Life is a journey with no ends
There is a beginning apparently in every end
People at times tend to hang on
Forgetting that everything has to move on
O! Pilgrim of the journey named life
Hold no grudge against what is your life
With limited wisdom you continued on your path
Hoping no honor or regard
Have faith in self and keep doing your deed
Let time determine if someone will pay it heed
It shall change everything for now and ever
So keep moving on your path forever!!
Loosing the hold of the ground
Everything seems to be coming down
Cannot find the reasons why
Analysis will not simplify
I can't understand the chain of these thoughts
No matter how hard I think
Inner voices are making the matters worse
Making things appear as if I have been cursed
Come what, I have to take charge of the situation
It may further the internal fire and agitations
But I have to hang on to this desire
Let the fire reach its culmination
Engulfing in it all my dreams and other desires
The sacrifice of my dreams will not go in vain
Defying all laws it will resurge again!
Dare to dream, even if it lets u scream
Follow your heart from the start
Let your intuition guide you
And Help sail you through
It takes courage to resist the temptation
Focus on goal will bring the passion
And your heart will earn the satisfaction
Satisfaction and joy comes hand in hand
So keep hold of you bastion
You will loose many battles
With every battle lost you will earn the strength
Strength to keep fighting and dreaming
So dare to dream to keep the life flowing
I recently came across this quote and could not stop thinking how useful it is. Depression is twenty first century’s most common problem. Each one of us come across this problem frequently and if you are working in knowledge industry risk is higher. People rush to doctors or anti depressants but get only temporary relief. While pondering over above quote I realized it is the remedy of the said problem.
Before asking why, stop and reread the quote and think over it . On giving serious thought we realize we get depressed when we are tense and we get tense when we feel deeply about something, in other words when we are concerned about something. Its good to be concerned about things because it motivates us to action and when we act we resolve the problem. While on the other hand if we are concerned about things but we are lazy enough to act on it things, accumulate and leads to tension and then depression. Since laziness is such an incorrigible disease or habit we do not realize what the problem is and then we blame world for stealing our happiness when the problem is created by our own dear habit!
But now you would say “I am not lazy, I act the moment I have some concern still I get depressed. Why?” well to this we have other quote from “Gita” which complements the above quote, its, continue doing your duty without thinking about fruit. This clarifies why even when we act on time sometimes we get depressed. When we are acting on something the thought of result continues to plague us.
In short to remain on track and motivated the moment you have concern start acting for it without wishing for the expected result and result will follow the suit !!
Choice a very common word probably one of the first words which we learn when we learn language. But my first understanding of the word choice came just two years back. I had started reading Harry potter series, in the last chapter of the first book when professor Dumbledore explains the reasons of events happening around he emphasizes the importance of choice between good and evil. This last chapter acted as tipping point and by the time I finished reading sixth book “Harry Potter and half Blood Prince” the idea of choice was engraved in my heart.
Choice is the miracle world. Within this easy six letter word, world’s mystery resides. We make choice at every step of life. Be it simple choice of eating what and when or the complex choice of marrying someone. We keep choosing one thing or the other. This everyday choice makes up the path of our life and on the death bed when we will look back at our life we will see the cloth of life is woven by the fabric of choice.
The idea of choice is very well explained by Richard Back in his book “One” , though I did not understood the book when I read for the first time and chose to quit in middle !
Many a times I have heard people talking about destiny. One set of people say God or almighty has predefined everything and human being has no say in it and other set of people say we human being make our life. But as Richard Back explains in his book “One”, we human being are given millions of alternate paths, we can say this millions of options are given by God and then its we human being who chooses one of the alternatives and determine our destiny. Hence essentially it’s we and our choices that make our life. So what is my next choice?
By the way I am anxiously waiting for last potter book to know where does his choice takes him now!
Background: The skit is presents a normal (crazy) day in life of s/w engg at onsite.
Roles:
Onsite Coordinator 1 - SHRUTI
Onsite Coordinator 1 - GITA
Client - Tom Cruise
Cab Company Operator -- CO
Offshore Team member - SALMAN
Commentator
Commentary – When does your day begins 7 am, 8 am may be even 6 am. Lets see what happens with the person representing GLT at client side.
(Behind the scene time 2 am and Phone Ringing – tring tring)
SHRUTI – (picking up in sleep) Hello
SALMAN – Hello, Can I talk to GITA
SHRUTI – hello that is calling
SALMAN – I am SALMAN from GLT, Can I talk to GITA
SHRUTI – Oh Hi how are you, one min I will wake up GITA
SHRUTI – (Calling GITA) – GITA wake up your call
GITA– hummm
SHRUTI – Wake up, your call
GITA– what I don’t have call at this time it’s in morning
SHRUTI – tere liye phone hai offshore se
Gita– o achcha phone hai …..uthati hoon….
