Showing posts with label fate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fate. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Two sides, but one Coin



When faced with confrontation, I usually head towards the hills by chanting Om Shanti Om.

No, not that song, but  reminding myself that my peace of mind is what matters in the end. Getting in a conflict of words is more than physical lashes thus, gotta avoid it.

Why fret over it when milk is already spilled!

Just zip it up and let the karma chameleon beat her over the actions. (my thinking)
Dunno why and how I land up bringing kismet into it but, I guess that is the baton of non-violence, and if Mahatma Gandhi was successful in making the Britishers leave India, I can definitely use it on one individual.

Now I am not the Anna Hazare of today's world and nor do I plan on forming a political party over my principles to bring clarity to this world since; I am myself struggling to get the lucidity over my ideals and get some perception on how to lead my another ~30 years of life.

As adults, we reach a point in our lives, when we want action to be taken when someone is unfair and we tend to rejoice when he gets paid for his deeds.

No wonder, Ditto is such a common word, and as we grow older, we love using it more.
The concept of sharing is only till we are pre-teens thus, we enforce this attribute in our children since once they are grown up, it is history.

There had been a time when I went head first into a conversation. This particular individual was irritating me for quite some time, and would refuse to take NO for an answer.
So, wore my headgear and went head in with a squawk.
That grunting noise was essential to keep the adrenaline pumping for me to strike back with equally gutsy words.

My shield was acting a good protector as it would deflect off all the words coming from her thus, avoiding it to penetrate in me and to affect me in anyways.

Man is resilient to bear any hardships as long as he can continue to absorb those verbal lashes.

So, I wore my eye black more so to protect me from that glare and head strong language, and help me tone down in all possible ways. The stripes help differentiate between light and dark lashes and help following a pop fly thus avoiding any injury to the self.

Like a knight I was dodging the abuses, accuses and defending myself.

Finally, my opponent gave in and retrieved before sunset. I was relieved.
But, stood guard cause the key to each action is a good defense thus, was on the alert for another few minutes and then retrieved.

And when I removed my shining armor. It was black with soot. I guess the words do impact and change color. I was so tired.
Mind was restless even though my shield reflected off most of the words. I took a day to compose myself.
Realized the impact.

The result was that no more punga from that person.
Surprisingly, the feeling was mutual!

Just like in mint factory, two individual and distinct sides, but ultimately the result is a shiny coin. We also went on such a similar excursion and experienced something similar.

When we entered the battle field, we were two individuals, but alas after an hour long brawl, we exited in one state....tired, sweaty, and fagged. We both had a new perception towards each other and were shining bright (cause of the sweat)

Mantra for today: There is no winner in a confrontation. Pressing the mute button is the key to that factual lock.

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This post is written for Project365 with a theme, "When faced with confrontation, do you head for the hills or 
walk straight in? Was there ever a time you wished you’d had the opposite reaction?"

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Decisions, and how they govern our life!

The one thing I regret being an adult is making decisions. These conclusions are made every minute of my day and they start in the morning with the alarm clock beeping loud and clear, now do I wake up or just hit the snooze button? 

Decision made...I wake up!

Gotta make breakfast for the family. What to make? After peeping in the refrigerator, a choice is made!

A dilemma solved when lunch bags are packed, and I am proud of my decision.

As the minutes keep ticking, compromises are made until I lay my head on my pillow to start this process the next day.

This pathway is visited each day, and to be able to brainstorm and come to a decision is what makes us a mature adult versus being tagged as immature or child-like.

This is one of the central activities of management and is a huge part of any process of implementation and best fits with our goals, desires, and values.

The decisions that I have made so far has made me come at this stage of my life that I am surrounded by people who right now are either reading this or enveloping me with their love, and trust or have nothing to do with me. 

We all come across paths in our lives where we have to make decisions, and when a selection is made out of fear, it results in confusion and failure.

Decisions are sometimes tough and sometimes easy, but help us reach the goal in our life that we choose either to hate or to love. Sometimes, our decisions are also a part of our fate since they help shape our destiny.

Mantra for today: We make decisions, and then decisions make our life!

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