When I was kid, I heard the word "Goal”, To hear and shout this word, I used to feel happy. It meant we have scored against the other team, while playing football. Every football player and fan is well versed at this word. When you enter into so called "corporate world", you once again hear this word. The word "Goal" is like "Sword", which has the ability to dismiss the person based on the performance. There are companies where the Goal is written on the walls. In every assessment that the organization undergoes, a group of so called Wiseman(Auditors) test the employees weather they know how these are cascaded in there department & into individual.
Many people does not understand what this “ Goals are & its importance ”. I feel sucked when I hear this word Goal. My class teacher, in Seventh standard - used to utter every week "Life without Aim, is like Bow without Arrow ". I still remember the teacher and her words, its humming in my ears. During my childhood days I could not understand what that meant to me. I used to think, then why you need bow and arrow? When you don’t want to aim and kill any animal.
When I was in Tenth Standard our drawing teacher at the end of the academic year wanted to know what we wish to be in future. You may agree that every boy Or girl from south India wish to become either doctor or engineer. But nobody wish to become Criminal or Police or even Teacher.
I said I am interested in Engineering, but didn’t knew is it Diploma Engineer or Graduate Engineer! what and which stream, which colleges etc. But many of my classmates said Engineers, Doctors, bankers, Accountants, and so on. When I reconnect my bench mates of school, I feel happy that 2 are doctors 3 are engineers and 1 Tax consultant. But the fact of the matter is no body are in touch neither through virtual means.
Many a times, I get screwed up when some do ask me what is your future Goal ! I get irritated by this word. When we don’t know our present ? what difference it makes on Future ??. Whole day & night hear, propagate and use all the known Management Jargons on Goal and end of the day at home I once again hear this ! Irritation word Goal !
My thought
What brings back to my mind is - is Goal necessary ? Without Goal cant we live happily ? How Goal makes a difference ?.
When I closely observe a number of people, working hard in life just to get their daily bread - Why should this hell goals is required ?
Is Goal - to become rich ? or to make lot of money and lead a life without peace ?
Ultimately Goal only brings stress and disturb the peace of mind
Bottom-line
I agree, and I have read many self help books, audios on Goals and Goal Setting.
But ultimately one has to leave this world and go in a simple clothes. The clothes on the final day does not have pockets to keep all the accolades & achievements !
So what ?
Goal is required ?
Why not a simple living having peaceful life be a goal ! that could relate humanity with happiness !! So What ??
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Are we Baised ?
When I go to the observatory level and have a cup of coffee, my favourite drink from my childhood, I just watch the construction of a commercial complex that’s coming up just next to my office. The work is happening in full swing. Construction is play of how much money you could spend. More money power, faster construction. As I sip my coffee, many thoughts come across my mind.
The first thought that come across is that of construction worker safety. The worker climbs up, pulls the iron bars, walk, run with bare foot, handles concrete with bare hands.
Is the life is so cheap of these? Is there value for their life & family.
I visited the middle east country as a part of safety implementation. I could observe the commitment of the government and client. Safety was integral part ! Although the worker is from India, at least far off from the country, at least they get safety gears. Those companies are Indian but they abide with law and at least provide the safety gears.
So why not in our own country, lift them up by providing at least minimum personal protective equipments.
The second thought was
construction labour family. I can observe 2 girl child always following their parents as they work. There is no separate crush for these, no timely meals but I can observe the happiness of both children’s and parents. Some times these small kids imitate their parents, by lifiting bricks and keeping those on their heads. Really heart touching sorry feeling for these kids.
The sudden thought which arise is are we biased? Many of the gen next parents, do not allow their own kids to play down or put them down on the floor and make them play. They are so protective, that they ensure that kids wear clothes to ensure that they don’t get cold. What about these kids?
Bottom line
Many of us are fortunate, we earn and spend. We give more than required comfort to our children’s. But still we are unsatisfied and unhappy most of the time. We keep grumbling and making comments. We compare for each and everything, we plan to buy everything, even though it is not required !
Off course, God is great, he keeps the children’s of these hardworking, struggling parents with a blessing of Good Health !
So What ??
The first thought that come across is that of construction worker safety. The worker climbs up, pulls the iron bars, walk, run with bare foot, handles concrete with bare hands.
Is the life is so cheap of these? Is there value for their life & family.
I visited the middle east country as a part of safety implementation. I could observe the commitment of the government and client. Safety was integral part ! Although the worker is from India, at least far off from the country, at least they get safety gears. Those companies are Indian but they abide with law and at least provide the safety gears.
So why not in our own country, lift them up by providing at least minimum personal protective equipments.
The second thought was
construction labour family. I can observe 2 girl child always following their parents as they work. There is no separate crush for these, no timely meals but I can observe the happiness of both children’s and parents. Some times these small kids imitate their parents, by lifiting bricks and keeping those on their heads. Really heart touching sorry feeling for these kids.
The sudden thought which arise is are we biased? Many of the gen next parents, do not allow their own kids to play down or put them down on the floor and make them play. They are so protective, that they ensure that kids wear clothes to ensure that they don’t get cold. What about these kids?
Bottom line
Many of us are fortunate, we earn and spend. We give more than required comfort to our children’s. But still we are unsatisfied and unhappy most of the time. We keep grumbling and making comments. We compare for each and everything, we plan to buy everything, even though it is not required !
Off course, God is great, he keeps the children’s of these hardworking, struggling parents with a blessing of Good Health !
So What ??
