This day is not happening to you.
It is happening through you.
The way you see the world does not merely affect what you think and feel about all that is going on.
The way you see the world determines how the world will be.
Well, the title says it all. Pearls of wisdom were never so interesting.
The NICU is located on the eighth floor of the hospital. The waiting room, outside the NICU has a large window which overlooks the Ahmedabad city. Its not really a pretty sight, but when you have to spend hours on end in that waiting room, nothing else to do, staring out of that window seems to be a great option.
After the 8:30 a.m. round of the doctor, with nothing else to do, there I was standing @ the window, staring into the city.
Spread before me was the city that gave this grief to my dad.
I always considered February 23, 2003 as the worst sunday of my life. An office broke out in my office and everything that I had struggled over for years and accumulated and built was burnt and washed away.
However, February 18, 2007 beats it by a zillion times.
Imagine being woken up @ 5:00 in the morning to rush and find your father lying on the floor, foaming @ his mouth, laboured breathing and wet pyjamas.
He is the coolest dude out there. Here is a speech that he gave @ Stanford. I know this is pretty old, but it is truly inspiring.
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said I love you but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.
The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. They were moving to a smaller house because they could not afford to stay in the present house after paying the doctor’s bills. Only a very costly surgery could save him now and there was no one to loan them the money.
When she heard daddy say to her tearful mother with whispered desperation, ‘Only a miracle can save him now’, the child went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jar from its hiding place in the closet. She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully.
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Technology has crippled me. My laptop conked (motherboard damaged) due to god knows why! My wireless card; a brand new one from Tata Indicom not working and my home broad band connection (form Hathway) no working too!
Isn’t that great. And with all this I felt a lot inefficient. Note, not angry, not frustrated, not irritated just pure in-efficient.
Just finished the most 3 incredible days of my life. Yup all my dear readers (I can count you all the my fingers - no seriously) I am almost through with the Landmark Forum.
These past three days has been a roller coaster ride for me. A ride that explored the depth of my personality and showed me “who I am”. A ride that took me to the pinnacle of my possibilities. A ride the cut through the very fabric of my being. A ride that exploded the genesis of my relationships…A ride that totally blew me away.
Okie…I am off to Landmark Forum training for 3 days from tomorrow.
The sessions are supposed to be very very hectic. The training is scheduled for 4 days, viz. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and on Tuesday. While Tuesday is from 7:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. the other 3 days are from 9:00a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Don’t know what Landmark forum is…don’t fret…here is the gnyan (knowledge in Hindi)
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