Nostalgia - yet again

In my entire life, this is the 12th residence I am staying in and this has come with a very profound nostalgic feeling due to two reasons - one, that it is a new place and I am missing my old apartment and two, that my parents who were here for one month left just the day we settled down in the new place. So everything is new and changed and change is something that our heart is afraid of. I have had this feeling many a times. When I went to Dubai to start my studies and then to Singapore to finish it. When I came to Hyd for the first time and had to spend a night in a lonely apartment. Then shifted to a new place and had to adjust - I could not even find dinner those two days and had to settle down with some crap.

While going through this phase, I was just thinking about various birds having their nest been destroyed by rains, enemies and what not and they must have been going through this phase so often. It is indeed a very low feeling and on top of that, a demanding Monday comes to ask your heart and mind to be as lively as possible to take major professional decisions. After all, you never feel nostalgic when your Boss goes away, except in a few cases (such a case can be when you are waiting for an important email reply such as confirmation of leaves, etc).

Thats the irony of life and thats the way one has to handle it. I ask what can we achieve by being away from our own people, what can a forced profession and its forced location give us other than money and bit of professional fulfillment. I say nothing. I say, it gives us nothing as valuable as the time you spend with your loved ones. So love truly, laugh uncontrollably and smile often - as life is moving ahead without waiting for you - one second at a time.

Uff these women

Now I know very well why behind every successful man there is a woman and behind every satisfied man, there is none. The uncanny habit of a woman to regularly exhibiting uncanny behavior simply keeps a man on his toes and thats why they never rest and keep moving on the path of success - I mean this is superb. You want your kid to be a successful professional, one woman is enough. You want him to be a businessman - two will do but if you want him to be a business tycoon - a bunch should do. Bull shit! You must be saying - yes it is.

I think it is clearly the other way around. A man is successful when he has time to think. (Please note we are not talking about women here as they have ample time to think, but not the right thing). So if a man's brain is occupied by his woman and her tantrums, we should feel very sorry about him as he is always thinking about that. On the other hand if there is no woman in a man's life, he is highly unsatisfied as he desperately wants one.

So why goes the saying that behind every..., there is a...? Cos this saying talks about a different breed of women. The kinds who encourage their partners in being positive, the ones who are there in the back-of mind as a solid support to take the burden of a man's weaknesses and his thoughts to grow ahead. The ones who, when thought about, bring smile on their faces and give them the courage to handle anything and move ahead with vigor and valor. Thats the kind of women I got and I am sure, I am going to be a successful man in life. I love my wife.