Back in the blog and thought to pen few words:

Busy busy and busy running behind the work like chicken with its head cut... A strange feeling emerges in my heart... I need a break...I need peace...

I love to explore Chennai a place we live and love...

Chennai at 5:30 in the morning looks and feels like a giant metropolis coming out of slumber and into another day and challenge. Early morning acts are a delight to watch.

The three wheeler rickshaw driver, who I often wonder is homeless because he is perpetually driving and seeking customers, will shake his weary body from the back of the passenger seat, which has become his abode for the night. The pavement a little further on a market strip, will be covered by 200 different papers and periodicals and dailies, lying along without any candor, for them to be picked up in bulk and then to be distributed to homes.

In the mist and the dark of the morning, the hot steaming tea (Yummy and yummy I love tea) being worked up in the corner stall will be attracting its regular morning guests. An odd early bus shall lazily thunder by and people loitering about mumbling to each other on the prospects of the day will be observed. Worksites on various development projects shall be starting up the engines and the beyond in the sky still low after take-off shall be the blinkering lights of a domestic carrier.

The morning hour as the day begins, seldom indicates what lies in store for the rest of its time. The peace and solace of those early hours is almost synonymous with the gentle warming from the rising sun. That deep orange hue from the brightest element in the earth’s hemisphere, so pleasantly visible as it emerges from behind a hill or stack of high rises, then gradually, as it progresses forward, begins to burn out its size and shape and countenance, now unable to be seen through a naked eye !
There is a bearing with life’s day almost, within this act. Pleasant and peaceful as it starts, and then gradually as the day progresses and all its complications overtake us, everything around us becomes unbearable and unable to be seen, in its complex existence.
It is a peculiar simile, but one that reflects a most understated comment on nature and human. As the sun burns through the sky and heats up the atmosphere, so do we not warm ourselves up to the intricate twists and turns that life provides us ?

Time runs and soon the city will be jampacked by the people and traffic... Dream run to work... Sit, Chit, Chat, Work... (See work is my last option...Jokes apart)...It is my opinion that there should be a law to pay money without work...But who would listen or even consider its excessively important message. hahaha hahah.. again jokes apart.

Laughter is good, especially when it comes because of the acts of others. Others, that even though do not carry the burdens of a clown, behave like them. The world is full of such jesters. They inhabit a space that remains deeply immersed in our beings and surroundings.

I laugh because righteousness shall never then be seen as being right. I laugh at lost opportunity due to lack of understanding. I laugh because the truth shall always be shadowed by perceived knowledge or fact. And that is so dangerous … it makes me laugh … !!!

Ahh … never mind ! Just a reflective aside before settling down to more mundane thoughts on the day and hour.

Its time to chose the shut down button in my system and run back to my nest...It will be more merrier to watch the screen turning blue and blinks off...

Mornings are good for a clean and reinvigorated mind … they are also good for wishes of a pleasant night !! Ha ha ..

Good night my lovelies and my lovelaas …

I am not used to the timing on the blog. I am not used to coming in out of turn. But I have options to change, to be different and unpredictable. Ha !! This is early morning blues. Do they really exist ? Who cares !

I connect because I am. I connect because you are. I connect because I wanted to.
Many perhaps did not comprehend the O2 of last night. They could not connect with what followed in the next lines. I mentioned my yawns were doing better than my heart beats. It was just a way of saying. Yawns do not do that. What it was implying quite simply was that, I was yawning too frequently. Yawns I had read somewhere came because the body requirement of Oxygen was diminishing. Hence if I am in need of the O2, then I am sleepy ! That is about it.

Many were making panic suggestions of a walk in the park, to breathe the fresh air and so forth. No !! Its was just a way of saying I was tired and needed rest.

What followed thereafter was a description of the mind being in ‘oblivion’, a state of blurred thinking. I was writing within a state of extreme sleep deprivation and the thoughts were coming in abstract forms and construct. It was a warning that lead up to what was to follow.

