Long for Longing !!

This happens to me often nowadays...I feel I am worried ...but I really wouldnt know why I feel that way...cos I would know for sure that there is nothing whatsoever to bother my smooth sail...its something at the back of my mind that keeps itching....Even when I try to find out what it is , I fail miserably..........
I suppose I  worry about things that never were, and that's the worrying part. There is nothing bothering me and that's exactly what's bothering me. Coming to think of it, I'm bothered by nothing.

When it comes to my anxiety about life, what worries me most is not the destination but ...the journey . And I feel its getting twisted as I keep moving on...
 But see...I feel  I am short of something...Well , you know, I long for nothing , in fact , being  human I feel I should change myself and start longing for something, So now what I want most is to "long for something". Wanting to have this feeling of longing so much, I have come to the conclusion that  I am longing for the feeling of longing. So my problem is I long for longing ? HA HA..Guys ..Hope you have'nt gone nuts !!!!
 You see, When I started to write this post, I "wanted to long" for something and now as I conclude, I "long for the feeling of longing", I suppose I really don't have an issue. But then again, isn't this really an issue ?


Now coming to think of this...Guys !! Don't you feel that the above said lines are a bit twisted ? I mean , not very simple ? Well..You know ...Things were simple when the creator created his creations. And I suppose we guys just did a few simple things like eating, sleeping, walking, etc at that time ?

But then....different individuals had the longing to show they were different and so they mixed the above actions, grated them ,crushed , mashed and kneaded them,  to make new actions...and of course ...thereby complicating them...!!!
God !! I wonder why I wanted to blog on something I really cannot identify.  I feel blogging is an escapism for people like me who want a little bit of privacy while going public. So...We all want to be private publicly. Well...I suppose we are all crazy. A pack of  crazy guys !!! Well....That's what makes us normal again !! Ha Ha !!

Technology is not the solution to problems caused by technology !!

Dear Friends !!!   In an era when information and technology is at the max, its high time we think about the  problems which we are going to face in the coming era. Most of the problems are caused by "technology" ..... and in order to solve this , we turn to technology again !! Though what I talk may seem funny, let me make this point clear...  

"Technology is not the solution to problems caused by technology " 

And the funniest thing here is , .....the smaller a thing is, the more powerful it turns out to be... like for instance,  the smaller a pest , the faster it overcomes all techological attempts to eradicate it  ?? Now what you are going to see is something small but extremely powerful to become the root cause for " 666 " or is this what is the "666" mentioned in the Bible ?? 

I thought about this a lot many times before posting ....and finally thought it was worth it. In fact I received this forward from one of my friends in the US. Hope this would help everyone !!

Here goes..... 

This is the latest news in the world !!  !  

   

It is the size of a grain of rice …

A new development which eliminates the necessity of using currency or credit cards .It is already being used by the wealthy as a tool to help prevent kidnapping.You will use it for it’s advantages and to help prevent fraud and identity theft... Flee from it !!! Find out why !!  

 

Transponder is a system of storage for reading information in microchips. Reading occurs in waves like a remote control. The “bio-chip” measures 7mm of length and .075mm wide, as large as a grain of rice. It contains a transponder and a rechargeable Lithium battery. The battery is recharged by a thermocouple circuit that produces an electrical current with the fluctuation of body temperature. 

 

MOTOROLA is the company producing the microchip for MONDEX SMARTCARD. They developed several implants for humans using the “Bio-chip.” More than 250 corporations and 20 countries are involved in the distribution of MONDEX to the world and many nations are “privileged” to use this system, among them: Great Britian, Canada, U.S.A., Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Philipines, Singapore, Thailand, India, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras,El Salvador & Brazil.There are other SMARTCARD systems being used through MONDEX, especially since MasterCard bought 51% share of the company.

But ask yourself...what does this have to do with me...?

They spent more than $1.5 Million Dollars in research just to discover the best place to insert the “bio-chip” into the human body. They only found two satisfactory and efficient places - THE HEAD, underneath the scalp and the backside of the hand, specifically…

THE RIGHT HAND!

 

(v.16) He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, (v.17) and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.    Revelation 13:16, 17

Not much of a coincidence ?

REMEMBER THIS COMPANY NAME AND LOGO!  

