Live life to it's fullest.: The Pale Blue Dot.

Live life to it's fullest.: The Pale Blue Dot.: Look at this pic carefully and guess what is that  tiny looking pale blue dot ? What is this picture about ?  No guess, well let me g...

The Pale Blue Dot.

Look at this pic carefully and guess what is that  tiny looking pale blue dot ?

What is this picture about ? 
No guess, well let me give you some hint,
all your memories, your failures, successes,anger, your heartbreaks, your first love, your laughs,all your knowledge about 
human civilization and other things ,infact  all your ( and our ) life reside only in this tiny blue dot.

Still not getting it, well this our home ,this is the earth, the planet where we live.




In 1977  a spacecraft build by NASA (called Voyager one) was launched in space, it was on a mission and during return of this spacecraft , an astronomer named 'Carl Sagan'  asked the mission control room  to turn on one of the cameras to take a picture of earth from 6 billion kilometers from earth and then we get this picture.To know more about this you can click the link below          

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot

                                     Now take a deep breath and close your eyes and imagine 'how big the world can be' . Can you Imagine , surely it is bigger than your imagination,   and this is how the world looks from space. There are millions of galaxies ( or even more ) in this universe ,in every galaxies there are millions of stars and planetary systems, and in one of those galaxies there is a star (The Sun ) around that star revolving some planets ,in one of those planets there are continents, ,those continents have countries,countries have states ,states have districts  also those districts have areas , and in one of those areas we  live.

                                                                                 If our world looks that tiny , then what are you (we all) to this universe 

        Do your problems,your fears, your success, your frustrations ,your complains,your rejections   even matter to this universe?
          At the end of the day you are toooooooo  tiny to this universe.

 You have got 70 or 80 years (on average)  to live on this earth. Out of which you probably already live some years and last 10 or 15 years you will not be physically that much fit to to try new things,
So you get few years or few moments to  live the life you want.

So why to have anger, greed, ego  when these has no meaning at all,   sometimes for temporary basis they may be  O.K (as we are emotional creature ) but never in the long run.

So, take control of your life , kick out that fear which holds you back , destroy your ego and be humble ( irrespective of what other's think)  ,have adventures, explore your life as much as you can.

Enjoy your time before you leave this earth
           '  Ultimately it's your life , what matters most is your joy ,your satisfaction.  '

      

    So look at the sky and always remember the     ' PALE BLUE DOT '.

It"s OK to fail.

One may think ,why i am suddenly interested about failing ,well no one likes to fail (i am too).
Of course we feel  low when we  fail , but wait a minute and think does not all the succesful  people you know failed in their life   ( not once but may be several times).


Then why we become soo worried and behave as if we have commit some crime (as if our life is gone) ,and take wrong decisions .

On the other hand it is also true that in India , no school ,college,university teaches us
how to handle failure and go ahead in life.
Probably that is why , India is one of those countries where number of youth committing  suicide per year is enormous.
Students commiting suicide at educational Institutions is very common in our country
Just think about it, a teenager , ends his/her  life just because he fails , does not know  life is bigger than his /her problems.

Why can"t we take failure as normal part of our life and learn from it.
If the greatest people on earth can fail ,why not we.

In a way  if you think, failing is a sign that we are trying to learn (or to know) something .
If you never wish to learn you will never fail.
Yeah ,i know some people will say after putting so much hard work if we fail ,it is difficult to accept,
but then who said you have achieved nothing , think carefully during the process you have learned so much things , and next time you are going to do this,  you know what not to do.

          And there are people  who has worked much harder than you ,still fail  but unlike many of us they try once more and win, for example take the case of Jack Ma, you can read his full story here
 https://www.shoutmeloud.com/jack-ma-alibaba-founder.html
and many people are there like him.

So next time if you fail , think you are trying seriously, just need to push yourself  littlebit harder
and learn from your mistake. Always remember steve jobs connect your dot speech. May be your mistake is a dot which you can only connect after few years.

