Saturday, April 21, 2007
Harmony......
Yesterday , all of us from hexaware in bradford,UK went to see Hebden craggs. It is a beautiful walk by the side of a stream , surrounded by tall trees and forest like appearance . It was a lovely day and I have not seen such natural beauty till now . I instantly thought of penning down my experience when I come back. As I was walking along the sides of the stream I came to realise that the experience in the midst of this natural beauty is such that it cannot be described in words "cannot be described in words" hhh... an oft repeated statement but you have to feel it , experience it then only you realize and come to get acquainted with nature , which is forgotten in our daily routine of materialistic pursuit .
Going along the stream , engrossing myself in the surrounding beauty it struck me that its not external beauty . Its the internal beauty which we all possess but somehow it gets lost .Yes it gets lost in the mindless human pursuits of ambition . Sometimes forgetting your ambition and clearing your mind can take you to a new high . you come to realize that there is much more to life , much more than your narrow mind can take . you have to open your mind to endless possibilities . The stream represents that element which has no ambition, it is small ,it has no desire to become a river or sea but still its beauty is no less than a sea or river. We have to realize that its not how big or great in size you are that determines your value but how beautifully you fit in a group or system to make the world more beautiful that determines your value .
"Harmony" such a beautiful word ,wait a minute I think its the best word in English . That place which i was absorbing so intently was in perfect harmony . No wild motions and no chaos . I was surprised how can it be in such a harmony . Lack of ambition in the elements of the system creates a sort of tendency to go with the flow of nature and this tendency creates this perfect harmony . I don't think an average human mind will attain that perfect harmony but even if it achieves harmony once in a while I think we will be well on our way to enjoy life.
Going along the stream , engrossing myself in the surrounding beauty it struck me that its not external beauty . Its the internal beauty which we all possess but somehow it gets lost .Yes it gets lost in the mindless human pursuits of ambition . Sometimes forgetting your ambition and clearing your mind can take you to a new high . you come to realize that there is much more to life , much more than your narrow mind can take . you have to open your mind to endless possibilities . The stream represents that element which has no ambition, it is small ,it has no desire to become a river or sea but still its beauty is no less than a sea or river. We have to realize that its not how big or great in size you are that determines your value but how beautifully you fit in a group or system to make the world more beautiful that determines your value .
"Harmony" such a beautiful word ,wait a minute I think its the best word in English . That place which i was absorbing so intently was in perfect harmony . No wild motions and no chaos . I was surprised how can it be in such a harmony . Lack of ambition in the elements of the system creates a sort of tendency to go with the flow of nature and this tendency creates this perfect harmony . I don't think an average human mind will attain that perfect harmony but even if it achieves harmony once in a while I think we will be well on our way to enjoy life.
Friday, July 14, 2006
F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Friends , I think this word is mystical . A supernatural power to get you up when you are down in dumps. They add true meaning to your life by their selfless acts . No one can imagine a life without friends. Hats off to all my friends who have been there with me from time to time.
Fork it out!!
One thing I always dread is using a fork for eating food . I am simply flummoxed as to how someone can eat a cabbage leaves salad with a fork withot even leaving a trace of it. As with everyone, there comes a day in life when yo have to face your demons . As it turns out in my case the demons I was going to dine with were fully equipped modern age meticulate British people . I need not write about their skills with fork and knife . They can eat any matter on this earth with fork and knife.
We settled in a bar for an evening meal. I had no clue as to what English food should I order let alone using a fork which is the next process . I wanted to Jump into the river near the bar and end my miserable life for not being attentive in the sessions conducted by our organization for these kind of interactions with clients. Anyways there was no going back I had to order something . I never knew this dinner was going to be an implementation of the adage "When in Rome do as the romans do" . So I decided that I will just follow my British colleague sitting beside me .He ordered Fish and Chips , so did I. Everybody was having a typical dinner time timepass conversation and I could not properly participate because of fork and knife ghosts hauntig me.
Till my order was served I decided to observe people sitting on other tables. One pretty girl was sitting with her boyfriend or husband(or whoever it does not concern me ). For some time I forgot about the dinner and concentrated on her. She was beautiful !!!! . Coming back to the dinner . When Fish and chips were served , to my horror it also had peas and lots of them. I mean how do you eat peas with a fork , Its like programming GUI in assembly language . But the way my collegues were having peas with a fork , it seemed like he was born with a flair of eating peas with a fork. So finally I started off , using fork as a spoon to eat peas and having rest of the food as my colleague did . Except 2-3 peas falling here and there there was no major mishap from my side . I finished my meal late by 5 minutes due my inexperience with knife and fork . Although these incidents did not go unnoticed by the keen eyes of my meticulate British colleagues , who cares I was 90% successful .
We settled in a bar for an evening meal. I had no clue as to what English food should I order let alone using a fork which is the next process . I wanted to Jump into the river near the bar and end my miserable life for not being attentive in the sessions conducted by our organization for these kind of interactions with clients. Anyways there was no going back I had to order something . I never knew this dinner was going to be an implementation of the adage "When in Rome do as the romans do" . So I decided that I will just follow my British colleague sitting beside me .He ordered Fish and Chips , so did I. Everybody was having a typical dinner time timepass conversation and I could not properly participate because of fork and knife ghosts hauntig me.
Till my order was served I decided to observe people sitting on other tables. One pretty girl was sitting with her boyfriend or husband(or whoever it does not concern me ). For some time I forgot about the dinner and concentrated on her. She was beautiful !!!! . Coming back to the dinner . When Fish and chips were served , to my horror it also had peas and lots of them. I mean how do you eat peas with a fork , Its like programming GUI in assembly language . But the way my collegues were having peas with a fork , it seemed like he was born with a flair of eating peas with a fork. So finally I started off , using fork as a spoon to eat peas and having rest of the food as my colleague did . Except 2-3 peas falling here and there there was no major mishap from my side . I finished my meal late by 5 minutes due my inexperience with knife and fork . Although these incidents did not go unnoticed by the keen eyes of my meticulate British colleagues , who cares I was 90% successful .
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