Racing thoughts with music…

Thousands of thoughts running through my mind
Certain situations can be seen, but can maketh one blind…

Heart says go, but head stays don’t , hang in there
And poof! I stand still, directionless moving absolutely no where…

Constant barrage of smses/ emails bring me back to reality, just then
Leave me, need some time off, need my space, that was my own thoughts den

There lay my shoes under my bed literally calling out me
You gotta give yourself time to sort your mind else you’d wee..

Louder the music, faster I ran…
Each step metaphorically slapping the thoughts that were troubling me – o dam

Finally adrenaline rush & racing heartbeats overtook the restless & discomfort
All the questions if not answered, stopped bothering & there was no sign of hurt..

Music won my race with thoughts & I conquered, my tranquility was celestial and how
I guess I got life’s hidden message just now…

Surrender only when you want to quit & leave
Till then dance to life’s music, no need to heave!

Someday it will all be counted…

All the unconditional love given

All the times that the efforts driven…

All the times I have been there

Stood there strong holding people with all my care

All the times I have been sensitive and understood the other side…

Although even many a times people have taken me for a ride…

For all the late night agony aunt sessions and a listening ear

For all those endless teaching marathons and trying best to remove one’s fear…

For all those genuine suggestions and feeling for someone’s pain

Trying to make everyone happy with a fairy cane J

Somewhere the points are being added… all in my favour

That gets me the happiness in my life which I get to devour…

A negative thought came & I wanted to change the ‘nice’ me…

Then I read my dahling Sree’s status & I said just let it be J

Be the nice giving soul you are from heart & rest leave it to the above one…

Someday it will all be counted… blessings and love will follow in a ton J

Neha.. main apni favourite hoon.. :): Jogging priorities... literally :-)

Neha.. main apni favourite hoon.. :): Jogging priorities... literally :-)

Neha.. main apni favourite hoon.. :): Jogging priorities... literally :-)

Neha.. main apni favourite hoon.. :): Jogging priorities... literally :-): Today being Gauri Visarjan came home relatively earlier.. and rain gods seem to have exhausted their water supplies, so had a brilliant chan...

Jogging priorities... literally :-)

Today being Gauri Visarjan came home relatively earlier.. and rain gods seem to have exhausted their water supplies, so had a brilliant chance to go for a job.. and so i did..

i dont get too much time to jog in the open, it's usually on the treadmill..but whenever it is i jog at five gardens..Favourite music and fewer people on the streets made me more enthu..

i was alternating between jogging and running..i jog really fast and then slower down my pace for a lap making it a brisk walk to avoid panting..

i did not realise why i was doing that until this group of gujarati aunties came behind me and were all set to walk pass me..

that's all, i got an ego pucnh on my face! i spoke to myself "how can i let them walk ahead of me" & there i derived self-motivation & started running, faster than i usually do, ran 2 laps ahead of them and maintained my pace then..

Since then i started keeping 'men/women' walking way ahead of me as targets, and i used to run faster thinking i have to beat them..

Not only i started running faster, it helped me achieve a better timing and got the satisfaction of reaching 'faster' than others..

In my 8th round, i got a call from my sister, i immediately picked up the phone and started walking at a normal pace.. & became oblivious to my surroundings.. i chatted incessantly with her.. laughing, gossiping forgetting what i was doing before she had called..

Not realising i intended to keep myself out of competition and did not bother.. suddenly my rivals weren't important, what was important was my conversation with someone important..

When we hung up, i was back in the race, keeping the 'whoever' aunties ahead of me as my targets.. and ran towards my goal..and Damm i did beat every aunty ahead of me! (over smart aunties!! :P)

Life, similarly gives us everydaya chance to compete.. with ourselves, with rival agencies pitching, with colleagues, for students during exams.. so on and so forth..

But there are certain people/parts in our life which we need to keep before work/clients/ presentations/commitments..

Those people who have made us..those people who have stood by us.. be it friends/family/fiance/ neice/ nephew.. could be anyone..

it's important to have someone for whom the competition does not matter..your winning does not define you.. coz for them you already are a winner :-)

It's important to know when to exit out of the rat race, and when to re-enter..