              Don't have a fixed Mindset ,have a growth mindset.

We all are on the same page when we born, as we grow  up what makes us different is our attitude towards life,  people who are mature enough to handle failure in the right way are the succesful one in this  school of life.
                 

Are you replacing Love with Technology ?

Have you ever think (or read ) how homosapiens (us )  come to this world and struggled for their existence. Wherever  and whatever we are today because of our ancestors.

If they didn't fight for their existence ,we would not be here today. So how they managed to fight against the all odd conditions then,   one can read few books of  for the detailed answer, but in short (to me)  they win ahainst all odd conditions because they were united.
  The somehow knew ,if they want to exist they have to connect with each other ,understand each other ,which they had done successfully.

Then as we all know comes the era when, to make human life easy and  smoother  science give us gadgets ,which changes everything ,we proved again we are the most creative and intelligent creature.
And we are now in the era when we can connect in seconds with anyone in the world through social networking sites. Everything looks really great  but wait are we missing something ,which our ancestors showed us?

Are we really connecting with one another or trying to replace conversations with connections.
Today when you look at your surroundings, the picture is really alarming . Most people are not at all interested in knowing each other but busy in their gadgets , more ridiculously sometimes in spite of being with each other they are busy in texting  someone else or each other.
In spite of having thousand friends in facebook or followers on twitter or instagram we feel very lonely. I feel somehow ,we are forgetting, the value of relationships in a human life is much more worth than our expensive gadgets.
AND the technology is evolving so quickly that most of us are barely aware of how our behavior is changing.
Just like nuclear power ,gadgets can make us very productive and smart  or it can destroy us (by destroying the connectivity among us) .

So it's high time we prioritize things in our life, and good news is people becoming aware of these things. Some of the recent articles on 'IS FACEBOOK MAKING US LONELY' ,  and one by a MIT  Prof.  'THE FLIGHT FROM CONVERSATION' are getting great response and more and more people should read these.

So believe me our ancestors were not fool (otherwise we would not been here), they showed us ,for the betterment of humanity we must unite and know each other.
Technology is great in it's own place ,we can't imagine our life without it,   but it cannot be a replacement of LOVE. Still not convinsed,  please  watch the below video

I am posting the following links ,please read if you are intersted and share your thoughts on this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/

And last but not the least  never forget the quote by the man of this century -

How Important are people around you ?

  Everyone in their childhood must have heard this lines from their parents (specially in India) ,      
'Don't get too close to him/ her, he will ruin you' and most of the time we did not paid attention to this.

Well, their words might irriatate us then but they are not completely wrong. This I can say now with confidence because it is now a proven fact in  Science.

Have you ever think   ' why  do you think, the way you think'. And If you think  it is because of your character,
then what shapes your character ?
Anyone  knows that ,if he/she were born in other country or other place , he/she would have been different.  So what determines our character, well lot of things but one of the major thing is the environment,where we reside. And what makes the environment , people with whom we are associated. So the key point is   your character does not only depend on you but the people with whom you are closely associated.

Jim Rohn (an American Author,enterpreneaur) described it beautifully  'YOU ARE AVERAGE OF THE FIVE PEOPLE, YOU MOST CLOSELY ASSCIATED WITH'

You cannot choose where you born or in which family you born but you can  choose your friends
,who in turn shapes your personality. It is a common observation that succesful people don't spend their time with negative people, who sucks a person's willpower,hope,determination,patience  which are charactersticks of a succesful person.
In the other way a positive person can fill you with hope, you feel so good with that person and life seems beautiful.
So anybody (with commonsense) want to spend more time with a positive person.

But how do you know wheather a person is positive or negative, observe the person, observe his/her speeches,his actions, his thinkings and how realistic are they.
If you feel good and energetic after having conversation (or few conversations) with him/her and not only speeches but his/her actions itself show his positive personality   then most probably he/she is a optimistic person.
And a negative person just the opposite, they are like slow poison, you may not realise how they affects your life but they  prevent you from living a life ,you always wanted to live.

