The other day i saw one of my friends ( Ms. D V ) Blog titled "LIFE = ROLES", i was much amused to see what it meant and it meant Race, Opportunities, Love, Experience, Success...
I, then, pondered that the connection between Life and Roles is much deeper than what it seems to, it also means, Life at different points in time gives us different Roles to play and whether we like it or not, we have to play them. Some Roles are those we choose for ourselves, some Roles come to us as obligation out of morality or responsibility while some are just thrown upon us. So, what did my friend think when she came to this conclusion of "LIFE = ROLES"
Taking them one by one, Race: We all know that all of us right from day 1 of our school have been taught to perform best and this indirectly means, we have to outperform others amongst us, which is nothing but a Race. We grow up, surroundings change, but what seemed an indirect Race then, now becomes evident and comes right on our face. Race is everywhere, to get the best marks, to top your class, to get the best pay package, to get best position in the company, to get the best lifestyle for ourselves and ultimately to achieve all this, to get the best Opportunity.
The last word takes us to the next point in line which is Opportunity. What do we mean when we speak about opportunities, does it means the chance, the destiny, a luck, an option or what ? Is it just left to destiny to decide what we want, or is it more than that? I believe it is more about self-awareness, more about seeing things that are hidden. Great Men said, opportunities are not given they are taken, they are created. So, Life is also about seeking those hidden things called as opportunities which help us to win the Race.
But as Human we are, we tend to be emotional at times in our way to be the best and we do have some people in our lives who encourage us not to lose hope and enthusiasm because they care for us and they Love us. Yes, they Love us, so Love also forms an important ingredient in our lives. Without it, we would not be able to live in this race as what happens because of their love, we start living in a symbiotic relationship and to reciprocate to their Love, we perform better and better which sub-consciously helps us win the Race.
The combination of all last 2 points is nothing but an excellent feeling of mixed emotions. To live in the Race, to seek the best opportunity and to be loved by our beloved ones, we experience mixed emotions at different times, we feel cheated & ditched at times and on the other hand we feel lucky to have our beloved ones around. So, all this is an Experience of a Lifetime, i mean we live 2 different lives at the same time, we experience contrast feelings, emotions at the same time and if you ask me what do you get if you do not win the Race, then my answer would be this Experience. Apart from winning or loosing the Race, what comes as a freebie to us as a participant of this Race is this Experience which helps to be better performer each day, which helps us to change our strategy to win the race, which helps us to learn from our mistakes. So, winning the Race is not the only aim, but to live the Race and taking that experience as a lesson learned should be the aim.
Lastly but our aim, our target, our sole reason to be in the Race, is the Success. We participate to win, we participate to out perform others. A typical Race has only one winner, but in case of Race of Life, we all have different meanings of Success. Success here becomes Subjective as against the objective definition in a typical race. But, a subjective view is not limited to oneself, there are others who might have same meaning of Success and when you are in a Race, you are competing with them and not the rest of world. What i mean to say is that, very often, we loose our sight of target because we tend to shift our focus from our actual target to something else as we see others in that race which is the rest of the world and not our true competitors. So, our aim should be focused on our actual target and this thin line of difference in perceiving our target decides the winner in the race. 99% of participants fail as they loose their sight of target. Now, it is upon our conscious efforts to decide where we want to be?
So, it all ultimately boils down to your attitude, your way of perceiving situations in life, your way to perform the best in the Race by seeking Opportunities, getting true Love and Experiencing contrast emotions while achieving Success in all ROLES you play in your Life !!!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Luck favours the Brave
Ohh My God, this has been one heaven of a journey to enter into Welingkar and then to celebrate it.
First and foremost I would like to thank Siddharth for all that he did during this entire madness trip. I mean it would not have been possible for me even to think of going to Pune at 1.30 am if it had not been for you. Those calls which v made to each other before i left and ur encouraging words about taking the train right away, really made the difference. That masala Chai at 2 am and a round around the super-duper Magarpatta city were the best things to experience after that tiring journey of 3.5 hours.
