Music = Magic = Life :)

Is Scoring High really your ticket to Success? - I have my doubts!

As a Student and even now for that matter, I have always been extremely motivated by such quotes, the bottom line being - Scoring high marks is no sure shot ticket to success! That there  is still hope for people like me :)  and with all due respect to the rank holders, this post is purely meant for the masses...who end up hearing stories or comments about people who they should be like...which includes me :D

Me being a very average student all my life I always had doubts about wether I will be able to do anything worthwhile in my life?? Do I really have a future - I didn't score 90%+ in my boards?? No scholarships to boast of etc etc...Just because I'm just an average student I will end up with a average paying job and my future is doomed.But I was so wrong as when you eventually explore the options/opportunities around you there is plenty of space for all of us to do well...we just need to be aware and wiling to try something new...something which can be a bit offbeat compared to the boring old school manta of Medicine/Engg/CA/MBA etc...

I'm sure many of us have had the same thought process engrained in us since childhood that if you need to be successful you have study and score high else you have no HOPE in life. I obviously cannot deny the importance of studying hard, but I totally detest this concept of studying hard for marks...ranks..admissions...it just takes away the whole fun part from learning and all you want to do is come up with a best possible answer in your exam which can fetch you maximum marks. That's where the rat race begins...and as we all know it...it continues ,just in different forms, in our life.

I loved 3 IDIOTS to put across this message in such a beautiful manner for all of us and my favorite dialogue from the movie still is  " Success ke peeche mat bhaago, Kabil bano, success jhak maarke tumhaare peeche aayegi"  - the whole crux of which is whatever you do put your heart into it and you will succeed. Don't just measure success in terms of better marks, better job or higher salary - it's the real satisfaction you get after your work which speaks for itself and you can easily ignore the likes of Veeru Sahastrabudhi aka VIRUS's around you :P 

A lot of times we feel that our friends are doing better than us or that we have been left behind....honestly this comparison is never ending as at any point in time there will be some people doing better than you and there will be some who are lagging behind...so we really need to STOP COMPARING ourselves with others...we are all good and we are destined to do different things so why compare. Success is a very relative term, for some its all the money in the world, for others it may be the all the love they get from their friends and family...so why let others decide if you have achieved your bit, its only you who knows it best.

It's entirely on us to believe in ourselves and the power of our Dreams and our Will...so let the world give your its doze of gyaan...you just listen to your own music and carry on! 

As Simon Sinek has said in this beautiful quote "Don't quit...Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it.Listen to your drum and your drum only...it's the one that makes the sweetest sound" 

The World awaits your talent, you just need figure out what is it :)

The Perfect Sunday Morning!

Sundays for me have always been the most relaxed day of the week...you wake up at ease, sip a good cup of tea and just enjoy this morning before the week starts again and so does the daily grind. My favorite part of any holiday is an easy morning where i can enjoy my morning tea in peace...I always fantasized myself in a beautiful balcony surrounded by a lush green valley and a river flowing in between...I'm sure many people can relate to it :) but cut to reality there is no balcony and we can easily forget the valley part...City life as they say..surrounded by houses/buildings all around. But yes we still have the cup of tea to start the day...n peace! 

Peace is again a very subjective term i think, for me it is a nice cosy room - quite - where i am free to just be blank or think whatever i want and smile to myself :) simple pleasures of life...again a rare thing in todays times.

I remember when I was in Mumbai, I used to just look put of my window and observe people walking by and I enjoyed doing that...the little kids playing around, the older people just sitting on the benches and watching over the kids :) Once a friend told me, it not bad to be alone, its bad to feel lonely. For me it was like same thing before i actually experienced the joy of being alone and thats when i could differentiate that I wasn't feeling lonely even though I was all by myself.On the contrary, I have felt lonely surrounded by family/friends but I quite could not accept that feeling and hence I was in constant denial. Sitting by that window, I was alone but I felt complete and was happy about that moment. Thats a rare thing, when you actually are just enjoying the moment you are in and have that smile on your face :)

I look forward to many such mornings ahead...