Struggles!! Really???

People go through struggles throughout their lives. End of one struggle marks way for another and another. At one point in time struggle to excel in boards, struggle to get class professional education, then to get a job, then to get married, then to buy a house, then to have kids, then to sustain relationships and even struggle in spiritual journey. The gist is if struggle hogs majority of our life span then why don't we embrace it and make it part of our mainstream life and not consider it as something external, something that we have to do "like extra" in order for us to progress. Why can't we just say that struggle is life and life is struggle, the sooner you accept, the sooner you achieve a sense of calm. Like for example, we spend a life time or may be a significant time to achieve something, lets say a dream career maybe. We set goals, create road maps and do all sorts of planning to achieve it. Throughout the journey our eyes are set towards the final destination and we call that our struggle phase. Now think about it, we ignore substantial life aiming for that goal…Ignore our family, friends and are genuinely tensed about the target. And then what happens when we really get it..Like in this case the dream job..Then what..maybe few minutes or few hrs of happiness and then start worrying about what next (relocation, new team, new assignment-yet another struggle)..really the cycle never ends...I am not trying to preach "pursuit of happiness" here but rather trying to relate the life that we have been blessed with and the struggles that we choose as "one". The journey towards a goal is what life is all about and not the goal itself. Most of us ignore precious moments of life running, trying to achieve and in that pursuit ignore what we already have, people who care for us and prayers that have been bestowed on us. Begin by accepting the fact that my problems today will be some other problems tomorrow, so lets not get bog down but rather treat the struggle of life as a new state of normalcy or as we professionals like to call it “BUSINESS AS USUAL”

-Cheers
Anshul

Sleepless in Phoenix

Ohhh I hate jet lags...Just when I thought I am on track..all caught up with sleep and boom the very next moment I am all awake at 3 AM ...alright 5 more hrs to hit the office and really can make use of the time I have..Have multiple things to do...Unpacking--that's a big one and then of course might indulge in pedicure or rather take the effort to cook some food. Well cooking food always brings a smile on my face.Actually I am not the world's greatest cook but I think I cook decently. Well but let me be honest here, I have always spread the rumors that I am a horrible cook and the only naive reason is that it brings people's expectation down and then they are often surprised after eating my cooked food. So that strategy always worked in my favor and mind you this was highlighted to me by my husband (as he always comments-Rampal tu badi smart bandi hain---asliyat kuchh aur image kuchh)..Now that I recently finished my grand vacation, I must admit that I am charged and very positive. Lets see how far I can take it before it fizzzzz out...

I so need to hit back to the gym and yes finish my toastmasters (2 more speeches to go)

Another promise to all my blogging fans (hahah number=0) I will be writing more frequently

adieu