Cheers to the people who trouble us during those very busy days, just to say 'hey i miss you' / 'oye busy hai kya?' / 'just called to say hiii' / 'had lunch?' .... its only coz YOU are an important part of their life.. and they remove time for you.. whom do you remove time for? do you?... time to ponder..

Coz, at the end of the day, if you're running too fast.. you never know you might just be running alone..

To end it with one of my favs -

What is this life, if full of care..

We have no time to stand & stare..

Let today be an insight from yesterday & the base for a new plan for tomorrow

How many of us keep pondering about something which happened today/yesterday/ day before yesterday/ years before yesterday..?

• A fight that we had with our parents leading us t conclude ‘they just don’t love me enough’.. (everyone must have experienced this)
• Or a horrible messy argument with your loved one which leads to ‘‘ohh, I’m gonna loose him forever’’ / ‘‘how could he do this to me?’’
• a non-competent feeling because your boss did not praise you enough for your efforts.. “she’s just partial towards XYZ”
• a huge fight with your confidant.. your bestest friend.. which completely lets you down.. may even make you feel like never speaking to him/ her ever again..
• A tiff with a colleague/acquaintance at college.. leading you to say “he/she is so selfish, I would never do that again”

All of us in our life must have experienced similar feelings & experiences while dealing with people & circumstances.. but we keep thinking & thinking & thinking about it at least for sometime..

Today something happened which made me smile & realize how I can see things differently..

I have loads of ‘post-its/ notes’ on my desk on my side board which reminds me what do I have to do today..

Every morning I come to my desk, remove all the post-its / notes which have yesterday’s date on it.. and make fresh one’s for that very existing day.

I never have any problems dealing with work/over-work/ too much over much/ today’s commitments.. because I know I have sorted my yesterday and ended it there and then. I don’t carry forward my yesterday’s work to today.

If we start doing that for our personal life with friends/relatives/family/ situations.. would we ever be unhappy/disappointed?

If we have had an argument with someone today, firstly stop blaming the other person completely. If still you feel it’s the other person’s mistake – fine! Face it, accept it that he/she doesn’t care and move on. Take a decision to alter your behaviour. Two things will happen – a.) person will realize their mistake if you give a cold shoulder b.) you are not thinking, so you are anyways happy irrespective

If every problematic situation we faced YESTERDAY can be taken as a consumer truth, whats the consumer NEED GAP & then identify the reason of the FRICTION/ BARRIER.

Generate an insight, implement it to your today. The pay off will be ‘A HAPPIER YOU’.

Let today be an insight from yesterday & the base for a new plan for tomorrow

Neha.. main apni favourite hoon.. :): Into each life some rain must fall…

Neha.. main apni favourite hoon.. :): Into each life some rain must fall…

Into each life some rain must fall…

Could not stop myself writing this one..
Sleep got disturbed early morning with a mild sound of thunder..
I was almost speaking to myself ‘I have to send out a deliverable today’.. wake up Neha.. wake up..
Rushed and got ready..
Transcripts in one hand and an apple in the other.. ran out looking for a cab..
Did not realize it’s pouring and it’s indeed a beautiful day 
I neither got a cab for very long.. nor was there any sign of a harbor line train..
I was standing there under the umbrella with a pretty sad not knowing what to do next face..
Just then a little kid from the neighbourhood splashed water on my legs and said “aaap khush nai ho? Aaj toh chutti.. majjaaa” and there she ran getting wet in the rain deliberately to enjoy the last few showers…
I walked behind her smiling reminiscing my days of buchpan when I would not leave a single chance to get wet in the rain..
God! Running behind work, gym, clients, bosses.. some where I had forgotten to take a breather and enjoy that moment..
Life can get too busy, too nasty.. people we have in our life may change.. people we share things with may not have that much time to listen to us anymore.. people might get mood swings and not respond to texts or calls.. people may act pricy.. people may find you kiddish.. people may not find ‘getting wet in the rain’ as enjoyable even if they might have spent their entire buchpan doing that..
Who cares? Its their loss.. don’t make it yours..
Don’t stop yourself from enjoying these little moments of bliss 
Enjoy the beautiful blissful weather while it lasts…
We all need some rain.. to wash off the baggage.. to feel wow .. to start afresh.. to feel we’re ready to face the sun again..
Thank you god :)
I pray that into each life some rain must fall..