One billion “bio-chips” are being produced by MONDEX a year. It’s been in production for at least a year. They discovered that if the chip would be in a card, they will encounter serious problems. The chip could be cut and information would be changed or falsified. The value could be manipulated, stolen or lost. After you receive the card, it will expire within one to two years. In the end, real money will be insecure in the general market. There is only one solution for this problem, embraced by MOTOROLA… implanting the “bio-chip” in the right hand or the head, where it cannot be removed. If it is removed by surgery, the small capsule will burst and the individual would be contaminated by the Lithium and the chemical in the microbacteria, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) will detect if it was removed, and will alert the authorities. Notice MONDEX means “Money on your hand.”

 MON = MONetary

DEX = DEXter = Right-hand side

will you take this serious

Imagine your parents, friends and siblings, everyone you know…

having to be “marked.” Now that you’ve been informed, but still doubt this information, do the following. Go to www.google.com. Search for the word “VERICHIP” and read some of the links. Do the same with the words “MONDEX SMARTCARD.” We can no longer claim ignorance. We are now informed, and accountable.

Where is the "Good" in "Goodbye" ?!

GoodByes have become a part of todays life. And we use it too often now ..as we keep moving...moving on from one job to another...from one place to another...one country to another...and so on !!

But right from the time I was a child , I hated saying "GoodByes". They were always "Bad Byes" for me especially when I had to say Bye to friends and family whom I loved the most. .... (Now guys, Don't start laughing....!!)

I remember one of my friends going mad when I said I was scared to say "Bye" . But now, even when I have to say this often, I really get this funny habit of eluding this and instead rather saying "See You". But I suppose this has nothing to do with the word itself ..But I suppose it is linked to this pessimistic thought that keeps reminding you . that it might be forever !!!.

But  those true "Good byes" make you reflect on lots of other stuff....

They really do make you look back on what you've had, what you've lost and what you've been taking for granted. And they also tell you ...that if we ever feel sad to say good bye to someone , we need to be thankful that we have come across someone who was so good that it was hard to say good bye to them .

But I stick to my belief that "GoodByes " remind us that some people aren't meant to be in our lives forever. But that they are passing through our lives to bring us something... a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn ....  You'll have that gift forever.... though you have to say bye to the one who brought the gift !!

It's never hard to lose something you never really had !!

You know what ? It really does sound funny !! But this is how I feel about things...especially when it comes to relationships... which we would have assumed to have existed but never really would have ....

 Well....Many of us would agree that friendships are valuable factors in life and they come in, free of the emotional baggages ,unlike family relationships and provide a lot of  fun, support, intimacy and a sense of belonging. But still isn't it true that friendships can cause emotional damage when they go wrong ?

We often talk about "marriage breakups" and "romantic breakups" ....but isn't it true that "friendship breakups" too exist....aren't there times we deliberately want to break up a friendship because we have drifted apart in interests, skills and beliefs during life's journey? But anyway, when it comes to ending friendship..I suppose we do not have a guide line or an etiquette on "How to" ?? 

Is it just enough to ignore somebody or make them feel they are not wanted  anymore ? It is quite surprising that this is what most of us do ... 

As long as we are friends with someone, we treat them differently from other people. Though friendship is not exclusive or genetically determined like a family relationship, we have so much room for all our friends.But like any relationship, friendship survives only when people can accommodate each other's differences and also the changes that happen to each of them. They may share lots in common when they meet , but later in life as they tend to change due to life situations,  there needs to have something powerful to hold you together in spite of all those differences ...failing which it may turn out to be damaging rather than nourishing  as it causes guilt on one side, and anger and pain on the other. 

We Indians don't like to hurt others and for that sake , we try to fake... to stop a break-up...so that we not only cheat ourselves from having a good and true relationship, but foster resentment towards the other person which could lead to greater pain and heart ache in future ! Treating the person with respect and dignity in all sincerity and genuineness might help to soften the whole thing. 
The same goes for Good Byes too...(I think I need to say lots on "GoodByes " in my next post !! ) 
But anyway, its always good to remember.... that the last thing we do and say to people is quite important in life...What if it happens to be the last thing you ever say to them ? 

Merry Christmas !!

  
It's Christmas....!!!

Wish You A Merry Christmas
May all your dreams come true this year....
May Santa bring you tonnes of Happiness, 
And Goodhealth and Joy !!
May Peace be your gift at Christmas 
And your blessing all year through !!
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas !!

