Forgive yourself! Let's restart life all over again from step one....

I am too hard on myself. It's tough for me sometimes to forgive my own mistakes. When things go wrong like they did 6 months back, I tend to look back and berate myself! Why did I do that? Why did I take that decision? Why did I not accept the google offer in 2005? Why did I go for MBA? Why did I not try in advertising after graduation? Hell, why did I not study advertising in graduation to start with, there were no tests then...everyone was after Bcom and economics?! Why did I not apply to advertising companies from the campus, just because they said that the salaries will be low?!!!!

now, the answer to all these questions is....

I was a different person then. I was not wise enough to know what I know now. I know all this because of the mistakes that I made and the pain that I have gone through and going through! I was a different person yesterday. And.....if I could have done better, I would have done better, i have, after all, always wanted happiness for myself and my people....

So, I forgive myself. This was all predetermined, part of my destiny, my growing process if I am supposed to survive. If I am not supposed to survive, I will not.

So, I forgive myself. I can say with 100% confidence that I have always tried to be the best I can be. And I promise this for future as well.

Let's hit again, as hard as possible, leaving the results to destiny. . Let's restart life!

thoughts to live by

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodre Roosevelt!

“The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.”

“Always do what you are afraid to do.”

“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” wow!- John W Gardner

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”

Thoughts I live by!

We will find a way or make one-----Hannibal

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Aristotle

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence” Aristotle

Okay, I have failed to find a way in 6 months. Let's try making one now.

Musings over destiny!

There is something called as Destiny. Individual Destiny. Your destiny determines your life, my destiny determines mine. Destiny is a predetermined set of events and happenings. Results are predetermined. NO matter what you do, what is destined to happen to you will eventually come to pass. Now, what does that mean in terms of a man's free will? Why am I up at 5 in the morning to start my day?

This means that man's role in this world is limited to his thoughts and actions. Man must exercise conscious volitional control over his thoughts and actions and that way he can negotiate with destiny to allow him positive and uplifting outcomes. Will destiny oblige or not depends on destiny. WE CAN ONLY NEGOTIATE WITH DESTINY WITH OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTION AND NOT BY STANDING IN FRONT OF AN IMAGINARY FICTIONAL CREATURE CALLED GOD. SO GOD IS OUT OF MY PICTURE. Man must do what he can do with everything he got to create his desired and intended outcomes. He must want his results and be committed to them and also know that results will only occur when they are destined to and if they are destined to. Oliver Tambo died just a few days before South Africa got freedom. He spent his entire life in the pursuit of this dream.

Many times destiny is not fair. I just cannot see why Helen Keller deserved to live in a dark and silent world! I cannot see why a loving and forgiving man like Nelson Mandela deserved to spend over 27 years in jail. I cannot see why Nick Vujicic was born without limbs?!! I cannot see why Malayesh and Gaurav had to die in the terrorist attack? I cannot even see why some people are born to riches and others lead a life destitute poverty!!

The answer is it's their individual destiny. But again, as people who have grown from rags to riches and the 3 inspirations I mentioned above, you can negotiate with destiny ARMED WITH DISCIPLINED THOUGHT AND ACTION. Don't go to God. There is none.

Good luck! Let's hope destiny/lady luck is nice to you.

THINK POSITIVE, UPLIFTING THOUGHTS AND TAKE POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING ACTION. RESULTS ARE PREDETERMINED BY DESTINY. So don't get worked up. It's useless and wasteful to get stressed. Just keep working and expect the results you want. Work extremely hard and don't let a single negative thought enter your mind. Negative thoughts corrupt the mind and thereby corrupting the body.

What controls the mind? WILL POWER
What Controls the body? The MIND
What controls the results? DESTINY

Michael Jordan

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and
give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

- Michael Jordan