Again in Bangalore....

Again after one year I am writing this blog post from Bangalore. I have a special connection with this city. Some of the important changes/decisions of my life are directly or indirectly related to this place.

 

The last time when I visited this city, I was confused regarding my professional choices. But this time thankfully there is no such confusion and I think I am again living my college days. Now days, I am attending two week training program related to Oil and gas industries. Its classroom training so most of time spent in making fun of tough scenarios and exercises.

For the past one year, I am working as a remote resource. This is the first time I got an opportunity to have direct interaction with my team members. So overall it is a good experience. Living in an office campus is also a different experience for me. Today I have seen many small kids in our campus. In my organization, during weekends, employees can bring their family. One of the kids reminded me of my little champ. I miss him a lot in Bangalore.

There are many hang out places in Bangalore especially MG road and brigade road are too good for an evening walk. Today finally I explored Commercial Street which is a must visit place for all shopping lovers especially girls. I brought many things but failed to get sandal sticks which were the main demand of my sister. There is also a famous Sai Baba temple in BTM Layout. I went there as well. It is slightly different from other Sai Baba temples because Nandi is placed in front of the temple. The entire premise is surrounded by beautiful flowers and plants. The atmosphere there was very peaceful.

The weekend is finally over; I am a little bit nervous about the coming week….

 

The best thing in Life….

 “The best things in life aren't things”

                                                                                    - By Buchwald, Art

According to me the best thing in life is to "follow your heart and do what you really want in life". Many times, in the hustle-bustle of life, we often forgot to listen to our inner feelings and takes decision on the basis of various logics suggested by our brain. I think it’s anxiety, which stops us to take decisions on the basis of our heart as the heart is unrestricted and is driven by emotions on the other hand,mind is practical, rational and is driven by facts (sometimes FEAR too!!!).

 

It requires lots of courage, commitment and strength to follow your heart because it leads us to follow an avant-garde path.  After completing my graduation, I was about to join MBA in one college in Noida but at the same time got admission in one post graduate course in New Delhi related to Medical sciences. All my friends and family members advised me to join MBA over that course because being an MBA means secure and a better career. It also guarantees money and good position in professional life. Moreover I was not sure about the job prospects of pure applied science course. But I followed my heart and joined that applied science course and now I have no regrets about my decision. I believe that regret is the most painful as well as a powerful emotion in life. 

It could be Regret of not listening to your heart; Regret of not confessing your emotions; Regret of not following your dreams and so on. The best way to come out from any regret is to admit/confess it without any fear of failure/acceptance/rejection. 

I don’t know about others, but whenever I start following my heart, my mind comes into an action and starts bringing up all the reasons to drop an idea of to do what I desire. It starts reminding me about my past failures and dare consequences of it. As a result, many a times my mind wins over my heart. 

Several people don’t follow heart because of family and societal pressure and/ or fear. They pretend that they are happy with what they have and what they are doing. The best way to find out about real desires in life is to spend some time alone and dig deep inside and ask yourself what you really want to do. Be honest with yourself! May be in between you feel confused, scared but definitely it will help you in the long run as you will come to know about your actual desires, values , passion and more importantly PURPOSE in life!!!

Just realized that I have written one page blog post about “following your heart” but I am not sure whether I follow this mantra religiously or not!!! Need to analyze that

Present versus Future...

“Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.”

                                                                                                    By Joel Osteen

Today I read this quote on Facebook posted by one of my friends. I found it very inspiring so could not resist myself and posted it on my blog. This quote reminds me about my philosophy of living a life, which is “life can be changed at any moment, so don’t make any future plans; live in the present and try to learn from the mistakes committed in the past. Enjoy every moment of life. May be Kal Ho Na Ho!!!

According to my belief, don’t make any future plans means don’t spoil your present just for the sake of a better future. 

I firmly believe in dreams and I have lots of dreams regarding my future but yes I try not to overshadow my present just for the sake of those dreams or future. We can make a better future only when we take the right decision in the present (i.e. at the right time) and learn from the incidents/mistakes that happened to us in the past...

BTW following is one of  my favorite songs because this song reminds me about of my dreams/the kind of life I want to live forever (not in the past, present or future)....