totd!

Be great at what you

do.

super thought of the day

Everything we read, learn, the people we meet, those who stay and those who walk away leave indelible impressions on our lives and existence. We are not what we are today. We are the sum of all days we have lived and everything we have experienced.

ABC of Life

A- Avoid negative sources, things and people

B- Believe in yourself. Nobody else will.

C- Consider things from every angle. Create a good life.

D- Don't give up, ever.

E- Enjoy life today; yesterday is gone and tomorrow may not show up

F- Family and Friends are priceless treasures. Value them.

G- Give what you can. Glorify the human spirit.

H- Hang on to your dreams

I- Ignore those who try to discourage you. Imagine great things.

J- Just do it baby

K- Keep on trying no matter how hard it seems. The tunnel will come to an end.

L- Love yourself I say. The man who cannot love himself cannot love anyone.

M-Meditate daily. Make it happen.

N- Never cheat or steal. Always go for a win-win.

O- Open your eyes and see things as they are. Facts don't cease to exist just because they are ignored.

P- Practice makes a man near perfect. Praise performance well done.

Q- Quitters never win. Never Never Never, Never quit. Question EVERYTHING.

R- Reading is to mind what running is to body. Don't miss either.

S- Stop procrastinating. Later may never come.

T-Take control of your destiny. It bends to a power called WILL.

U- Understand yourself and be yourself. It's one definition of success.

V- Value life. The fact that we are alive to read this, is a blessing. I know many who aren't.

X- Xcellence in what we do makes us who we are. Never settle.

Y- You are unique, unprecedented. Comparing yourself with someone else is an insult to your existence

Z- Zestfully pursue happiness. HAPPINESS IS EVERYTHING.

Diwali

Please pardon me if I happen to be the only person who finds this entire "may this Diwali bring you happiness, prosperity and whatever' a bit vacuous.

Most of the celebrations in India have religious undertones and since God makes no sense to me anymore, the celebrations don't make sense either. I mean, for example, they worship Goddess Lakshmi, the one supposed to be associated with wealth. I have not even heard a mythological story related to Goddess Lakhmi like those for Lord Rama and Krishna who happen to take the credit for Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Anyways, like all other days, I will do something I like and find an excuse to hug people and meet them. yea, that perhaps makes sense.

Food for thought!

Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.

-- Grey's Anatomy

Couplet of the day

jab hame zamane ke kanoon raas nahi aaye

ae amar

ham un raaston par chale jo hamne khud banaye

Couplet of the day

dekhen to insaan hansta khelta nazar aata hai,

pardon ke peeche kache hai yaar hamare;

dil ke taar na chhed ae amar,

bas aansu thame baithe hai sare