Then the best time of my life begins, we wake up at 6.15 and after having a bath and all that we leave for Pune University's PUMBA College. We left at 7.15 and reached there at around 8.10 and we see whole lot of crowd standing there outside the PUMBA College. The count of parents was almost double the count of candidates eligible. At 8.45 am the ppl were called in and thankfully no parents allowed inside. As per the first set of ppl to be called in i was the 8th one in the merit order (my actual rank was 117 but 109 ppl ahead of me did not turn up, after reading this, few of you must have exclaimed "OMG"), Well hold on your breadth the best is yet to come, now there were 4 seats in sydenham PG, 2 seats in welingkar and 1 in KJ Somaiya. While the admin staff there was busy trying to figure out how the sysyem works, first set of ppl gt chnace to discuss. N guess what, 2 out of tht 7 did nt knw JB has no seats and so there were nt eventually interested in the seats i was contending for, so i was assured tht i wud get in one of three anyways, but i wanted welingkar over the other 2. Now the main battle begins, one guy ahead of me wanted welingkar and so 1 seat and i was calmed, But there was one this wierd guy who also said that he wont take any college apart fm JB, apparently pretending to be one of those two i said earlier. But, when his turn came he took welingkar n then i was like wht the hell, n so as per the calculations i cud see wel go away frm my hand. Now the God has his role play in this drama, somehow the guy who said he will take welingkar, went to the counter and took Sydenham PG. (That was like something, isn't it?) N finally my turn came i got the last seat in Welingkar !!!
Well, after tht was series of calls and chats with the most wonderful and beautiful ppl i know on Earth. After speaking to Locales, i made calls to US without even bothering wht time it wud b there now. But Ppl were so caring and loving that they took my calls at midnight and having stamina to write 2 blogs and shouting like anything...Thank you all for being so !!!
Then, I went to Lonavla where my batch mates had planned a trip n now since i was the last one to enter the class, i went there. Met them had lunch at 3.30 and then since i cud nt meet Siddharth and Aastha, i went back to Pune and met them at 9. In the mean while Aastha, siddharth n myself were convincing Bala to come Pune so that we can Party harder, bt Bala refused to cme and then he surprises me n aastha as sidd knew he was coming, and oh mann bala, thank you fr being the part of my happiness and then our celebrations which went on till 3 am. Needless to say, everyone was in "High Spirits" with the most hilarious stories and enacted by Bala, his stories of "Crocodile", the act of "highly unstable guy in his building" and "the DX lady Neha" had us in splits. It was one hell of a time mann. At this point, i would just add that Siddharth is really lucky to have the room-mates and cool friends like Pradeep, Mathi and Hitesh, they are just so fun loving and lively folks.
At 3 we finally decide to sleep as bala n me wanted to catch bust to mumbai at 5.30. We woke up at 5.30 and in the cool climate we left frm Pune. Bala was pissed off with the Bus wala as he travelled in the same bus last night and they had put "Har Dil jo Pyaar karega" which bala was upset with and now we were in the same bus and we were watching "Raja Hindustani" and the reacions frm Bala were worth watching, all the way we kept suliking about the movie and everything tht happened in it.
Now, i am back in Mumbai n to become thoda senti n philosophical, i agree with what my friend Manasvi said in one of her post, it had been worst time ever since i took that decision of not filling up gujju quota form, found myself amidst difficult situations where in I had to defend myself in taking this Idealistic Step in the Practical World. I was ya obviously unhappy with the way things went bt never regretted my decision, i decided nt to give up n strted prep fr CAT again. But, nevertheless wht happens, happens for the best and it did. Apart from the strong sense of destiny, will power and as Bala says "Following the ethics n principles", i also personally feel that the kind of appreciation & respect u all give me for whatever i do, makes me just strengthen my beliefs.
But, after this episode of my life, i now knw wht they mean whn they say "Luck Favours the Brave."
First and foremost I would like to thank Siddharth for all that he did during this entire madness trip. I mean it would not have been possible for me even to think of going to Pune at 1.30 am if it had not been for you. Those calls which v made to each other before i left and ur encouraging words about taking the train right away, really made the difference. That masala Chai at 2 am and a round around the super-duper Magarpatta city were the best things to experience after that tiring journey of 3.5 hours.