Gods Unconditional Love
As I switched on the TV on 26th Jan 2012 at 8:30am after the flag hoisting in our layout, the electronic media was reporting breaking news. The breaking news was really a heart breaking news. A small child of 2 years old undergone an inhuman, brutal handling. The electronic media reported the critical condition that baby is going through ! Every electronic media was prorogating this news on this child has been undergoing. Really sad to hear. Anyone with heart or even any animal will not torture the child like this. Baby doent know what is love, is having its head smashed against wall, Human bites across the body and fractures ! Imagine the trauma the kid may be going through, cant express ! What are we into ? Does we have any values inherited ?
It was an habit, that every morning I used to attend the service at the church during my childhood & teenage days. The reasons might be my house was close proximate to church and other might be the immense faith in God by Parents & Grand Parents. Every day there was clear message delivered by the priest / pastor. As a child, I could not understand much and moreover neither I tried to understand since this was routine. When I was a teenager, I used to argue against many of the things based on the presumptions and the behavior of the elders with whom I used to sit , chat and play.
I can recollect an message from the old testament I heard many a times during the preaching’s & in word of God, the Lord says “ If your real mother forsake you, I will not”. During my adolance stage and teenage, I really doubted on the above sentence. I would categorically argue how come , our own mother forsaking her own child. Is it really possible ? Will not the child cry and mothers heart gets melted down and shower her love ? These questions in my mind got unanswered and I didn’t try much to understand. In most of the movies I used to watch, it was family story and in the story the mothers would love the child like anything ! that was my impression.
I make it to watch Aradana TV from 9:30 to 10:00pm , although there whole day telecast on it,. Actually 8 to 8:30pm was the prayer time with my parents. It brings memories of family prayer – dad sitting and praying in the bed room, and we rest brothers and mummy sit in front of the alter and do our prayer.
As the program continued Dr. Paul Dinakaran said to the gathering taking a quote from the old testament “ If your real mother forsake you, Lord will not”. And shared the part of his testimony, where in a women aborted her child. He made the picture clear – A child in the mother’s womb – still not seen the world is murdered.
Suddenly few of these thoughts came to my mind – What if God did the same ? God start killing the children’s – Then what would be the reaction of mothers ?
I deep in my heart I could feel “ Yes – There is unconditional love & Care showered by God “ maybe we could not understand. I can recollect an incident where in mummy along with the neighbors ran to watch a baby girl, left in the footsteps of the school nearby. A huge gathering and gossips about the poor baby. A poor family went, picked the baby and wrapped it in clothes before anyone could reach. The sad thing is that “Influential” from the nearby locality filed a complaint stating the back ground and took the baby with them so that they can up bring with good social environment. The point of matter is a baby girl was blessed with “care & Love” where her own mother forsaked.
We have mothers keeping the child so young as 3 months old in a crush, where in someone takes care ! Does the care taker provide the same love and affection as of the mother to the kid ? is it not forsaking the baby ??
We have become more selfish, we want to earn – so what ??
Bottom-line
Whatever may be Gods love is unconditional, and blessed are those children who could actually feel the parents love and care.
However are we return the same love and sacrifice our parents made to us, when they are old ? is the point to reflect and act upon !
Disclosure: There is nothing to harm or hurt anyone sentiments .
It was an habit, that every morning I used to attend the service at the church during my childhood & teenage days. The reasons might be my house was close proximate to church and other might be the immense faith in God by Parents & Grand Parents. Every day there was clear message delivered by the priest / pastor. As a child, I could not understand much and moreover neither I tried to understand since this was routine. When I was a teenager, I used to argue against many of the things based on the presumptions and the behavior of the elders with whom I used to sit , chat and play.
I can recollect an message from the old testament I heard many a times during the preaching’s & in word of God, the Lord says “ If your real mother forsake you, I will not”. During my adolance stage and teenage, I really doubted on the above sentence. I would categorically argue how come , our own mother forsaking her own child. Is it really possible ? Will not the child cry and mothers heart gets melted down and shower her love ? These questions in my mind got unanswered and I didn’t try much to understand. In most of the movies I used to watch, it was family story and in the story the mothers would love the child like anything ! that was my impression.
I make it to watch Aradana TV from 9:30 to 10:00pm , although there whole day telecast on it,. Actually 8 to 8:30pm was the prayer time with my parents. It brings memories of family prayer – dad sitting and praying in the bed room, and we rest brothers and mummy sit in front of the alter and do our prayer.
As the program continued Dr. Paul Dinakaran said to the gathering taking a quote from the old testament “ If your real mother forsake you, Lord will not”. And shared the part of his testimony, where in a women aborted her child. He made the picture clear – A child in the mother’s womb – still not seen the world is murdered.
Suddenly few of these thoughts came to my mind – What if God did the same ? God start killing the children’s – Then what would be the reaction of mothers ?
I deep in my heart I could feel “ Yes – There is unconditional love & Care showered by God “ maybe we could not understand. I can recollect an incident where in mummy along with the neighbors ran to watch a baby girl, left in the footsteps of the school nearby. A huge gathering and gossips about the poor baby. A poor family went, picked the baby and wrapped it in clothes before anyone could reach. The sad thing is that “Influential” from the nearby locality filed a complaint stating the back ground and took the baby with them so that they can up bring with good social environment. The point of matter is a baby girl was blessed with “care & Love” where her own mother forsaked.
We have mothers keeping the child so young as 3 months old in a crush, where in someone takes care ! Does the care taker provide the same love and affection as of the mother to the kid ? is it not forsaking the baby ??
We have become more selfish, we want to earn – so what ??
Bottom-line
Whatever may be Gods love is unconditional, and blessed are those children who could actually feel the parents love and care.
However are we return the same love and sacrifice our parents made to us, when they are old ? is the point to reflect and act upon !
Disclosure: There is nothing to harm or hurt anyone sentiments .
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