Advent of Spring

Was standing on the terrace of my flat and got the scents of Spring ! 

Almost simultaneously Juvita DaRosa 's post of this photo came in !

Life is replete with such coincidences! 

Spring " in the air " is a truism . There is a surge in hope and aspiration mirroring the advent of the " new" in nature. It is mostly involuntary . Many traditions in the East have built religious events around this renewal of the Earth and all the creatures dwelling there.

Wodehouse put it beautifully when he described an exhilarating morning for Bertie Wooster as  -his Red blood corpuscles were running up and down his spine in rowdy groups ! ( or something to that effect) 

Another thing about Spring 

" Love is in the air " 😊😊

Happiness

I was asked today 

What is Happiness ?

and instictively replied 

" Its the state of light before Life punches you in the nose , and you see stars " 

Sounds frivolous doesn't it ?

But then , really , I realised that in the

" busy "moments of Life I have never stopped to contemplate and define this emotion .

Memories of time with people , many likes to photos and posts on Social Media , a nice word of praise , a smile from a stranger ( especially a beautiful girl ) , time spent with four legged people or winged ones , etc etc . I ask is this Happiness ? 

Satisfactory meditation , moments in Communion with God , good philosophy sessions , the worķing of an affirmation etc 

Is this Happiness? 

Well I suppose they are all contributors ! 

Happiness is really , to me , the smile on the face of another and as it got written in one of my poems 

" In your hair , the sunshine 

In your eyes , the sun 

On your lips the laughter 

From which my life is spun "

The fabric of #happiness is woven with the smiles of others .

That and good things being said about me,  by my grave . It would be too late for me but it would be a legacy of happiness ! 😊😊

intellectual defined

Rodinns  " Le Penseur " 

"The Thinker "

It's a well known fact that if we read through a book of ailments and their  remedies we end up thinking we have symptoms of each one of them ! 

Curiosity about whether I am an intellectual or who or what is an intellectual led to a Google search for the meaning and now I am wondering which one applies 

Intellectual  : noun

synonyms: intelligent person, learned person, highbrow, academic, bookworm, bookish person, man of letters, woman of letters, bluestocking, thinker, brain, scholar, sage; genius, Einstein, polymath, expert, prodigy, gifted child; mastermind; pandit; informalegghead, brains, bright spark, whizz, wizard, walking encyclopedia; informalbrainbox, clever clogs, boffin; informalbrainiac, rocket scientist, maven, Brahmin, pointy-head; archaicbookman

One thing is clear 

"intellectuals are appalled by the mentality of the popular soap operas"

Learning from Competition - not shattering it

On the benefits of competition 

Triumph is for those who do battle and not of those who work at just keeping the enemy / competition out .

Just thinking , what wasted and negative  energy is  " boycotting " an idea or product 

We could get much further if we diverted the same energy in doing things  better so that the object of our discomfort would get dislodged . 

Free competition and open markets are important spurs for efficient productivity ! 

Nationalism , protectionism and politics only offer  easy crutches  for being second and limping.

Nothing in life ever goes away by pretending it does not exist ! That is the hard reality and the earlier we recognise it as a hidden blessing and not an unwanted curse , the better and quicker is our effort to overcome any disadvantage , percieved or otherwise .

A connection on LinkedIn mooted a theme 

" Educate for Life , Not for Work " 

which I believe captures the core of the thought behind education and it's purpose. 

How can this be reconciled with the fact that work and what it gets you is also very important and to be good at it ( work ) one must have the right education 😊

I suppose the blend would be achieved if students were taught and trained to get into the right mould individually so that they get to do the best suited work and they have enjoyable lives! 

This might require an overhaul of the present education system or at least the introduction of supplementary programs .

Let me have your views if you feel inclined to comment

bow wow

Verse in appreciation of our four legged bretheren 

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I met this guy on the street 

He was looking at my feet 

I asked " What ails you brother ? "

His reply was in a language another 

Bow ! Wow ! ( Barking )

Translation : 

Bow i offer to the Creator 

Wow is for the breath of Nature 

Which makes me find all that I need 

People who voluntarily do me feed ! 

Then he seemed to ask : 

What  ails  YOU  Brother ? 

Your step is heavy , plodding along 

Your brow is creased ,face is long 

Here ' s a  paw , get de-stressed

Trust that , like me , You are Blessed 

So much said and so much learned 

Exchange of energy without a word 

Brought me to the realisation 

It's not speech but the  right vibration 

Vikaas Nafde Kathmandu 13 Sep 2018

The Circular Path

#thecircularpath  

The Universe operates with immaculate precision to carry out it's devious designs which we have been programmed to believe as inevitable and ' for the highest good ' 

Do we have a choice not to believe this ?

 

One thing is true- that the Universe is mostly predictable because it implicitly follows the laid down rules and even what seem miracles are explained logically in retrospect . For example the manner  of any death is only a creative way for the timely exit of a Soul .

 Whose Timing ? " God only knows " 

God does not cheat or do one - upmanship though I dare say He / She could at a snap of His/Her fingers . 

Herein lies the object lesson of doing what you expect others to do . 

So what do we do to tread carefully through the minefield called life ? 

Learn to read the tracks and spoor like the natural habitants of the Jungle , I guess, and attain the objective 

But then that  has already been set for our finding ...