Just a thought!

Becoming Victim of Your Imagination

This can be happening anywhere. As an example consider a group working together. As a standard norm they had an executive committee to manage the work. In general, may be I am wrong, it is being observed that the top executive is the one with most contacts, but here the case was different. The level two individual had most contacts.

Story starts here, the top individual got such a complex and fear that he started dreaming some things and later on started thinking that’s the reality. The problem went to such an extent that in the dreams he considered the level two individual is trying to create bad name for him and hence in real life he started spreading bad things about level two individual to people. People wouldn’t say anything in front of level two individual but would keep on gossiping. They believed in top executive as he was top!!

So whose mistake is it? Level one individual or people who blindly believed in him and what he was saying? What was the mistake of level two individual and how can he get back his name?

Such people, who have become “victim of their imagination”, can create more damage than anyone else. One needs to be vigilant and responsible enough to separate facts from fiction!!

Are you doing something like this? If yes, then correct it while time permits!

Search Within

March 10

People do so many things to become famous.There is nothing bad in thinking good about yourself. But, when you see the levels to which some people might go for getting same, are honestly very sad.Some people take support of authorities for quick fame, try to associate them with some famous personality. Somehow try to generate some relations or brag about their doings. Some might even backstab someone to get high chair.

The main thing to think here is why are they so desparate to become too visible or falling to this low level. One might argue, when you are after something that desparately you are not aware enough of what you are doing or in other way your conscious has given up. Might be true!. But what about people around them, don't they share some responsibility.Again looking at today's world and behavior of people, they might say, why should I bother, I am fine, I don't want to get into trouble.

This certainly proves that world has become too isolated, people are going away from each other, there is no ture sense of bonding. Is it one of the side effects of technology that we are inventing or it's just that simply thinking have changed over the years! No one really has the answer, I guess.

Its merely a question of looking within oneself and deciding!

Label

May 30

Sometimes you just wonder why people have such conceptions, an intelligent person can not be good looking, a person who is a writer can not be a good dancer etc. Many times we judge someone and make some strong assumptions about one's personality. In reality a person can or might be doing many things nicely, so it’s really unfair to categorize and make some random assumptions.
In fact, one might go to the extent of saying every individual has many abilities, but probably they are unaware of it or have never explored those areas of their personality and hence limiting their scope. Many people would argue about this saying, its good to be master of one than jack of all. One might disagree saying “In reality can a person become a Master of anything?” In fact never! Learning is a continuous process, which leaves you incomplete at any given moment in time. So what’s the harm in knowing or exploring many other things, at least you get satisfaction of trying out those areas.

Relating

March 02

For past some days this thought was lingering in my mind. For couple of reasons, might be it was the sequence of events which happened or something else.

Among all TV channels my most favorites are (I must say were) Discovery and National geography. For some reasons right from my childhood I liked watching nature, that might be the connection to it. Probably sitting in safety of your home you can take the tour around the world and sometimes can explore the most unreachable parts.Can be called as food for curious mind.

The first thing which I happend to see was the film "Grizzly man-- Timothy", which was broadcasted on Discovery.Not knowing any background of what had happened and why this film was made, like any other nature shows I happened to view it. But as things unfolded, it was clear that someone had died a nightmare death in Alaska at the hands of "Bear" and it was about that. I could have easily left watching that but as I said, curious mind, I went on....

Some two days later there was some film about a man lost in Australia on some trail. Again the same thing, initially all was well, but later the discovery was he had also died a nightmare death at the hands of "dogs".

I mean it was so badly shown. In reality, Do I know these people? No, Did I have anything to do? No,But still some connection was made with my mind and the incidance, that I could hardly take those thoughts off my mind.The only question in my mind was why do some people are provoked to do these type of adventures, is it just to satisfy our curious minds, which we are feeding sitting in the safety of our living rooms???

I mean to some extent my view of looking at nature changed, the only truth from all this is everyone on this planet needs their space and no matter what one should not try to invade it.

