tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70132952024-03-13T03:33:17.936+05:30Aa..ha! [Thinking Inside The Blog!]<b> Life, Spirituality, Social Tech and Nonsense </b>. PS: I love being nonsensical! ;-)Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1601125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-81540182828525646512019-06-05T19:26:00.003+05:302019-06-05T19:26:35.381+05:30Appa in my memories<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Appa. <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Oct 27th </a>'46 to May 27th, 2019</div>
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A man like no other. </div>
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Your sensitivity & thoughtfulness.</div>
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Your tolerance & patience.</div>
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Your smile. Your intelligence.</div>
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Your active lifestyle, until destiny struck a nasty blow.</div>
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I hope to have silent conversations with you until I meet you again.</div>
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đź’•đź’• You'll remain in my thoughts forever. There are hundreds of things and situations that'll remind me of you and your uniqueness. Maybe that's why I still believe you are around despite your physical absence. </div>
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When our doggie fell ill and it almost looked like things would turn fatal, it was you who made the impossible, possible. It was your dedicated efforts for over 4 months that brought him back to normal and gave him 8 more years on Earth.</div>
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Your ability to scan several things in no more than a few minutes and note a hundred - obvious and subtle - aspects in the process, such as the colours of objects, numbers and IDs, positions and what not used to leave me flummoxed. You were the real life Sherlock Holmes for me</div>
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Your gardening skills & the # of hours you spent with plants cannot be matched by many. I only knew how to gaze at the flowers that bloomed because of the magic in your hands. When the Neem tree you planted 3 decades ago fell, we were heart-broken, but it's coming alive again!</div>
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Your colleagues, friends and farmers who visited you after you departed from this world invariably referred to you as a "Great and talented scientist". I wish you'd written that book your best friend believes you should have.</div>
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You were perhaps the only one at home who could fully relate to my sense of humour. Your ability to laugh at yourself, at life, at circumstances and when being ridiculed is what idealistic movies are made of. Every single person in your circle speaks of your humility and an absent ego.</div>
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I believe the most AMAZING & UNIQUE thing about you which I'm convinced that very few folks possess was your ability to engage children in an inimitable & brilliant manner. You could teach, entertain, and tease them, all at the same time, whilst making them feel equal to you!</div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-62238320222061136522019-06-05T19:24:00.002+05:302019-06-05T19:24:20.772+05:30Appa, I love you<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You were my first inspiration; my first hero. I was always in awe of your intelligence, power of observation and incisive analytical skills. Not to forget, your stylish handwriting and signature. When I learned how to sketch and make portraits, I knew there were two people I desperately wanted to capture on paper, because I was confident that I could muster all the patience it called for. Grandma and you. I was delighted that my attempt was worthwhile if not brilliant. </div>
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You were a man very different from any other I have known. A man who did not shy away from breaking stereotypes and displaying emotion or shedding tears. Soft-spoken, immensely patient, unassuming, humble, strong, and introspective. Always helpful around the house; in fact, you'd be a part of the miniscule 1% of the population that has the capacity and large-heartedness to run several errands every day without a single murmur. </div>
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How you carried me, when I was a terrified 6yo, on your shoulders all the way to the hospital where I was to be operated on to remove my tonsils is etched in my memory. The simple surprise gifts you occasionally got for me would warm the cockles of my heart. The morning walks on which you accompanied me for several months to help me become healthier, when in my twenties, will always be a fond part of my memories. How you held my hand on several occasions when I felt weak was something I took for granted, until now. Not to forget, I wonder if there's anyone else, in the family, who gets my sense of humour as much as you did.</div>
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You deserve all the credit for introducing me to books when I was a receptive 10-year-old. I remember those exciting weekend trips to the City Central library in Rajajinagar and the anticipation of finding a good Enid Blyton book involving Noddy or Famous Five. Left to myself, as I stepped into my teens, I'd not have graduated to Wodehouse if not for your concerted efforts to take me to a well-stocked private library and recommend new authors. It was because of you that I got introduced to Plum's delightful and divine humour and the reason why I've derived pure joy and happiness from his books to overcome so many bad days and low phases. </div>
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Your ability to be an ideal playmate for toddlers and children is worth a hundred stories. I've often admired and been amazed by your ability to engage children for hours at a stretch, make them laugh, baffle them, help them learn and yet give them the feeling that they're with an "equal". </div>
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You've not particularly shared stories of your accomplishments at work. So it was moving and an example of your humility when your colleagues and friends raved about how great a scientist you were. Your popularity amongst farmers, colleagues and novices alike is something we are in awe of and proud of. You'd, however, occasionally come to wrong conclusions on family matters despite that immensely scientific brain of yours. This is something I've playfully teased you about - and very few people would have laughed in response and been the absolute sport that you were.</div>
