No Worries

For The Record

I have a confession…A part of me is ashamed to admit it, but, I, like many others (I’m sure you’re out there!), am secretly intrigued with the life of Britney Spears. I have often questioned myself on this. It’s not so much her life as a celebrity in the public eye, but more so, the person who (just like everyone else in this world) seemed to succumb to the overwhelming pressure of perceiving herself to be something more than she could possibly be: human, with flaws and all!

I just finished reading the review on her latest documentary as it were. She speaks of how she lost her way. How she just seemed to exist from day to day. I believe no matter what level you are at, or your age, there comes a day or a stage where everyone feels like that. But what distinguishes us from loosing it all together or letting it spiral out of control is more than just listening to our own conscience, but it has a lot to do with our own coping mechanisms. In this case, Britney shut all reasoning out when she decided to ‘take control’ of her own life. She misunderstood her own desire of wanting help and wanting what’s best for herself by counting on herself to know all the answers. She didn’t realise that humanly we can’t do anything alone.

Love her or hate her, or you just don’t care, but she’s almost the benchmark social experiment on how things around us, fool our own perceptions, needs and images of ourselves. Just like media messed with her head, the media does the exact same thing with our own minds. Think about it? Society/media/the world expects us to be, act, and perceive ourselves in a certain light. So exactly how different is our lives from that of a celebrity’s? Not very in that we all need people we can trust around us, a good head on our shoulders, realistic perceptions and goals for ourselves AND the determination and knowledge to reach them…Because when it comes down to it…who sets these expectations for us? Ourselves. Nope, she is not alone, at times everyone feels like the world is weighing on their shoulders…
I wish her well.

Don't look back!

It's hard to know where you're going...
It's hard to know where you've been...
So just enjoy each moment...
Then each day is a sure win!:D

Some days are just like that!

I have a friend, Ashu, that works in mental health as a crisis worker. She recently began a new job. She was so eager and excited about joining this particular organisation, which dealt with coming in close contact with the patients. I wanted to check in on her first day so I gave her a call and it went simply like this:

Me: Hey! How’s your first day on the job going?

Ashu: Listen I’ll have to call you later…someone just threw a computer out the window! (Click)

Well, it left me wondering who chucked the computer out the window…the patient or the employee? ...

You can’t deny it…mental or not…we’ve all had days where we’ve felt like just throwing something! :D

Do you have both oars?

Most of us want to be led, directed, have meaning in our life, a purpose and a means to fulfill that desire. The rest of us are just plain confused and paddling with one oar in circles. In most cases the two scenarios collide. We seem to be smoothly paddling forward till somewhere along the way we drop an oar and don’t even realise it. It is at those times when we get so dizzy that the only thing to do is to stop and take in where you are at the moment, forget about where you had been, set new sights and gather new tools to move forward.

Tooth Ache

What’s it with Wisdom Teeth? They take forever to come out and once they make thier grand entrance, all they do is sit at the back, rather useless, not contributing in the least bit and then one day they decide to trouble you to remind you that they’re there!!

Okay, so here’s the deal... I’m getting my wisdom tooth out the day after tomorrow! Not looking forward to it in the least bit! I know the pain all too well! All I can say is Ooowwch!

One Minute!

Man: God, how long is a million years to you?

God: A minute

Man: And a million dollars?

God: An Indian Rupee

Man: Can you give me a rupee?

God: Just a minute...

Arrogant Joe

Joe was a man who had everything in life
He didn’t see anyone else or bother about their strife.
He had everything he wanted, was handsome, wealthy and proud
And he never had a dime for a beggar in the crowd.

He went to bed one night saying :I am the great Joe!”
But when he woke up the next morning, then began all his woes.
He jumped out of bed, tangled by his feet
Coz now he saw his toes would only turn to meet

Joe stumbled towards the mirror and was shocked at what he found,
His hands had stretched and now reached the ground!
His face turned red and then green,
But finally to a colour he’d never seen.

He ran from the mirror and jumped in his car.
But the doctor had been at an all night bar.
“Hey Doc”, said Joe, “What do you think?”
Doc answered, “I believe I’ve had too much to drink!”

As night fell, with sores on his hands and feet
He thought how mean he had been to everyone else on his street.
Joe closed his eyes and prayed for the hundredth time
And here ends this weird and wacky rhyme!

Joe woke up from the dream, thanked God for another normal day
Grabbed his trusty briefcase and went on his way
But now the world he saw with different eyes.
He saw the poverty, the hurt and those who needed a simple hi.

Sunshine is not so hard to throw your neighbour’s way…
Show some compassion or even just a smile as you go on with your day!

When I Grow Up...

If you were put on centre stage…. spotlight beaming, caressing you and blinding you at the same time…. subject to vulnerability to a crowd of yourself at various stages of your life…. what do you think they would do? How would they look at you? What would they say? Essentially how would you judge yourself? Are you where you wanted to be? Are you who you want to be? Are you the person you strove to become? If you’re not sure, have you asked yourself these questions?

I was thinking of how I was at different ages of my life…what made me happy, what made me scared and what I wanted to be. If you ask children what they want to be when they grow up it’s always either, a doctor, policeman, firefighter, teacher, nurse, etc. Now how many of them actually grow to be what they wanted? Ah, now there’s something to think about…

You see, the one commonality between these professions is that they all wanted to help, serve other people! As children we wanted to be the best we could, wanted to feel good by somehow contributing to society, making others feel better, helping the world. Somewhere along the way we lose ourselves. Call it circumstances, call its influence, call it indulgence, but we lose the person we are on the inside and ‘create’ someone else on the outside. If you think of it, we are all the same as we were when we were 10, just with more education and skills. Because though life seemed confusing as a child, it’s even more terrifying as an adult…that’s why it’s all the more important to listen to your heart, dance like nobody’s watching, and laugh like you did without an inhibitions. It’s never too late to grow to be the child you wanted to be…

The Comeback!

Sometimes you need something to bite you in the butt to get you moving...in this instance it's nothing more than sheer determination and the air of frustration about my job hunt that forces me to find means of another outlet to pour out my own little crazy world for others to read (or not :D).

I took a tiny break from blogging...oh, say a little more than a year?! But I'll have you know... It's only because I really went lazily blank for awhile, but I'm happy to report...I'm back with all my wackiness and, hopefully, a bit of creativity.

As Robbin Williams rightly put it " You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it."

See you tomorrow!:D