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The Warp and Weft of conversations

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  Often we come across situations when stakes are high, opinions differ and emotions run strong. That’s when we stand at the cross – roads of taking that one decision whether to go with our impulses or take a step back and look at the situation holistically and then take an action. That one decision can change our life, just like Gabriel’s! There was once a famous musician – Francis Blanc, in Paris, who was eloquent about his laurels, music tours and influential people who praised his art. After his annual grand show, a young boy   - Gabriel, approached him and said, “Monsieur, I look up to you as an inspiration and have been practising playing violin for quite some time. I’d like to learn from you and would like you to see a small piece that I have prepared.” With a stern look he allowed Gabriel to play for him. He goes on to play for Francis, in all his excitement and happiness, but not a line on his face budged. Gabriel then went on to put more effort to please the famous musician
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You only live once

" If you are waiting until you have everything figured out before you start you will be waiting for the rest of your life.... Start living your life now... Take a risk.. Experience is the best teacher . " How many times has it happened to you that you wanted to do something but waited for that one right moment to initiate? ... How many times did you take a step back after having made up your mind for something but just wanted everything to be perfect for it? Quite a number of times... Isn't it? It's not just with you but it does happen with me as well and with everyone of us. We just wait for that one right moment for that "something".  Now another question: how many of us could get that one right moment so far for which we've been delaying our choices? And for those who could get it, what difference did it make eventually for waiting for that moment. Just for a refresher from my previous posts on choice: " It is our choices which
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A Simplified Complication …. PEOPLE ;)

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“Sometimes people come in your life for a moment, a day, or a lifetime. It matters not the time they spent with you but how they impacted your life in that time” Life is something very interesting. It appears simple but as you try to look into it closely it starts getting complicated and at times tangled! One of the key elements of anyone’s life are the people. They are the ones who are related with most of the experiences and memories in a person’s life. Just as understanding life is difficult so is understanding people…. However hard you try. As Nicholas Sparks mentions in his book The Rescue, “….People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past .” Each of the people that we come across
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A Life Lesson #2

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Never let an old flame burn you twice Life is a journey which is far beyond just living.... It is about fun, happiness, people and above all experiences and memories associated with all of them. Experience is a gift for some and a lesson for some... It is as you perceive it. But above all what matters is what it leaves behind because you never lose in the game of life either you win or you learn. And the pain you would feel while learning shall be your greatest strength when you face a similar situation again. As I always say.... Life is a journey, supported by your wisdom and your wit. But wisdom and wit is something that needs to be developed over time and  what best a school would be to develop them than the school of life with 'experience' as its headmaster - who is worldly wise and supreme in the school called life. Our perception teaches us a lot of things as well. No doubt our experience teaches a lot of things but if we have flexibility in
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Evolution

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The only constant of life is ..change. How many times have you come across a situation when you felt that despite giving your best to tackle the situation successfully, somewhere you lacked? or things are not happening the way you wanted despite you giving the best of your efforts? Quite many times... Isn't it? So what did you do in these situations? I have come across people who said that they changed their ways and heeded on to a path where they would have to face less of such problems. But a few said - they introspected..... So, here we shall talk about the second kind of people - the ones who introspected.  If we go by a dictionary definition, Introspection means  the examination of one's own thoughts and feelings or rather a self - examination of things.  The words seem easy but actually are difficult to understand in practicality. To keep it simple: Every day when you stand in front of a mirror, what do you see? You would say what kind of a que
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A life Lesson

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Very recently I read this story on social media which teaches us a very important lesson of life. The story is of the magnificent bird - The Bald Eagle.   The Bald Eagle has the longest life span of its species. It can live up-to 70 years. But to reach this age, the eagle must make a very difficult decision!  In its 40th year, the eagle's long and flexible talons can no longer grab a prey which serves as food. Its long and sharp beak becomes bent. Its old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, stick to its chest and make it difficult to fly.  Then, the eagle is left with only two options: DIE or go through a painful process of CHANGE!  This process lasts for 150 days (5 months) The process requires the eagle to fly to a mountain top and sit on its nest. There the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it plucks it out.  Then the eagle will wait for the new beak to grow back after which it will pluck out its talons. When its talons grow back, the e
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On this friendship day....

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Aristotle once said, "The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake". Quite relevant in today's times where it is difficult to know who is an impostor - being a good friend to you and then leaving you alone to walk alone on your path... which seems easy but is difficult as the solitude and loneliness of that path makes it difficult to move further on it. Probably that is why Hellen Keller said, " Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light". A friend to support you in the worst of your times can help you overcome those times with a such an ease that you won't even realise when those clouds left your life and its sunshine again . . .. and best friends are those lights which turn on automatically as soon as they sense such a time around you to pull you out of them as soon as possible Friends are those who integrate the differentiated parts of life by bringing with them such great memo
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