Of Proverbs....

Strike the iron when hot

Early bird catching the worm? 

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

A stitch in time saves nine

We have all heard our parents, grandparents, teachers, philosophers and poets beat these proverbs in our system while we are young. And we all feel oh yeah the world is a beautiful place where everything is just and fair and all we have to do is be ourselves. And then it happens! A rude shock! Reason: Not everybody takes the parents, grandparents, teachers and alike seriously. I am not saying we should not. We should and we must. But sometimes we need to see for ourselves. We need to make our own mistakes.We need to learn our own lessons and till the point we dont, we would keep on thinking all is hunky dory. Because, 'Experience is Education.' See I came up with a new proverb which I would tell my grandchildren :P It does not matter how much you plan because you dont know how your day is going to turn out. So plan, but if it does not work out somehow, smile and say, 'Experience'

Acceptance

Change is the only thing thats supposed to be constant, right? Then why do we find ourselves saying, 'somethings will never change'? If things were to change there won't be a routine. But what we don't realise our bodies, our minds rather are so adapted that any minor change gets easily adapted in our routine lived, that we seldom realise it. That is subconscious acceptance. But there are things that we really want to change about ourselves and we keep striving ( re: fighting with ourselves) to do so. Like losing that extra kilo, a new job, exceptional grades, etc. We so want to change our lives, don't we? But what happens when u realise, that chase to change wasn't worth it after all? It's not called giving up. It's called making peace with the situation. Its called ACCEPTANCE. I am not saying don't give it a fight. Give it your best shot. But when you cant just accept it. I kept on saying that Pune gives me grief. But if I wasn't trying to accept that city, how on earth would I feel at home there? The point was that I needed to accept the city as my second home, if not first. Thats when things started working out. And as some wise man/woman has said,'when u cant fight it, just accept it'; it won't ease out things, but it will definitely take the pressure off. Please do it with a smile :) Make people wonder where all that calmness and courage came from!

PS: City hopping does not stop, it is the main incentive of my 'Pune acceptance theory'.

Hope

Ever thought, what is that one thing that keeps you going?

HOPE is the answer. Hope for a better job, life, future, etc. For Shakespeare, hope is the medicine of the miserable, for some a species of happiness, for some grief's best music, for some life is meaningless without hope and for some like a friend of mine hope is a BITCH!

So is hope a bitch or life does not make sense without hope? Being a combination of a pessimist and an optimist (I am still wondering to which school I belong), I would not agree to both the arguments. It is not that life does not make sense without hope, because hope itself is devoid of any logic. It is basically your unfulfilled want, however impractical it may sound. People might think hope is a bitch as in the case of this friend cause they think they have been alluded by hope. But come to think of it does hope abandon you or you abandon hope? I think its more of the later than of the former. They stop believing in hope and hence think it is deceitful.

Though hope lacks logic, it is the single thing that keeps us going. Think of a guy who was not as blessed as you and me are and has to study under street lights. Why does he do that? He hopes to change his current situation. For a mother, her children are a ray of hope. They bring glory to her. They achieve what she could not and that is how she chooses to devote her life for them. I would say hope is a passage to happiness. And to be happy, you have to believe you will be happy and its hope that makes you believe you can be happy. So hope keeps you going. You have to believe some day tables will turn and your efforts will bear fruit. After all success comes to them who are patient and are ofcourse are hopeful of success!

Women's Day

I somehow don't appreciate the idea of having a separate day as 'Women's Day'. Everyday is a woman's day. Think of your mother, your sister, your daughter. Their love is unconditional and not conditional as in the case of a wife, as many husbands would want to think.

Having said that, I felt nice when all the ladies in the institute got flowers from the faculty. I would never forget what the prof told me, 'Make your mother proud of you!' Point noted Sir! My actions, inactions, thoughts would be such that she would always hold her head high in pride.

Happy Women's Day, Aaee!

Ainwahi...

I know I do this 10 times a year.. I start blogging. Then I stop blogging... then i start 'afresh'... then the start is aborted by some assignment.

I get it. I get it. I need to show 'some character.' But what do I do of those overflowing assignments? Every professor thinks we just have only his subject to study! Coming to showing some character, I have been completing my assignments on time and it irritates me if some sub-standard work comes to the table. Why cant people act more responsibly, is what I always wonder. However, who am I to judge? Is it people's fault that I am very very serious and possessive about the work I do? Is it their fault, that they tend to find a leeway always? NO! Its my fault! I dont understand them.

I know I know, my tolerance levels are coming down.

Sorry bloggie to use you as punching bag! I will not say I ll promise to come back soon, coz from your past experiences I have never been able to keep my promises. I reiterate I need to show 'some character'.

PS: I take this golden opportunity to thank those friends who are the victims of my incessant rants.

Blah!

Nor do I like staying at home, nor do I like going to the institute! Kya hoga mera!