Wednesday, January 29, 2014

It's your luck

I believe that finding love has everything to do with luck or destiny - whatever you may choose to call it. If its meant to happen, it does and no amount of forcing can ever help. Lucky are those people who found love early on in their lives without prior heartbreaks. It has nothing to do with the kind of person you are - whether introverted or extroverted, adventurous or not, smart or otherwise. Just because a person turns heads around thanks to their good looks does not mean he/she should have found love easily. Such a person may get a lot of attention from the opposite gender but may not ever experience true love. Love has to strike twice, you have to be lucky enough to receive affection from the same person that you love. The willingness to make the relationship work - and from both sides - no matter what problems crop up - is what is needed for a long lasting relationship. It sure depends on your efforts too but you have to have it in your destiny to meet a person who is willing to be with you no matter what and what is equally important is finding  person you would fight the world for. 'Love is moment that lasts forever' they say, but it lasts only when both involved want it to last. And for that to happen, luck is what you need.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Alternate career options

I have this list of about half a dozen alternate career options and I always wonder what could have been had I not chosen to be in science. When things in work seem really difficult and frustrating, I like to fantasize about my hobbies or interests which I never considered turning into a career.

And here is the list:
a. A dancer - I love dance. I cannot imagine a life where I do not get time to dance. Dance is mine...I love dancing and watching other people dance. There also was a time when I seriously thought about being a professional dancer. But I let it remain a hobby.

b. A travel writer - There are these people who travel far and wide and write about their experiences in magazines or newspapers. I would love to do that! So you travel to nice places and earn money by writing about it! Sounds cool, eh?

c. A script writer - Sometimes when I watch a crappy film I always think about a nice story that could have been converted into a film. I have written a couple of stories and I think they are pretty good. A certain KJo could probably hire me as a script writer! 

d. Event manager - Meeting new people, making arrangements for a huge event is something I would enjoy very much. You have to work hard for all this, you have to be able to communicate well. I don't know whether I will be able to do this, but it sure is a fun thing to do!

e. A cook - Well I love cooking and staring a nice Indian restaurant abroad is never too bad for your pocket!

f. A social worker - Everyone thinks about doing something valuable for the society in general. Doing whatever little we can to help the poor or needy people around us always gives us joy. I hope someday I actually do some social work and not just dream about it.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

A realization

"To err is human" they say. She knew this and she believed in it. But always found it extremely hard to forgive herself and even took resort to self-loathing. Never did she think that she would do such a wrong deed. But guilt was the best punishment for her. She felt empty and dead from the inside. "Its all over...my life is over..." is what she thought. Unhappiness can kill you from the inside. As she wiped her tears, the phone rang. It was her mother. That amazing, happy voice. Those words that make you feel so much better within minutes...they are a mother's soothing words. Her mother said that she was proud of her. Mother said that she is the best daughter in the world...:) And instantly, she realized it...she realized that all was not over yet. No matter how sad she was from the inside, it was her duty to make her parents proud and give them all the happiness that they deserve. That was now going to be the purpose of her life - to try to spread happiness wherever she went and amongst whoever she met; be it friends, family or strangers and doing this would someday give her inner  peace and happiness. Feeling much better, she went to bed.

Past and present

We never forget the past, we only stop being bothered by it. Some names will always be remembered. We cannot forget what they said or did, nor can we forget what we said or did. No, we do not forget what we felt about them. But thankfully, our feelings change. What we feel about them at the present moment is different. The present changes the past. Thank God for that.