes. I do not know if i am the only one lost by the way!!!

And by the way, Ishmeet Singh, the boy who won the voice of India title, 19 year old in all and entire life ahead of him, drowned in Maldives today!!! He died!!! Imagine. Did he not have any plans??? Did he not have confusions?? why did he have to die? but he did? with all his problems, anxieties and apprehensions!!

even i am apprehensive, i have anxieties and issues, but the good news is, I am alive and as long as I am alive, nothing is really as big as death. No matter what happens, i'l always have a reason to be happy..

i am alive

god bless ishmeet wherever he's gone!!

i promise

I need to make some promises to myself, so here is my first submission:-

I promise myself to

Always think big and let my imagination go wild to find what is the right thing to do. It takes the same amount of energy to think big as it does to think small. I will not bind myself in constraints of why it cannot be done. I will make big goals for myself even if they sound unreasonable to start with and if i have enough passion, I am sure i will achieve them.

Focus on how my goals can be achieved rather than why they cannot be achieved. How i feel and what results come out depend on the type of questions i ask of myself.So once i have decided on the goal and I am sure i want to do it because i will love doing and it will benefit people, I will find a way or make one.

Never allow myself to be bogged down by criticism. People will always criticize my efforts because everything could be done in a better way, after all and as long as they are not doing it, they will always be eager to find faults. It's just okay. I must remind myself that "if you want to avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing"

Set examples of extraordinary human behavior. If I see myself as someone people can look up to, it is immense responsibility and strength of character. It means not taking short cuts and doing what is right, consistently. I will always do the right thing and will admit my mistake whenever i make one. For example, I am happy today that i got out of the bus to make way for someone in the junior batch, coz after all, it was their bus

this is my first list of promises and i will make more.
bye now, gotta read!!!