Eyes With Fire Will See Light Everywhere

After lot of testing,re-testing and profound analysis, I found happiness in the following three activities: 1. Solving problems 2. Creating something 3. Helping others Apart from above activities, none of the remaining activities gave me happiness. They might have given me peace and sleep but not happiness. One of my mentor said to me: Chakri, a tree requires water to grow but after reaching certain stage even though it requires water, it should give fruits to survive. Otherwise it will be cut down. It's time for you to create value. I guess he is right. It's time for me to create value not because I have to survive but because I decided to be happy.

I graduated from an american business school two weeks back.It felt so serene and calm after the graduation. Apart from the financial, physical and emotional hardships, I really enjoyed being at the school.The experience exposed me to my ignorance, fears, inabilities and strengths that I never knew. It showed me the beauty in giving, receiving, dance, kindness, hope, failure, friendship and hiking. I started appreciating life like never before. I am much more ease with myself.I started liking me.. :) . So, What did I learn? A lot. If I have to put it in a single line: " a journey from unknown knowns/unknowns to known knowns/unknowns". Yes, there is yet to learn a lot but I am aware of it. My MBA education was all about knowing the other side of the table, looking at the various facets of a situation so that I can make a more informed decision. Along with my education, the hardship I went through, the people I interacted with, the people I listened to, taught me various...

Every stage of life discussions can be viewed from satirical point of view. Even though it is not easy at the point of having the discussion, in retrospect, it is fun to see the funny side of the discussion or interaction. Last week, I went to my cousin's place. Most of the unimportant discussions we had was about food.By welcoming me to their house, my sister hesitantly took the "cook it spicy" challenge.Being sweet and soft by nature, the challenge seems some what tough but my sister likes to be challenged, so she was ready for it.  My family food legacy: I came from a family who categorized entire world into two kinds. One who put on chilli powder in the food and the other who put on red/green chillis along with the powder. The below conversations are sarcasm made that might or might not have happened. But who cares until it is fun. The actors in the conversation are Charan, Chakri, Shanti, Shanti_1(Shanti's mind), Charan_1 (Charan's mind), Chak...

Like the drop from the tip of the hill that gathers mud, flowers, fruits  and debris I gathered stories, kindness, memories, scars Like the water that reflects the color of terrain it passes I reflected the ideas, beliefs of the people who blew and bent my mind. Contradicting myself , refining myself and redefining myself.  I Dont know which beliefs I stood by and which beliefs I will stand for. In this constantly changing world: who are u ? seems to be irrelevant. Migrating to a free will country, staying in the houses I never lived and talking to people who survived extreme conditions have its own side effects. They take away the sound logic, reasoning and philosophy you gathered in life, making you orphan once again.

There is this cute beautiful gal, who works at our school library. She carries elegance in her eyes and lightening in her smile.Black,blue and orange dress suits her stunning well. The designer spectacles she wears enhances her natural beauty. After waiting for long time, I decided to ask her out for a coffee. Buckled up my guards and thrown out all apprehensions, I approached her at the reception desk at the center of the library.  "How can I help you?" She said. "Would you like to come out for a cup of coffee?" I asked her.  She choked and was puzzled. After digesting the moment, she said " Sorry. I have a boy friend but I really appreciate you for coming and asking me out. I very much appreciate your effort. Sorry !!" I couldn't able to push her more.She appreciated my effort genuinely. First time in my life, I was not hurt for a "NO". I felt happy instead.Isn't it Soft kill? PS: Life would have been even more wo...

Becoming student again has given me an opportunity to step back from mad rush in the life and observe the world around me. I did follow the works of awesome different people, read books , failed at different things, listened to great conversations and enlightened myself. It came to my awareness that as humans we try to expand in one way or the another. A person cannot live without expanding in any form. The forms can be broadly categorized into four categorizes: Healthily Emotionally Spiritually Financially The people who are happy are the ones who effectively balanced three and pursuit (expand in) one constantly. No one can attain peaks in all. People chose one to expand and try to get support from the rest. The unhappier ones are the those who mess with one or all of the above or want to pursuit all the four categories.