Things that SHINE!

People will always fling stones in your path!! It depends on you… yes you, as to what you make from it:

A wall of difficulties? Or A bridge to success?

Every road has speed breakers, Do not stop or fret, (Or at least let us try to NOT to stop and NOT to fret)… BUT boldly go over them to reach their destination, Keep going strong and let rejections ONLY motivate you... It's Our Life... Our Journey...

Our Dreams and our Success...

Make the most out of today, dedicate and ensure you do...  It's YOUR Dream...

Protect IT and Achieve IT!

As you may have already realized this is more to ME than to anyone else. I have been at the receiving end of many bricks and bats, and STONES, not just now but all through my life and very recently while having a chat with a dear friend I have come to realize this is PATTERN. A Recurring Pattern.  I am perpetually thrown with things I find difficult to handle and just when I seem to be getting a hold of the situation, another one springs UP. Just like that! And he, my dear friend, said to me, while I was all dejected and upset… “…So don’t you worry your pretty little mind, people throw rocks at things that shine. And life makes love look hard. The stakes are high, the water’s rough, but at the end, this love is yours.” Yes, I admit he is a bit philosophical and not at all ORIGINAL, but…..

People throw rocks at things that shine.

Honestly, that is one of the PRUDENT and TRUTHFUL sentences I have ever heard! People throw rocks. I see this every day. Now… not literally rocks, but people can be so mean. I don’t really know why, but I do have my theories.

1.       THEY are insecure.

2.      THEY make themselves feel better by putting you down. (leads back to insecurity)

3.      THEY are jealous.

 

I think the problem with many people is that they can’t be themselves. And I’m not saying I’m not involved in this because I definitely must be. People think too much into what other people think about them. No one wants to be WHAT they truly are. Be it AGE, CULTURE, NATIONALITY, RELIGION. Everyone wants to be someone else. In a few examples : A forty five year old woman wants to pass off as a 16 year old, A Christian wants to follow Hindu traditions, a Keralite wants to pass of as a Mumbikaar. (I fail to see the need to do this. Really it is beyond ME!) I fail to understand the desperation in wanting to pass off as someone you quite obviously ARE NOT! Be yourself. Don’t live to impress others. Right??

Be Who You Are! And Say What You Feel, Because Those Who Mind Don't Matter and Those Who Matter Don't Mind - Dr Seuss

 

“Be who you are” is the first part of that quote. And if everyone on our planet took that advice, our world would be so much better! There wouldn’t have so much hatred. I often ask Mr. CLKP, “What is the World coming to?? Really what is it coming to??” He looks at me as though I am completely cuckoo in the head! People shouldn’t judge other people because of their own insecurities. People shouldn’t  put others down just to fit IN. What we need to do is just be who we really are. We really shouldn’t act like we are someone we aren’t just to impress people. Because if they don’t like you for who you are, then they aren’t worth impressing in the first place.

“Say what you feel.” I admit sometimes I am afraid to say what I really feel, not to all only to people, but to only those who matter (which is twisted I know).  And I am guessing so is everyone else.  What if we say something wrong? What if people make fun of us? We need to just stop worrying about it all. (I NEED TO!!) Saying things we don’t really mean, or lying, or acting like we won’t find us real people. Real people like what you say, and want to be around you for it.

“Because those who mind don’t matter.” Don’t get me wrong. If you act like yourself, people will judge. People will hate. You cannot please everyone. If somebody doesn’t like you for you, makes fun of what you say, then they aren’t worth talking to. Don’t over think the people who mind what you say. Don’t change yourself to show off to somebody else. It doesn’t matter what others think.

“Those who matter don’t mind.” It isn’t hard to figure out who your real friends are. It isn’t hard to figure out who should really matter to you. And who really cares about you. People who love you, your real friends, will like what you say and do. They will like you from the beginning. They will laugh with you, cry with you, and stay with you. They won’t care if you’re wrong, not at all. They don’t mind what you say or do, as long as your being you.

Let’s all make a pact to NOT BE afraid to be yourself. Because there isn’t anyone better. Be you and only you. People throw rocks.  There will always be people who are mean. There were always be people who bully. There will always be people who judge. There will always be people who throw rocks. Don’t let those people get to you. The only way to not let the rocks being thrown at you cause you any pain – is to ignore them.

People throw rocks at things that shine. You can’t control what other people do. You just can’t. So if someone ever puts you down, just remember this quote. You shine. People will always make up reasons to put you down. But if they do, just know – you shine. People throw rocks at things that shine…

MAULED D’Mello!!

You know you need to update your blog... Your friends tell you, you need to, your mum tells you, you need to, that little voice in your head tells you, you need to as well... You get signs from all around the world, right from having absolutely nothing to do at work for a change… So, You've opened your browser, you’ve opened up your blogging platform, and now the cursor is staring at you accusingly, flashing that bothersome flash on white… What do you do?? Well, I know what I do… Ring my Home!!! :D I most certainly know.. nope, not FEEL, know that once I call Home it’s all going to fall into place! And it did!!