GITA– (Picking up the call) Hello
SALMAN – Hi GITA, We called you up for understanding the defect 007 requirements you sent in mail today.
GITA– (in sleepiest voice) which defect? Did I send mail?
SALMAN – yes, the defect number 007.
GITA– (woken up by now) oh ok ok. Give me 5 min let me connect to office network.
Commentary - The call continues for an hour and finally gita goes off to sleep at
Commentary – Morning 6 am, the alarm rings and the day begins again for the ONCs
(Alarm goes off (pip pip pip))
Shruti – (Wakes up and awakens Gita) Gita get up its 6 O’ Clock
GITA– Why is it 6 O ‘Clock!!!!!
Shruti – hummm now get up and when do you have call today?
GITA– at 8
Shruti – and I have call at
Gita– OK
Commentary –You think everything in US goes smoothly just try booking a cab, Lets see what happens
CO – (Picking up call) Yellow Cab, the number you are calling from please!!
Shruti – Hi this is Shruti Calling from 813 651 3624
CO – Hang on sweetie; go slow, the number again
Shruti – Its 813 651 3624
CO – OK and who is this for?
Shruti – Shruti
CO- shu…. what?
Shruti – Its S for Santa cruise, H for HSBC…hey rather can you book it for Gita
CO- ya that’s an easy one, when do you need the cab?
Shruti –
CO – OK (Sound CO hanging up the call.)
Commentary - Shruti’s cab is booked and lets see how does gita’s call with offshore go.
GITA– (Calling Offshore) hello can I talk to SALMAN
Offshore another person - SALMAN is not around, he has gone for meeting
Gita– Do you know which meeting?
Offshore another person- I think its for defect 007
GITA– OK, no problem, I will call back after half an hour.
Commentary – (Behind the scene its
CO – (Picking up call) Yellow Cab, the number you are calling from please!!
Shruti – Hi this is Shruti Calling from 813 651 3624
CO – OK and who is this for?
Shruti – I had already booked the cab at 6 for Gita.
CO- OK let me check the system.
Shruti – ok
CO- OK cab 178 is on the way.
Shruti – ok thanks a lot.
Commentary – Cab finally arrived and both the ladies have reached office safely after their hilarious journey. (Behind the scene phone ringing) Looks like Gita has to rush to her desk, her phone is ringing
(Behind the scene time 8:30)
GITA - (Picking up phone) Hi good morning Gita here
Tom Cruise – Hey Gita Good morning, how are you?
GITA- I am fine, how about you?
Tom Cruise – Oh Don’t ask me, I am so tired was working late yesterday, BTW how come you are late today?
GITA– Yeah the cab arrived late.
Tom Cruise – Oh that’s the problem, you know you should buy a car in US its really difficult managing without car.
GITA– yeah I am looking for that option.
Tom Cruise – well its past 8:30 you were supposed to give me deliverable.
GITA– Ya offshore is done with the fix but they are stuck because they are facing some network issue. They will check in the code as soon as this network issue gets resolved.
Tom Cruise – hummm ask them to hurry
GITA– ya ok
Tom Cruise – Ok then, Call me once you get the deliverable and I will be in office a little late today so send me release note in mail.
Gita– OK.
(Call ends)
Commentary – its 9:30, network problem has got resolved just now and offshore is working to send the code. In the mean while client has called Gita again.
Tom Cruise – (Calls GITA) hello Gita
GITA– Hi Tom
Tom Cruise – what happened I have not got the mail yet?
GITA– give us 15 min, the network issue has got resolved just now, offshore is sending the mail in next 15 min.
Tom Cruise – Ok, It was an hours job offshore should have fixed the defect and checked in code in their day time only, anyways ask them to hurry.
GITA– ya ok
Commentary - finally the delivery was done and its
Tom – Hey Gita, how is it going?
Gita– its going fine!!
Tom – hey I was going through release note and I am seeing some pop ups are missing
Gita– ok but they are not part of this defect
Tom – oh is that so…. I have already committed to business that we are providing pop ups too. Can you quickly add that too?
Gita– ok I will do it. I will provide you pop-ups by 4 pm.
Tom- that works. Thanks!! I appreciate it.
Commentary – Gita is busy with her task again, Shruti has gone for lunch alone. Lets see what does she get to eat
Shruti – Reading aloud the food stuffs
(Behind the scene its 4 pm)
Commentary – Its
Gita–(walking to Tom’s seat) Hi
Tom – Hi, I was reading your updates only.
Gita– OK, so it has everything that you need
Tom – Yeah its looking good, I am calling off the day, will check it further at home.
