Be Coffee, don't just make it

A daughter complained to her dad that her life is miserable….. that she didn’t know how she was going to make it!

Daughter (D): I am tired.

One problem was solved. And one soon followed……

Her dad (A chef) took her to the kitchen.

Papa (P): Come with me.

He boiled 3 pots of water and then put in

ü    Potatoes

ü    Eggs

ü    Ground Coffee Beans

P: Let them sit and boil.

Without talking to her in the meantime.

The daughter waited impatiently and wondered what he was doing.

After 20 minutes, her dad took the potatoes, eggs and coffee out and show them to her.

P: My dear, what did you see?

D: Potatoes, eggs and coffee.

P: Look closer and touch the potatoes!

She did and noticed that it was SOFT.

Her dad then asked her to break an egg and she discovered that it was HARD BOILED.

And finally she drank the coffee which had STRONG AROMA.

D: What does this mean?

Dad then explained that they all faced the same adversity in the boiling water :

Potatoes (hard strong) + Adversity = Soft Weak.

Egg: thin shell (fragile) + Adversity = Hard Inside (Stronger Self)

Coffee (Unique) + Adversity = Changed the Water and make something new!

LIFE IS ABOUT LEARNING, ADOPTING AND CONVERTING ALL THE STRUGGLES INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE

It is OK to fail! Most important is, how you react and make the most out of it. It’s all about attitude!

What adversity hits, which one is you?Potatoes?

Eggs?

Coffee?

Struggle to achieve your goal

Summer Will End Soon Enough

To everyone, there is a season and mine is Winter. I like duvets, cardigans, not shaving my legs, shoes with socks – on me and others – thick jeans, hot coffee, a blanket on the sofa watching my favourite show on the TV, no worries for ACs being off due to frequent power cuts, and in the relaxed mood, again having something hot to eat.

Summer is for those who like salads, greenery, sleeping with AC on all night instead of cocooned in thick blankets and covered with thermals, sleeveless dresses, pedicure and strappy sandals, iced tea………… Actually the list can be very long as it can have all that which I hate to do.

In spite of the sun finally doing its job, in spite of me getting to exercise, or let’s say only walk, a bit more, in spite of a more relaxed schedule, in spite of the fact that you don’t have to struggle through all your nerves to wake up in the morning, unlike winters; Still summers ends me with feeling like I’ve been injected with the massive dose of BLAH. Even if I wear the lightest cloths I have, still I feel so heavy and weary.

What makes summer even bad for me is because of all these added reasons which you just cannot forget while being in India; Too Many Weddings, Uncontrollable Sweating, Sunscreen, People Who Stink, Trash, Lack of Air Conditioning, Power Cuts etc etc etc….. I really wish it to stay for the shortest possible time and also takes away, with it, all the humid, sweaty and stinking emotions. And I am positive of the fact that summers, just like spring, is not here to stay forever. It will end soon and so will my craziness and hatred for the season.

Friends never get old, nor does friendship

Last Week was a crazy one for me in all respects. Had a lot of pending tasks on my table and then some unplanned, unexpected meetings and some very pleasant chats were in store for me as well. The week was full of mixed emotions and crazy surroundings.

Due to excitement, still alive within me, I am unable to give this blog of mine a start which would probably reflect what I want to share. But still let me try and start in this way. Some of my friends call me often, some drop me a message, with some I chat of and on, with some I meet occasionally, many just call me on my birthday to give wishes. These all gestures look probably small but for me they are worth enough to be grateful to God for giving me so wonderful friends. It always keeps me excited and feel great about. With this let me share with you all, that last week, I met my old school friend after a long time, can say more than a decade and a half.

School times give us best friends of our life, as friendship is not conditional, does not depend on selfish motive. Meeting them again after being lost for a long time in altogether different and difficult world, is like meeting our roots, our innocence, a real you, which one forget often while struggling had with life.

And then all of a sudden you instantly plan to catch up with someone belonging to you, brings along a bundle of joy and memories worth remembering. An amazing part of our meeting was that the moment we saw each other, that was on a road side, we started moving, rather running, towards each other and hugged right there. We chatted for long and got connected instantly as there was not any time gap at all. Our conversation bought back all those school memories back which I will always cherish. I believe these incidences and memories boosts me and give me one of the reasons to smile and live. Nostalgic is the word, but the feeling I got just can’t be expressed in words, and can say that we had so much to catch up on!

And hence this day also added to the book of my memories. Thank you dost for bringing me this feeling of joy, contentment and reconnecting to my good old days. You are the one who inspire me write and smile today. Thank you once again.