~Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild~

I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt.

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.

The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty. And so, Ron, in short, get out of Salton City and hit the Road. I guarantee you will be very glad you did.

But I fear that you will ignore my advice.

You think that I am stubborn, but you are even more stubborn than me. You had a wonderful chance on your drive back to see one of the greatest sights on earth, the Grand Canyon, something every American should see at least once in his life. But for some reason incomprehensible to me you wanted nothing but to bolt for home as quickly as possible, right back to the same situation which you see day after day after day. I fear you will follow this same inclination in the future and thus fail to discover all the wonderful things that God has placed around us to discover.

Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. You are still going to live a long time, Ron, and it would be a shame if you did not take the opportunity to revolutionize your life and move into an entirely new realm of experience.

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.

My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it.

The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

~Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild~

Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain... Allama Iqbal...

Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain 

Abhi ishq ke imtehan aur bhi hain 

Tahi zindagi se nahin ye fizayen

Yahan siakdon karwaan aur bhi hain

Khana’at na kar aalam-e-rang-o-bu par

Chaman aur bhi aashiyaan aur bhi hain

Agar kho gaya ek nasheman to kya ghum

Maqmat-e-aah-o-fughaan aur bhi hain

Tu shaheen hai parvwaaz hai kaam tera 

Tere saamne aasmaan aur bhi hain 

Isi roz-o-shab main ulajh kar na rah ja 

Ke tere zameen par makaan aur bhi hain 

Gaye din ke tanha tha main anjuman mein 

Yahaan ab mere raazdaan aur bhi hain  

~Allama Iqbal~

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Translation:

Beyond the stars there are worlds more

Our quest yet has more tests to pass

This existence alone does not matter

There are boundless journeys more

Do not rest on what you have

There are paradises more to explore

Why worry if you have lost one abode

There are a million addresses to claim

You are the falcon, your passion is flight

And you have skies more to transcend

Lose not yourself in the cycle of days and nights

Within your reach are feats even more

Gone is the day when I was lonesome in the crowd

Today those who resonate my thoughts are more

Bothersome... Bother some...

☐ Your account has been compromised.

☐ Your life has been compromised.

Which of the two is more bothersome?

When someone hacks into an email account, we immediately rush to run an anti-virus, change the password, and make every possible effort to get back the control of the account. Yet we go in stupor when someone hacks into the happiness, in life per se? Why?

Don't let the inertia get the better of you, take control of your life. Do whatever is needed, no matter how hard, how disagreeable it may appear, in order to gain, or re-gain equilibrium in life.

Good luck... Rabb rakha...

I, Me, Myself... No apology offered...

deewane ke nakab yahan sayaane libaaso se kuch kam hai...
na taareef ka ghulam hoon, na mujhe gaali ka gham hai...

I insanely sport infinite masks yet only too few...
Masquerading the sanity, some sane here are too...
Success doesn't rules me 'n failure doesn't deter...
Neither do I seek the praise, nor the abuses can hurt...

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You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

~John Wooden~

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to your courage. ~Anais Nin~

My 4 year young angel Kaynaat's first day in her new class 'n several of her classmates, including Kayu, seemed trifle overwhelmed and tearful. This despite continuing with the same circle of friends but in a new classroom and with new teachers.

Truly, new atmosphere appears intimidating not just for kids but even for adults and that's the single biggest reason why most people prefer to stick in familiarity however mundane it may be and not aspire for the undiscovered treasure.

And this is where these kids inspire the biggest lesson for all adults, that although it may take a day, two or even more but surely one finds their own groove, because in order to grow, you must outgrow the fears and be willing to move to the next level.

God bless 'em.
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Chinese Bamboo... ~Aleph, Paulo Coelho~

I start by telling her a story.

"A man stumbles and falls into a deep hole. He asks a passing priest to help him out. The priest blesses him and walks on. Hours later, a doctor comes by. The man asks for help, but the doctor merely studies his injuries from afar, writes him a prescription and tells him to buy the medicine from the nearest pharmacy. Finally, a complete stranger appears. Again the man asks for help, and the stranger jumps in the hole. "Now what are we going to do?" says the man. "Now both of us are trapped down here." To which the stranger replies: " No we're not. I am from around here and I know how to get out.""

"Meaning", asks Monica.

"That I need strangers like that," I explain. "My roots are ready, but I will only manage to grow with the help of others. Not just you or J or my wife, but people I have never met. I am sure of that."

~Aleph; Paulo Coelho explaining the Chinese Bamboo to Monica, his agent. Apparently the Chinese Bamboo spends five years as a little shoot, using that time to develop its root system. And, then from one moment to the next, it puts on a spurt and grows up to twenty five meters high.~
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50 Ways To Make Yourself Miserable

50 Ways To Make Yourself Miserable

What Not To Do/be

Most of the articles in HealthMoneySuccess.com are how to articles that teaches you how to set things right but today I will be writing on things that you should avoid instead of doing.

http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/892/50-ways-to-make-yourself-miserable/

So here goes the 50 ways to make yourself miserable.

