See flowers in the night

Life is not a long journey with pains and problems, it is short and quick one with pleasure and positive energy. Every sun rise may considered as gift of 24 hours in our life to do

Fullest things with enthusiasm and energy. At the end of the day we have to ask the question-Did I use the day in at most effectively, did I help needy persons or did I justify the 24 hours deducted from my life.

            When days are passing we are rich with adding experience and awareness of life but we are become poor by deducting the valuable time and opportunities we depreciated from our life. Hence every second counts.

            Live a contended life ,which will give inspiration and guidance  to others, you may not be public figure to see in media and limelight, but please remember you are also the role model of many, your kids, your subordinates, some of your friends. If you are doing an act which will contrast your image it will break the expectation of many. And people looking to you for guidance will be deeply disappointed.

            Life is short by time, but it creating a deep impression by your approach and behavior to others. Never try to be quick millionaire, the millions come quickly will vanish quickly too. Use your capabilities to build your own life in your special way.

 If you believe that money will bring all the happiness, ask that the young man who lost his life in Delhi Jail, because he alleged to done some fraud and arrested and subsequently lost his life because he missed his daily medicine.

Nothing in this universe can bring happiness for you except you; if your mind sees happiness you will be happy in everywhere. Don’t carry forward your pains and problems; leave it then and there, because if you are carrying the burden, you will not get the fragrance and beauty of the thing you are seeing in the next step.

Live every day, every hour, and every moment. Instead of saying I have lived a life with plenty of problems, accept that I am living a life with happiness and challenges. Try to celebrate the life - reasons will automatically come.

When we see life is full of enthusiasm and happy, who bothered about the bad and sad moments which is inevitable like a night for day. But when light of the day vanish we must see the starts in the sky that is also as beautiful as the flowers of the day.

Health is wealth

I would like to tell you a story; it is story of a wealthy man in his forties, who earned everything he required in his life, money, materials, fame. But he was spending his almost the time in hospital and consult doctor after doctors. He eats more medicine than his food and because of ill health. He retreated from everything he like, his daily golf, his weekend hunting, his club visits his favorite foods. But at the same his father in law, who is in his eighties, playing daily tennis, visiting all the business locations and even going for vacations in US in energetic way like a young guy.

Why this ill fate to young man and good fortune to old man- What was wrong? Nothing, but the approach to life. The old man accepted life as god given and take enough care about it. He never misses his daily morning tennis play, evening walking in the park, and weekend visit to pilgrim stations.

When we are physically active in the life, it will keep your body and mind fit to take any task and troubles. How physical exercises beneficial for us? Simple anatomy in out body is that all part of our human body is running on oxygen. The more oxygen we are get the healthier and fit we are.

But how we will get better oxygen, when our muscles are working it required lot of oxygen to get the required level of energy. If you are doing any kind of physical activity it will happen only through the muscles – means you must do physical activities or exercises to keep you fit and fiddle.

Physical exercise can be divided in to two, Aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise .Any activity like running, cycling, football etc which will create cardiovascular impact is called aerobic and activities creating muscle power is known anaerobic. Weight lifting, power lifting etc are the examples. Other important exercise is stretching –which can improve the motions muscle and joints.

Any kind of physical activity will definitely benefit for you from many angles.

1.     It will burn  extra calories and fat from your body

2.     It will keep your body fit with flexibility, mobility and strength.

3.     It will help you to keep you heart in good health; if your heart is healthy you are healthy.

4.     Exercise will   boost your immune and keep deceases away by reducing cortisol production.

5.     Physical activity will improve your brain function by more blood and oxygen supply to brain.

6.     Exercise will reduce the chance of depression and sleeplessness

After hearing the entire good thing, you also will feel that to do some exercise from tomorrow; really it is happy thought and further we will think how we can materialize this good and enthusiastic wish.

            Try to adopt some simple techniques if you are really enthusiastic to do the exercise.

·        Start right now- yes don’t wonder how, when you are going back from the meeting use the stairs instead of lift.

·        Start with simple exercise-if you are overweight you cannot start 5 Km running tomorrow- you have start with one Km walking  and will gradually increase to 2,3,4,5 and after six months of 5 km walking you may able to run one or two KM. if you opt big targets you will be disappointed and  withdraw from the attempt itself

·        Try to get a companion- your companion will help you to overcome the laziness to start the exercise every day.

·        Believe strongly that it is beneficial by measuring every minor thing your weight, hip size or even your ability to walk upstairs without any breath problem.

·        Avoid exercise if you are ill or not completely fit. Such act will make your subconscious mind wrong message of pain and fatigue.

·        And enjoy your exercise.

As we know that the oxygen is our life, you all agree with me that health is the real wealth we have. If you earn everything you dreamed and in final stage if you don’t have any health to enjoy it – it is not only painful life but also equal to not achieving any thing in life.

            Why we have to take enough care to our health- because if your health is directly related to your dependent members life. A weak and ill body cannot   carry an enthusiastic and energetic mind in it. And vise a versa.

            If one hour of physical exercise can avoid a month long hospitalization – it is better and wise to opt for the first choice.

