Diwali Learnings

After spending quality time at Marine drive sea face this diwali there were few things that inspired me to the core. I have heard , read , and seen people suggesting not to include fire crackers for diwali celebrations and I do agree as they are right on the environment and health issues but where my mind was stuck is that if crackers had so many disadvantages then why were they invented ?? Probably not all but few were invented with a reason , a reason to give a lesson of positivity , a lesson of hard work. An example of rocket will be a perfect compliment to what I exactly mean. One needs to be at ground level if he dreams to touch the sky, without being down to earth you cannot fly high. One needs to take the extreme pain of touching fire, this indicates taking risk in life, take a risk and trust yourself . Once the risk is taken pull your socks and move towards your direction without bothering what are the remarks given by the society to you, good, bad or ugly whatever be the case you need to reach the destination. Be so enthusiastic that people take a step behind and give you a space to fly high. Then when you reach the highest peak , your destination, you shine like a star and the people on ground level the ones who had taken a step behind will be the one capturing you in pictures. That's called your day, your moment . Live it , whatever be the duration and come down with all calm and compassion. This is what exactly life is all about . Everything in life has a meaning we just need to take an initiative and look deep inside.

Live Life !!

We all count the investments we made in our life , the returns that we are earning out of it. We are so busy earning money that we are constantly in the process of knowing how and what should we do so that we can earn more, live a better lifestyle, have a luxurious life . We start from the initial level that's education, forgetting the entire purpose of education we use it as a tool to earn wealth. But what next, and where does this end ? The answer is no where , we tend to ignore the biggest fact of life and that is to live our life, life is much beyond inhale and exhale of oxygen , its all about creating wonderful moments , to cherish them, live life with your loved ones, make mistakes , learn from your mistakes and move ahead , laugh on your mistakes nothing wrong in it , we are humans and we are bound to make many of them. Move out of your comfort zone and try something adventurous where you may not earn dollars but for sure some beautiful experience . At the end of your life dont count your dollars count your memories , trust me it will bring a bigger smile on your face .

Mummy and Me

Dear Mom, I don't need any special day to thank you , because you have not waited for special day to help me, to nurture me and be with me, you are all the time exclusively and unconditionally available for me and that's what makes me write this for you . The word Thank You stands no where if I compare to all what you have done for me and are doing till date but still , I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being there with me , for knowing all what my heart says even before I convey it to you, you not only read my mind but also read my heart. Thank you for all those instant solutions and the expert advice given by you when they were needed the most. Above all, thanks for listening to me patiently, to motivate me and for believing in me all the time. Thank you for everything once again !! You mean the whole world to me :) Lots of Love, Vidhi :)

Let go !!

The best way to stay happy is to let go !! Easier said then done but that's the only way how you can keep yourself at peace and live this life in a beautiful way. The reason why people feel negative is because first, we cannot let go things in life, we hold on to things even when we know that its not in our control, rather then working on it we just sit and worry about it , don't we ? Second, we expect a lot from this universe, we expect all good deeds to come back to us immediately, we want all the success immediately , we expect that we never fall into any awkward situations in life and always have a fairytale like life , but, that's not possible and that's what we need to tell ourselves. Our life is not a fiction story, it is a real life where the author is none other but our own set of karmas performed by us. Whichever century we cross, whatever gadgets we use in our life the theory of karma will always remain the same . We need to do good deeds , expect less from this universe and have to let go things that are not in our control. Remember one thing, no one is fully satisfied in his life , a beggar starves for a single meal and a rich man walks miles to digest a meal !!!

God's painting for me

You have made a beautiful painting ( imagine a plan of your future ) and then someone comes there ,( imagine god) looks at your painting , takes the brush from your hand and intervenes , changes the colour combination, erases few objects. You get pissed off as the plan looks completely different from what you imagined, not even close to your imagination, you cry, you beg in front of that person, you even get furious and feel everything is destroyed but he continues his work without even bothering about your reaction. You get depressed , you loose hopes, feel like everything is destroyed and dont even look at what he is creating and then suddenly he comes and gives you your painting and says, take it ,its all yours now. Now the one that you are holding in your hand is so wonderful, pleasing and attractive , moreover much better and beyond your imaginations to what you were planning for your painting . This is what God does everytime .

