The Value Of Money

Twice it has happened on the same grocery store where I buy the needed stuff that right next to me was standing an Old Person piling up stacks of n number of coins. I could easily make out that He was an old Beggar. This person was there to buy some needed stuff just like me but there was a huge difference.

The difference clearly manifested itself: I felt that I was a beggar and he was not!

He begs for that which he does not have. I don’t even beg for what I don’t have for I am living in the same ignorance in which almost every 2nd person of our generation is living.

The ignorance of “The Value of Money”.

That old man, whose hands were shaking, was counting each and every coin that he had in his bag to get to a total of some value for which he could buy his needed stuff.

On the other hand, I simply took out a note out of my purse and the deal was over.

I am not sure for how long he had been counting when I had reached the counter and I am also not sure for how long did he continue to count after I had left the counter.

I don’t know why but I so much wanted to see his face but I couldn’t gather the courage to look at him in his eye. Such was my state because I felt so helpless.

My mind struggled to think, “How best can I help him”..perhaps it’s the second opportunity ;but even taking out money and giving to him right away when he was not there for begging bt for buying like any other normal customer, dint seem a good idea to me, because I was scared of hurting his self respect.

But this old Beggar taught me a gr88 lesson. He taught me that when we give a rupee coin to someone, what it can mean to him/her.

And God does not always give this opportunity to help others, especially not when u and him/her are at the same level (e.g. customers to a grocery shop!).

And also, even though begging has become a notorious business, still there are people who are in real need.

Beware of ignoring some real needy person in the pursuit of ignoring the fake beggars!

And while giving ,Imagine the smile on the face of the beggar which will eventually come when he/she will actually use this money to contribute to his/her making of a living!

In Indian culture,The highest respect is rendered to the one who supports life.

Every time a beggar/real needy person comes to you, you get an opportunity to Support a LIFE!

:) Lucky Us :)

Colors of Life-A Food for Thought

Very often we find ourselves in the lap of nowhere ,where we just don't know the answers of so many questions and therefore don't have a clue about what to do.

At such times i look back to my past and try to learn something from it.How as a kid i never found even a need to ponder over things like these.How little things used to give me happiness and how i used to find some or the other way to make myself happy again n tat too so quickly.Then what is it tat i am lacking today.Am i not the same person anymore or have i become dumber:P

I believe that all colors r beautiful caz of very simple reason..reason being that they fill ur life with colors...:)But if by any chance u don't like the color all u need to do is to giv life another chance to fill ur canvas again with colors.But for tat don't forget to make ur canvas blank!!!:)

After all,the canvas is in your hands, if not colors!!!All the Best...:)

Water Water EVERYWHERE water,Water Water NOWHERE Water

Hi All,
This is again one of my personal experiences.
Sometimes you get to know your detective skills wen u face real time problem like the one which i am about to narrate. n trust me u will actually b surprised to realise that wen we get determined to get something done, we can actually find out any workable solution in one or the other way...
so here goes my story...
I have an old plastic cooler.And it was giving some water troubles.That was for sure.
The very first thing tat we came to know abt our cooler was that it has grown old and second was tat it was surely giving water problems caz it was clearly and flamboyantly visible as many things wud get flooded...:P
Now the first thing that comes to our mind from water related problems is tat "some leakage is there".
But annoyingly tat was'nt the real cause of the floods that we used to face..u will laugh wen i will tell u the real reason bt as of now pls bear the suspense with me...caz it took me 5 days to actually get down to the real cause..for u guys it wud b a matter of 5 mins or so :P

hmm..so continuing my story...or lets do one thing....

Its a puzzle for all of you....

How was i facing the "water flooding my house" problem, wen there was no leakage anywhere in the cooler?

Lets see how ur hidden detective mind works...