            If individual is healthy the society and families are healthy. If society is healthy the country is healthy. Healthy countries only will move ahead to property and progress.

Kavitha

Learning never ends and always be there

Learning ends in the graveyard, or when stopped to learn new things it deemed we are no more. Always there is misunderstanding that learning is happening only in classrooms or training halls or under a teacher-disciple (trainer- trainee) relationship. That is a big mistake about the leaning, every moment we are offered to learn new things, we are absorbing new ideas and know something which we were not possessed never before.
Education is only formal learning supported by a certificate from esteemed institutions, but real success is lying in when you understand the world beyond your academic curriculum and books. Our prestigious institutions are creating professionals from mechanic to IAS but who create a perfect human being, whose presence is essential for the survival and service. A real learning with humanity and empathy is necessary to be a good human being.
I have lucky enough to work with tall leaders of India, very closely observed bureaucrats and corporate honchos during my job. I humbly understand one truth that people who strive to learn are people who lead a country, organization or team successfully. See this line I have noted by heart when I joined BSF and started working in difficult borders of the country.
“The height, great men reached and kept. / Where not achieved by a sudden flight/ while the others have peacefully slept /They toiling upward in all night”
It is not a mere motivational line; the toiling is the real learning in the life.
Nobody can accept a new thing when believes that he/she knows everything. We cannot fill a full vessel any more. We have to keep some empty space means have to shed some of our ego to understand new things. I remember an incident when I was in Delhi, one day I tried to operate an ATM for withdrawing the cash. After repeated attempts it was not accepting the card, when the security guard offered me help, I think what this poor chap can do more than me, as an expert in operation. But in my surprise within no time he inserted the card and it accepted. That was the greatest learning for my ego. Simple things can only teach by simple teachers, those who are always in and around to us.
I can thankfully remembered one of my colleague Mr. Shaji Pillai,who took me to an internet cafe in Bangalore suburban and teach me how to use internet.I was absolutely a computer illiterate at that time.But that great help changed the things. Every moment you can learn new lessons. Any time you can achieve new knowledge if you are open to learn, understand and patient enough to listen.
Ultimately awareness creating successful person and awareness is a perfect understanding. Hence to learn we should be accepted we need more knowledge. Simply be aware that our knowledge incomplete.

Language......

If somebody asks you what is a language you can explain a typical dictionary meaning or research finding. But have you ever think that something is there as language, of course not only expressions and method, calligraphy and sound by which people expressing it. But this cannot easily understand until you travel out of where you have lived as community and used single language for all of you communication.
Why I have give this preamble, because we have to shed out false proud about the language first to understand the meaning and important within the real sense of language. Everybody, globally believing that mother tongue is the great . Obviously because of it is very easy to use and understand without any jargons and difficulty.
But language has no importance if you prepared to understand other people and their life. I surprised to see the Arab, Mr. Nazer Balushi speaking Malayalam without any difficulty in a gulf country. That is really great! We are learning the language not because of we are philanthropic and language researchers, but because of our survival. All are comfortable when living in their own territory and blindly believe that the language which majority speaking is great and superior to others. And always ready to fight, flog and float.
I believe that language superiority is depending how strong and effective it provide livelihood to a persons. Such cases the languages which we believing sacred and powerful is mere brouhaha only.

One Sreenivasan of south aryad......

I remembering Srinivasan who ask me to join Evershine arts and sports club.He was a nice persons having good leadership qualities.He knew the pulse and pain of people he doing with.With surprise I had seen his behavior to common people in our village.He take initiative to start running and athletics practice among us,the youth.In the wee hours we started running all along the road,of course he was with us to motivate.
He was the president of our club,I don't know what was his educational background, but he proved his leadership qualities everywhere.He always speak with sense of humor and lot of positive energy.He have had politics, and was member of Aryad panchayat.But he was showed his humanity above all.He had lot of new ideas,good relations and enthusiasm to do the things.Once we had filled all path holes of a road when he requested us to do some thing useful to society.
We must remember the people who influence us in some stages of the life.They are the real people without any corporate three piece suit and hotel ball room seminars but of course make impact on us.That impacts create persons from his core values.
If we value life, we should remember people like Srinivasan, whose name neither written any where in golden alphabets nore picture stamped as role model.But I am sure that impact he created lead many people far ahead in their life.Death,the leveler cut short his journey, he left all of us untimely in the young age itself.Really a painful departure.

Man of policies and content- My father

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I remember my father,who wore only Khadi dress in his life time.He was neither a public figure nor leader.However he believe and adhere in his policies.
He was man of his policies,which he never had breached or allowed to be breached.He was seldom tolerated us to lie for any purpose.He always discouraged us for using any kind of bad words which hurt to anybody.He never had any demand for his personal needs.With his limited requirement I think he life was contended.His desire about children's feature also was very minimal,and not demanding.One noticeable behavior of his was,instead of advising us to sit and learn our school book ,He said that education is only way out of us to reach the prosperous goal,it is up to us to decide learn or not.
He succeed to be a role model to us by walk what he speak.However not dictate our ambitions and requirement of time.He was born and brought up in period which hunger was the common challenge in the Nair families,of working class. Since he remind the important of food, avoid wasting it and sharing with needy.he believe if we have enough to keep the hunger away,that was a contended life for him.
He was a good reader advice me to read Nehru's Glimpses of world history,and even brought it from a near by library.

