Boru kottina, THANK YOU!

Attitude of gratitude can take us to great altitudes of life. Thanking for whatever we have and whatever we have got is a must to lead a satisfying life. Sometime back I was watching the audio launch of a Telugu movie "Iddarammayalatho", where in the hero of the movie stylish star Allu Arjun gave a speech. Initially, he told that generally during such functions people thank cameraman, director, stunt master, choreographer, music composer, technicians and others and it seems boring to the audience. In spite of it being repetitive and boring, he exclaimed that he would do the same boring thing of thanking all the people who had worked for the movie.

 

Here is where we come to understand the title of the post today. Probably the south Indian audience understands the title being partly in Telugu which is a language of Indian origin. For overseas readers, let me give a brief description of the title. "Boru kottina" in Telugu language means "Even if one gets bored...." Allu Arjun began his speech by thanking everyone though it might seem boring to anyone who has been watching such shows regularly. He explained as to how 300 people come together to work for a movie. The dance masters keep thinking about different variety of steps that they should choreograph for the hero to impress his fans. The music composer keeps researching and experimenting about what kind of songs need to be composed in order to bring life into the movie. Likewise every other person in the entire unit works and gives his/her best to make the movie a grand success while at the end, the hero of the movie takes away most of the credit.

 

First of all, I appreciate Allu Arjun's attitude of gratitude. Many of the times, we also tend to take certain things for granted and seldom remember to acknowledge or thank or appreciate the help that we receive. It's very important for us to thank God for what He has blessed us with. All people living around us have been in some or the other way responsible for our well-being. We must acknowledge every such person at some or the other occasion. Last but not the least, we must thank our very own souls for being in us and leading us.

 

I thank each and every reader of mine who has inspired me to write more and more and share my thoughts and ideas. Thank you all once again!

You're gifted, be thankful

God has been kind enough on many of us to bless us with all the amenities that we need to carry forward a happy life. He has blessed many of us with good health and a wonderful body with all parts working in proper conditions. There are few differently abled kids of God who also exist among us. The reason for their physical or mental changes might be attributed to genetics or other scientific reasons only by a logical brain. Probably I don't know the answer as to why God created different people with different weaknesses and different strengths though this question keeps passing from one head to the other among homo-sapiens. However, in the busy schedule that we are enrolled into, we seldom find time to ponder over such questions or answers. A man was sad that he had no slippers but became happy when he saw another person without limbs. Probably you might have listened to or read this one-liner many a times. Just be thankful for whatever you're gifted with. No doubt that you cannot find a fully perfect person anywhere on this earth. God has bestowed certain powers and abilities with certain people. Just make use of them which are vested in you in the right manner for the growth of the self and the world around.

It so happened that I had been along with a set of students for a meal donation programme to one of the trusts which took care of physically challenged kids. These kids in the ashram have been taught with the discipline of praying to God before having food. We had served the food that we had taken on to the plates for all the children. There were few kids who were blind, few orphans and few who had a defected growth. I was very happy seeing all these children praying to God before even touching the food right in front of them in the plates. When the guardian asked them to start the prayer, one of the blind girls started a bajan and all the other children followed her and sang the bajan. During this time I observed that one of the girls, who was perfectly fine physically without any defects was not singing the bajan but was making an irritated face towards the girl who had started the bajan. This girl was also started taking the food in front of her little by little and started to eat while all the blind children were singing. At that point, it struck my mind as to how those children who had blindness inflicted upon their lives paid the respects to God honestly while another girl in the same house who was completely gifted with a proper body by God failed to understand the gift of God. I felt pity at the girl's ignorance. No doubt that this is not just the case with this girl alone. It's the same case with many of us who are so busy utilizing all the gifts of God that we forget or ignore to thank Him back.

Friends! a sincere request from my side is to know that everyone of us should have the attitude of gratitude and when it comes to the Almighty, we must have the highest gratitude for the gift of life that He has bestowed upon us. Please share if you have witnessed any such experiences on is.mohanbn@gmail.com

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A tribute to Super Believer

First time I saw this 22-year young guy was in a business meeting which was attended by more than 100 people. He came half-way through to take on the stage. With a wide smile on his face, he took the stage with a 10k worth Swatch on his left wrist and cream coloured suit amidst the whistles, claps and roars of the young folks in the hall. I felt a wild sense of connectivity between me and him but dint know what was it exactly for which I am still searching the answer.

He was childish but at the same time made some really awakening statements sandwiched between jokes and laughs. I was not at all interested in what he was speaking but wanted to learn the way he was speaking while the audience was enthralled in the speech. I thought of meeting him after the 4-hour long presentation but dint get a chance even to shake hand.

Within next 2 days, I attended a workshop which was taken up by the same very gentleman. Got not just a handshake but a hug as well. As the calendar flipped through the months, I got more chances of meeting this inspirational speaker who was just 1 month elder to me in age but million times in knowledge and experience. No wonder, I was awed by the same. Followed his advice and suggestions with the highest sincerity during our journey in the same business. I saw a live example of an individual who was all-positive, all-time hardworking with all fields' awareness. For sometime I couldnt believe that he was really just a normal human being born on earth.

During the 2nd phase of our co-existence, I have had the best of the fights, misunderstandings with the same very man who has mentored thousands of people. There were long periods of silence and cold war between me and this person whom people regard as a YOUNG SUPERSTAR and inspiration. I still dont have answer to the question whether to blame myself or the situation or my mentor. But the best character shown by this speaker was to meet me up after every period of misunderstanding and clarify the issues face-to-face when there was no need for him to substantiate his actions or words infront of an ordinary person like me. I just cant fail noticing his egolessness in this case.

Every meeting I had with this young poet, I learnt something new might be in terms of knowledge or the way of communication. As he says in his own words "I am the best person you can find who is a combination of practicality and philosophy" he stood by this statement all through his work. Every topic he spoke about had numerous reasons behind it. He would pass the best lessons of life through the silliest chats we had. This blogger's passion for innumerable things used to confuse me if all this was really possible to achieve in one life.

During the 3rd phase of our relation he started to prove that not even a single idea he had spoken about had he not done enough homework on it. One by one, the new chapters opened few of which I was a part of but withdrew in between. One of the best experiences of going through my own evaluation against my own set principles happened in one of these chapters. I would really thank this upcoming author for the same.

                                

Well this writing of mine is the start of my new set goals - ABAD - A Blog a Day. As I take the first step I wanted to express my gratitude to this person whom I have referred as guy, man, gentleman, poet, individual, person, mentor, author, blogger, speaker in the above context. Thanks a lot to this supreme believer of God, supreme believer in the talent of people, supreme believer of his own and others' smallest of the ideas, supreme believer of inspiration and positivity, the one and only - "jo kar de doodh ka doodh aur paani ka paani; uska naam hai Sujit Lalwani!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"