Then the best time of my life begins, we wake up at 6.15 and after having a bath and all that we leave for Pune University's PUMBA College. We left at 7.15 and reached there at around 8.10 and we see whole lot of crowd standing there outside the PUMBA College. The count of parents was almost double the count of candidates eligible. At 8.45 am the ppl were called in and thankfully no parents allowed inside. As per the first set of ppl to be called in i was the 8th one in the merit order (my actual rank was 117 but 109 ppl ahead of me did not turn up, after reading this, few of you must have exclaimed "OMG"), Well hold on your breadth the best is yet to come, now there were 4 seats in sydenham PG, 2 seats in welingkar and 1 in KJ Somaiya. While the admin staff there was busy trying to figure out how the sysyem works, first set of ppl gt chnace to discuss. N guess what, 2 out of tht 7 did nt knw JB has no seats and so there were nt eventually interested in the seats i was contending for, so i was assured tht i wud get in one of three anyways, but i wanted welingkar over the other 2. Now the main battle begins, one guy ahead of me wanted welingkar and so 1 seat and i was calmed, But there was one this wierd guy who also said that he wont take any college apart fm JB, apparently pretending to be one of those two i said earlier. But, when his turn came he took welingkar n then i was like wht the hell, n so as per the calculations i cud see wel go away frm my hand. Now the God has his role play in this drama, somehow the guy who said he will take welingkar, went to the counter and took Sydenham PG. (That was like something, isn't it?) N finally my turn came i got the last seat in Welingkar !!!
Well, after tht was series of calls and chats with the most wonderful and beautiful ppl i know on Earth. After speaking to Locales, i made calls to US without even bothering wht time it wud b there now. But Ppl were so caring and loving that they took my calls at midnight and having stamina to write 2 blogs and shouting like anything...Thank you all for being so !!!
Then, I went to Lonavla where my batch mates had planned a trip n now since i was the last one to enter the class, i went there. Met them had lunch at 3.30 and then since i cud nt meet Siddharth and Aastha, i went back to Pune and met them at 9. In the mean while Aastha, siddharth n myself were convincing Bala to come Pune so that we can Party harder, bt Bala refused to cme and then he surprises me n aastha as sidd knew he was coming, and oh mann bala, thank you fr being the part of my happiness and then our celebrations which went on till 3 am. Needless to say, everyone was in "High Spirits" with the most hilarious stories and enacted by Bala, his stories of "Crocodile", the act of "highly unstable guy in his building" and "the DX lady Neha" had us in splits. It was one hell of a time mann. At this point, i would just add that Siddharth is really lucky to have the room-mates and cool friends like Pradeep, Mathi and Hitesh, they are just so fun loving and lively folks.
At 3 we finally decide to sleep as bala n me wanted to catch bust to mumbai at 5.30. We woke up at 5.30 and in the cool climate we left frm Pune. Bala was pissed off with the Bus wala as he travelled in the same bus last night and they had put "Har Dil jo Pyaar karega" which bala was upset with and now we were in the same bus and we were watching "Raja Hindustani" and the reacions frm Bala were worth watching, all the way we kept suliking about the movie and everything tht happened in it.
Now, i am back in Mumbai n to become thoda senti n philosophical, i agree with what my friend Manasvi said in one of her post, it had been worst time ever since i took that decision of not filling up gujju quota form, found myself amidst difficult situations where in I had to defend myself in taking this Idealistic Step in the Practical World. I was ya obviously unhappy with the way things went bt never regretted my decision, i decided nt to give up n strted prep fr CAT again. But, nevertheless wht happens, happens for the best and it did. Apart from the strong sense of destiny, will power and as Bala says "Following the ethics n principles", i also personally feel that the kind of appreciation & respect u all give me for whatever i do, makes me just strengthen my beliefs.
But, after this episode of my life, i now knw wht they mean whn they say "Luck Favours the Brave."
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