Presumptuous me!!

Thank you to all who wrote comments and emails to me about my previous entry. It lets me know that I am in a place where I am surrounded by people who matter. Believe you me, it’s a great feeling.

I think that a little clarification is required… I have to stop writing these 2-3 minute speed writing blogs (though the current one is no exception but I have always been a slow learner)… there can’t be a more fitting case of over confidence ….akin to swim the English Channel after first 20 twenty minutes of swimming in a baby pool!!

I have been congratulated, blessed , passed on good wishes, asked curious questions about my previous entry and this is all I have to say …. I was presumptuous in my claim when I said that “Dont know about you but I found mine”

This is how it works. This blog is predominantly an outlet for me, conversations with myself, sporadic thoughts in the cyber world. I don’t realise the audience, the manner, my choice of words, I just write on with completely content to give structure and words to my thoughts and feelings. Last post demonstrates this best. I went on to declare that I have ‘found mine’ at a stage which I now realise was too preliminary and my thoughts naïve. Truth is that I am close, not quite there, and got too excited, jumped the gun and shouted as if to say “Eureka” ! I felt the connection and almost immediately didn’t .

I do stick to my earlier closing that one should feel arrived in life if one has found that person. I am close but not quite there……..

U turn ? For good ? ?

When is the last time the evening fell so hard and you had no one to turn to ? I reckon, if I think I know people, that this moment comes too often for comfort. There is an inner feeling that tells you that no one understands, no one feels the same, no one knows what to do , no one has the time, no one is genuinly concerned, no one is unselfish.........
Feel alone? I bet you do ... every one does... but let me tell you .. not that I am an authority on the subject, that in this 6 billion people loaded earth there are people who are not in the bracket you are trying to categorise them in, who would care . The best part is that they are happy to help you, the luck factor is to find them. For those who have been lucky should also realise that they have found them .
Life becomes a little easier then - doesn't it ? Dont know about you but I found mine. You can think what ever you want , give it any name you want - I dont care because it is too special to gain society's recognition.
When you get to a stage when life pulls you a fast one and you think you reached the end. I am sure the energy is just not enuff to pull through .. look fr a u turn with the person you found of course.. makes life easier and livable..
My advice..find that person .. can be any one .. build a support system .. get more out of life.. u do that .. n let me tell you that you have arrived in life !! :)

How much money is enough ?

Well...isn't this the eternal question ? The greed is killing everyone .. yes a strong word such as 'killing' . Consumerism and peer pressure are the main culprits. The effects of greed can be traced to broken relationships, heart troubles, blood pressure etc . The world is a very different place when your eyes have turned green with $$$$$ covering your eyes. Suddenly things that really make u happy become invisible ... that time when the laughter was genuine, that last engaging conversation, the cool breeze by the sea, ..... the list is endless

Heard the talk about replacing country's GDP with a Happiness index "GDH" ? Do you then know the reason why ? There is a separate debate on how a buynch of numbers prove the level of happiness but lets not go there . At this point, lets assume that it is possible and explore the reasoning of the intent rather.

My personal opinion is the intent is noble but the name given is misleading.. I say this because the eay happiness is defined.. it again linkes it to the amount of disposable income left with people after basics like health care, education, housing etc are taken care of. A very good way of looking at things one would say but my point is that we are again linking it back to money so in essence we have the lost the wholw point. If it really about happiness, then availibility of natural resources, cleaner environment, number of sick people, heart patients etc . If this ignores the money portion which many rightly believe is critical then look at two indices together would make sense.

To my mind we need to alienate money from happiness and satisfaction. Research has shown that money is not what drives people . I have always believed in it so far but my dept satisfaction index proved otherwise . A recent survey in my dept showed all indices moving northward except the ones dealing directly with money. This inspite of major salary corrections been done in the recent past. But when I think deeply again I am more and more convinced that is not about the money . If most of the team got it then why the answer? It convinces me that its more about communication and more about gettting a taste of reality .

Do you have an answer? Post it . I will be very interested...