The whole idea playing in the mind was basically of superior and inferior complexes and how individuals react or behave in circumstances when they maybe assumed to be riddled with such characteristics. No one is inferior. How can one possibly make that insinuation. It was a study on what if one were to be inflicted by an inferiority complex. Or of one inflicted by a superiority complex, then what could be expected of their behavior in certain circumstances.

I could find myself in the presence of a superior being. The superior being is not proclaiming that he or she is one. It is my assessment of the person and the situation by, gauging my own capability or incapability. I could self deprecate myself into thinking that my state is such. I could also be arrogant in my belief that it is not. These are not the issues. The issue is of those that continuously want to imply and send out signals that they are always right by their own belief that they are superior.

I would rather the acknowledgement of the superior, come from another. I have no problems when it comes from the person himself. They need to be admired for having the confidence and the strength to accept and believe that and have the tenacity to live up to it as well. I personally as an individual have a problem in behaving in this manner. It may well be a characteristic which is not appreciated. Fine. I do not generalize on it, merely put it across as an asset I do not possess.

The act of deliberately and constantly wanting to object, oppose, disagree with what may be the general drift of a conversation or opinion, to me seems odd. It seems to me to be wanting to be noticed, just because you are the only one that is going the wrong way up the stream. Now … why does this happen.. was what was rankling my mind. Is it a realization of a desire to be superior but not having the right acumen to fulfill it, or genuinely suffering from an inferiority complex and stepping out to cover it. There could be a situation where one could constantly, through circumstance, be in the company of or surrounded by enlightened beings, who not of their own calling, but by the calling of the world outside, be addressed as superior. Would that coerce or compel one not so enlightened, to develop a complex. Do they allow that complex to invade their existence or do they fight to overcome it. How would they fight. Would they make genuine effort to bring themselves up to the other standard and prove by act deed or example, or would they assume and pretend their acumen to be superior by continuously criticizing or ridiculing the other, just so they are noticed.

Its not an end of the world debate. Some times during the late hours of the day, in contemplative solitude, the mind wanders.
Sometimes its good to know that we are never alone..
My tea waits patiently to be noticed and devoured. I must not disappoint it.......
With my love .. a mouthful .. a bit inaudible, but with all heart ..

RAMYA

Mother is special

What makes all Mother’s special –

ANSWER :
When I came home drenched in the rain my brother said –
“Why don’t you take an umbrella with you !”
My aunt said –
“Why didn’t you wait till the rain stopped !”
My father angrily said –
“You will only learn after getting a cold !”
But my mother while drying my hair said –
“Stupid rain !”

Swami Vivekananda, among other things was a great football enthusiast ! What he said all those years ago still holds true.
“Life is the biggest game man has to play between the ultimate goalposts of birth and death. His dilemma stems from his decisions and relationships; whether he should steer the ball politically or emotionally, keeping control through his creative and artistic integrity. Winning or losing depends on how fairly he tackles the game. Because the rules are already set by the invisible Referee. All he needs to do is play his matches sincerely and without guile.”

We all born to live life to the fullest. Lets Enjoy it without sorrows and pains...

As always
Ramya

To my soul mate..

Somehow, out of all the twists and turns our lives could have taken, and out of all the chances we might have missed, it almost seems like we were given a meant-to-be moment - to meet, to get to know each other, and to set the stage for a special togetherness.

When I am with you, I know that I am in the presence of someone who makes my life more complete then I ever dreamed it could be. I turn to you for trust, and you give it openly. I look to you for inspiration, for answers, and for encouragement, and - not only do you never let me down - you lift my spirits up and take my thoughts to places where my troubles seem so much further away and my joys feel like they're going to stay in my life forever.

I hope you'll stay forever, too. I feel like you're my soul mate. And I want you to know that my world is reassured by you, my tomorrows need to have you near, so many of my smiles depend on you, and my heart is so thankful that you're here.

Ramya

Smile...

