Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Past is a bucket of ashes


There is a famous quote which say: "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future."

We carry some ashes with us, while disburse some ashes and carry the memories, while some others are completely wiped out.

We live life only once, and to make it memorable and enjoy it, better we don't carry with us any grudges, and harsh memories. Live life as it comes. Embrace change and reality, and move on.

All for himself, and God for All.
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One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through.

Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters – whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.

Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden?

You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that.

But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister..

Everyone is finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.
Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away.

That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home.

Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts – and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.

Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them.

Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.

Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood.

Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.

Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the “ideal moment.”

Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back.

Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person – nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need.

This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.

Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life.

Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust.

Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.

- Paulo Coelho

Monday, January 09, 2017

Bollywood Movies from 2016



Courtesy : Yahoo News - but this was exactly what I was thinking so few tweeks from me.

The Khans continued to rule the roost as Fan (Shah Rukh Khan), Sultan (Salman Khan) and Dangal (Aamir Khan) are still the biggest films of the year, while Akshay Kumar moved from strength to strength with two incredible portrayals in Airlift and Rustom.

Airlift


The massive evacuation of Indian refugees from Kuwait during the Gulf War was a story waiting to be told. This one had all the elements of a war thriller, with equal measures of despair, drama, fortitude and hope. And our director does a brilliant job of bringing out the



Neerja


Ram Madhvani's 'Neerja' was nuanced, compelling and sincere. The director exhibited rare restrain in his handling of this remarkable biographical story of Neerja Bhanot, the flight attendant aboard the ill-fated Pan Am Flight 73, who was shot dead by terrorists.


Udta Punjab


Abhishek Chaubey deserves applause for an intense, dark and disturbing depiction of the state of Punjab. Alia Bhatt belted out a career-best performance as the migrant labourer, a victim of the drug abuse menace in the state.


PINK



In this masterpiece, Amitabh Bachchan's eccentric lawyer brings to fore the issue of a woman's consent in Indian society. A compelling courtroom drama, PINK drove across its points without the painful, verbose sermonizing that Hindi films routinely subject us to. There were indeed some weekloops in the second half court scene's though.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil


Karan Johar's 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' was a take on the complicated journeys that love embarks on in real life. While I enjoyed every bit of the rollercoaster ride and the anguish of unrequited love. Still, ADHM was film that looked good and felt good.


Dear Zindagi



Gauri Shinde’s film was a must-watch for the beauty of subtlety, for its insight into contemporary relationships and to understand that talking to a therapist can be as simple as trying to get some sleep. There's no shame in seeking help for emotional issues, just like we do for physical ailments.


Dangal



This film will rank not only as one of the best of the year, but among the best Hindi films on sports, ever. 'Dangal' is as much a story about the sport – wrestling, as it is about revisiting gender stereotypes and a complex father-daughter relationship. Aamir Khan and his two young actresses - Fatima and Sanya - made an impression on one and all.


My favourate undoubtedly was Dear Zindagi.Not sure on how Kapoor and Sons, Sultan and Fan were, missed it. Dhoni: An untold story was also worth the watch, though missed Azar's biopic.

Tuesday, January 03, 2017

Can we be Happy Always?



Just loved these lines...

When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone...

When I was sure of losing, I won...

When I needed people the most, they left me...

When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on...

When I mastered the skill of hating, someone started loving me from the core of the heart...

And while waiting for light for hours when I fell asleep, the sun came out...

That's life!!

No matter what you plan, you never know what life has planned for you...

Success introduces you to the world..

But failure introduces the world to you...

Always be Happy!!!

Often when we lose hope and think this is the end..

God smiles from above and says,

"Relax Sweetheart, It's just a Bend, not the End!

In the journey of life, we pass pleasure and pain. There will be sunshine and rain; There will be loss and gain. But we must learn to smile and smile again.

Together is the most wonderful place to be



In the journey of life, we pass pleasure and pain. There will be sunshine and rain; There will be loss and gain. But we must learn to smile and smile again. Together is a wonderful place to be in.

Four years since my Achan is no more; but he is the one person I think of daily..even more now. Together we are still. Together we may not be in person which is such a pain and shame.

People do ask, which is the favourate place I would like to be in; it is being Together with my loved ones. There is no better place than that.

This new year, may we be together with our loved ones. Time is limited in supply, but it is upto us on how we use it and where we spend it, and belive me; there is no place worth better spending it; than with our loved ones.

As kids grow up, and with the passing time, people prefer nuclear family; they like to see far away land; move around the world, Nature and the world around is beautiful, and we need to see it, but we would never again be able to spend time with the ones we love...and it is every parents dream to see their children together. Very few children realise it when they still have their parents around.

Not only individual families; this is applicable to countries as well. Moreover, even the TEAM suggest - Together everyone Achieve more.

Indeed Together is the most wonderful place to be in.....