New Vows

New Vows, New year, New me! 

 2020 was hard on all of us. Covid-19, Had the sort of an impact, that no one had ever imagined. An year that was supposed to be full of festivities, and celebrations, was contrarily an year of home isolation and social separation. 2020 in my opinion was the one year, that i will not remember in my life or log book at least.

For 2021, I have made new vows, new commitments, new plans and of course, New resolutions. For starters i will not be clinging on to the ghosts of the past. Getting over unfortunate events, and adding a new perspective to life will surely be of help. Having said that, a lot of passengers boarded out of my train to, this year. Leaving empty seats behind. Surely, they will be filled, but focusing on the seats that are already filled, that is important. 

The train does not stop, It moves on. People come and go, a part of our life no doubt.

I wish all of you a Prosperous and a safe Year ahead! 

Great Words By The Great Man.

Lucensy of Mother Nature

What is purity? I had always wondered.What is serenity? I had never known. A sentence that I had always been told that,"mother nature knows all." constantly kept on ringing in my conscious and compelled me to set my feet out on a journey with only one purpose, to obtain the meaning of serenity. 

What is serenity?, was the first question in my mind.
Is it a song full of life? Is it a melody that makes you dance even in the saddest hour. Or is it a feeling that bestows upon you limitless felicity. 

Nonetheless, with a long journey ahead and these questions in my mind, I saw an adorable boy, busy in his mainstream life, trying to help his mother to fetch water from the nearest well, while he was busy in his shenanigans, making endearing uncountable mischief with his mother,  he suddenly gazed upon me. With his eyes fixed upon my face, trying read my expressions, I took a glance towards the background. My heart skipped a beat and i was lost in the mesmerizing beauty of mother nature, while the boy was still staring at me, I felt like the birds had started chirping loudly and in a sense the birds were trying to tell me, that this is true serenity. All along my journey, mother nature was trying to answer me but I was at fault, because i was not knowing her language.

Now with one answer in my bag, and some hope along with me I had decided to move on. Again, while passing through this valley full of unlimited aesthetics, I stumbled upon those rocky mountains, trying to reach as high as possible, and as soon as possible, because of that arduous routine that i had left back at home, was waiting for me. A few days had passed, and I was no where near to finding the second answer. With all my hopes shattered, and the time of my departure coming near, I was packing my bags, when a local guide came to take me to hike one last time, and there again I was astounded that as soon as we reached the intended place, I stared upon the mountains far far away from me, conscious started telling me that purity, is something that is beyond the reach of mankind.

 Purity is a feeling of completeness, that mere humans like us can feel for only a few moments but never, can we understand the true meaning of this word. We can explore, but we can never create.

"Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills."
Rhadanath Swami

A special thanks to Fatima for letting me use her pictures. Of course all the credits go to her.

Self Belief

I Always Thought It Was

“Possible”

And, I always thought that it was possible. It was possible to do anything; it was possible to accomplish anything. Anything because this human mind is such a beautiful gift that you can accomplish anything, you can achieve any miracle just by the force of will and determination. You can build galaxies, but will, determination, and intelligence are not the only things that are required. Hard work and hard work alone is superior to all the above mentioned attributes. To be naturally gifted is a blessing but not utilizing ones abilities is a curse and a disgrace to these awarded abilities. I always thought it was possible without “Hard work”, But I was always wrong. To be at your best you need to polish your qualities and that is something what only hard work can bring out.

 Every negative situation contains the possibility of something positive. Turning dust into Gold is not easy, difficulties do come. Nothing is beyond reach and only hard work paves the way to success.

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

Self belief is the essence of hard work. When we fall down, sometimes after a very hard blow it is always difficult to get up again. Not getting up again,and giving up always limits your abilities, conquerors never sit back or relax they get up again and again and again, because they believe in themselves. They believe in their own capabilities and they believe that they are the ones who are meant to do it.

The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.” 

― Stephen Richards

Your sense of who you are, will always determine your actions and what you end up getting in life. A limited imagination and a “reach” which has boundaries, will never help a person to face difficulties in life. The dangers of life are always beyond imagination and an approach that has no limits, than can break all boundaries is the only right approach. Breaking the barriers of limited and conventional thinking has always been the best strategy to register your name in the books of  history. Starting from the light bulb, till the invention of an I phone, all of these Famed creators had done the “impossible”, “possible”. All of them had worked hard, All had self belief, because even after failing continuously they never gave up, they kept on striving, aiming towards there goal they kept. They dedicated whole of their lives, just for there ambition just for their dream.

I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation. 

Joel Osteen

Sense of self worth comes from you alone, people always degrade you, doubt your abilities. It is only you who can do it, As I always say only you are the one, who is capable.

Courage

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all the others. – Winston Churchill

 Who, does not know Sir Winston Churchill! One of the Greatest British rulers we have witnessed. Tells us about this gem of an attribute.Courage is one of those attributes that enable a person to overcome his self implicated limits. Being Fearful always limits one's abilities. Fear from taking a risk, fear of failing, fear of not being able to do something, fear of losing ones life, and fear of taking a risk. All of these collectively limit a persons abilities.

It is always easy to rationalize your own doubts and conservative instincts,particularly when times are tough. Courage and self belief, can never be inoculated into a person. These qualities are always attained as a natural gift, a blessing. These can result either as a consequence of a hard blow, that you have faced in your life, if you are a slow learner, or this can be acquired as a result of an observation of other people facing similar problems.

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.   Winston Churchill

Effort always requires courage and courage is always dependent on your strength. Is there any one who has ever gained success in life without a continuous failure, without facing hardships, or without a continuous effort. I would confidently say NO.

Effort can always beat talent. Talent and effort combined together are an unmatched pair.

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” 

– Winston Churchill 

A journey to your dreamy success is a lifelong voyage, an adventure which has a chest full of joy waiting for you at the finishing line. And if someone never musters up enough courage to take the first step then how will he be able to conquer his dreams. To conquer his dreams he needs that courage, the one that urges a person to take that first step in his life. 

People fail, people fall down, people break. Only those who gather enough courage along the way to stand up every time they fall, are the ones who are remembered.