2011. Yes, 2011!! 365 days filled with amaze and wonder are behind us now. A new year has blossomed, and all are expectant of a better year than the one that was- I pray that your wishes shall come to pass. Before I highlight the main heartbeat of the post, I would like to highlight my 2011 just a little bit: I narrowly escaped death in mid year (food-poisoning), witnessed the rise of Youth in Middle east and chickening of dictators, saddened by the death of icons (Steve Jobs and Wangari Maathai), lost my grandmother, got a job I love, started my first business and got a great deal, met icons and people of great inspiration, found love, widened my family to India with amazing ladies (Team Awesomely Amazing), and thus resolved to: Better my best, make hearts smile and count my blessings. Wish you all a HEALTHY 2012!! (Thank you for reading along)HUMAN IRONY :The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider roads but narrower viewpoints. We spend more but have less, we buy more but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, we have more conveniences but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge but less judgement, more experts yet more problems, more medicine but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years, we’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble going to meet a new neighbour. We conquered outer space but no inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years, we’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble going to meet a new neighbour. We conquered outer space but no inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less, we plan more but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush but not to wait, we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
There are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete… Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going around forever.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent. Remember, to say, ‘I love you to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. An embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give him/her to speak!... and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind. REMEMBER ALWAYS: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Therefore, with such food for thought, I hope you shall not have an average year. That you shall not get accustomed to routine, but have moments that shall take your breath away (not the kiss of death). If you are a man, grab your balls and stand to add value, if you are a lady, grab you ( hehe, I know not) and be an icon of change, even in the smallest way you can. You are worth only what you think you are. 2012 has offered you a blank cheque...state your value!!!
Therefore, with such food for thought, I hope you shall not have an average year. That you shall not get accustomed to routine, but have moments that shall take your breath away (not the kiss of death). If you are a man, grab your balls and stand to add value, if you are a lady, grab you ( hehe, I know not) and be an icon of change, even in the smallest way you can. You are worth only what you think you are. 2012 has offered you a blank cheque...state your value!!!
