An Eventful Day.....Or So I Thought....

Today my day was eventful for the beginning of it and suddenly became dull and dead. I went for a ceremony marking the beginning of my brother’s wife’s new shop. It’s amazing she was working with her dad for a few years and now decided that its time she starts off her own company and her own shop. It’s a great achievement and it was really nice to see that her dream was achieved. Its a wholesome feeling knowing that u have reached a goal u have set yourself. And the excitement showed on her face. It was really good. The shop looked great and its all set to start in the next few days. The shop is selling fabrics for curtains and other furniture in the household (WWW.APOSTROPHELUXURY.COM). That's the website to go to for the fabrics and all. Must visit it to see what it is all about. After the ceremony we had some snacks and then I was on my way to work. I am a diamond manufacturer and I also make jewelry.
With the American markets in the doldrums the diamond market is affected immensely and this is leading to a lot of companies making huge losses, as they are not able to sustain the ongoing phase. So well my work started at noon and frankly there was hardly anything to do. So I was just updating and working on my blog. Kind of frustrating not having much to do. Had a short day of work today before I headed homeward. Looking at the situation right now sometimes I wonder all the years I put into my training in my trade I hope it doesn’t go down the drain. So yeah that was my day today.
Good night everyone. Sweet dreams.

Goal Keeping

No I am not here to talk about the football. Goal keepers apparently are one of most important players when it comes to football. When they make great saves they are spoken highly off but it soon dies away. But when he makes a blunder he is spoken about on every channel written about in every newspaper and mocked by one and all.
We too are like goal keepers. When we do something good yes people talk about us and rave about us but not with the same intensity as they would if u made a blunder. Then u are world famous. At every opportunity u will be reminded of the mistake u made. People make sure that u never forget the mistakes u have committed in your life even though u really want to forget and get a move on.
We tend to always remember the bad phases, incidents or accidents in life but do we remember the good ones as often as the bad ones. I have an experience to share with everyone.
I was having a real bad phase when I started my work. Didn’t have a direction didn’t have any motivation and frankly no interest to do what I was doing. I was struggling and didn’t know what to do. I quit my work twice and yet in the end I came back to do my work. I am lucky since it’s my family business I can get out n come back into it. U know my blog says imagination rules the world. Well that’s exactly how it works. When u in deep shit you are mentally negative and pessimistic about everything. U imagine everything going wrong and u know more often than not it does go wrong. So I made a few bad choices when I started off made a few blunders back answered a few people. I paid the price for it. I got a lot of stick from people and I even got a tag of a time pass. As I was not serious enough about my work and used to keep joking around. Till date u will not believe it till today people remind me of it at my workplace.
Even when I started doing things right it took a lot of time for people to finally come to terms that I have changed for the better and that I am a lot more serious about my work. Its difficult though to shake off the tag that u achieve at the first impression. As I said we are goal keepers the blunders are infamous and the saves are just there like any other accolade.
This is the way life is, this is what people do. Question is do u want to be one of them or are u looking for a change in perspective?

The Past

U know we often tend to forget out past. Tend to forget all the people that have influenced us. Tend to forget all the people who might have shaped us into the human beings we are. Our teachers, our parents, our brothers, sisters relatives and all alike. We never give them enough credit. Sometimes even forget what they have done for us. People ask themselves why should one want to remember the painful times I say why not isn’t that a part of ones life ones change ones personality development. Who says only the good makes u doesn’t the bad also make u the human being u are today? Its so easy to paint life as a rosy picture and not as the one u are actually living which has the good the bad and the ugly. Why do we fear facing our bad times? Is it because we don’t know how to deal with it? Or is it that we just don’t want to remember it and put it all under the carpet?
See everyone comes into our lives for a reason and they all leave u and go away. And there is a reason for that to. Its just that we don’t readily accept it. We all learn from everything. But remember this those who have come into our lives have given us a fair share of the good times to and then gone away. Some relationships leave a sour taste in your mouth. But they were sweet once upon a time as well. Nothing is all bad u know. We all have had our share of bad times. But yet we hang on to the people we want to and get rid of the rest.
Always let go of the past but don’t u ever forget it. Cause everything that u go through in the past u learn from it and grow and mature. Nothing in life is without a reason. Always remember that. Everything will be understood by us at a certain time. We are the ones in a hurry but god is not. He bides his time to show us what he wants to in order to help us live this life in the best way possible.

Understanding Death

Death---
what do we know about death? Why is it so that we only talk about the person after the person is taken? Why do we say all the good things after the person is gone? Why cant we say it while he/she is alive? What keeps us from saying all the things we want to? Have u ever wondered how many of us would want to hear those things and we never get to do so?
Its kind of strange the way we treat death. Some of us must have never met the person more than 10 times in their lifetime and yet when the person dies u go there. Is it cause u wish to be there or is it cause the society calls for your presence?
U know a few days back my photographer expired. He was more of a family member to us. Was there at every function always smiled made us smile and laugh and made everyone who were camera shy into models posing for photographs. He must be in his late 30's. sometimes we say why would god take away such a jolly man out of our lives. Death comes so unexpectedly. Nobody knows when its going to come. As someone rightly said "life starts with a bang ends in a whisper". U know its impossible to understand death I know a lot of people would say Jainism has made us understand n all. But really can we ever accept not seeing a person who was with us for so many years. Today u see them laughing n joking around and tomorrow right in front of your eyes they are lying down in complete silence.
I am sorry to pick such a dark topic to talk about. Could not help it. Had to write. Need to get rid of this heaviness. Lesson learnt never take life for granted. Live each day as of it were your last. Forgive everyone cause you never know u might not get another chance to do so. Express yourself cause that's what differentiates u from other creatures. And say whatever is there in your heart don't wait for the perfect time cause by the time u think its perfect the person may not be around.

Take care
Keep smiling
Have a nice day
Nirav.