So it is upto you ,in which way you want to lead your life. sharpen your senses and observe people bit closely and choose the correct people in your life.
It may not seem a very important thing but in the long run it is very important because

' LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY, SO IT IS UPTO YOU 

            WHEATHER YOU WANT MAKE YOUR JOURNEY EASY
            BY CHOOSING THE RIGHT PEOPLE OR YOU WANT TO
             MAKE YOUR JOURNEY DIFFICULT BY CHOOSING
                                     THE WRONG  ONE.' 

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God's Most Beautiful Creation.

                          What  do you think is the most beautiful creation in the World by Nature (or God).     Is it  7 Wonders of world    Or  some other places.  Well,  to me the most beautiful creation is with everyone , yeah you guess it right it"s  MOTHER , whom we call   MAA . in India (in most of the places).

There is magic in the word Maa,  not only for those who knows the meaning but for those also who doesn"t know the meaning.  You need minimum effort to pronounce this word and anyone in the world can easily pronounce it, it can soothe your mind (try it whenever you are stressed), probably because  they are the simplest persons in the whole world.

Have you ever heard of a bad mother ?, I mean you can heard about a  bad wife , bad sister, bad aunty (or any other form of a women) but a mother cannot be bad , irrespective of everything he loves her son /daughter.

If anyone ask you "What is LOVE", you can give answer in probably thousand ways, but what could be the shortest answer,   I think  it"s ' Mother'  , I  mean  Who can be the better example of  LOVE  than Mother, Who gives her whole life selfless service to other"s and does not expect anything in return.
I sometimes ponder what happen to us as we grow older, remember those childhood days when we showed our love toward's our mother,   as time passes mother's love for her child remains same ,it's not that child's love for mother reduces with time but somehow I feel we forget to express that love.
We think  we have grown up ,get busy in life, but if we try to see from a Mother's point of view (I know it is not easy to see Mother's point of view )  you are and you will always be a child to your mother.
Show your maturity to  the world, but when it comes to your mother ,be a child (that somewhere hides inside you) ,express your love.

Many of us are often
far away from our home (for various reasons), so manytimes it happens that my mother  calls me many times a week (sometimes few times a day),  there was a time when I felt irriatated due to so many calls ,  then I realized that  may be for me it is just a talk with my mom, but for her it is much more than this, one phone call brings smile on her face for the whole day,fills her with hope.

Anybody can write an entire book on her mother, everyone knows her/his life would not have been possible without his/her mother. The point is not only to praise her but to be with her when she needs us most and make her realise that we are the same  'that child' who loves them most in the world.

 Next time when your mother call you (or you are with your mother)  express your love ( say I LOVE YOU) , and I promise i will also do.

So, you don't need to travel the whole world too see most amazing creation by nature, it is with you, don't ever loose this gift.

Are you a Global Citizen ?

One  may think by looking at the name of the post , do i need  to have citizenship of multiple countries ?

Well you do not (it"s great if you have).

Do you call a person Global Citizen if only he has multiple citizenship ?

well I don"t think, It is more an idea than to have any documental proof.. 

I think it is not a new Idea, if you read ancient history, great people like  Hiuen-Tsang, Fa-hien, Marco polo,Columbus travelled the world  and gain knowledge.

In 21st century the concept of Global Citizenship becomes more important ,and it"s much easier also  you don"t need travel the whole world to become one, you can know about the whole world sitting at your home. You need just recognize yourself as a Global Citizenship and become a responsible one.

So why you need to be a Global Citizenship?

With science and technological advancement the World is never so connected like this generation  (surely it will increase).

So, things happen in a country not only effect"s it's own people but other people also.

For example if pollution level of one country increases, it"s not going to affect that country but it"s neighbouring countries also, similarly there are so many things.

