Inspirations....

Hey Hi,

Monday mornings, why do they come? Its so difficult to get back to the same office and routines.. Wish we can change jobs/colleges every week and meet new people!! :p Well I just referred to my cousin's first website, http://inspirationkingdom.com/ and found that its really great. So i thought I will share this with you..

And to add to this inspirational pour, i read my another cousin's email, which also I will post here.. (Sorry Tarakbhai, but sharing is a good habit!!)

Excerpts:

Hi Aditi! how is the new work?

I suggest that, at least initially, you write blog posts more frequently and regularly. Writing, as you might already know, is an acquired skill. You may not have come across the term 'conceptual economy', but that is where we are heading. There was the industrial age where we founded industries and factories and worked with machines (but needed hands to work those machines, and to make buildings, etc). Soon the blue-collar jobs moved to Asian countries. Then there was (is?) the information age where IT was the king. We had 'knowledge workers' and the white-collar jobs moved to Asia ("My job just got Banglored."). Now we have (it has already started) the conceptual age where the world belongs to those who can put forth their ideas, opinion and thoughts to people in any medium.

Read the conceptual economy article and ask any questions that you may have... Cheers:)

WHY????

To start with a 'Why', I don't actually understand why i always wish to settle down for a serious issue when it comes to writing. When in reality, my friends are fed up with my 'Poor Jokes' (Which actually reflects my Sense of Humor!). But ya, there are so many questions that usually pop up in our mind. These are basically implied questions, we need not sit and answer them or even ponder over them. I jot down one such question, just to dump it out of my mind in this blog. You, though have options - read and forget, read and think, read and answer, compare your question to mine or (the best being) don't read it!!

• Today while coming to office, the policeman at a crossroad traffic signal inspired to me to write this blog. The signal turned red. I was as usual the first in the rush to stop. Others had zoomed past. There came a cyclist who tried to break the signal. The cop was annoyed early in the morning and shouted "Aa signal shu g*** m***** rakhyu chhe?" I was shocked as this was not expected out of him. Chalo, I agree it was the poor cyclist's fault, but then came a so called well behaved man in a car, who right from under the cop's nose went on the wrong side. And the paradox is that the cop greeted him with a smile. Just because the man was in a posh car, WHY?

Paradox of our Times

Four years down the line, my sister had given me an article to read, which I have passed on to almost all my friends. Its a damn serious analysis of life, made by a comedian George Carlin. This again is a paradox! I am jotting down some excerpts from that piece of work.

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses but smaller families, more conveniences but less time. We have more degrees, but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgement, more experts yet more problems, more medicines, but less wellness.

We have learnt how to make a living, but not a life. We've been all the way to the moon & back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less, plan more, but accomplish less. We've learnt to rush, but not to wait. We build more and more computers to hold more information, but communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods & slow digestion, big men & small characters, steep profits & shallow relationships. It is the time when there is too much in the showroom window but nothing in the stockroom. These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, over weight bodies and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.

Remember - to spend sometime with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

- to say a kind word to someone who looks up to in awe, because that little person will soon grow up and leave your side.

- to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it does not cost a cent.

- to say 'I Love You' to your partner and loved ones, but most of all, mean it.

- to hold hands and cherish those moments for someday that person will not be there again.

The author has ended the article with some tips on how to stay young and a beautiful quote saying 'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Stepping Stones

I always had a thought at the back of my mind to start writing, writing as in not for getting paid or for being read & appreciated, but writing just to 'Confess' my thoughts to myself. So this came as the birth child to my thoughts, my blog 'Confessions', started on 21st June, 2010.

It seems great how you have so many options to express yourself, I chose Blogging and invite you to read and criticize my posts, as that is the only way I can improvise.

Regards,

Aditi Rindani.