L's wisdom in lame words ;)

H: Mere mann mein bahut ashanthi hai....
L: Ashanthi kyoon, prashanthi kar le..
H: Lokesh please..... seriously yaar....I just don't like this cat on the wall business....It should be either here or there for me....
L: Let the cat go out and play in the garden.
H: Ok, I have understood, Patience is all the strength that man needs....
L: Even Batman?????

In his mazaak mazaak, I got all the answers required.....

Our first response when have an issue is that we  focus a lot on the negative side of things. As a result we only create more and more ashanthi for ourselves. If for once, we contemplate on the positive, its all Prashanthi then :) Sometimes we absolutely fail to understand the power of our thoughts while in a situation. Imagine a jar of pringles/candy kept beside a jar of peanuts/almonds.....what do we opt for in times of stress....obviously the chips & the chocolates and definitely not the almonds. Well well well so thats our answer......we have trained our minds and body soooo well, that in times of stress and problem junk and unhealthy is the answer, and same holds true for minds, problem hai toh bura hi socho, acha toh ho hi nahi sakta....but what's the effect of this candy bars on our body.....we feel better for not more than 30 minutes but get more stressed soon after and crave more of the candies....Negative thoughts are just that - Candies & Pringles, momentarily they might bring some ease by thinking about the worst case scenario, but it fails to bring any long term ease. Positive thinking on the other hand is like the peanuts and almonds, gives the body & mind the nutrition and strength to deal with the situation at hand effectively. So, it might be difficult to reach out for the almonds & peanuts in times of trouble, but if practised we can lead ourselves from Ashanthi to Prashanthi just by virtue of our thoughts. :)

Next, when he said about letting the cat out.....how true.....!
If I have an emotional problem today, I will think about nothing else but the problem....think think think!!! And then worry worry worry! I don't appreciate the sun, not grateful to God for the gift of family and friends and Life, nothing at all....I only worry about that problem till it blows out of proportion and I reach to a stage where one more thought about it can possible blow me!!!! Instead why don't I just let the cat out. Why don't I just pause a moment and quit worrying about the issue. It's definitely not so serious....instead if I concentrate on other things or work....I will grow and not blow.... ok now that's lame! ;)
His tip was simple - Stop Thinking! And though it is veryyyyy difficult, just imagine yourself actually letting out a struggling cat who runs into a beautiful sunny garden, rolling into the grass and chasing butterflies....even though I hate cats this vision actually made me smile and feel peace sprout within. Shutting the mind is not so difficult after all.....We have heard the saying "The soul knows how to heal itself, the challenge is to silence the mind." :)

And yes Patience is a virtue stronger than all body's might...and Batman does need it! It's a bad day perhaps but never a bad life! :) 

That's Man

No matter how blessed, man can always find something to grumble about.
Sad but true. 

Satirically, Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl, unlike other TV shows, does teach a lot of things; YES, it can teach......Few being -

1) You can throw a lavish party even within 3 hours notice, along with a theme, and expect scores to turn up complying exactly by the theme. 

2) FASHION is RELIGION. 

3) Life is boring if Gossip Girl doesn't send out a post for more than 3 hours. 

4) It's easier to trust an unknown lady with great spying skills than your own childhood best friend.

5) A few thousand dollars here and there don't really matter. 

6) It is possible to go from lonely to The One, if you are on Gossip Girl's radar. 

7) Yes, you can sleep peacefully every night, even though the entire city knows your pranks. 

8) It is possible to wake up like a Diva, with hair and make up done, every single day. 

9) "I am 18, I feature in Gossip Girl, no I don't need to study. High School is my highest qualification." - any GG cast.

10) "My mom is my enemy." - most GG girl stars.

11) A series based on teenagers now no longer means more of classroom shots, quite the contrary, it shows them everywhere else like staircase, clubs, fancy restaurants & huge mansions, barely in classes.

12) You can do sin and hide from God, but not from the eyes of Gossip Girl.  

Though the above is obvious satire, there is some thing I really learnt - 

SAY YES ALWAYS! Be it for a party that Dan hates, or a vacation that Serena does not have on the cards, an illegal affair that Nate is afraid to reveal, living on a yacht & biking for the not so adventurous Chuck Bass or marrying a guy, Blair is not in love with.....Whatever it is, their best and most unexpected moments of life come when they agree to get out of their comfort zone and say yes at every opportunity, whether to their liking or not. 

