જીવનના સાત પગલા
1) જન્મ———-એક અણમોલ સોગાદ છે, જે ભગવાનની ભેટ છે.
(2) બચપન——-મમતાનો દરિયો છે, પ્રેમથી ભરિયો છે, જે ડૂબી શક્યો તે
તરિયો છે.
(3) તરુણાવસ્થા—-કંઇ વિચારો, કંઇ આશાઓ નો પહાડ છે,મેળવવાની
અનહદ આશ છે, લૂટવાની તમન્ના છે.
(4)યુવાવસ્થા——બંધ આંખોનું સાહસ છે, જોશછે…ઝનૂન છે, ફના
થવાની ઉમ્મીદો છે,..કૂરબાની ની આશાઓ છે,
લૂટાઇ જવાની ખ્વાહિશ છે.
(5) પ્રૌઢાવસ્થા—–ખૂદને માટે કંઇ ન કરી શકતાં મેળવીને આપવાની પણ
ખૂશી છે, કુટુંબ માટે કુરબાન થવાની જીજીવિશા છે.
(6) ઘડપણ——–વિતેલા જીવનનો સરવાળો છે,મારા આપણાનો વહેવાર
છે, જેવું વાવ્યું હતું તેવું લણવાનો સમય છે.
(7)મરણ———–જીન્દગીની કિતાબ ખૂલશે, નાડીએ-નાડીએ કર્મ તૂટશે,
પાપ-પૂણ્યનો મર્મ ખૂલશે, કર્મ-ધર્મનો હિશાબ થશે,
સ્વર્ગ-નર્કનો માર્ગ થશે, પોતાનાનો પ્યાર છૂટશે.

સાત પગલા પૂરા થશે…..

 મિત્રતા

 મિત્રતા તો હૃદયનો સંબંધ છે.
સાચી મિત્રતા એ તો એક છોડ જેવી છે જે ધીમેથી વધે છે. પછી વિરાટ વૃક્ષ થઈ જીવનભર તેની શીતળ છાંયા આપે છે.

કલાઉટ મેમેટે કહ્યું છે કે ‘મિત્રો તરબૂચ જેવા હોય છે. કારણ શું?
કારણકે, ઉત્તમને શોધવા બધાનો સ્વાદ ચાખવો પડે છે.’

મહાન વિચારક સોક્રેટીસે પણ કહ્યું છે કે ‘મિત્ર બનાવતા પહેલા સો વખત વિચારો અને મિત્ર બનાવ્યા પછી તેને કાયમ માટે ટકાવી રાખો.’

ખલિલ જિબ્રાને કહ્યું છે કે, ‘જેની સાથે તમે મોજ માણી હોય તેને તમે કદાચ ભૂલી જાઓ, પણ જેની સાથે તમે આંસુ સાર્યા હોય તેને હરગિજ ના ભૂલતા.’

સંત તુલસીદાસે પણ કહ્યું છે કે, ‘બિપતિકાલ કર સતગુન નેહા, શ્રુતિ કહ સંત મિત્ર ગુન એહા.’
દુ:ખમાં પણ સાથ આપે તે મિત્રનો ગુણ છે. મિત્રતા તો એક રેશમી ઋણાનુંબંધ છે. એક ઉત્તમ અનુભવ છે. મૈત્રી એ તો શીતળ-મધુર છાંયડો છે.
મૈત્રી એ તો જીવનની મોટી સૌગાત છે. મિત્રતા કોની સાથે કરવી? ક્યારે કરવી? કેમ કરવી? અને કોની સાથે ન કરવી?
મિત્રો, તેનું કોઈ ગણિત નથી હોતું, કે તેની કોઈ વિશિષ્ટ તિથિ નથી હોતી. મિત્રતા તો ક્ષણવારમાં થઈ જાય છે. મિત્રતા તો હૃદયનો સંબંધ છે

                                                   Wait Wait and Wait 

As I wait for the moment

Each one takes a leap forward

There is stillness in the air

It is like never before, as always.

My head is running at a speed of 100 questions a minute

While my heart just skipped a beat

When will the calm winds blow through the soul?

When will the jitters blow away the restlessness?