Rain or shine, never stop smiling.........
Working out of reasonably better workspaces, better educated and obviously better paid and cared for, how many times do we greet a colleague, customer or even a stranger with a smile? By staying grim or morose or even indifferent, we are going against the nature of our creation, Which is to be happy in the moment.
So folks... smile. As they often say things could be worse. And make the smile your value proposition to the world around you....

Relationship.....

Its been long time I posted and am here now. A few inspirational lines i got and am sharing with you all...

"A strong and positive attitude creates more miracles than any other thing. ‘Coz life is 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it. “
“Self respect increases when one learns to converse positively to the self.”
“The one who wins over situations with the power of ones own stage is a winner.”
“The earth weighs 6.6 Septillion tons. Don’t make it heavier my carrying a heavy heart ! Stay light. Laugh often. Love much…”
“Arrogance does not allow understanding. Adamance does not allow adjustment. Ego does not allow clarity.”

How does one value each other ?
Is it by the informality of the casual or the determination of sustained relationship. What is it that brings two people or a group of people together. Do we see or seek opportunity in association or do we seek a companionship that remains with us almost perpetually. Does the companionship bring a presence of joy and fresh thought in our life. Or is it done to bring fresh ideas. Does one see benefit or does one see exploitation. Is it demonstrative enough to gather acclaim. Is it silent and reserved, yet deep enough to be unfathomed.
Do meeting of temperaments assure association or do opposites be a greater and stronger attraction. Do friends eventually take the place and respect of family or will there always be a glass ceiling that shall constrain and restrict us. Will the power of the friend be excessively more powerful than the power of the family.
If friend is family and vice versa, will and can there be a distinction between the two. Then if there is no distinction as is wont, will friend ever replace family ; not literally but perhaps philosophically.
Who will sit on judgement then on an issue that challenges this concept belief or understanding. Is challenge an option in relationships such as this. True depth of expression will be determined by such tests. But then would failure in a test spell failure in relationship.
It takes decades to build a relationship ; it takes only a silly moment to break it.

I give because I do not know how to take. I would take generosity, care and affection and give it back in greater measure. It would be simple to add, because I do not know subtraction. I am aware of multiplication, but division I cannot spell or entertain.

Teach me O! Lord the grace to value without motive , to consummate in an ideal world, the richness of holding hands, of walking together, of thinking alike for that shall be my only and my greatest salvation..

My love to all

Ramya

Thoughts...flowing

Another severe day.. Day of tiredness. Reached Chennai this morning... Coming back home is pleasurable..

My ever flowing sms quotes, coming to me in droves drives me to share some with you -

“Knowledge speaks. Wisdom listens.”
“Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those that don’t depend on it.”
“Give a thousand chances to your enemy to become your friend. But don’t give a single chance to your friend to become your enemy.”
“If Bill Gates stops his business and starts spending his money at Rs 1 crore per day, he can spend it for about 725 years. Crazy fellow. Still working !!”
“No one can make us feel inferior without our consent.”

I liked the last the best. It was strong and self respecting and had great attitude. It was principled and honorable.
You cannot insult me with inferiority unless I allow you to. Why must I feel inferior to anyone. Unless I succumb to the fact that I am inferior, you will not be able to insult me.
Beautiful thought.

It challenges one in a way. It tells us that we are indeed no less than any other unless we ourselves think that we are. It provokes us into believing that we must work towards making ourselves so accomplished that no other can stand before us with superiority. If I am weak and less competent and admit that I am, then any other will make us feel inferior. But if we are strong and capable and believe that we are, then we also believe that we are not inferior to any. Giving our consent weakens us. But if we have the strength of our conviction then we shall remain superior and without the fear of inferior accusation.

So make ourselves strong and resolute. Determined and conscious. We should be able to say ‘we can’, rather than say ‘we may be able to’ or ‘perhaps we can’. There should be no room for doubt and uncertainty.

I like that. And I must start believing in that too. Words are easy to write and express. performing the deed is where the problem comes in.

Many of you give such wise and meaningful ideas and suggestions. You are all so blessed with the ability to be able to do that. I value that and am blessed that you associate with me.

I love you all my friends...

Ramya