Instant Karma....Not always Instant !

Social media is full of quotes and videos that speak about karmas, our karmic account, good deeds etc. Latest of all is INSTANT KARMA this one is widely accepted, or let me put it this way, highly shared and liked among the new generation. Well, to be very honest it does not work that way and its not instant. Yes, its not a packet of noodles, it's your own karmic account and it has a cycle . There are videos uploaded on social media that shows some silly acts like a man pulling another one and due to this act he falls into his own trap and instead of the other guy falling down, he falls down and hurts himself. Good thought, but unfortunately it does not happen so instantly. A human being when gets into the activity of performing negative karmas for his own benefits and decides to harm other humans or any living creature he gets success at the beginning phrase, he gets the confidence and here is when karma tests him. Yes, he gets all the success in the beginning, here, if he realises his mistake and regrets, good for him, but normally it does not happen. Later, when he reaches to the peak of his success karma plays it's role. This is the time when he pays for all the negative karmas performed by him, because it's only when you loose something that you love the most you realise your mistakes. It's all about the pain that you feel post loosing all that's close to your heart. Karma is a cycle which no one can escape, it comes at the right time and not at your time . Vidhi Majithia

Recipe for happiness

We all run behind this word , we all love to have this feeling in our life , we never show exit to happiness , we want god to give us happy moments unconditionally , because “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence”
Let us start with the basic ingredients for this recipe, a whole lot of positivity in your mind is the core ingredient to be happy, now, I know its easier said than done to get a whole lot of positivity, the question here that would arise by the scholars will be that if the person has so much of positivity in his mind he will not be unhappy.
So the way to happiness is through positivity. You know when I was a child, somewhere around three or four I was the favorite amongst all my family members because I was the youngest and obviously I was the cutest as all fall under the category of "cute" until they are under the category of “Kids”. You know the reason why I was happy? I never compared myself with others or I would say I was too young to do such comparisons - others did but I did not care , I remember the moment I started worrying about the thing like with whom I am compared , why I m compared ,for what reasons they are doing and how to overcome etc . I forgot myself. The moment I forgot myself , I started living like others , I started pleasing others , did what is acceptable in the world rather than doing something that would bring happiness to my life .I was successful , people liked me , they respected me ,but , I was not happy , I thought , I got all what I wanted still , y I m not happy ? Then I got an answer, I did all what is acceptable in this world, but, I did not do anything to please myself !!!
This is not what I wanted from my life; this is not what I wanted to do. Painting was my passion. But I am a CEO of a MNC , this title does not give me that smile or that spark in my eyes that I get when people praise my paintings , I feel content , I feel satisfied , I feel complete , and most important I feel "HAPPY" , when I paint . Its not like whatever I have done in my life have done it unhappily, but , everyone has one certain passion and it can be anything, it can be any weird thing on this planet and its only you who knows about it very well so go for it , do something crazy , do something that will bring smile on your face , don’t give a damn to this bloody world, forget each and every problem , each and every liability , every tension , each stress, forget your boss who is sitting inside and watching you each and every moment , just live your life for one day the way you like , they way you wanted .
Once you get the feeling of happiness, positivity will have to come behind happiness.
There is one main task you need to do in your life, this word “positivity" has to be marked with permanent marker in your heart, soul and mind. You need to understand one thing that nothing is permanent in life, nor failure neither success. Each of them has equal share in our life , There would be times when you would be experiencing the best days of your life , may be you must be feeling that you are on the top of this world and wish that you remain there for your entire life . At the same time, the darker side of the life is also inevitable, and honestly after reading this if you feel yes I have gone through both such times trust me this is something very normal and has been faced by Every individual, so let the darker side come and go but you should be strong enough to sustain your positivity in each and every period. When you get the feeling of failure in your life , you recollect the days of your achievement , the days when you were counted as one of the best amongst others ,and this is what you should say to yourself “Its the same person , its the same effort its just not the same period that’s it ...!! “May be someone else who was experiencing a tough time earlier is having a good time right now. Its a vicious circle and everyone has to go through it sooner or later.
I hope you must have understood that, happiness is not something that we can buy or achieve, its something within ourselves to be precise it should be like, “ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”