Food for thought

March 01

For past some years Maharashtra mandals over entire USA are having get-togethers on big scale. Many a times it has been noticed that entire 'Adhiveshan' revolves around one idea, called theme. Looking at it from outsider perspective, theme represents overall direction of the event. Hence in the past "Setu Bandha Re" and these types really flourished. The main aim being bringing people close together to form an identifiable community.

Feels like now people have come quite far from what the first Marathi people must have faced after coming here.These get-togthers which have been happening for past some years now have briged the gaps and brought people close enough. Hence now the focus should be more on things like building good relations among them. How can we build healthy community without healthy relations. Hence something like "He Bandh Reshamache" can be really appropriate.

If things need to revolve around it, think about one single thing where Relation doesn't exist. Right from childhood, the place, people, nature in each and every aspect of our life the center of all is Relation. It is healthy relations which clutivate healthy community, healthy thinking.

Hence the direction of thinking must be changed. One needs to focus more on building good community first and then various aspects associated with it. Its the decisions made today which affect tomorrow.

Last Year

January 6,2006

Come 31 December and you realize that one more year has passed by. Time really flies. Its that time when looking back one thinks about what one has achieved and what more could have happened.

That way last year was eventful with fighting of many battles on many fronts.

This was the first time I volunteered for our community activity. Had done lots of such work during college time and being a person who likes to maintain diary, it was good opportunity to share some good thoughts with people. Hence took the ownership of our monthly and yearly newsletters. While taking up this task was given many negative points about this, as no one reads them, its waste of time and bla bla bla....

After first two months, I just noticed opposite things, people had started responding and started taking active participation. Not a bad sign. Final outcome of all these efforts was a very big success for our yearly magazine, as it was solely designed and made by me, felt a little accomplishment in this. Besides this, it was the first time the expense in the making of the magazine was zero and amount of mails and phone calls which were received were awesome, given the depressing background in the beginning of the year. Hence one very good thing which happened due to this that people really started thinking actively. Also one of the members announced the prize for the children's section contribution for the next year.

Second most responsibility was of the executive position. Even, this was the first time. Hence did lots of resarch asking people about responsibilites with this. No one had real answer. At the end of year I feel main thing here is the "vigilance", keep tab of and on everything. One has to see both sides of stories and act and react accordingly based on facts, try to keep balance and harmony among everyone and most important inspite of trememdous opposition always standup for truth.

So not a bad battle to win.

This year we decided to do the room addition to our house. The project was to start in April and end in July (this happens only in dreams). It was very small addition and had tested the cotractor before and so on...We were going to have guests in september. Initially all was well for a month. Then it started, No workers on site, nothing is moving and lots of digging around house and total mess, things broken around house....

Come August first week and just framing part was getting completed. No sign that we will have anything done till november. On daily routine, go to work, house work, volunteer work and this mess to handle. When problems come they come in bundle.

Finally mid August we took drastic decision of removing the contractor. What Next?? When you are in need rest everyone is in demand, hence found not many people who would start work immediately. We were more worried as, guests were coming for sure and winter was going to start. Hence we took things in our hand, decided its we who will be finishing the construction.

Where to start? went and did very much research, books , internet and many things. So the regular routine became, 7 to 6 regular job, evening 7 to morning 5 construction that to finish noisy part before 11, so that people won't get disturbed and meanwhile when get hour or two do the volunteer work part one opted for. "where there is will there is a way".

In two weeks we did insulation, drywalling, and many things to make functional, very less messy house for the guests.Building your own house is indeed very nice experience, you learn a lot, which you would not otherwise. The only strenous part is the physical work one has to do. We also went through a bad period of "tu tu mai mai". But, finally it was a very big accomplishment for us.

To top it of -- One of our Aunts met an accidant a bad 12 foot fall at the age of 60. She is very fine now.

So with few hiccups our last year turned out to be good, filled with accomplishments.