With lots of Love, Prayers and Wishes, 

Ode to my childhood companion !!

He was in the welcoming committee
when my parents brought me home from the hospital....
He lay nearby as my mother fed me ...
He guarded my crib, always alert for the slightest whimper....

He supported my faltering steps....

He ran with me along a thousand steep steps...

He kept my secrets and kissed away my tears...
He stood with me through my childhood humiliations...

He saw me off to school everyday....
Looking out through the big iron gates.....

He missed me a lot when I was away...
His joy knew no bounds when I returned back from school...

He never left me alone when I was sick....
He snuggled close to me when I was afraid of the dark....


He played with me whenever I felt lonely...
He listened to all my rantings...
He saved me by guzzling the food I slipped under the table....




He was my precious childhood companion...
He taught me what a gift it was to be loved by a DOG !!
My lovely Alsatian Dog - ROCKY !!

Celebrity Worship .....MAD ICON Disease ??

Today when I saw little Johnny sitting wide eyed in front of the TV watching Ben 10, not aware of munching away the corns, I was thinking of what he told me of aliens yesterday ... 

There was this picture of the alien force . XLR8, Heatblaster and the like...which he was downloading from the net. I just happened to pass by and peeping on to the screen , got irritated by the look of those ugly aliens who didnt even have a face you could look upon....

But the shouts of exhilaration that kept coming from this little guy as he went on downloading one picture after the other, went like this....
 " Oooh ! Awesome ! Look at Omnitrix ! Look how handsome HeatBlaster looks..."




God !! I was thinking of the little boy who once jumped out of the terrace of a multi-storeyed building just to show his friends he could do like SUPERMAN !! 

I really did feel that there needs to be given a little awareness to these kids on this aspect ..... and maybe channelise their interest in some other  , if possible.... But this is not just the case of little ones...

Teens and college-goers too go through problems like, idolising a sweaty rock star rushing through the stage in a frenzy....or a politician,  a film star...it could be anyone from Obama to Bin Laden even !!

Many of these guys would  wake up every morning thinking of  Soorya or wonder what John Abraham was doing that day ? Or what Thamanna would be having for breakfast ? 
  

But let me get my point across......if  someone keeps thinking of some celebrity too much...  this could be the beginning of a psychological condition called 

CELEBRITY WORSHIP SYNDROME...or 

CWS ....which is also called 

MAD ICON DISEASE !!


Lots of people especially little children suffer from CWS. They may be obsessed with someone whom they like so much .....most likely, some cartoon figure..  I've seen many little friends of Johnny getting addicted to Ben10 , the best cartoon character of this century, who fights against enormous alien forces ... 

 Sadly these aliens who look horrible to elders look so pretty in the eyes of these little ones....
 It is true that one in at least three people seem to be obsessed with some public figure so that they become sufferers.... who are so taken with their idol that the obsession affects their daily life....
  
Many a time there appears to be a clear clinical component to attitudes and behaviours associated with celebrity worshipping, especially in children. 

These kids tend to have an intense personal type of mental /emotional relationship with their idol or grow a special kind of bond with their celebrity . They turn out to be real problem makers as they are introverts, and are impulsive and antisocial with troublesome intensive traits. 

They stick posters everywhere on their bedroom wall, suffer from hallucinations  of their favourite celebrity being their soul mate and develop a special bond with their celebrity emotionally . 

But guys !! I suppose we all agree at least to this one statement of the great celebrity and philosopher of all times...... Jesus !!!   "Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image " 
Let us be careful not to give in to these practically useless characters and let not these silly idols make those real true idols to stay in the shade !!

Its not just me...but …Me , Myself and I …Hiding in my soul!!

 I always wonder if it is just ME who is like ME…. or there are a hell lot of others somewhere out there …who are like me ….?


  But one thing is really confusing …
Are we really who we think we are? At times , are’nt we turning out into somebody whom we are not? What I mean is, why do we turn into different persons depending on different situations… and I’ve often felt that we all change according to the people we move around with?

And I do feel at times, that zodiacs have something to do with all this.. Other zodiacs have always found pleasure in saying that Pisceans like me, are dreamy and have a personality which gets shaped according to the place and people whom we are with…. .