Keeping myself occupied with thoughts

Will I go blank when the moment arrives?

One by one I wash them away

By putting them down on paper as I wait

Now drenched in confusion

I look around at faces all pale

All lips talk the same with impatience like red lipstick they stay

Last few breaths till the moment arrives

Clasping my hands I say it’s going to be alright.

 Strange world…

 

 People meet… people part away… but many times you end up together by chance. People call it fate, destiny or pure coincidence but truth is we live in small strange world where what goes around comes back.

Have you ever looked at a picture and seen a stranger in the background. Doesn’t it make you wonder, how many strangers have pictures of you? How many moments of other peoples’ lives have we been in? Were we a part of someones life when their dream came true? Or were we there when their dreams died. Did we keep trying to get in, as if we were somehow destined to be there? Or did the shot take us by surprise. So many times we are a big part of someone’s life, and not even know it. We make them happy, we make them sad, we make me laugh and more often than we want make them cry. Every word, every step, every action has a repercussion on someone else life. For which we need to accept life for what it has given us. For what it is.

We deny that we’re tired; we deny that we’re scared; we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we’re in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can’t recognize the truth right in front of our faces. Lies may help us succeed but never in the long run. It is such a strange world out there where people only accept lies. And where no matter how much something is hurting us, sometimes letting go hurts even more. But these scars are the sign of a competitor.

People maybe strange, you may get strange feelings from them, strange things may happen to you and sometimes strange may seem normal because the world is a strange place. So be the lion in the fight. For just because you didn’t win the fight doesn’t mean that you don’t know how to roar.

 HAPPILY EVER 

Ask most people what they want out of life and the answer is simple…to be happy. Maybe it’s this expectation though, the wanting to be happy, that just keeps us from ever getting there. Maybe the more we try and will ourselves to states of bliss, the more confused we get. To the point where we don’t recognize ourselves. Instead we just keep smiling, trying like hell to be happy people we wish we were.

I am very happy with my life. I am very happy with my journey till here as well. I have made mistakes, I have made bad decisions, I have had my downside but I am happy for it because that is what has got me to the state I am in at the moment. I used to constantly expect more from my life, I was never content with what I have ever. Every time I achieved something, the moment of happiness used to be short lived and time again think that I haven’t done much in my life. There is so much more to see, to know, to learn, to accomplish, how am I going to do all that? In the bargain I lost my happy moment lamenting over something yet to happen. Challenges definitely help me grow, become a better person, live a happier life. Only when I go ahead with a challenge do I realize the true motive of going through with it. And if I end up embracing a challenge for too long, not wanting to let go of the happy state. That’s when the happiness gets replaced by expectation and eventually remorse.

But now, I have realized that happiness is not in the number of challenges one takes or the tougher the challenges one is put through. Happiness is something that has been there all along, not in our dreams or hopes, but in the known, the comfortable, and the familiar. Hence it is wrong to say, do what makes you happy. But instead say, live what keeps you happy.

What does your coffee say about you?

Coffee is considered one of the favorite drinks across the nation but aside from providing the often needed early morning boost, the type of coffee a person likes to drink can also reveal a lot about his personality, says a study.

Clinical psychologist Ramani Durvasula analysed 1,000 coffee lovers and examined common personality styles and psychological traits, looking specifically at introversion and extroversion, patience, perfectionism, warmth, vigilance, sensitivity and social boldness,
In her results, Durvasula found that those with a penchant for black coffee are typically purist, no-nonsense individuals with a tendency to prefer the simple life, although they could also be abrupt, impatient and even averse to change.

In contrast, latte drinkers tended to be intent on pleasing others, but could also show slightly more neurotic attributes.

Cappuccino drinkers are usually "Perfectionist" and are perhaps the most high-demand personality. The research also says that such drinkers are very obsessive and controlling, overly sensitive, and health-conscious.

Instant coffee drinkers seemed to display more laid-back characteristics in the findings of her study however. Personality traits associated with this group included a predisposition to procrastinate and put off things that need doing.

Finally, those who preferred their coffee fix cold and sweet were considered socially bold "trend-setters" who could be reckless on occasion.