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I know I've hurt you on many occasions, inadvertently and otherwise. I'm not going to ask you to forgive me because I know you already did, as is your nature. I can only hope my genuine love for you overshadowed my ignorance, impatience and other character flaws. </div>
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The single most unanswerable question on the minds of every single person who knows you is "Despite being the gentle, affectionate and humble soul that he was, why did destiny give him such a deadly disease and keep him on pins and needles for 7 months?" We don't know. We might never discover the answer but we can bring ourselves to believe that there was a reason. There's one thing we can do - Invest in research projects that aim to find the causes of and solutions for ALS/MND.</div>
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Ending on a positive note, I'm grateful to life for giving us opportunities to jointly build memories in the last few years; before you fell irrecoverably ill. Our trips to Kerala, Chikmaglur, Nainital, Kokkare Belur and even the neighbourhood restaurants are things I want to go back to and relive in my mind often. I hope you will appear in my dreams and continue to be a source of kindness, love and light. </div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-12364960369409287622019-03-12T16:01:00.004+05:302019-03-12T16:01:55.039+05:30Version 234.2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nostalgia. I used to find the practice of blogging delightful and delicious a few years ago. To conceptualize something, start writing around it and then edit it into a full-fledged post was like baking a cake. The icing on the cake was to have someone read and leave a friendly or appreciative comment on the post. Sigh. Gone are those days. I know I made a lot of friends here...no idea where they all are now. Except perhaps a few who then connected on Facebook/Twitter and are still around somewhere in my circle.<br />
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I've stopped using Facebook too, though I have written tons and tons of stuff there in the last 5-6 years (which I did not copy into my blog). Now, it's only Twitter....for the world has a huge deficit of attention and will not read anything more than 200+ characters ;-)<br />
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Meanwhile, I actually came here to say that I've let go of some people that I used to like a lot & have made my peace with it. Not that I've totally forgotten them but they appear on the radar only once in a while. Life prioritizes things on your behalf while you continue believing you're the one setting the agenda. :-) </div>
Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-30841524513896715142016-03-07T14:15:00.000+05:302016-03-07T14:15:14.316+05:30Principles. Practicality. Pride<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span><br /></span><span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I am, um, committing the crime of generalizing things and bucketing them. Wait! You can't warn me because I've warned myself. But the fact is that I normally think about such things, write down whatever occurs to me and then leave it to my subconscious mind</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">(which is apparently more in tune with the Universe)</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">to apply it only in situations wherein it ought to be . And, note that I don't hang them - my generalizations, I mean - around my neck and make it my primary instrument of perception and interpretation. You'd better believe me ;-)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Righto! All the nonsensical prelude aside, here is what I cooked up as I inhaled what must have been carbon monoxide and watched riders/drivers break rules and jeopardize the lives of many innocent people on the roads at ~8.32 am. There are broadly three kinds of thinking that people engage in while going about their daily decisions. Thoughts that are driven by Principles, Practicality or Pride. (My mind keeps discovering words that alliterate or rhyme when I set out to explain - </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">unnecessarily, of course -</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">various phenomena in the world and I pretend to play along by expanding them into lengthy and meandering paragraphs.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Coming back to our - ok, my - three categories of thoughts that in turn dictate to decision making, a lot depends on both, people's inherent nature and how they've been nurtured. Parenting (apart from one's individuality), methinks, has a Major (M in caps) impact on whether we are driven</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">predominantly</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">by principles, practicality or pride.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">If your Parents thought they were at the far right of the chart of human evolution, gave you less or no room for making mistakes, sermonized</span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">at the drop of a hat</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">, did not allow you to break any of the so-called rules, were rarely lenient, were attached to their value-system, culturally sensitive and so on, *and* you lent yourself to all of this or succumbed to it (depending on the way you see it ;-)), you are likely to now be an adult largely driven by principles; mostly those that were conditioned into you by your parents. In certain cases, you may have, of course, added a few self-discovered principles to the list that was thrust down your throat.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">The point to note, however, is that if you were a rebel despite your Parents being obsessed with idealistic and rigid rules and approaches, then you may now be an adult driven by pride.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #292f33;"><br /></span><span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">If you were subjected to so-called "smart" and in-touch-with-reality parenting, you are probably an adult driven by practicality. If your Parents' focus was almost always on survival, people-handling tactics and techniques, financial security, materialistic prosperity and the like, you surely grew up seeing yourself as a self-serving cog in the world's chaotic wheel. If you watched your parents sacrifice a few or several ideals and principles in order to obtain results and get to the finishing point in the various races run by society, you are likely to be a person who values practical thinking.