Many centuries ago,
high above the sky,
God was bestowing gifts,
to all livings including man.
He let away wealth,
He let away beauty,
He let away strength,
to make a few mighty.
Lions received courage,
men received brains,
reptiles had venums,
as deadly as it could get.
He did give hope,
He did give faith,
and he gave away passion,
some had more some got less.
He was not biased,
while offring different strengths.
Yet he kept something to him,
for us to conquer ourselves.
Faith gives a way to live,
and hope gives a reason.
Strength gives mightiness,
for everyone who has fallen.
Poor people living in huts,
and rich in their palaces,
all keep on saying that,
what they have is still less.
So that's the challenge
to complete in our life
and life will be truly lived,
if that peace is achieved.....
Author-Devendra Oak.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
ON SUCCESS AND FAILURES….
No matter what people say, Success and praise are two things that matter most to any human being. In today’s rat race everyone wants to succeed no matter how. Sad thing about this situation is that definition of success has changed long way. Today by success what one expects is, he has to beat the others. No one seems to be striving for achieving perfection or self evolution. Like in today’s education system right from childhood a student is said to be clever if he manages to score more than others. It’s true that everyone needs money and that’s why one thinks about overtaking others. Paulo Coelho puts it so rightly in his best seller “The Alchemist” that “No one can become Alchemist if he is just looking for an invention which would turn iron into gold. It’s a process of evolution where gold is the ultimate state. During evolution he has to evolve himself along with things around him and then only he could achieve alchemy.”
During learning to ride bicycle people keep saying don’t worry about falls it’s failures through which you learn. I don’t believe in this philosophy. Why think about failures. Definitely failures are inevitable part of life. Yet it’s initial mind set I am talking about. As Robin Sharma says, “It’s initial steps that count, the power of start.” So now I would modify initial statement as “Learning to ride bicycle is not about falling but rising again no matter how many times you fall.” Don’t even think about missed chances as failures but look at them as stepping stones. It’s not failures through which one learns but it’s the mind set.
There are people who want to be successful at any cost. Also there are some who are not sure about themselves they also want to succeed but they think about failures first and lose their fire. Then there is this third kind who keeps doing things that they believe is right staying loyal to their heart. They believe in famous verse, “KARMANYE VADHIKARASTE MA FALESHU KADACHAN.” I would like to mention J.R.D. Tata. Tata industries is a firm who does think about coworkers and as mentioned earlier they evolve themselves along with people around them. It’s this third kind due to which the world evolves!
Author-Devendra Oak.
During learning to ride bicycle people keep saying don’t worry about falls it’s failures through which you learn. I don’t believe in this philosophy. Why think about failures. Definitely failures are inevitable part of life. Yet it’s initial mind set I am talking about. As Robin Sharma says, “It’s initial steps that count, the power of start.” So now I would modify initial statement as “Learning to ride bicycle is not about falling but rising again no matter how many times you fall.” Don’t even think about missed chances as failures but look at them as stepping stones. It’s not failures through which one learns but it’s the mind set.
There are people who want to be successful at any cost. Also there are some who are not sure about themselves they also want to succeed but they think about failures first and lose their fire. Then there is this third kind who keeps doing things that they believe is right staying loyal to their heart. They believe in famous verse, “KARMANYE VADHIKARASTE MA FALESHU KADACHAN.” I would like to mention J.R.D. Tata. Tata industries is a firm who does think about coworkers and as mentioned earlier they evolve themselves along with people around them. It’s this third kind due to which the world evolves!
Author-Devendra Oak.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
TRAIN THOUGHTS....
Often when I go by train, I like to stand by the door enjoying the cool breeze, watching the green grass wave as the train passes, observing fogged mountains and chilled waterfalls they carry. Many thoughts flash in my mind which always I decide to make a note of but never really did it however this time I decided to give it a shot.
We all meet different people everyday with different mind sets different attitudes. Some trying to be happy, some fighting to be happy, some faking to be happy yet seldom of them really happy. It’s not like everyone has really huge problems still no one really satisfied with life. Everyone is so busy finding what they don’t have, they don’t really see what they do posses. I think we ask too much from life before completing our part in the play. In offices we keep complaining about amount of work although that is what we get paid for, in classes we keep complaining about how boring the subjects are although they are the reason we are there, during long tours we keep complaining about how long the road is never really watching the beautiful display of nature. Life is about living the moment. No one can ever be happy if his or her happiness depends on certain sets of conditions like no problems amputee money good degrees and all. To me happiness is something that depends on us .
Who doesn’t have problems? Secret is enjoying the process of solving different problems. As a famous story says happiness is enjoying the world around you while balancing a drop of water in the palm. We can’t change our fate but we can change how the way we face different things. We can be weary and tense or we can be calm and happy it’s us who can make difference not the situation laid by the destiny.
