Imagination . . . Changing Everything

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."

— Carl Sagan

 

Rita J. King – wrote on 'Shake Up Your Brain: An Inspiration List' April 26^th 2013. I read this on 27^th morning. Wow, the whole article was so inspiring that I took a print of the same, also save on my system.

My Inspiration word, 'Shake Up Your Brain'. 

 

Today is Special to me. My whole outlook to work is moving in a different angle today. God's grace. Planets luck?? I dont really know on that. My mood is good till now. I feel fresh today. I feel to work, rather to perform. (I really love performing, hate sitting idle, love being a busy body, likes hearing that too ). 

 

During my journey to office I was thinking for an effective method or a difference in my work performance. Anyway I feel fresh, I start with reading 'The Hindu', especially the religious section, though its religious (Hindu Epic based) I feel its more spiritually grounded, to me we need to be spiritual rather than religious or caste based! Everytime, I read this column, I feel God care towarsd humanity, his own handy work. God knew always how things would turn up, how world will go on, how this humanity will survive, how negativity may impact, still He gave each of us a free will to do things on our own and manage everything ourselves (yes, definitely through all He finally and initially adjusts us). I feel relieved after today's column. 

 

Relaxed but stationed I sat on my chair, within the limited our team was supposed to perform. There, one by one I listed out today's priorities. Before I start for the day, initialize my process with checking mails, updates, Linkedin (ofcourse!). In LinkedIn I saw Rita J. King's Influencial post - 'Shake Up Your Brain: An Inspiration List'; that title itself is catchy right? Wooh!! Shake Up Baby Shake UP :) I got it, I got my Inspiration for the day. I read it whole, very much enthusiastically. 

 

Daily work. I started with the follow-ups. Finished. I was feeling this energy or the so called positivity in and around me, which transforms our whole outlook. :) My Day went Best!

I searched in between and I found it. 

 

“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You’ll be an old man before you know it.” – Al Lopez

Sometimes, I feel dumb thinking how many motivational quotes and messages are been said by influential and great thinkers/entrepreneurs. One by one when read and tried to understand, while keep make us wiser and smarter. I am on that way.

Happy Searching :)

Everyday maynot be good, but there is something good in every day. April 26th

With all the challenges I had to my job; my team's performance and my individual performance were on the verge today. Our individual contributions towards productivity are more expected than the input we and resource we have. Still we need to keep our standards and remain in the good books of our management and other active teams. Thinking of all these, I was actually stuck there. Instead of identifying steps to tackle the situation or forming bits of collective ideas to plan the entire course or atleast think on solution, there I was. Stuck as if the road in front of me was completely closed, it was all thunder or storming happening, God!! I dont know. My real problem: closing my eyes, not identifying the opportunity, not understanding what the nature is telling me.

My Job: Client Acquisition & Relationship, Recruitment Administration, Recruitment, Sourcing & Networking, Team Development & Training(when required), Maintain and update Database, Handling Telephonic Interview, Coordinating for Interview/Meetings, Handling Client Accounts, etc, etc.

Our team size is directly inversely proportional to the requirements we handle (higher the requirement, lesser the team). F2F interviews happening for four of our Clients, pending requirements is more than what we can achieve, all these thoughts kept on pressing me from the inside. I felt; 'gone this day'. Nothing nothing good is gonna happen. Evening I have to walk out of office as a bad day spend. How, when, where I was seeing everywhere. This made me sit idle. Deeply hurting. Deeply someone murmuring. I was lost.

Deeply someone murmuring. I slowly started hearing those voices. Something from inside telling me, asking me to get up, move up, look at the task, concentrate. The voice started getting closer. I could now hear that clearly. Glenda, you are doing wrong, open your inner eyes, look through the task, go through the details, try, try to focus, you can do. God wont give you burden that you cannot carry, He knows your capability, He knows you can do it. I felt those words.

Browsers: I slowly started with my routine, opening the tabs on browsers (Firefox & Chrome), where I opened my LinkedIn too. Something though small but caught my eye. An update from my Network (Ketki Shah via NAVEEN THUKRAL) , “Everyday maynot be good, but there is something good in every day”. Ohh is it?? Yes, IT DEFINITELY IS!! Clicked my mind. Changed my perspective for the day. I started off with that. Yes, it defintely did good. Though slowly I started feeling good, to wait for that goodness to happen, as of now I knew it is to happen. That's how another person in a different place, in a different context can affect your mood, how God can use anyone to uplift you. (As I had mentioned in ma previous blog - http://dreamzbigenough.blogspot.in/2013/04/failure-is-simply-opportunity-to-begin.html ) How God can guide you though others, as we all are instruments in his hands.

