Why we read the Bhagavat Geeta, even if we can't understand it?

An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning, Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavat Geeta.


His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.


One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to read the Bhagawat Geeta just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand, I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the
Bhagawat Geeta do?"


The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water."


The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house.


The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to  the river with the basket to try again.


This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.


The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the door to watch the boy try again.


At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the waterwould leak out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty.


Out of breath, he said, "SEE.... it is useless!"


"So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket."


The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and out.


"Son, that's what happens when you read the Bhagavat Geeta. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of Lord Krishna in our lives."

Are you a Morning Person or a Evening Person?

Are you full of energy around midnight?

Is your biggest meal of the day – Dinner?

Do you bring out your best while working @nights?

If your answer to the above questions in YES, then you are a Evening Person (a person who tends to stay up until late at night).

 

Recent research study on behavioural traits of morning people and evening people has presented many interesting factors.

• It says morning people are agreeable, optimistic, stable, traditional, proactive, conscientious & most satisfied in the life while evening people are Creative, intelligent, humorous, extroverted, pessimistic, neurotic & depressed.
• Morning people tend to wake up at the same time everyday, whereas evening people sleep in when they get a chance.
• When it comes to business success, morning people hold the important cards as they anticipate problems & try to minimize them.
• Evening people are smarter and more creative, and have a better sense of humor than that of morning people.

If companies have large proportion of employees who are evening people then they should leverage on this diversity to contribute significantly to their quantity & quality of their productivity. For eg: Evening people seem to be more common in the media jobs and in jobs involving creativity.

Music Director - A R Rehman enjoys composing music more in the evenings than in early mornings.

So, Do you consider yourself a Morning person or a Evening person? 

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I start partying after a few weeks of playing around! 

I am really friendly, and usually have lots of friends; yet only a few best friends. Once I have someone in mind, I won't let go!I constantly fall in and out of love, and I like to be blended into the group!

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Its Almost 1 year, since I started blogging and came to Hyderabad(for job). I should say this 1 year gave me the right platform to demonstrate my skills and taught me lessons to survive.
Year 2008 had left a long list of failures for me, but 2009 was a year of success to me. This post will see how I scaled the wall of failure and proved my resilience.

In  this highly competitive world, a single instance of failure can cause irrecoverable damage to careers. In my  case, When the same thing happened I took failures as precursors for success. As they say "failures are stepping-stone for  success".

I was resolute enough to admit my failures as failures. My uncompromising nature, aim for perfection, determination and attention to minute details helped me succeed in a highly competitive and unstable work environment.

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