XoXo.....

Hail Aamir!

Highlights of Satyameva Jayate - Organic Food and Farming

1) Pesticides are not medicine or growth formula that doubles the quantity of the crop, it is POISON.

2) Fruits and Vegetables that are fresh are not necessarily nutritionally high. They need to be free of chemicals to be able to retain their nutritional value.

3) Research on a segment of lactating mothers showed that the chemicals that she has consumed over the years are transferred to the child in the form of breast milk and the chemical endosulfan is almost 400%-800% higher than usual in it.

4) Endosulfan Horror - An area in Kerala was sprayed with the this chemical from helicopter the result of which is deformities in children, miscarriages (10 times higher than usual), death at birth and other chronic ailments. Over 5000 people in the region and a large number of cattle and animals have been affected.

5) Farmers do not eat what they grow for commercial purpose. Almost every farmer is aware of the ill-effects of chemicals and pesticides and does not grow the crop with the same means for their family.

6) Unknowingly, we take in almost 400 times higher the amount of chemicals that can be considered normal.

7) Folic Acid that leads to the development of brain in fetus, cannot function because of the chemicals. Hence, babies in Rajasthan have been born with unthinkable deformities and without a brain itself.

8) Chemicals ARE CARCINOGENIC.

9) Green Revolution brought about more harm than bad. Not adapting Green Revolution would have probably led to slightly lesser growth but people would have been much more healthier now.

10) The root problem is not the pests. The micro-nutrients found in the soil are naturally blessed to fight the few pests. Spraying of pesticides not only kills the micro-nutrients but also makes the crop potentially dangerous to consume. Micro-nutrients in soil are far lesser harmful than the chemicals.

11) If the issue is to kill the pests, that can be easily done by various other simpler methods, like sticky paper, cloth trap etc. These are safe, effective and yet cost nothing more than Rs. 15 each.

12) Pesticides and other chemicals involve huge costs to farmers and in turn lead to suicides due to loan traps.

13) If subsidies are given for chemical farming, that will grow, but if the same subsidies are given for organic farming, not only will more farmers adapt it, the cost of produce will also reduce.

14) The more the consumers opt for organic, that much more higher will the produce be. The farmers will be forced to meet the demands.

15) Its a myth that Organic methods lead to lesser growth of crops.

16) Washing, soaking and peeling a vegetable are very basic and temporary solutions. Unfortunately, the chemicals have been deep-rooted and are present in the entire vegetable. Only going ORGANIC is the permanent solution.

17) Interaction with local producers in Farmers Market will not only encourage the peasants to opt for organic methods, but will also give them a thorough understanding of what is liked and and needed by the consumers.

18) Sikkim has evolved itself as THE ORGANIC STATE, other regions should emulate the same system.

19) Consumers job - opt for Organic

20) Hail Aamir Khan and Satyameva Jayate!

Random

I discover from my experiences so far, that the best word to describe life is RANDOM!

And on the lighter side, the image below -

And Life Happens

Just go out, do your best and be simple & straight. Speak what you think and do what you feel. You need not play games and be political at all times. Do your honest work, sleep with a clear conscience and know that you will be justly rewarded.  Trust that what you deserve is what you will get and understand that we will never be made to go through an experience without learning anything from it. Believe in yourself because if you don't, then who will.

-Inspired by the eternal source Himself.....

Cake Quotes

1) Happiness is not the absence of Cake, but rather the judgement, that something else is more important than cake.

2) You must create the Cake you wish to see in the shelves. (The base to all weird flavours we see)

3) Have a problem, Cake it. (Unfortunately, at some point even Google doesn't have all the answers.)

4) Cake - Eat like you don't get fat and love it like you have never tasted a bad one.

5) Better to eat (Cake) for yourself and have no friends, than to have friends and no cake.

6) I am patient with bad Cake, not the baker.

7) When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for him to eat cake. (All humour of life returns.)

8) The trouble with the Cake race is that....... Oooppss sorry there can never be any trouble with Cake or those who eat it.

9) The cure for all problems is Cake, there is no cure for Cake-eating.