But  me , being a cusp (for those of you who don’t know about cusps …its those people born between two sun signs) never do follow those characteristics specific for Pisceans but rather, tend to be double faced like I have been accused of ...by my friends.  

 I tend to be sentimental like a Piscean, and also be strong like Aries. But I really do feel cusps have a more or less split personality maybe! Of course no two people can ever describe me in the same manner (with my pisces-aries character ). A lot of them feel I am an introvert while others who are close to me find it difficult to shut me up for sometime. One minute I am talking like hell and the next I withdraw into my shell. I get extremely emotional at times with some of them, whereas I become the symbol of practicality with some others. But I know it all depends on whom I am dealing with….

The thought really sucks ! I sometimes try to believe that each of us are not single persons but maybe have many different people living inside us. Don’t we have a variety of personality shades hiding in us, which come and go at times ?  …I mean we are strong sometimes but weak some other time depending on a whole lot of stuff ? I often feel that it is because of all those different people living inside us, who come out one at a time… depending on situations !!!.

 Maybe that is why we hear the story of a murderer becoming a saint overnight? A freak turns out to be a responsible son who takes charge of a family business ? A young flirt becomes a responsible mother ? A killer becomes a monk ? Such transitions don’t happen just like that! Could be because those people living within us emerge one by one ? Ha Ha ..

There are people who say that situations change a person. But one person cannot just switch between evil and good.. just like that...  if he really didn’t have that personality hiding in him all along ?…which means that one person can become another ,depending on a catalyst !! Which also means,  that maybe all of us are hiding lots of other people inside, who knows?  

Ooooooooh!!!  So peep into your soul, and ask  “ANYBODY THERE???”
  

Real Men wear Pink in October !!

Excuse me Guys!! It is November now...and I know I should have posted this long time back. Any way, you know there is no stopping me when I have something in my mind .. Well, Thats me!! Take me for being pretty 'difficult' ...but still,  understand that nobody is 'difficult' but rather 'different' ???  Ha Ha...

Well, now ..Its going to be a little serious ... For those of you who are not aware of the cancer campaigns and stuff associated with it.....Hope you ve heard about cancer ribbons and that each month is dedicated to a particular type of cancer... like for instance, a gold ribbon stands for childhood cancer and the month of September would be dedicated to childhood cancer awareness campaigns every year....

The same goes for every month...

  

visit www.cancerindia.in for more details on cancer ribbons

The color Pink is supposed to be girlish and feminine.....And I suppose men dont wear pink ???  Think about a man wearing a PINK JEANS OR A DARK PINK SHIRT...you'd call him a freak or a junkie even.....

But PINK…. in the World of Cancer , has great importance cos it stands for Breast Cancer and the month of October is dedicated to this issue...

Cancer campaigners and volunteers all over the world wear pink when they turn up for campaigns or volunteer activities regardless of whether they are men or women......





Now, this is not the main issue here….Last month I got a mail from one of my friends in New York who is an active voluntary social worker but one who works in the administrative section in one of the biggest companies there.

He had gone through very difficult times when his mother whom he loved very much had suffered from breast cancer which was diagnosed in the worst stage and the lady had sadly refused to go in for treatment and finally had the most painful death possible….

 So this guy made it a point to wear a pink ribbon on his suit everyday during October...and also pink shirts and pink handkerchiefs whenever he could ....Not to mention the sly looks and snide remarks of his colleagues who would tease him for his improper dressing !! ....

But everytime someone teased him, he would make it a point to explain to them why he wore it. He says he took real pains to explain ...and most of the time it would be quite embarrassing….but he still did it , cos he felt that his actions would speak more than just words ....

And... as he was using himself as a tool for this awareness program, he felt so happy doing it  ...Well,  I would say that this was the best awareness campaign possible…

Now to give the chills to my male readers ...

I suppose you know that the number of men having breast cancer is on the rise. An estimated 10 percent of the world breast cancer population is men, which is supposed to increase again according to recent statistics....





Now I suppose you guys would agree to my statement that Real Men do wear Pink in October ? Or shall we say ....we need to change the color of the October Ribbon to pink and blue cos it is not just women who suffer but men too …… Anyway , we do have such a ribbon now !!

For more reference on cancer ribbons do feel free to visit my website on cancer : 
www.cancerindia.in