I call home and my gorgeous sister fills me in with today’s headlines, she told me that the news I was about to hear was going to blow me away, and it did, it unquestionably did! 

Those of who are wondering do I not read the newspaper, yes I do, but I read it in the evening! Every single day, without fail! Yeah I know its twisted, but that’s how I roll! My theory?? Why read the newspaper and get abreast with all the demolition, killing, destruction and sorrow right in the morning?? Being ignorant for a while, will at least help me start off the day on a positive note! Coming back from work, all tired and exhausted, after having dealt with unbelievably HOT, but at the same time highly unstable clients, a boss who is PMSing throughout the year, a breast obsessed 40 something lady HR person, and a project person who is actually a woman trapped inside the body of a man, the one thing I need is the newspaper to make me feel that I need to be grateful for the life I leading and not grumble about it! :D :D

Coming back to the news that blew me away, meet Violet D’Mello, 60 of Aberdeen, Scotland, she along with her husband Archie D’mello,64 were visiting Kragga Kamma game reserve near Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

It was a nice day, I am sure.. it was, a nice bright sunny day, little did she imagine, this was going to turn into one of those life altering, landmark days in her life! She and another family had entered the petting pen enclosure to take a photo next to the big cats, as you can see, she did manage to take a photo with the cheetah. One of the photos taken by Archie shows Violet D’Mello smiling and posing with a cheetah raised by humans in the enclosure, before, it became very serious very quickly. All of a sudden our big cat decides to attack a little girl who had come along with the other family. One of two cheetahs in the enclosure first grabbed a young girl, leaving her with scratches and cuts that needed stitches. In a beautiful display of bravery and valor, the holidaymaker tried to protect the girl from the family from being mauled. Although she did manage to save and protect the girl, D’Mello was attacked by our supposedly tame cheetahs, Mark and Monty, who knocked her to the ground, bit her on her legs, and head, in what I would like to simply state as a horrifying attack. She had a miraculous escape, by simply “playing dead”. She believed, and right so that “all would be okay, if she just didn’t move, move at all… with no reaction, absolutely none, in fact play dead! Despite all that, she had numerous bite and puncture marks, and her scalp was “sliced open.” The cheetahs “weren’t being vicious. You could tell they were just *EXICTED!*,” said Mrs. Bleeding D’Mello. (God knows what the woman is thinking… probably it’s the profuse blood loss that has caused her to hallucinate.)

Her bravery is commendable and I am really very happy that she is all good, well and healthy. That’s all that matters, isn’t it? Actually not quite… We have all heard of stories rather incidents of animals turning into beasts and mauling innocent people, and also have heard of over enthusiastic people knowingly endangering their lives by instigating the wild animals… But for me, what is really shocking about this story is while all the other tourists and park attendants fought relentlessly to get the animals away from a bleeding D'Mello, Her HUSBAND, not realizing what was happening, carried on clicking the ordeal!!! I mean what was he thinking? Or rather was he thinking at all??

We have a wife who says the cheetahs was just being playful and excited, and yeah almost got her ripped apart and they are just a "little" excited!!! *Smacks the face and nods vigorously*. Then you have the husband who kept on shooting, was he getting excited too? Hmmmmm… Or was he trying to get rid of his wife and at the same time trying to get published and famous??? I really do pity these petty people! I did some digging and managed to get a hold of Mr. Archie!! Here’s a Picture of Poor Violet and the real BEAST!

Imagine the scene, there is an old lady, clutching on to her digital camera and her glasses perched on her nose, vacationing far away from home, posing for pictures and smiling away. Only to be dragged violently to the ground by the cheetah, and mauled all over as well. The glasses flying in the air, her clothes all in tatters… All this and more right in front of her husband, who doesn’t stop taking the pictures, or volunteer to help her!! Forget the fact that she is his wife, wont we drop everything that we are doing to help someone who is in obvious danger? No matter how difficult and dangerous the situation, won’t we try to help?? Ahh well, and our Man shoots frames while his wife was in danger? He better expect a vicious, nasty marital scrimmage after it, to say the least!

Before I end, Let me be a bit random and wind up with a few lines about why we need to learn to LOSE Gracefully… Everyone wants to win. But any time two teams are facing each other in a game or contest, someone will have to lose right? (unless it's a tie of course). Losing is disappointing, so it's not surprising that WE don't like it. But everyone can or rather should learn to control how they react to a loss. In other words, what should you do when you lose?

• You don't have to be happy about losing, but it's good to rationalize that it is in fact a competition and somebody HAS to lose. 
• Look at losing as a learning experience. YOU WILL always have another chance to win. 
• Just because someone beats you once, that doesn't necessarily make them better. Even if they are better, they can't possibly be better than you at EVERYTHING. 
• Always keep in mind that in order for YOU to win, somebody else has to lose. Try to imagine how you would think of a sore loser IF you were the one winning. 
• Always remember the old saying, "It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that counts!"

So, my dear one, PLAY WELL and that’s all that Matters! :D :D

Love.