Heroes to Villains

I saw this film MNIK recently and I liked the part were SRKs mom draws 2 stick figures ,one holding a stick menacingly and the other offering a sweet.After doing so , she asks a young SRK to find out which religion they belong to and explains that its about good or bad people rather than religion or caste.Its quite straightforward but yet difficult to accept .Taking this forward .
"If there is one thing people like more than heroes , is to bring the hero down ."from Hercules.Many people that I know ,do not like Gandhi .People cite the reason that India wouldnt have split and he favoured certain factions ,personal agendas etc .All those stuff might or maybe true .What we have forgotten though ,that he has done certain things that normal mortals wouldnt dream to do .Having said that , he is still human and just because he has done some outstanding things,doesnt mean he is god . .We are not able to accept that even good people are entiled to do wrong actions .The other way round is when people badged bad ,tend to get blamed even if they do something good .
On a very personal level, this happens among friends and family .Quite often, best friends turn into deadly enemies ,in a moment of madnes from either or both of them ,forgeting all the good that they enjoyed to gether .Its not that we accept everything ,even if its wrong .Its just that we need to be aware,that after all we are human.And To err is human , but it sometimes feels divine :)

For the Moment

The power of goals .Haven't we come across this often enough nowadays.Every vendor selling a book in the pavement, has at least a dozen books about goal setting and positive thinking.The idea of things coming true due to constant thoughts in the mind is indeed fascinating ..But off late , i was getting the feeling that it sometimes disturbs us if not used in the right way

We all have different dreams.Lets take work .Many of us ,do not like the current job that we are in and are in constant search for what we call a dream company .Depending on the line of work , it can be ranging from a Microsoft to Google , Intel to AMD, Cisco to Juniper ,Ferrari or a Lotus,Docomo to Verizon .I have heard many good and wonderful reviews about google so I am taking that as an example .Lets say I have a goal of working for Google and i do the steps of writing and believing that I am working in Google .Eventually I become a google employee (this really works).

But until i become an employee , everyday I remember the goal and every time i remind myself of the goal, a small part of me is both sad, as well as impatient.It reminds me that I am not in the dream organisation currently .The moment i think of google , i feel incomplete. Its as if i will be happy only if I get into Google or Ferrari or Intel.In the end , we might get work in our dream companies ,but are we happy during the process ?

Its as if we are always hoping and living for some moment in the future .We are always working for a life that would make us happy in times to come .What we don't realise , is when the time comes , there is some other dream ,waiting to disturb us .Many of us live for the future all the time ,forgetting that there is happiness in the present .Agreed goals are important and without them , we would be quite aimless .But we also need to remind ourselves what we actually want .Its not the goal that we seek , but the happiness in achieving the goal .In the race to achieve the goal , lets not forget why we are trying to achieve the goal . My goal was to write a Post this month and what I seek is happiness knowing that there are people who are reading it ;)
One of my all time favourites from Kung Fu Panda "Yesterday is history , tomorrow is a mystery , today is a gift ,that is why it is called PRESENT"