Happy Birthday

People make resolutions for a new year. Resolutions which are forgotten even before the first page of the calendar is turned over. Some choose not to make them to avoid the guilt. At the stroke of midnight as I welcome another birthday, I have a few resolutions of mine to make. January looks far behind and December is still some time away. Life offers me a clean slate every day. I only wonder why did not I fill up the one it gave me yesterday.  My 100 day experiment to monitor myself has thrown up before me the infinite possibilities life has to offer. The only thing finite is my ability to look at life. A few days into my experiment with myself I saw a sign. The very sign cohelo talks about in the Alchemist. On my way back home from work i was pondering over what am I doing with my life and what should I do. At that very moment a line printed on the back of a car caught my eye—

One life! Live it!!!

And I guess that is all I need to do. Live my life. Not regret it.

One Life.............Live it ! (Day 99 )

“One life............ Live it! “

That was the line which caught my eye on the back of a car when I was returning home from work.

I have come to believe, that  we are constantly guided by a unseen protective force throughout our lives & that we are always shown the path through signs at every crossroad of life that we pass.

Spending 10 hours at work sure is tiring. Not much time to learn what I want to leave alone write this blog. But then, I have decided to endure that pain for it doesn’t seem to be a pain anymore. The fun lies in the struggle! My eyes ache as I write this. My limbs scream for the comfort of a mattress. But the spirit says..

“You have one life.... live it! for, leaving it, is the default option “

I Fall, But To Rise Again.

I remember reading about a box called the " Pandora's box ". From what i recollect, it was said that as long as the box remained closed, the human race would be happy. But that was not to be. The box was opened and many destructive energies flew out of it. ( plague, famine, jealousy and the like ). The last to come out was hope.
& it is to hope that we cling. Even the worst pessimist lives in hope that he shall never come across a situation which he will not be able to find fault with. I am no exception.

I have found myself in a soup every time i ventured to excel academically, professionally or otherwise.
Each time a new soup. If life's soups were tangible i would have made a great chef!
Every time i have performed an autopsy on my failed attempts, each time i had a somebody/something to blame.

I read in a motivational book the experiences of a man who recounted how he regretted not trying out things in his heydays. I realised i already had such a " regret list " ready at this stage of life. If i did not act, the list would be burdensome.

I looked up the calendar and realised it was 100 days to my Birthday. And come what may, i am going to make these days count. Like the Eagle which halfway through its life stays without food for 3 months to grow a new beak and healthy set of feathers to live i shall be reborn. ( REBIRTH OF THE EAGLE )

We rise from the earth and it is in it our ashes go. But as long as i live, i shall rise from my ashes like the Phoenix. Its high time i shooed the Dementors away.
Time to say.....................................    Expecto Patronum !