God has given the spirit of goodness to all. It's all about how we find it and utilize it. Anne Frank (Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.) , during her camp days in her diary quoted, “I believe that, in spite of everything, people are really good at heart.” If someone who suffered great hardships like that must say so, then how should our attitude be? Her Dairy was published as Anne Frank-The Diary of a Young Girl. Such a Brave and Lovable lady she was. I dont remember when but during my school days, between some of the Book Festivals I used to attend I bought this book named, “Anne Frank-The Diary of a Young Girl”. I started reading but I in between I didnt find that too interesting and stopped there. Many of ma friends asked to continue, but I never felt for. But today, I feel that its calling me..to continue what I kept pending. Her saying as quoted above made me feel so small. I need to get to know that goodness'.

Yes, there is something good in everyday. Though that touching or calling might be different, still God shows that goodness everywhere, we just need to find it, fix it. The goodness I found today is something much greater than any precious things. It is 'the goodness of the heart'. Anne Frank inspired me today. Her words, that goodness.

Thanks for reading :)

Crab Mentality

Persistance of Crab Mentality still exists?! Yes.

From the start of the civilizations to the end of the world (till the II coming of Christ) people's nature will remain the same, except for the so called reformists/born-agains/spiritual enchanters/generalists. (God only knows human real internal instinct and internal motivations)!!

'Success Pro' people are becoming these days. No matter the effort/skill/experience/knowledge required, all want to grab success/fame/name at the earliest. Nature of "Crab Mentality" (If I can't neither should you) starts from here among few. Pateince is all lost. Patience is the say of the old. Today, now, this very moment things should happen. All by hook or crook. Values are been sort by a few. Everyone wants to be ahead of everyone. Everyone wants to reach their destination as quickly as possible. If people happen to fail in doing so may turn back as repulsive, sometimes may turn as violent and few reach till frustration. This happens becuase either we expect more from us OR we are expecting more from others or there are people out there expecting much greater productivity or performance from us. And when they do not turn according to our expectations we become upset. This can even create enemity or opponents in certain situations. Solution, drop the expectations or give some time things might change on its own, then you will be surprised where your anger and frustration vanished to.

I myself, feel sometimes frustrated. Sometimes between anger or sometimes nowhere. All becuase of mine expectations of others. All becuase of others expectations on me. All because of the actions of myself with the expectations of my soul. Always concidence occurs. Always expectations happens. Always somethings fall short. Always somethings great. Few moments when you feel that proud, and few moments you feel that lost. We are humans.

In this race many forget the path that they came from. The lessons taught. The help received. The people who guided them. Race is truely won if played well. Today people are looking to win for the moment, living just for the moment. In this process the are stamping on the lessons, the people who once guided them, just for the sudden fame, people are not bothered on anything else. Few cant stand to see others winning, let it be someone who stood for them, let it be someone with whom they cant compete, let it be someone who is ready to help them again and again.

People of these days.

Colleagues of today.

Friends of today.

Lovers of today.

Families of today.

Partners of today.

Ofcourse, there are exceptions. :)

Truth and Sincerity wins, though not fast or soon.

But later but valued,

But late but respected,

But lately but accepted.

Will remain forever.

I hope it is not that late these people identify where they stand and how they did things. I wish let their eyes be opened and understand their play. Let them start learning things and applying on their own rather than running after others and playing games with them.

This is dedicated to my friend, who was outwitted by her assistant after a whole lot of game plan. 

 

Happiness, Goals and Related Things

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein

Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Scientifically, it's a variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources. Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Spiritually speaking, as Sir.William Law once said, 'He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life'. I would say, here the Universal law of nature would apply; Perspective & Culture – its all individualistic in nature. Similarly, the state of happiness will also be intrepreted according to different contexts.

In the normal walk of life, we tend to look to people or material things to value success or measure happiness. Success may be associated to a level of social status, achievement of a goal or the opposite of failure. We forget; it should always be looked within ourself. Comparison must be made, but with our past experience, past performance or with the aim/goal we had set for ourself combined with the goal our superior or next in authority might have put across. All with care and proper self-respect. Self analysis and self - motivation is the best of all Reviews, which can lead you to self growth and development. This process sometimes may make you feel proud. Make you feel who you are, where you stand, where you can go, what you can really achieve. And yes, how smart you are!