And there are things we need more collaborations across the globe to have a better World like Science,, Arts,etc.

So it"s high time that not only government collaborations but we need people"s collaborations.

So, don"t limit yourself to just your community or place ( of course, it"s your root ,never forget this)

but explore yourself to other  places, cultures.In that way you can increase your knowledge also (that"s what ancient traveller"s did to gain knowledge).

So, know your origin , but try to know other"s also.Don"t wait for the day may be when alliens will threat humankind, then all humans have to unite for survival (just kidding)

By the way I have a dream actually , to have friends across the Globe , so that I can know the world in a better way (hopefully you to).

So, travel whenever you get chance , make friends from different countries, Read about the world .

You belong to this world  , don"t limit yourself to just your place

This world is our Home, so let us unite together and say  " WE ARE ONE".

Conquer your worries before it eats you.

 This sunday i call every friend of mine ,who are in my contact .One common thing i found among all of them is worry, they all worried about their future.This is not uncommon,even i am also worried about my future . Science also says that the age between 18-33 is most common when people are most stressed .

I also thought worrying about future is not bad until i  come across a book by Dale carnegie 
"How to stop worrying and start living"  
It"s may be known to everyone that worrying too much can decline your mental health, as a result your physical health will also decline , but worrying too much can also cause tooth decay (i never knew)and other problems.

Everyone probably knows problems associated with anxiety,worry,insecurity and frankly no one wants to worry knowingly, it"s may be situation that force a person to worry.

So the question is not "How to stop worry but  how to conquer worry" 
It is not very easy to conquer it if you just sit and think ( or it may very slow process) ,as human is social creature so we must learn from other"s kowledge ,what other's had done when they were in the same situation and then think (faster process now).

There is a famous quote by Stephen Leacock " How strange it is ,our little procession of life! ,  the child says 'When I am  a big boy"but What is that ? The big boy says "When i get married" But to be married ,what is that after after all? The thought changes to "When I am able to retire " And then when retirement comes he looks back over the landscape transversed,a cold wind seems to sweep over it; Somehow he has missed it all ,and it is gone . Life we learn too late ,is in the living,in the tissue of every day and hour. 

Willis H carrier , a brilliant engineer used to do followig three steps to overcome worry
1.Ask yourself,"What is the worst that can possibly happen ? when you are worried about something
2.Prepare to accept it if you have to
3. Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst.

Everyone may know some people who are always stressed whatever the situation may be and some people under same circumstance are happy or at least not stressed (I have seen so many people like this). This does not mean people who are not stressed never think about their future, they think but they don"t think about things not in their control.

Thus it is upto you how you are handling the situation. I ,myself actually worried about my future and about other things ,then who am i to giving other"s suggestions . I am Nobody 
to give other"s suggestions ,by writing these things I am giving  suggestions to myself , 
my heart talk to my mind or vice versa.

Therefor don"t ever make ,  any destination in your life (and think if you reach there you will be the happiest peson), somehow i feel this is the biggest reason for misery.
And Ralph Waldo Emerson (an american poet) said "Life is a journey not destination" 

So next time whenever you are worried , just say to yourself ,    if i want to make my future better ,I need to conquer this worry and focus on what i have" 

For an real example read the story of hungarian shooter " Karoly Takacs"   
The link is below 
https://worldsimplified.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/karoly-takacs/

email - jayexcelll@gmail.com

Can you be a multitalented person ?

Few days back i saw a question on quora "should a scientist have knowledge about literature? ".

I mean where are we going, why  a scientist should not know about literature,if he/she has interest.

I remember a story in my school english book " Further progress in specialisation"    written by stephen leacock, where he beautifully describe how specialisation going to affect human life, if you did not read it please read it once. 

Then i remember life of ancient geniuses, one of them is "Leonardo da vinci" , think about his life he was a  painter, scientist, anatomist,  musician, mathematican and much more .In todays world one may think how it is possible but they were also homo sapiens like us. They showed us one can have more than one passion, you need to just explore .

