Gandhi-torials

I fail to understand the fairness in printing half page advertisements in newspapers on the birth/death anniversaries of the Gandhi families! Why do all government departments spend so much money to venerate the Gandhi scions as if trying to outrace the other by placing a bigger better positioned advertisement (on the taxpayers money of course). It seems as if they are all marking their attendance by doing so and the minister who's department  failed to put an ad would be reprimended by the Gandhi boss. And if one has to pay homage to our ex-prime ministers, then why just Indira or Rajiv (ironically not even Nehru makes it to the list)? What about the rest of the Prime ministers, are they not worthy of homage? Just who makes this list? O right, that Mrs. S Gandhi.!

Thought of the Day

What a waste it is to spend time being unhappy, worrying about things you can't change, and not changing the things you can.

Buddha said, "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." 

Life is the best gift we shall ever receive.. Make the most of it.. Strive for happiness, whatever you may get it from.. Nothing else is worth the effort.

Choices

Aspiration is good, but what you aspire to be, makes all the difference. and that is the choice you have to make. what you base that choice on is the big question. there are no real universal guidelines that can be adhered to. Going by example too is a problem, when choosing a model to follow. And then too, the big question is, why follow? Who set them as the saint?

The only real path out is to follow intuition. The real desire of our soul. For that is the only thing that we are answerable to. That is what we were born with, and that is what we will die with.

Problems arise, when we are unsure of what our soul tells us. A problem that is a consequence of ignoring the soul for too long. Just like a book, that if untouched for long gathers dust and may even damage the book, similarly our soul too requires regular listening too.

And no matter how much dust their might be, you need to go and wipe it, for it may be difficult, but it aint impossible.