Liberated!

You know the feeling when you've just finished everything, and there's nothing left to follow up with or even think about?

Especially, when you've finished things you've really wanted to do from sometime, and the outcome of these things actually put you at ease?

Wow. Like James Brown said.. "I feel good". Tanananana.

I feel LIBERATED!

Needed to finish 3 things. And all of them have worked out for the BEST! The last thing happening on Sunday!

The weight has SUDDENLY eased, everything's so darn relaxing, serene, calm.

EXCEPT..

Yes, there had to be a BUT/EXCEPT. Alright already, gotta continue.

EXCEPT.. that work's gotten a little hectic-er. Not that it's such a bad thing, it's keeping me occupied, and I like it!

Gotta keep on rolling man.. Gotta keep on rolling!

3 cheers to LIFE!

WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!

-V

Shallow.

Dear Blog, ( How cheesy )

It's been sometime since I accessed you. How have you been, languishing in cyber-space with not that many hits? X-(.

So, here I am .. after quite sometime. Been extremely busy with a LOT OF THINGS to be blogging here, felt like a couple of times, never somehow got the "active enzymes" in my body to get going.

This whole take on materialism is kinda getting me low. I've come across quite a number of shallow people in my life, it's a wonder that these people even exist the way they are. What goes around, comes around. So beware.

How often are our minds persuaded by external forces? Very often. Examples:

1) Great looking car.
2) Great looking bike.
3) Great looking gadget.
4) Great looking clothes.
5) Great looking shoes.
6) Great looking girlfriend.

We've been forced, drawn, tempted towards things which may "appear" great from the outside. Have any of us have taken the time out to relate these external features to what's happening inside? Don't get it? Here goes:

1) Great looking car. Alright, what's the mileage? How's the driving comfort? How comfortable are the seats? How safe is the car in terms of sturdiness?
2) Great looking bike. Ditto.
3) Great looking gadget. What are the features? Do they help you? Is the price tag worth it?
4) Great looking clothes. Quality? Material? Out after a couple of washes?
5) Great looking shoes. Heard a guy tore his sole in 2 days flat. Another tore his laces, and so on.
6) Great looking girlfriend.

What?

6) Great looking girlfriend.

Yes, what? That the only thing? What about the inside? For all you perverted tykes, outa my blog. We can take THOSE kinda discussions offline.

Inside - Brains, ability to understand people, to be sensitive when required, to be supportive, ability to understand YOU.

Without the "Inside", the outside stands at 0. Zero. An egg. If any of you chaps is in a relationship, and the above sounds EXACTLY the opposite, then it's time to say bye-bye.

So.. what's shallow?

shallow
adjective

Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"

Lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge

Not able to think seriously or feel deeply
Example: a rather shallow personality

I've come to realize, that no matter how people behave around you, no matter what opinion you might have garnered about them, their true colours come out only when their backs are towards the wall, only when they are confronted with a situation they don't know how to get out of.

The interesting thing here is what happens "during" the situation described above and what happens during the "aftermath". How does the shallow/deep categorization happen?

Sometimes, it's difficult to even come to a conclusion in the "during" situation. But the "aftermath" indicates a LOT of things, and invariably, people tend to give it out in the "aftermath"(the fact that they are shallow). Guess what, they wouldn't even notice it. Why? Shallow folks aren't necessarily the smartest living things on 2 legs.

It would be for the greater good, if all us folks did manage to give some time and thought towards the internals, towards the dynamics of everyday life, towards people we meet, learn to enjoy with and respect.

Respect is built over time, it takes a shallow mind to destroy it, either way.

-V

100 hits

Ever since I got my hit meter :P.

So add to that, maybe a couple of hundred more - optimistically speaking, of course. Not like I know a lot of people who read my blog, but it's encouraging anyway. Thank you all, let me know if you've visited my blog, read it, I will give you a candy, I swear.

So, the "decision" I was talking about all this while, in atleast a couple of blogs, has met a roadblock. BUT, it's not a roadblock which will alter the msg I wanna pass on anyway. It will just have to be put in a different manner.

I don't know why people have to go through so much of bullshit to get to a point. I have no clue why there is absolutely no majority when it comes to being clear thinkers. Why is it such a big deal to "think"?

It's become a very noticeable fact these days, that folks in general have a very selfish way of looking at things, without trying to even comprehend what the others feel/perceive. It's not about you all the time, it takes 2 to make a conversation, takes 2 to tango. You cannot just bullshit people. You cannot GIVE an impression of being somebody and yet be somebody else to yourself.

The bottomline .. is "Think".

Gotta go.. Later.

-V

PS: Somebody just told me that I don't, after seeing that last line. A snoopy colleague of mine. Well, I do.

"Dream" Sequence - Reloaded.

I decided to republish this blog, just because of the kind of effect it had on me. I just couldn't get myself to get over this dream I had, it was just a little too beautiful. Took me quite a while to stop thinking about it, and yet, it remains firmly imprinted.

"A resort located in a hill station, nice and cold weather, wind blowing gently. It was almost like the mood of the situation was so beautifully and ideally captured, that he felt that there was no one else apart from them. He knew that there was loads of affection between the two of them, though he had heard it from her a lot of times, he was never somehow ready or never got the chance to tell her how he felt.

The circumstances made it more romantic in certain terms - hill station, a beautiful resort, right in a pathway, with openings on either side for the wind to blow gently and a bench, where she was sitting, silently mulling over something.His mind raced back to the time they had spent together over the years, at the movies, just holding hands, walking and talking in this specific park where they spent a lot of time, the intellectual and mind boggling conversations they had, with a dash of humour thrown in for the "masala" factor. And all this time, there was one common thought - she was always there for him, whenever he felt like talking to her, whenever he felt like sharing anything. For a second, there was a sudden sense of realization - she had become an integral part of his life, she was someone who was going to be with him, someone who he would always count on, forever.

He kneeled down a little in front of her, asking her to look at him. That was a picture - right there. The two of them looking at each other and you could see what they meant to each other in their eyes. She smiled at him, and ruffled his hair playfully. He just couldn't hold back anymore.

"I don't know if I've ever told you this, but do you know that you are extremely important to me and for everything that I am and that I do?"

Before she could even utter a word, albeit the surprised look on her face, she could see that tears had started welling in his eyes. This was the first time she ever saw anything like this coming from him. She knew him to be extremely strong from the outside, she also knew that there was an emotional kid inside, always longing to be cared for, that side of him had never shown up until this instant.

He buried his face into her hands, rested his head on her lap. He just wanted to nourish this moment. The amount of happiness in that very moment for both of them, was pretty overwhelming. She rested his head on her lap and ran her fingers through his hair. She didn't say much, and a drop of tear ran down her already glowing, red cheek and she could still afford a smile.

A small line emanated from her mouth. "We are here for each other.. no matter what", saying this, she gently rested her cheek on his head...."

-V