Control your emotions

A man was afraid of his shadow and he was afraid of it every day and since he wanted to get away from it, this particular day he ran as fast as he could. The shadow kept up with him. He went faster but the more he increased his speed, the faster the shadow went, keeping up with him. When he stopped, the shadow was there. It stayed right by his side. Finally, he came to the conclusion that he hadn’t been running fast enough so he went all out this time but, unfortunately for him, it was too much for his body and he dropped dead of a heart attack.

He did not realize that if he had stood in one spot long enough, the shadow would have disappeared because of the sun – it would be underneath him when the sun was directly overhead.

What you realize here is he was trying to run away from his own emotion and was not in control of his emotions. Hence he was unable to think. Even in times of disparity, you need to be stronger, keep yourself together and not give into the situation. Else the situation will be in control and not you. You have to tell yourself that you are the one in control, which you will start believing soon, and eventually you will be in control of your emotions and in turn of the situation in hand.

Dose of Thought

If you say you are looking for god, you are actually only looking for yourself.

-- Karan Parwani

Beauty of life

You are here now, running around,
Making money, but still you haven't found,
What you want from life, or where you want to go,
But your still living life, like never before.

Mistakes make noise, and pull you down,
The strong ones fight and come back around,
Life teaches you, or you teach life,
There is a learning every time you survive.

Then comes the day when life is gone,
And all you had is then not known,
But we still make things, whatever we can,
And try and live, like there is no end.

So think again, should you run or stop,
Or should you begin something what is not,
Give memories or reason for all to turn wise,
The beauty of life, is that it makes you survive.

-- Karan Parwani

Free Mind

Are we free? What according to you is free? Well free in the true sense means free in your mind. If only you can free your mind, can you truly call yourself free. Here is a small story to explain the same.

Vasu a pandit never accepted any gift from his disciples. But his son Kamal never refused anything that his disciples brought to him. This made Vasu unhappy.

One day, he reproached his son: "I do not accept any gift because gifts mean nothing to me. But it pains me to know that you grab all that your disciples bring to you."

Kamal said: "Father, if gifts mean nothing to you, why are you bothered whether I accept them or reject them?"

Vasu did not have a free mind. He wanted to believe he was free from worldly things, but the truth was he was not. If you take minutes of your life to feel no pain, no love, no stress, no nothing, these will be minutes in your life when you truly will be free. No one can make you free but yourself. Being free is a set of mind, a feeling which makes you free.

Future of the Past

Whatever you put down, is what grows on you.

Think Think ...

You may not have gone where you intended to go,
But you may have ended up where you needed to be.

-- Karan Parwani

Memories

Most memories get lost in the mist of life,
Most memories forgotten in the race to survive,
But the ones that are left are mostly the ones,
The memories the world gave you for fun.

So remember the good and forget the bad,
Its stressful to remember and then feel sad,
A memory so powerful can make you smile,
A memory can remind you and bring out the child.

Your moments are memories, Memories are gifts,
A beautiful treasure you don't want to resist.
A moment will flow, but the memory remains,
So cherish the memories from this moment again.

-- Karan Parwani