I will complete my story after one week from now ,till then keep guessing :)

and may b i giv u a hint after a while :P..hehehe
see u soon!:)

Hi Guys, Iam back again and here goes the truth ...
Whenever , we wud switch on the pump, within 10 minutes the floor wud get flooded.
So After observing this, i tried to investigate closely "what pump had to do with water leakage"..
So i found out that wenever we wud switch on the pump , towards one of the shutters, the flow was more than rest of the shutters and so lil drops wud come out of the shutter and create a path along the outer lining of the cooler and then drop by drop we saw the floor getting wet frm the bottom of the cooler.Okay..so we had got the problem.But now the problem was how to fix tat.
And we needed to fix it urgently too caz flooding wud create a lot of problems..
In such a situation , ur creativity of mind actually comes into picture.
Since there was no real leakage, the solution had to b a complex one.

First we called an electrician who adjusted the flow .But still the problem dint get solved.caz now waterver water wud flow inside that will create a path along the lining n again drop by drop it wud start coming out.

So i applied my brain and did some weird calculations and found out a workaround.
I thought tat we need to use this cooler only for this season caz next season i havent seen it so cant predict anything...n buying a new cooler for only 2 months or so wud also be not a very gud idea.So , i decided to cover that entire lining with m-seal...Covering it with m-seal wud mean that we cannot open the shutters ever again(without breaking the cooler :P)..:P
but atleast we will get rid of the pump-leakage weird relationship.
and so It Worked!! :) followed by many cool and comfy days and night.And each day ,10 minutes after switching on the pump i wud check the floor n i wud find no signs of water :)...n then.,u will feel tat iam crazy but i had started to miss that water flooding caz it was tat thing only which gave me an opportuniy to actually use my detective ,analytical, problem solving skills..and u know wat...by getting to face such a challenge i also came to know that i actually had these qualities in me :P...

The jist is that sometimes things hav a purpose to serve for ur life but it depends entirely on u to decide wat purpose they served for u.:)
u can take it as a problem or u can take it as a challenge or as an incident which helped u discover ur hidden skills, helped u know urself better!!! :)

If Only…

I donot know how many of you have watched this movie but surely whosoever has watched knows the importance of a second chance in life..and those who have’nt watched ,don’t worry ..since my very article is abt something related to tat u will soon get the jist…:)

So, in the opening of the exhaust fan of my bathroom,a pair of birds found the site to be apt for their living and they started building the nest there.
Now the problem was the difference in comfort levels n ofcourse the difference in opinions.I was of the view tat since they r trying to make their nest in front of the exhaust fan, it is a dangerous place caz if by any chance we unintentionally switched the exhaust fan on,then their nest will b on flight for a few seconds for sure followed by a disastrous crash!!
So, I got determined not to let them make nest there…so the fight began ,everytime they wud bring their Building material,I wud switch on the exhaust fan n it wud simply blow the nest away…bt guess wat, they were equally determined too caz they thought it was the best place to bring up their upcoming lil ones
So they wud simply not give up either!
N it crossed the limits twice..wen the bird gave the egg in the absence of the nest n at the same place…Consequentially, the egg fell n broke into our area..:(

Wen it happened frst time I was very sad n then I thought tat they wud hav realized by now tat the place wasn’t suitable at all!!
Bt to my surprise ,they still hadn’t given up building their nest…

N the second time it happened again…n STILL they continued their “efforts”

Nyways I dint hav the capacity to absorb two deaths of not borns and now seemingly an upcoming 3rd one..
So this time I let them Build their nest..
I took every possible precaution of not hitting the exhaust fan switch…n this time the egg dint fall :)

Time started to pass away..i also started waiting eagerly for the lil buddy to come out of his/her lil shell…

And they silently without being even a trivial trouble to us ,did their very important job of nourishing the egg n then perhaps the baby…
Well,two days back I saw a lil bird who seemed to have just finished learning the lessons of flying in the balcony which is right below the nest..
“When did this happen”
“When the egg broke n the new soldier arrived in tis world”
When it struggled to learn n wen it almost finished learning”
I never cud get any answers..perhaps the answer is “wen I used to b at office”
Whatever it is, but the important thing here is tat I got not a second chance bt a third chance to save a life…a precious life n somehow it lightened the weight of my guilt of not foreseeing the 2 consequences of doing wat “I” thought was right!!

And also, I realized that sometimes we r definitely right bt tat doesn’t have the expected consequence n then we become wrong forever !!!
But at the same time ,we also get chances born out of thin air to let us make the RIGHT Choice…:)..All is well that Ends well :)