</span></span></span></span> <span style="color: #292f33;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;"><span style="-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">You may very well be one of those street-smart adults who rarely gets bogged down by the world's evil ways and, in fact, knows how to get what he wants without creating much of a flutter. You undoubtedly have earned a lot of naive and clueless people's admiration. Sweet-talking, subtle wins in psychological or emotional battles and a certain type of ruthlessness are perhaps your forte.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-23774785176018202332015-06-15T16:32:00.002+05:302015-06-15T16:32:19.230+05:30Wisdom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-8650732677705553902015-06-15T16:31:00.002+05:302015-06-15T16:31:29.313+05:30Words are all I have<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-69966545706039390112015-06-15T16:30:00.004+05:302015-06-15T16:30:55.375+05:30A Life of Purpose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ad0000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I delve into one of my favorite topics - life, purpose and happiness - and</span></span><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">hope it strikes a few chords. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">All of us need something that we can focus and spend our energies on, in life. We need our lives to revolve around something or the other, just like how the Earth needs the Sun; simply because we do not feel truly alive </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">if we don't have something to focus on</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">. To use a cliché, we only exist. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">One of the most positive and yet fragile emotions that we can expend our energies on is love. The subject or object of love may be one (or more) of the following: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">(This list is in no particular order and is open for debate. There may be some unavoidable overlaps between a few areas) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- Conventional work</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- Sport & Physical activity </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">- An idea or a concept</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- A cause</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- Another human being or family or other entities such as animals/plants </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">- Mankind as a whole or a specific community or one's country</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">- Food</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- Power or Fame or Money & Luxuries </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">There is no right or wrong.<br /><br />
Meera Bai chose to focus on God. Gandhi chose a cause and a country. Steve Jobs chose an idea. Romeo chose another human being. Einstein chose God and life through science.<br /><br />
Disney chose to focus on life through art. Wodehouse chose life through art. </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Victor Frankl chose life through service and himself (in an indomitable way).</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Watterson chose life through art and himself (in an unconventional way). </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
Jane Goodall chose a specific community of animals. Aung San Suu Kyi chose a country. Sachin chose a sport.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> The </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Dalai Lama chose mankind and a cause. A lot of politicians and businessmen may start with a cause but digress and go into power or money. A lot of actors and movie-makers may start with an idea or life through art but digress into money or fame and so on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Each of us gravitates towards one or more items in the list based on our nature, upbringing, influences, circumstances, challenges, skills, early experiences in life and so on. T</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">he intensity with which we pursue what we choose varies from person to person. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">If we focus on a category that we have some control over (with exceptions such as God and Mankind) and one for which we have the necessary skills and wherewithal, we're going to be happy and busy...or happily busy. Simply because</span><span> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">we are doing what we love, are good at and have the resources for. T</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">he caveat, however, is that if we are excessively obsessed with our chosen 'Sun' and lose our grip over it, we may fall out of our orbit and into a potential catastrophe unless we have the skills to jump on to another appropriate orbit (think lone genius scientists/geeks etc) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">On the other hand, if we don't gravitate towards at least one item in the list, life looks</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> empty and void of any meaning. I suspect no one can exist this way unless (s)he is in a vegetative state. In related news, t</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">he common and widely accepted solution to engage ourselves with life and have something to focus on is Marriage. We are, more often than not, guaranteed to have a spouse and/or child(ren) that we will feel motivated to place at the center of our world. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- Conventional work: This is adrenalin, accomplishment and intelligence based love. An extreme form of "work love"is perhaps entrepreneurship. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- God: Inexplicable to many and enchanting to those submerged in it because you need to live in the spiritual realm and see what most people can't or choose not to see. Tricky because everything is based on our own interpretation of events, dreams and otherwise indecipherable miracles.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- Idea or Concept: One of the more fulfilling items because people who pursue ideas are generally the ones who do not wait for it to be approved by others. A great manifestation of end to end creativity. Take one idea and chase it all your life because it is one meteor of an idea or take up a series of smaller ideas one after another and jump from one fascinating world to another. Bliss of creation, accomplishment, intelligence, life and more. You might forget yourself as you transform the idea from its abstract form into tangible reality. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ad0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">- A cause: Arguably, the most noble pursuit and the one most approved by the social ecosystem. Otherwise more or less similar to loving an idea. But every cause has its share of critics who are hoping that it will cease to be given importance. It is, arguably, easier to ignore idea critics but not so easy to ignore people who become obstacles to causes. </span></span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-14026125405731462472015-06-15T16:28:00.004+05:302015-06-15T16:28:40.068+05:30Mobile Technology - Impact<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Mobile phones are going to lead to large-scale destruction. That's what's in store. Someone is going to invent an App to predict the exact date very soon. It'll be a free download. People will brag about it too.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Maybe we should all be happy for the world, as it now has an obvious opportunity to renew itself. 2012 is done.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Sample this. These days, people go around taking pictures of those in distress/jaws of death rather than putting their phones away to save them. </span><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Advertisements proudly declare that we must stop interacting with people as they may not respect us and we must instead shift our focus to mobile phones as they, however, are sure to respect us.</span><span style="line-height: 1.38;">Advertisements also unequivocally suggest that we must not think twice about taking selfies and posting them as it may inspire people in our lives.</span><div>
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As if it was not enough for businesses to be obsessed with numerical evidence to prove their worth, we now have toddlers, teenagers and oldies hanging on to the number of likes to measure their self-worth.</div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-25616536056671329742015-06-15T16:27:00.002+05:302015-06-15T16:27:38.251+05:30H.O.P.E<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-32824213638670715842015-01-01T16:38:00.000+05:302015-01-01T16:38:01.827+05:30Fully Alive or Not?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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To be completely engrossed in reality and merge into it; to absorb everything in the world and respond back to it so casually and efficiently that the give and take is seamless, there appears to be just one entity in all and there is no such thing as unproductive friction.<br />
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Or....to be amazingly unperturbed and detach oneself thoroughly from reality, as if it were of no consequence whatsoever. To be as if nothing actually happened even whilst everything happened.....if you get my drift. To behave like there is no other entity apart from the self.<br />
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-82334619093020478412014-11-26T09:55:00.000+05:302014-11-26T09:55:18.455+05:30Lovely Poem by Roosevelt <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">It is not the critic who counts;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">who strives valiantly;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">who errs and comes short again and again;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">who knows great enthusiasms,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">the great devotions;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">who spends himself in a worthy cause;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"> </span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"> ---Theodore Roosevelt</span><br />
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-34093659091028629012014-06-18T18:21:00.004+05:302014-06-18T18:21:59.936+05:30Driving and Life - 13 Metaphors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">1. Reduce your speed</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Is it really nice to be rushing around and clucking (clutching & braking?) like a mad hen all the time? We need to remember to slow down quickly (heh heh) and frequently enough</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">2. Don't compete or race</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">This is a guaranteed way to make sure we lose it or feel stupid as we go about life. By all means, let's do it if we don't mind dents in our mental-makeup</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">3. Don't compare</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Looking at other vehicles (hey, look, a Lamborghini) instead of focusing on the road in front of us. Drooling over what others have rather than driving down our own path joyously. We are bound to crash into something and slip into permanent depression</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">4. Fuel up</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">If we're not sure about the what, where, when and how of the fuel we need in order to go about our journeys, it's quite likely we may be stranded in the middle of nowhere. Must identify and store some fuel (inspiration) to help us run</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">5. Focus on the drive rather than the destination</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Constantly worrying about where we need to be rather than concentrating on and enjoying the drive is a pity. Can't help it at times though</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">6. Don't let others tell you how to drive (But allow for companionship/encouragement/warnings/wisdom)</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Sheesh. Sigh. No back-seat driving. Let's claim our lives. Shall we?</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">7. Don't obsess over the scratches and dents</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Hard. It happened. It will be there. Maybe we can get it tinkered at an affordable cost. If not, can we just let it be?</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Dealing with nasty co-travelers on the road is more difficult than this but perhaps the same philosophy can be applied there as well</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">9. Master your parking skills</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">At times, we'd have to make do with what we get and fit our lives into available or unusual slots. In other words, be prepared to play with the cards we've been given. Psst, we can either loosen up and go for it or, sometimes, pay for valet parking</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">10. Drop off your vehicle for service</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Before or after some journeys, drop off the vehicle at a service station. The vehicle probably needs a complete wash/new parts/paint. Relax and rejuvenate at intervals</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">13. Keep the emergency support numbers handy</span></span></span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #ad0000;">Do we know how to sort things out and resume our journey if and when there is a break-down? If yes, there's a lot to be proud of and happy about. Else, let's keep the emergency numbers accessible at all times</span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-17062871679376138712014-06-18T18:19:00.000+05:302014-06-18T18:19:00.749+05:30Dance of the Birds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 15px 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #147191;">Sit in a train to some place far away. Play music on a device of your choice. Melodies; not some fast and insane numbers. Look out of the window. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-4430496040711891172014-06-18T17:27:00.002+05:302014-06-18T17:27:55.602+05:30Sharing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-46304445473405341162014-06-18T17:26:00.002+05:302014-06-18T17:26:33.819+05:30Communities. Coaching. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-52505214617872812342014-06-18T17:25:00.000+05:302014-06-18T17:25:09.565+05:30Truth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #147191;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Truth is like a butterfly. Colourful. Fascinating. Fleeting. And there are many fluttering in the garden.</span></span></span></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-24423289869509740872014-06-18T17:23:00.002+05:302014-06-18T17:23:52.151+05:30Share<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">share your contemplations; they preceded the results</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">share your stumblings;</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">they led you to</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">smartness</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">share your learnings;</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">they contributed to</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">success</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">share your darkness;</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">they nudged you to</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">your glow</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">share your ruminations;</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">they were replaced by</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #147191;">your humor</span></span></span></span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-49410059376152573382014-06-18T17:22:00.002+05:302014-06-18T17:22:49.502+05:30Gotta go for it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #a74500;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">And gather a good motivation kit.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-71970090182711716752014-06-18T17:21:00.002+05:302014-06-18T17:21:37.304+05:30How to make a mess of your life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #147191;">Three simple and easy steps to make a total mess of all things </span></div>
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<span style="color: #147191;">Repeat every day to stay in the cage of misery and clip your wings </span></div>
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<span style="color: #147191;">Find some faults in people or situations around you </span></div>
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<span style="color: #147191;">Elaborate and examine till the concerned blokes turn blue </span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-44570513845601644202014-03-25T17:29:00.001+05:302014-03-26T12:17:51.720+05:30Mother....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-28012118939147949212014-02-12T14:58:00.001+05:302014-02-12T14:59:16.300+05:30Happy Chemicals in KM :-)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">D-O-S-E: Dopamine, O</span>xytocin, S<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">erotonin and E</span>ndorphin<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">. Don't ask. It just occurred to me. (All right, I came across the first three in many articles. Did a little bit of research and discovered the last one) </span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-66226431544759780172014-02-12T14:50:00.000+05:302014-02-12T14:50:10.040+05:30Service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-34732676628374908262014-02-12T14:47:00.000+05:302014-02-12T14:47:22.647+05:30Belief<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #147191;">Buddha is quoted thus: "Don't believe everything you read". Abraham Lincoln also apparently warned people to not believe everything on the Internet. I don't know; Lincoln was the one quoted in that poster I saw on the Internet. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #147191;">Logically speaking, how could we anyway believe everything we read? Just when you had permanently concluded that laughter is good for health, some researchers come out of their isolated offices and tell you that your organs might get ruptured or displaced if you laugh too much. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #147191;">Just when you were sure that deep introspection is what might make you a better human being, some psychologists warn you about the side effects of deep thinking. Who wants to be a better human being but, at the same time, slightly insane? (Makes you wonder how they arrived at such a conclusion without thinking too much). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #147191;">Not a single so-called Universal truth is left untouched or unchallenged. There are many ways to use rational thoughts to either construct or destroy the same case. People, meanwhile, simply choose what they want to believe and ignore everything else. </span></div>
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Nimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227810353203036224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013295.post-16848549895169586382014-02-12T14:43:00.002+05:302014-02-12T14:43:46.613+05:30Social Media<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: center;">Any resemblance to persons, living or dead,</span><span style="text-align: center;"> including you, </span><span style="text-align: center;">except Yours Truly</span> <span style="text-align: center;">is merely and purely coincidental.</span></div>
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Do we dwell so much upon the T&C that we never reach the check box or realize its existence?<br /><br />
Do we jump, skip and hop across the T&C without a care and land on the check box with a jolly shout?<br /><br />
Do we read a bit of the T&C, get psyched out and surrender at the altar of the check box? </span></div>
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