But, I woould support to Sir.Carl Jung, 'Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity'. This thought can be kept in our mind in occasions when we find ourselves running below our performance, distance between our current status and our goal widens. Little by little we can focuz more and journey our way towards our goal.

In the course of our 'persuit of goal', sometimes unknowingly our focuz of goal will slightly shift to people around us, things that are connected to the goal or related to us. Unless we take control of those situations, we may get away from our persuit of that real happiness, the persuit of that goal. We may choose to keep specific intervals to review our goal and update our whole path. Another matter to be always kept in our minds is rhat difficulties keep increasing the nearer our path is towards the goal. This can be better understood if we turn back and think upon our lives-situations when we had thought to turn back from where we were heading to, maybe we withdrew. Alas, then we realize how close we were in reaching our destination, we should have followed, we should have kept trying. Right?. Yep.

In all our persuits for happiness, we need to focuz on our goal. Forget what others are saying. Forget what history has taught us. Forget what your past experience were (but taking lessons from all). Your door to happiness is open, but we need to pass through it.

Much of our individual self-esteem is really drawn from our perception, of how other people look upon us on our behaviour and the work we do. We tend to go after ur friends or counsellors opinion in checking whether you are going in right direction, your performance is well, are you been valued, etc. We are always doubtful on where we stand. Are we really happy? Were our decisions correct? This is wrong! You need to focuz on yourself. You need to understand yourself and your goals. Then act. With all faith, you may continue your persuit.

In the words of Dr. Timothy Sharp (Chief Happiness Officer);

If you're really happy you'll also know because...

• you'll have a clear sense of who you are, what you want to achieve and how you're going to achieve it

• you'll have energy and zest, enthusiasm and hope for life

• the future will look bright and you'll be grateful for the present

• you'll spend more of your time focusing on and utilising what you're best at (rather than dwelling on what you're not so good at)

• you'll enjoy spending time with others as they enjoy spending time with you

In short, we need to become strong in spirits. Means mentally. We need to direct ourselves in all our persuits, you can accept advices from your loved ones, but we need to make sure we are not following their persuits. We must keep reminding us, where we need to go, where our happiness lies. Happy Happiness :)

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again - Conti... of Transition

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently”-Henry Ford

Henry Ford [In College Days we used call him Henry Appachen(meaning grandfather) whose theories we had learn] was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers(how many industrialist are ready to pay high wages that too for workers?). Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently (that is one of the best decisions at-least to me).

Sir Henry Ford, quoted this from his own life (all quotes can be given credit from their own old experiences) but this is always admired and followed by all – all those who want to succeed in life!. We can understand from his own experience; After two unsuccessful attempts to establish a company to manufacture automobiles, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. It means that great Person never accepted failure, he kept on his energy running and built on invention. 'Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently', yes he did it with all intelligence, and still his vision is alive.

This was my update on LinkedIn (in.linkedin.com/pub/glenda-grace-john/8/a/322) for the day (Apr 23rd). I don't know why or what made me to add that as an inspiration for the day, but yes, I did it. Maybe someone out there, within my network might have required that (as there are days when someone's update from a different part of the world inspires from inside-out and chills me). There are days in our lives when we feel God is speaking to us, someone is motivating us, nature itself is helping us. To me, yes lots of instance when the nature intervened  God's care I felt; in moments when my spirit went down, my soul felt to wander, my mind went out of control; someone out there speaking to me, someone's message in my inbox (consoling but related to my situation), someone speaking to other but I am made to hear, etc. Etc. All ways, my God working for me. All the time, round the clock, throughout the year.

Hence, my actions should also be contributed in a likewise manner. I admit there are times when I may have had situations when I was kinda rude/authoritative but always there were real reasons behind that behaviour (But who cares those reasons of others/real causes Right?).

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. We are often taken backward instead of trying forward after a small glimpse of failure. Do not be afraid to fail because only through failure do we learn to succeed. We need to learn taking chances, making mistakes, facing risks. That’s how we are supposed to grow. Like a child's development, it is from stage to stage, that's how real growth, real development, real success happens. Pain nourishes our courage, fuels our thoughts and molds our attitude. We have to fail in order to practice being brave. Keep trying and trying. But, most importantly believing in self. Yes, Believing in Yourself, where the power lies!!