Gita– ok
Tom – ok then see you tomorrow, and do not over work!!!
Commentary – Gita and Shruti finished called off for the day at 5 but again with the exiting cab booking affair they have managed to reach home at 7. Now lets see what do they have for dinner
Shruti – Oh we have nothing in vegetable today… what should we cook?
Gita– ah I am tired aaj khana banana ka mood nahin hai
Shruti – same here …chal khichadi hi bana lete hein
Gita– thee hai.
(Behind the scene the cooker whistles)
Commentary – After dinner they are ready to sleep at 10 but has their day ended yet?
And phone rings again.
The book written by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Authors have done six years of research in most successful companies of
I liked it when they said they compared best company with Second Best Company because comparing best with worst will not give any new information, it is this line, which raised my hopes, and I started looking forward to reading next chapters.
In next two – three chapters authors clearly gives the reasons why best companies are best. They have even corroborated their reasons with appropriate examples. This all looks great at surface and seems informative but the book fails to answer very basic question, why have authors chosen the examples that they have chosen to prove their reason. Authors have chosen mathematical approach of giving hypothesis first and then proving that with reasons based on examples from research. The approach is appealing but it fails when it does not give reason why are the examples chosen when they are chosen. It appears, since authors have chosen best companies as best and its second best companies as second, they are trying to justify themselves for making this decision.
Secondly they are trying to prove existing notions about successful companies wrong, they have done commendable job by raising questions about existing philosophies but they fail in proving their own philosophy.
In all I found it good for having raised questions about existing theories and philosophies but I did not like the fact that authors are trying to impose their judgment or opinion on readers. It would have been much better had authors presented facts and reasons but let reader decide why.
As holidays approach we all start searching for a utopian place on earth where we can forget mundane life and enjoy the worldly pleasure with all our loved ones. The desire to create such make-believe world lead to the genesis of theme parks and Disney World is its vanguard.
In Disney World human achievements are celebrated through imagination, wonders of enterprise and concepts of a future .Recently I got the opportunity to live this world with my GLTian colleagues.
Disney has many parks and each park has different theme but its ubiquitous quality service, and the crowds thronging the park - grandmas and grandpas with grandkids in tow, harried young parents with toddlers in perambulators, school kids playing hooky, families on picnic, teen groups and tourists – glue them together.
Moving ahead with map in hand, deciding next adventure to visit while enjoying current adventure, we visited Adventureland, Frontierland, Main Street U.S.A., Mickey’s Toontown Fair, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland and enjoyed the classic rides and 3D movies
We even dared to ride Space Mountain, the enclosed roller coaster ride in the darkness which kept suddenly twisting and turning taking every breath away.
The day’s best came at the end in the form of SpectroMagic parade. Our favorite Disney characters illuminated the night in this dazzling parade on the theme song "On This Magic Night". Every conceivable form of illumination lighted up smiles for miles around
The trip entertained, informed, inspired and above all, instilled a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere. Disney is the celebration of life, dreams, hope, happiness, determination and it lives up to its service theme “We create happiness”.
Dreams we see while sleeping or while we are fully awake…whatever it keeps us awake to fulfill them.
Its better to reign in hell then to serve in heaven !!
I don't have views I have memories !!
God help those who help themselves ...... it essentially means do not depend on GOD he will not come to save you....Its you and your own efforts which are going to determine your destiny !!
When anvil bear it , when hammer strike !!
No dreams come true until we wake up and go to work !!
Earth has been moving round the sun in the same old boring way for millions of years. Does it not get tired or bored? I know for sure it is alive and every living being needs to take break and rejuvenate.
I have never seen earth taking break that means since earth does not need break so we, her off springs do not need break either.
She keeps rejuvenating herself through celebrations. Earth and celebration! Yes it celebrates. It celebrates every morning when it has completed one spin on its axis and it is starting next round, we call it dawn. Dawn is the time when the shy earth reveals her true beauty. Trees, birds, sun, moon and some fortunate human beings witness the marvel of earth’s true glory and beauty. The ever kind earth not only lets all its spectators enjoy the bliss and glory but also rejuvenates them – trees with dew, birds with nectar and music, sun with colors and human being with renewed joy and energy. What about those people who did not attend earth’s celebration? The mother earth is mother after all how can it forget its rogue kids; it bestows them also with joy and energy.
So bad I can not get up early morning to see this beauty, earth has solution for this too, it celebrates evening also with same fervor.
Earth has solution for every problem and so does every human being has solution of his/her problems. Each one is given only as much problems as he can solve , so do not worry ,be happy and get disciplined for you are the son/daughter of mother earth and you can do everything it does.
