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Words – If you utter rubbish you become utter rubbish

Words have the power both to bake and burn

They say actions speak louder than words, but then they have to say it in words. Words are the most exchanged commodities in this world. Words are priceless. Words make the world work. Yet, after millions of years of communicating, some of you still struggle to put them to good use.

The words you utter can be like water, they can be molded as per where you are speaking, they can be like the wind, can offer respite like a gentle breeze or distress like a turbulent gale, they can be like the earth, integral to all human activity, and like the fire, which can help you bake your cakes if used wisely or burn them if ignored.

Utter Rubbish- How you waste words

Words

If you utter rubbish you become utter rubbish. If you constantly speak and listen to rubbish, that’s how you become. Disregarding this gift that we have been bestowed with, can be detrimental for our personalities. If we don’t focus on utilizing it properly then sooner rather than later the words we use wont matter at all.  The ones indulging in one of the following habits need to be more mindful in while dispensing words:

1. Complaining– Yes you have freedom of speech, but if you are enslaved by your miseries then you you don’t deserve to express yourself. Harsh? It is impossible to have a life without obstacles, that’s the beauty of it. There would be no good if there was no bad. But at most times you magnify your woes by complaining,relentlessly. Not only adding to your own misery but adding sorrow to someone else’s life too.

2. Gossiping– Just because you can speak, doesn’t always imply that you have to. Gossiping, once considered an old age disorder, is something that everyone does. Talking about someone behind their back has that guilty pleasure about it which is very exciting. But people speaking behind someone else’s back to you, would be speaking behind your back too. Yes we have too little time to discuss anything worthwhile, but endless hours to gossip. Once the truth is out, gossip mongers run out of business, and are ignored by the community. Running out of words all together.

3. Seeing the tinge of dust on the plate of Gold you find– Some people are gifted by the power of noticing the blotch in beauty. You can put the purest form of beauty in front of them, yet their words would only find the minutest anomaly in it. When you only use words to find out the worst in whatever you notice, you are being ungrateful for the beautiful gift of expression. See the best and say the best. There is a little magic in everything.

4. Excuses– The ones who do nothing, give excuses. The ones who excel in the art of the blame game seldom take responsibility for anything. It is always someone else’s fault, some external factor, some wicked twist of fate, that prevents them from fulfilling their potentials. Sadly excuses come with an expiry date, soon enough your irresponsibility shines through, and your words become dust.

5. Lying– Words wasted in lies, might solve short term struggles, but more often than not lead to further troubles. The false call for wolf is a classic example. Don’t waste words lying, soon people would stop believing you, even when you say the truth. Seldom would you find yourself in situations worse than when your words have no say.

How to make words worthwhile 

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I believe that our ephemeral lives grant us a limited numbers of words for each life time. You can either abuse them, through the ways mentioned above, or make them and yourselves worthwhile, for the little time that you spend on this planet.

Words can help us contribute to a situation, while you usually waste them taking away from it. Here are a few ways to add to magnificence of the reality that you dwell in:

1. Appreciate– No hesitation in appreciation. Don’t refrain from noticing the best in people. places and things. Once noticed, don’t hesitate in sounding it out. The art of complimenting has been limited to the insignificant social media likes. Insignificant because, a girl wanting to be someone else gets more like than someone displaying pure art.

2. Share Wisdom– Wisdom is worth nothing if it is kept to oneself. Knowledge needs to be shared. Words expended in sharing wisdom not only assist evolution, but also save you from indulging in the above mentioned utter rubbish.

3. Be Honest– Yes, the world needs to be taught honesty. While lying is more rewarding in the short run, but there is nothing more important than stating facts and being honest whenever you open your lips.

4. Inspire– The most beautiful way of using words is by inspiring people. Usually actions inspire more than words. But the people who take actions can reach out to many more, if they use words to supplement their actions. People fulfill their desires and ambitions and think they have reached the pinnacle of existence. But you have achieved nothing if you haven’t inspired another person to brighter pastures. Living for oneself is existence, even immovable plants live for others.  Do they live worthier lives than uninspiring humans?

5. Entertain– Well putting a smile on someones face is a major task, knowing the amount of stress everyone is in these days. Words, aiming at pure entertainment and fun, without any intended malice, are the need of the hour. Happiness spreads in a progression, words give you a chance to be at the start of one such movement. The power of words cants be over emphasized.

6. Silence– At times it is worthwhile to savor reality in stillness, without expending words. Silence scores over wasting words in utter(ing) rubbish.

Somebody cares- The wonder of words

Somebody cares

Although I have spent around 1000 words in expressing the importance of speaking mindfully, but each one of them is worth the effort. Maybe someone somewhere needs that one sentence to get influenced for the better. My inspirational aspirations have compelled me to value words and saved me from indulging in utter(ing) rubbish.

If you want to be heard, you might want to improve what you say. Not just when everyone is listening, but when some are not. I hope the ones who managed to reach this part depart with a smile on their faces. And that is the wonder of words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t transfer today’s joy to tomorrow

Foregoing the joys of today to safeguard the future you don’t control

Radamel was a farmer in southern France. He lived on a small farm with his Family, for whom he seldom found time. He was possessed by the idea of having a secure future. As a result he restricted himself from all sorts of domestic and other indulgences and spent hours at his Farm. (we had no machines at that time). He was so consumed by the idea of a stable future that he exiled himself from his family, limited himself from making friends, dint cater to his own health and live in utter destitution so as to invest in the growth of his farm.

Half a decade went by, the farm expanded, but in his mind Radamel wasn’t stable yet. He wore the same clothes and expected his family to partake in his self inflicted poverty so that their future would be stable. His wife, whose countenance once inspired envy from every women in the neighborhood, looked a decade older in half the time just like her husband. Their two young were living on dads false promises since 5 years. Radamel’s incessant struggle for stability resulted in enumerable false promises. A few to his family, and many to himself.