Let your Spirit Live...Let it be Free...Live your Live the Way you have Dreamed,..You had Imagined :)

All in a Different Perspective - A transition

For Me: Inspiration for 2013: Blessing and Encouraging Myself :)

“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” ~ Ralph W Sockman

Ralph Washington Sockman (October 1, 1889 – August 29, 1970) was the senior pastor of Christ Church (United Methodist) in New York City, United States and also termed as "the number one Protestant radio pastor of the U.S. ...rated by volume of fan mail"(1946). 

He might have referred to 'minority' and 'majority' based on religious or spiritual insights during the reforms were happening during his time. 

True. But, I strongly believe that Pr.Ralph might've given this statement so that the humanity can think upon his words even on the strangest situations too. Anyways I've got this inspiration hence, can be applied to our daily lives, especially during our times of decision making. 

People of these days are mostly cowards!! (including me on certain occasions as thinking back on few relative stand I'd taken I find myself a Coward). Most of us have the desire inside us, dream to achieve and go ahead in life, take life's decisions concerning the self, bring out the ideas in us, speak and do what our inner self says, support certain causes, etc. etc. etc. But, in reality how many of us are bold enough to come out and face these? How many of us are strong enough to be courageous when in Minority, when no one is standing with us? Very few, right? Even I have kept my mouth shut in many situations when I should have raised my voice!! 

TRANSITION

The CHalLeNgE:  

Faced with the prospect of change, most of us (students, teachers, professionals, entrepreneurs(Seriously few are so), retired, farmers alike) will feel both a sense of loss at the end of a stage in our life, and also feelings of trepidation, excitement and sometimes fear. All these combined emotions will act as drivers for our behaviour. When we are faced with an ‘out-of-my-comfort-zone’ experience, it is all too easy that our natural fight mechanisms take over.

Transition works mainly with individual change. But if people get to feeling like they can only make changes on their own at home, they will soon lose heart unless they are very deeply committed. Yes, we should be deeply committed to each task that we undertake, whether internal development or external commitments. 

I don't know why, but sometimes I feel that we all have to change, a transition is required of all by all. Don't you remember a situation when you felt, you shouldn't have said that, acted like that OR she/he should have been more helpful, he/she should have been more cooperative, their words should have been with more politeness? Yes, we all feel that. Means, there are lots of expectations revolving around us - internally and externally. Hence, every time we face challenges, we must think twice or even more and act/react. Even our decisions should be from our heart combined with the practical possibilities. 

In our deepest sacrifices or deepest hardships how many are around us?? Do you think all your so called dear and near ones come to your rescue/support you/guide you??  

In our happiest moments or celebrations how many will come and share their joy with us? Of course all?? I strongly oppose. In both he situations you will find few. Not able to accept? But, its true. If your happiest moment/celebration is all in accordance with the society norms, your religious customs,  your family virtues then, ONLY THEN people will come to share that joy and celebrate! If you find your happiness in taking bold steps, chasing your only dreams, how many will support you? Even your so called Best Friends(Always includes exceptions) would say' you have gone mad', you are doing foolishness, I cant support you! 

I still remember a conversation with one of my so-called Best Friend, we were just talking when she said in advance, 'Glenda don't call me if that happens, I cant stand for that'. I was shocked to hear that. Firstly I had not thought into what she had said, secondly I was not going to ask her for any help/support and thirdly I had many other such experiences with her, when her words changes during changing circumstances. But surprisingly, she was the one encouraging me to take it forward during the initial stages of that idea evolution. These types of Friends can be called Fun-loving friends as termed by one of my dear friend (http://peterabin.wordpress.com/). I would recommend Abin Peter as an upcoming Writer.

But the one I mentioned above, she was there with during my difficult situations, I am obliged to her, thats true. Except one part, we both are two extremes. We need them also in our lives. 

So, I believe in situations like above the quote mentioned at the start of this page counts valuable,  “The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.”

In situations when we form part of the majority. God!! Our tolerance level gets tested, sometimes like being in furnace. But, to explain that I'm not much interested you know ;) 

I believe in Minority; as thats the place where things happen, where risk is, where more profit lies, where you are the boss, you enjoy the success though late.

Hence, I'm in for this Transition. This year, my pledge is to go against all odds! To acheive what I was been called for! To give wings to my dreams in life! To fly away! To be what I wanted to be, I want to be.

I Trust the One Above, My God in Him I trust. I have Him with me, I will fly! He is my Sheperd, He will uplift me and guide me to the place I must travel, where He had already drafted. As without, Him I am nothing and with Him I am Eveything!

Anyways, keep posting your comments so that I can improve on my philosophies, and share more insights!!