He always said "Science and arts is never different, they are for each other" .

da vinci is not the only person to have expertise in multiple areas, there are lot more people like him.

Nature never discriminate things or subjects,it uses everything for it"s good, it"s humans who devide things for making understanding easier, that does not mean they are not connected to each other.

So explore yourself , do things that you like or you think you like , you might discover a hidden talent in yourself.

I have decided not to stop myself experimenting with various things (which i think i have interest).

That"s why i try to write in blog   ,i don"t know wheather i am good at writing, but i feel good.

It"s easy to find something in life for living and settle down but then you never know you have other potentials also, obviously it is not an easy path  but probably this is the way to live life to it"s fullest .

And then remember about "Leonardo di ser Piero da vinci" and other people who who never stop themselves from learning something new and gain expertise in that.

Write now what are my interests, "chemistry, psychology,philosophy,writing,reading various books(non fiction one specially),music,history etc, i am trying to grow in these areas.

so next time when you think you might have interest in something, don"t stop yourself, try it    you may find a new talent in yourself.

Leonardo  da  vinci

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You need a mentor in your life, do you believe it?

Last Tuesday on 28th March was one of the golden day of my life, when I met one of the great chemist of this century prof. K.C nicolau,those who read chemistry must heard this name somewhere. As expected i listened his lecture and mesmerized seeing those big molecules he synthesised in his laboratory, but the real incident happened when I went to talk with him, initially I hesitated what to say this great scientist but somehow I started the conversion and then I  realise why he is great.Its not only his work( obviously it is main thing) but the kind of human being he is showed why he is great, i remember a famous line '

the more fruits and flowers grow in a tree, more the tree bend' this person exactly proved that.                                       I actually have good fortune to meet some great personalities ,from last few months and I hope it will continue. Few days back I attend a seminar presented by a south African lady Cathy o'dowd' who is the first lady of south Africa to climb mount everest in 1999 and first lady of world to climb mount everest from both sides. They have something special,maybe their consciousness level is greater than average person because they struggle a lot or they have saw death from very near. probably that's why they understand life better than an ordinary person. Whatever it be the thing is ,how does they remain so positive,energetic all time don't they have problems ? I am sure they have, but as prof. Nicolai said to me' problems  will always be there, you need to change your mentality

 towards problems'.May be everybody know this thing, but when a great person says ,that means he experienced it also and that increases it's value.      

         I finish by saying, why it is important to appreciate others learn from others, this reminds me one of chanakya's (Indian philosopher) line  ' learn from others mistake, others success, because  your life will fall short if everything in life you going to experience by yourself and then learn'.

Live your life like a king

What are the things that do not matter in life? by Curt Barter https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-things-that-do-not-matter-in-life/answer/Curt-Barter-1?srid=utU4O&share=abdc86ab

Life purpose

What is the one thing that motivates you in life whenever you think about it? by Awdhesh Singh https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-one-thing-that-motivates-you-in-life-whenever-you-think-about-it/answer/Awdhesh-Singh-1?srid=utU4O&share=d50a4171

What can i give

Today I bought a book name 'what can I give' by srijan pal Singh on Dr apj Abdul kalam's (my roll model) teaching .Every time I read a book on him or by him , I astonish how a soul can be sooo pure, I and guess everyone get immense inspiration from him.                                       So I also want to give something to my people atleast where I grow up, to society.  Write now I don't know how but I will.             Why people become so selfish and self centric in their lives? . They look for happiness, try to achieve it but rarely achieve. Happiness is not an achievement , it's a state of mind. From last two three years I have read a lot about these things ,and which shape my thinking like a philosopher (my friend's say, I also believe).I want to be a happy person in life ( like everyone wants).          Happiness truly comes from within (not temporary one) when we help others anyway. Apj Abdul kalam Sir ,you have taught us the biggest lessons of life.Thank you God for sending such a soul to earth, to India.