Power of Networks

So, it was a regular Friday morning. My brother was updating me on some of his job search status. He had a good interview and was hoping to land the offer. We used a networking site to see the profiles of the interviewers. I couldn't resist the temptation of seeing how I was connected to his interviewers. Moving smoothly across networking sites, I figured that my friend's brother was actually his interviewer! Hmm..the power of networking. On another hand, it is bloody darn scary that all your relationships are lying open across various networking sites..Not just the ones that you are in right now, but also the ones you wish you never had! Wonder if there is a backspace/undo for these links?

Financial Crisis?

Isn't this something that you are reading every day in blogs, newspapers, watching newscasts that constantly remind you of the dire situation we are in?
If you have enough time to retire (which might soon become a myth and then a legend!), I would just say, lets ride! My Macroeconomics professor always said, once you go through some really rough economic times, you emerge out (if you ever do) much more wiser and smarter. So, hang in there, as the French say "It is after all money!".

Planning Life

Sometimes, I plan so much of my life that I forget to live..

Fun!

Inspired by one of the posts in: Rik Sengupta's Blog, I am coining a mantra:
'Do Something fun, once a day'
Let me know how it goes in about a week's time :)

Experiences

As days go by, as I get older, I am trying to stay young. Recently I discovered a missing factor in my life. Tongue tying feelings, breath taking experiences..just those simple emotions that cannot be expressed in words whatsoever. One has to live through these moments in time to know just exactly what those emotions are. And, it is those emotions that act as an inspiration to write, to tell the world in more than one way what living 'that' life is, doing 'that' thing is..
So, is this all an element of youthful optimism, of the belief in utopia. As we get older, do these images just vanish leaving us behind to deal with reality. Reality that isn't half as inspiring, reality, that isn't half as romantic and reality that is simple, plain, sometimes uplifting, sometimes disappointing. This reality doesn't let one try crazy new ideas, live in strange worlds with stranger tongues and tastes. This reality does indeed tie one to a land that has nothing to hold on to. This reality provides one glue: security. Sure, security helps making better decisions, clears mind for moving on with life. But for just this security, are we just losing the youthful spirit in us?..

Idle Mind..

To me, if I don't talk much, it means I am not thinking much, I am not observing much, the world isn't speaking in its strange cryptic way to me or may be I am too preoccupied with mindless thoughts that I don't stop and listen to what the world around me has to say.
It has been that way for the past few months. I haven't been inspired enough. I haven't started new projects. I haven't found anything that piqued my interest enough to write about it. That being said, when I look at the problem inside out, it seems as though I have been too selfish and self consumed.
Well, today I have decided to get to the bottom of this problem. I am beginning to wonder if I am leading somebody else's life..may be that is why my true identity has nothing to say, coz it doesn't exist in my being anymore! Well, that is a darn scary thought and hurriedly I wish that it isn't true.
If it weren't this reality, which reality would I be happy living in? Again, I am drawing a blank.
May be my senses are just wide shut

Compromise..Sacrifice..Selflessness?

So, what exactly is compromise? Is it sacrifice? Does it have any value? What good is it if it leaves one feeling not-so-happy and the other not even realizing the sacrifice being made for them?
Should we always go for what we want in life? When does aggressiveness and ambition become selfish goals? What is a selfless goal? World peace? But again, peace has to begin from within right? Even spiritual goals have a tinge of selfishness. Why does the mere Jeevathma seek to attain Paramathma? Simple, to be relieved from this birth-death-rebirth cycle and attain moksha/mukthi.