With neither money or time being spent, the entire family were living in the anticipation of the day they would suddenly be stable. They were putting off things expecting a stabler future ignoring invaluable moments, days, months, weeks and years. One day when the farm was big enough and the father finally decided to cash in, he got news that the Rhone river adjoining his farm flooded. All of his property was destroyed. All that remained was a Stable with a Horse called Sort(French for Fate).

Of course the impending anti climax resulted in Radamel passing away, he had developed high blood pressure which lead to a stroke at the news of his loss,

But lets keep this tale positive. Radamel didn’t die, he was crestfallen at his loss. In his dream one night he had a conversation with God, he asked him why he wasn’t he rewarded for his hard work?

In his reply the voice of the almighty replied. “Your complains are the result of your own inability to understand the purpose of your life. Yet I shall offer you some elaborate clarity.”

“You were so busy running after making a life, that you never lived. If you live your life fearing that things wont go your way one day and you have spend your life planning for that one day, then sooner or later that day will arrive, just like it did with your life.” The voice paused giving Radamel the time to digest what he just heard.

Then it began again, “By not allowing yourself the freedom of experiencing joy on a day to day basis, you not only sabotaged your own life but the life of your family and friends. By delaying all celebrations for the perfect stable time, you gave yourself the excuse of not celebrating at all. Where there is no joy, sooner or later sorrow does creep in.”

“You were not only ungrateful to the enumerable gifts that I have littered in this cosmos for you to admire, but also ignorant to your own present well being, while chasing invisible happiness in the unknown future. But the problem is not only in you my child. The entire world lives in the same bubble. They don’t control the present and wish to be in control of the uncontrollable future.”

“Not even the wealth of the entire world combined can make an individual immune to what fate has in store for them. Yet people indulge in sophisticated slavery to safeguard their futures. Instead of focusing on living a life, where they can make so many things right in the present moment, they live based on what might go wrong in the future. Instead of following their passions or pursuing their dreams they exchange ALL of their invaluable time for money.”

“Your life is the sum total of the uncountable moments you are blessed with. How you pass your seconds determines how satisfied you are at the end of time. Living a life on someone else’s terms disrespects the time you were granted for yourself. Time is the most invaluable commodity the world cant spin without. But people treat their time that they have it in infinite resources , only to be shocked when it is all taken away from them.”

“If you believe that your joys for today can be transferred to a better tomorrow, which you might not be able to see, then you have been existing and not living. And you will continue existing, without experiencing real joy till you die, because the tomorrow with the “accumulated joy” of yester years will never come.”

Live each day to the fullest

Seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it
‘Cause we consider these minutes golden
And maybe they’ll admit it when we’re gone
Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs

Living in the moment has been emphasized all across the music industry, mostly to influence minds and gather profits from the reckless nature of revelers. But in certain cases like the lines by Eminem we see the real value of the little moments. It wont take us much to etch our names in the stone of eternity, only if we can utilize all our little moments fruitfully.

The story was written as it was thought. Spontaneity has the magical power of transferring sub conscious to the conscious. The wonderful osmosis of ideas through the tangible to the intangible.

A tale which would never have been told had I been getting home from work, doing overtime at office or making tea for someone else. But luckily I value my own time and so should all of you. Believe in yourself and you wont have to worry about stability in the future. Live each day to the fullest, transfer joy into someone else’s life rather than trying to transfer it to the future.

Have a Good Day.

 

 

 

The universal concordance of learning at will

Sometimes the ginger-garlic chicken soup turns out gingerless and skinful, but more delectable than any other soup ever concocted. The ability to account for variable change is acquired  with time by having a learning mentality. The infinite universe has a lot more to offer than the recipe book, among others. Being constant in learning with every passing moment is doing your due diligence to the universe. It not only helps you move at the speed of life, but helps in fine tune your skills, making onerous tasks effortless. It enriches you with the ability to make the best out of limited resources in the fastest amount of time.

The universe empowers us with senses so that we can empower ourselves further using these and in due course of time assist others in doing the same. Just like the cosmos has been selfless in bestowing us with gifts in the form of talents, we have to take this process forward by complimenting nature’s altruistic tendencies.

“Just like beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, learning lies in the mind of the learner.”

My dog was taking classes today, teaching me the powers of persuasion through her eyes. I lost some money on the chew sticks which she hypnotized me into buying for her, but found out how to look into my Boss’s eyes during my appraisal.

This is but a mere spec of the infinitive knowledge sharing powers of nature, only to be comprehended by the ones enriched by the proper senses. We all have gifts,special gifts and then we have the power of choosing how to use them. We can fine tune them for efficiency or let them lie dormant, till someone helps us spur them into action.

It is again obvious, the ones growing up in bucolic environment tend to channelize their senses sooner than their urban counterparts. This is solely because they get more chances to interact with nature.

Being born and raised in a similar setting has given me the opportunity to first understand and then share my understanding of the rhythm of life.

As the story unfolds, you come across chapters untold,

Being under-prepared, your demeanor is bewildered and scared.

Google cant teach you how to live , Virtual support is all that your virtual friends can afford to give,

The ubiquitous clues from nature wont be auto embedded in your soul,

The subconscious has to be fed by what you chose to notice and what your consciousness beholds

You overlooked the obvious and now the unforeseen future makes you tremble in fear,

Luckily I have felt the same way and shed the same tears

But I did look outside the window while life changed its gears,

Knowledge is a waste if we don’t share and you don’t have to worry cause I finally got myself writing and I will be just here.