The poor and unprevilaged

Who is poor and unprivileged in India,at the out set all think about the people from rural areas ,urban slums,exploited children, suppressed women folk and illiterates people who cannot understand their rights.But think again all are poor and unprivileged in out country in one point or in another.Wealthy people we normally considered privileged,urban middle class, or government servants all are poor and unprivileged class one some stages of life. because our systems wharf and weft is made so.
When i have stopped by a traffic police men when riding and asking of money or delay my journey,i become a poor and unprivileged,who is having no way out but oblige.The same police chap denying leave by his superior he would become an poor and unprivileged.When the superior police officer transferred out because not obliging to his political godfather he come a P&UP.This is vicious circle.reason is that we are ready to use our might and right when we are in power and expecting others also will do the same or ready to accept the same with out any protest.
Millionaire people dying in the deserted hightways without any medical help,there they are P&UP.I remember one the global business magnet died in Indian Jail without getting timely treatment,where he was pushed to the status of P&UP.
After life term service as bureaucrat people running pillar to post get his pension dues, because the clerk shows his right and might to him and he is pushing to the level of P&UP.
We need to be right person in right place instead of become a might person in right place and poor and unprivileged in all other areas.No exceptions all are come to that status with out realizing the truth.

Present tense ! Future perfect!

Planning for future is good, when this thought will become an obsession and efforts to ensure success in every point will make one’s life a plight. The generation, thinkers ridiculously called them pancake people showing very symptoms of the obsessive success syndrome. And carrying nonstop worry about the future. And finally over stress breaking their life or they are too much anxious about the future life or tomorrow and never enjoying the preset life like “live every moment”.
Future is a post dated cheque en cashing it for the full value depends upon many things at a future point of time. But current life is like carrying the cash. You can easily spend and have the value and result instantly. Though new generations always seeking immediate result and impatient to wait for it, we never will understand that when we are missing golden moments of present life and only looking ahead of a perfect and secure future, ultimately we are losing the nectar life. And try to grab some green pastures in the other side, which never exists.
If your preset life is content, the future should be pleasant and perfect. And if you unknowingly inviting the stress in the day to day life because of the concern about the days ahead, which is only distant dream ,obvious that you are trying to be perfect in dream, not in reality .

Mind you own mind

When your way become the destination, you have reached in stage where all materialistic world surrounded you is irrelevant. But it is happened only at the peak of your ascetic path. Life is no worry for someone have barely any belongings. That stage of great achievement only immaculate mind can reach. This does not needs a complete detachment from life and stays alone. Really it happened in our mind. He who commands the mind can conquer rest of all in this universe. Controlling the mind is the difficult task our life, because it has a speed faster than light and greed greater than any height. It can create and kill not only yourself but also any living being come in to contact with. See patiently, you can observe infinite kind of minds. That powerful thing will make people fly like bird or die like weird.

avan

Neeyente kayinu sastram kodutthavan
neeyente meyyinu vastram padacchavan
neevanna vazhikalil pookalam padukam
neechonna mozhikalil manavum madhuravum

Water.......

Water...,
Created on water colour

E=MC2

E= MC2,Created on 4th November on water colour.

Tragedy, Support and Understanding

In the first instance of the word tragedy we all thought of death because the irrecoverable loss of human life makes the deepest and painful agony to all human being. However the visible and easily understandable tragedy like death is only one of the many tragedies happened to us in the course of life, but of course the last one and irreversible one is death.
The pain and agony affecting people without much visible symptoms are real tragedies. Unnoticed pain having no support. Deteriorating relations, breaking family bondage, continues wreckage in career, repeated failure in examinations , trebles and turbulence in the pathway of life, chronic diseases, debt, anything may be a silent but burning agony of people. Even without any visible symptoms, crying souls begging for support in the middle of deep and shore less sea of misery.
What we can do or why we are discussing about this anguish here, only for one and only thing-SUPPORT. We cannot wipe the tears of all fellow beings suffering from deferent kind of pain. We cannot eradicate the starvation and diseases from the world.
But we can support those who suffering. The word support immediately leads us to the other word money. Never is support means donating money. Support stands for all possible helps; money is only one of much support we can offer, but not most important one.
There is a proverb from Upanishad says “to understand somebody’s needs you must understands his or her deeds” and vice versa. Then we are reaching to the second important word-UNDERSTANDING. if you can know one’s pain with all compassion and empathy you have succeed to find out the solutions. If you know the remedy then there is no problem remain to make agony,
Hence, tragedies visible and invisible are quite often in the life, support the aggrieved one is our primary responsibility. That accountability only making human being is the superior living thing in the universe, for providing the correct and effective support we have to have kindness to understand the situations. And last but not least is a noble mind to extend the help to needy, the remedy of all minor or major agonies originating from there only.