We don’t really “live” life. We need to be happy with what we have as we never know what we have is something others don’t!
One may get false impression from above that I am talking about just being stable and not asking more from life no, everyone should definitely strive for the excellence. I am just saying that don’t get overwhelmed by the problems. Wind and water both flow across the mountain. What wind does is it keeps flowing in his own direction and ends up getting blocked by the mountain. However when water encounters some obstacle it changes its path for a while and keeps flowing, after some years or so the obstacle is no where to be seen. We can be wind we can be water!
Continuing the topic, we do meet some people who like experimenting they do something going off the track they are mad about their goals they are ready to take as many efforts as required and yet they are happy with what they are doing. They may not have lot of money or lot of degrees yet we can feel a sense of joy a sense of achievement as we talk with them. Many call such people to be crazy for me these are the people who really live their life. They can enjoy comforts they can sit down comfortably watching TV however they try new things and enjoy the process. Had the comb decided to enjoy worm healthy comforts inside the bean it would have never gone on to become a giant oak tree. However it breaks the turf, fights with the weather and one day becomes a huge tree.
It’s your own life so do not let any stupid problems ruin it. Enjoy every moment and live your dreams. Do not care about what people say be faithful to your heart. In difficult moments behave like the water and don’t just sit down enjoying comforts of bean but break the turf and enjoy the adventures.
Author-Devendra Oak.
We all meet different people everyday with different mind sets different attitudes. Some trying to be happy, some fighting to be happy, some faking to be happy yet seldom of them really happy. It’s not like everyone has really huge problems still no one really satisfied with life. Everyone is so busy finding what they don’t have, they don’t really see what they do posses. I think we ask too much from life before completing our part in the play. In offices we keep complaining about amount of work although that is what we get paid for, in classes we keep complaining about how boring the subjects are although they are the reason we are there, during long tours we keep complaining about how long the road is never really watching the beautiful display of nature. Life is about living the moment. No one can ever be happy if his or her happiness depends on certain sets of conditions like no problems amputee money good degrees and all. To me happiness is something that depends on us .
Who doesn’t have problems? Secret is enjoying the process of solving different problems. As a famous story says happiness is enjoying the world around you while balancing a drop of water in the palm. We can’t change our fate but we can change how the way we face different things. We can be weary and tense or we can be calm and happy it’s us who can make difference not the situation laid by the destiny.
We don’t really “live” life. We need to be happy with what we have as we never know what we have is something others don’t!
One may get false impression from above that I am talking about just being stable and not asking more from life no, everyone should definitely strive for the excellence. I am just saying that don’t get overwhelmed by the problems. Wind and water both flow across the mountain. What wind does is it keeps flowing in his own direction and ends up getting blocked by the mountain. However when water encounters some obstacle it changes its path for a while and keeps flowing, after some years or so the obstacle is no where to be seen. We can be wind we can be water!
Continuing the topic, we do meet some people who like experimenting they do something going off the track they are mad about their goals they are ready to take as many efforts as required and yet they are happy with what they are doing. They may not have lot of money or lot of degrees yet we can feel a sense of joy a sense of achievement as we talk with them. Many call such people to be crazy for me these are the people who really live their life. They can enjoy comforts they can sit down comfortably watching TV however they try new things and enjoy the process. Had the comb decided to enjoy worm healthy comforts inside the bean it would have never gone on to become a giant oak tree. However it breaks the turf, fights with the weather and one day becomes a huge tree.
It’s your own life so do not let any stupid problems ruin it. Enjoy every moment and live your dreams. Do not care about what people say be faithful to your heart. In difficult moments behave like the water and don’t just sit down enjoying comforts of bean but break the turf and enjoy the adventures.
Author-Devendra Oak.
SELF BELIEF....
In the heart of dark night,
when everything is cold.
No light to be seen,
and no road to walk along.
There is no one to trust,
and no one to bank on.
No strenght in the limbs,
when everything is cold.
No light to be seen,
and no road to walk along.
There is no one to trust,
and no one to bank on.
No strenght in the limbs,
and a certain defeat than it ever was.
Enemy comes charging in,
and darkness is about to engulf.
a small light flickers,
and rays of hope puff.
However dark the night be,
and however grave the danger is.
It's better to die fighting,
than give up without trying.
You should trust your God,
and believe in good dids you did.
don't give up on your faith,
as help comes to those who believe it.
If you have faith,
there is no late
war never ends,
untill someone wins.
So try till the end,
with faith in your abilities
your win will be certain,
if you yourelf believe it!!
Author-Devendra Oak.
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