Keep moving....

I just read a book written by Dr.Johnson Spencer titled 'Who moved my cheese'.

A very small but nice book.

The logic of the book is very very simple.

It seems so simple that I was flabbergasted at first. The book essentially emphasizes on constantly being on the move. It says that whenever circumstances change, people should adapt to them, understand them and start excelling under those circumstances.

When you reach a wall, it tells you to retrace your steps and start again, and if you come across another wall, start again, and again, and again, and keep doing this all the time.

A very very simple thing to do.

It also reminds me of a movie called "Forest Gump" in which Tom Hanks plays the protagonist. In a scene towards the end of the movie, the protagonist says he ran and ran and ran till he reached an end. What did he do after that? He turned around and started running again.

Point being that one should always keep moving. It is more important to keep running rather than reach a particular destination and become stagnant there.

This book is a must read. Simple logic, so simple that it is hard to believe.

-Aditya R Venkatesan

Loneliness

This thought has troubled me for a long time.

It occurs to me that I am alone.

A feeling of loneliness encompasses my senses whenever I stand in a crowd.

I cant understand what the hundreds of people passing by are thinking.

I can only listen to my thoughts.

When I hurt a person I feel helpless as I cannot feel what that person has gone through.

Whatever I feel in this world cannot be shared with anyone.

That experience is only for me to understand.

I am unable to even understand what people closest to me think all the time.

I feel alone, When I die my conscience will go with me.

My life is one in billions.

This thought scares me to no end.

 It also helps tone down the zest for things material.

 It also helps rake up the fire for helping others.

 But this feeling is cold.

 It resembles a rock in my heart.

 Sometimes fades into the background in the landscape of life.

 But sometimes I stumble upon it.

 And it is moments like these that the enormity of the loneliness of my soul hits me.

 -Aditya R Venkatesan

Wind in the face....

Wind in the face....

Whenever I travel by a nice fast train, sitting at the window seat I feel the wind. It is reassuring. It feels good. It makes me feel I am moving ahead. Leaving all my sadness behind. Rushing towards happiness. My troubles seem like stations which I see for moments and cross and lunge ahead.

This wind blowing in my face is one of the happiest moments in my life. Sadness left behind, success waiting ahead and troubles passing me by.

Wind in the face...

-Aditya R Venkatesan