On a Wing and a Prayer

A vibrant evening and colourful sky

On boarded the airship with a childish smile

With 30 in flight crew, and over a 100 pax, began our journey on the airship Life.

Full throttle and a smooth take off, the ship soon floating on the cotton clouds.

Making merry, while the ship sailed.

A snag and a wing failed.

God! Why me, I thought. ..

No longer was it a smooth sail, 

The ship manoeuvred like a dogs tail.

No choice, I thought..may be destiny believed, I can fight this with my will. 

On a wing and a prayer,

The descent began, 

The safety of the pax and crew in my hands.

Gathered all my courage, trying to handle the sail.

I shall manage this and let not the trust fail.

A stock of supplies and a smile, 

Reassured myself to take it mile by mile.

Some turbulence and frightening swirls

Yet it still sailed towards the earth. 

Mile after mile the heart pounded, 

The mind numb, just obscure thoughts hounded.

On a wing and a prayer the journey continued. 

And a strip spotted so was our avenue.

The wheels came out and the breath held.

Thud! We landed safe and well.

On a wing and a prayer..

I thanked god..and he said..I knew you are the one who could have fought.

Life is the biggest prankster

Life is the biggest prankster
Gives you love and builds hatred
Introduces friends and welcomes foes
Develops Faith and leaves the rest on Fate
And then there are needs and wants, for survival and misery
There is hope and a prayer
There is a path and a barrier
The Will is not willing
Love is not loving
The lips and its curves, can make you smile, frown or smirk
There is no speech in communication.
There is no eye in far sight
The eye can smile and it can cry
Relations many..relating to very few.
There is passion, but no money
Where there is money there is fission.
Fool life, soften your heart and train yourself to say " there's always another chance"
Life is the biggest prankster, play pranks with it.

Touching Lives

Wow! Yet another challenging day and meeting another few hundred first time faces. Right from a pan handler to the driver at the traffic light, the store keeper at a grocery and to the CEO and to a customer.

Expressions, body language, interactions and sometimes just a friendly smile. Attitude, respect, knowledge. You get to pick up one or more of these in our everyday lives.

Networking sites are a wonderful medium for interactions and I have had the privilege of getting introduced to some very wonderful individuals.

The other day, I took a rickshaw back home. In a few minutes, the driver & I got chatty. Our conversations though were limited to inflation and inflation hit this man really hard. A father of two, a son of ailing parents, a cancer diagnosed wife and two rented rickshaws (the owner would give a rickshaw for only 8hrs) were the factors that forced the driver start his day at 5.30AM and end at 12.00AM with in between visits to his shanty to check on his folks. He managed to make Rs.1500 a day of which Rs. 400 would go as rent to the Rickshaw owners, Rs.100 to a local municipal goon as protection money. Rs.500 towards medicine, Rs 100 for his children.

The driver yet smiled and laughed at his state of affairs...he coined it "Karma". He continued, "this is my duty, if I don't this for my family, who will? My customers are my god; it’s for them that I am able to take care of my family. Everybody has some stress or the other, it depends on individual how big or small they make that"

I was moved. Very foolishly, offered financial help only to have the offer turned down.

I paid the fare for the travel and got off. Something hit me, hit me hard. A man with the world crashing down, has just refused to give up hard work, honesty and the best ever smiling.

Folks, I realize it is easier said than done, however, whenever you think you are encountering a bad patch, just think of this rickshaw driver, hopefully your problems are not really bad.

Continue to fight, learn, pray and never forget to SMILE.

Wake Up

“Life is a sojourn”. A journey where the destination is apparently reached only after spending ones invaluable time pondering over impediments encountered through years – We surprisingly call it Experience.

Astonishingly we do not spend time on working a way around the impediments – We sit on it, procrastinating and deviating from our goal our destination.

After every dark night there is a bright day..true! It definitely does not mean you do not get out of your bed when your house is on fire pondering, “Why me of all the people?” Well it’s time to act, save your family and house.

One tends to sulk and blame God and the entire system for their loss. But have you ever thought and analyzed the reason for failure thoughtfully? Is it my attitude? Or is it my way of performing tasks? Or is it truly the system around me?

"I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision."--- W. Clement Stone


If it is my attitude, I need to have a crash motivation training and spring back into action.
SUCCESS -- it's a matter of having a positive attitude and applying motivational principles on a daily basis.
My way of performing tasks should be analyzed with patience to understand and work on the root cause of failure.
Energy is transferable and if at all it is the system around me, I only need to transfer positive and inspiring energy to people around me. As Albert Pike said," What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."

If you want to win, focus only on winning and stop asking, what if I Lose?

If you lose, stop brooding over your loss. Accept you have a short coming and work towards making it your strongest argument to succeed.

It is you and only you that can achieve success. You can prognosticate your successes in life. Philosophy and Prophecy is true only if they accelerate the euphoric urge to lead a peaceful and successful life.

Remember Life is a sojourn – Very little time and plenty to do.