1. Compare yourself frequently with others.
2. Belittle yourself.
3. Don’t believe in dreams.  You believe dreams will only happen when you are sleeping.
4. Say yes to everybody and everything.
5. Work in a job you hate.
6. Complain about everything.
7. Complain about everything to your friends.
8. Suspicious of everything.
9. Counting your troubles.
10. Harbor negative thoughts.
11. Trying to please everyone and let everyone walk all over you.
12. Constantly thinking about the past.
13. Constantly thinking about the future.
14. Focusing on what you lack.
15. Focusing on what you don’t want.
16. Need others to validate you constantly.
17. Think of everything that can possibly go wrong in your life. 
18. Get jealous easily.
19. Envious of others and is never grateful of what you have instead.
20. Imitating others due to lack of self confidence.
21. Lacking self esteem and cause others to dislike you.
22. Think the world revolves around you.
23. Judging others.
24. Absorbing all the bad news in the papers daily.
25. Eating junk food.
26. Exercising is your worst nightmare.
27. Believe that things can only go your way.
28. Do not accept others opinion.
29. Lack of sleep.
30. Lack of goals.
31. Worry consistently about the sky is falling.
32. Plan but never take action.
33. Fail to plan.
34. Feel that people around you are all jerks.
35. Thinking there is no purpose in living.
36. Being the “If Man”. If my father is  the president, then I will be successful. If ____ then I will be _____. (fill in the blanks)
37. Lottery is the only way to success.
38. Trying to control everything that you can’t control.
39. Expect to be appreciated.
40. Expect others to be grateful to you.
41. Never forget about criticism.
42. Hate people around you to be successful.
43. Shirk responsibilities.
44. Receive and never give.
45. Do things that are easy.
46. Overworking.
47. Never forgive.
48. Never give your best effort in things you do.
49. Perfectionism.
50. Choosing to be miserable.

Parting Words

These are 50 ways that can definitely make ourselves miserable and are you committing any mistakes in the list above?

Vincent

Personal Development Blogger

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To pee, or not to pee...

So on April Fools’ Day, which according to the opinionated wise and their biases, may they live long, can also be my claim to fame as an alternate birthdate, Star World celebrated by airing "The Big Bang Theory" for 12 nonstop hours.

In an episode aired that day, Sheldon is frantically knocking on the bathroom door whilst Leonard is already in the shower with Priya. Asked by Leonard the reason for this emergency, Sheldon responds, “Mathematical emergency, 32 ounce banana smoothie, 16 ounce bladder”. And the roommate agreement to which both Leonard and Sheldon are a party must be suspended in an event of force majeure since Sheldon was facing a very majeure force building in.

As I laughed my dumb numb ass off, I wholeheartedly agreed with Sheldon’s math, and also with his need, both were fair enough. After all, a man gotta pee when he has to pee.

Thankfully, Priya agreed too, “Oh Leonard, let the man pee!” Epic, I say!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x85FVkxzy-M

The next morning as I was reading an online article on Alfred Hitchcock, I found a gem of his advisory, “The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

Yes sire, absolutely and truly so. Either the story be captivating enough for the patron to gladly and wilfully hold on to his pee staying glued where he is lest he misses an important twist, or if it isn’t, then with all due respect, no-one with an urge to pee will wait for an intermission or the end. After all, the call of nature takes precedence over everything else.

Well said Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock. Bravo!

This got me thinking.

To pee, or not to pee!

*Yeah, I do comprehend that according to the wise men, “thinking for me” is an absolutely blasphemous notion, why et all must I ever indulge in it, but you see, thinking too is alike pee, ab aa gayi toh aa gayi bhaiya, kya karein, control hi nahin hota! And over this gustakhi of twisting Hamlet, I must seek pardon from thou Sir William Shakespeare tau. And the standard disclaimer as always about no pun ever intended. As always, all puns are “unintentional”.*  

So as I was saying, yes indeed, if the muscles that control the bladder get weak, Doctors advise bladder control exercises or Kegel exercises as they are known, to strengthen the pelvic muscles that support the bladder, and in turn assisting in making them strong again.

Or if the pace, place and protocol so demand it, for example in the middle of a prayer, a man can hold onto the urge to pee as long as he can endure with his freewill and wait for the right break to take the leak-break.

But under no circumstances can someone be asked to withhold the pee forever. I mean, just because one can hold it for half hour doesn’t necessarily imply that he can hold it for another minute more. No sire, absolutely no way! Beyond a certain point every attempt to go against nature can even become life threatening.

Take a hike kegal, it is a right, and rightfully legal, lest hypertension from the stress to hold on and the retention in the kidneys leads to an eventual fatality. The man has no choice, you see. Either he wets his pants in public or takes a leak in the privacy of a loo, but after a while, to pee is imminent. Kapish!

This is same with anything toxic in life, be it anger, hatred, jealously, negativity, or whatever. If one doesn’t let go, it can result in an instant or slow death. If I strive to be to be in good balanced health by keeping fit, be it emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually, it then is absolutely imperative for me to let go of all that is toxic from my life.

But my call of nature isn’t a call to any of you too; let’s not crowd the bathroom for no reason other than a genuine reason. No two situations are same and one shoe size doesn’t fit all, everyone has to find out on their own if there’s anything toxic within or without that needs to let go. And if there is, then let it go.

My life, my decision, and your life, your decisions. As simple and profound as that.

Believe you me; there is no machoism in holding on to pee, only masochism. Save yourself, hold the pee when the need be but learn to let go after a while.

Good luck and God bless.