2016 Year-clock (My times are in God's hands, Psalms 31:15)

There is always a reason to begin 2016 with interesting goals. As the clock ticks off months, weeks, days and hours, I decide to do these for this year.

1. Try to Look 20; Feel 16 ;)
2. Clear vision and goals for humanity.
3. Broader approach to life - more love, courage and warmth to people
5. Visit atleast two new places (inside/outside India)
6. Make the most of every opportunity to thank God (Eph 5:6)
7. Overcome atleast one challenge in my life. May be loose some weight ;-p

My miracles at work

God has been very gracious to me at my work place. As how the verse says, "My Grace is sufficient for thee" 2 Cor 12:9, I am doing good and sustained in Cisco by His grace. God has done three miracles for me at Cisco. First of all, I joining as technical writer in Cisco is purely by His grace. I remember the day I came for the interviews. God was very gracious to help me clear the test and technical interviews. Also, after joining, He gave me success at work in all projects. Until one day, I understood the real purpose of my stay at Cisco. One day, through one of colleagues, I heard that there is a prayer fellowship happening every Wednesday in the campus.

As I was always praying to God to be part of a prayer group and serve Him at work, Just in time, I heard about the prayer group. This colleague introduced me to the group and later he moved out of the company. His purpose to meet me before moving out was God's plan. From then on, I've been praying to God for the salvation of Cisco. God has put that burden in my heart to pray for people's salvation and also for needy ones at work place.

The second miracle was my contract being extended. One day, I heard from the management that all contractors will be terminated within a week. Though all contractors moved out, God's plan for me was different. His work at Cisco through me was not over. Miraculously, God helped me to find a new project and over night my consulting company changes hands giving me a hike of 10% in CTC. Praise God! God is good at all times. This was a blessing in disguise to me. I was able to testify this for God's glory. God helped me to find project even without an interview or any process. Though there were lot of spiritual struggles at work, still God strengthened me at work. I always saw God as a redeemer at work.

The third miracle was the move to a new project. This was purely and only by His grace. God was good to me and helped me to find a new project. He helped me to clear the test and interviews. My stay in Cisco for the last 1.6 years is ONLY by his grace. After experiencing these miracles at work, I feel that we only need God's grace to submit, survive, and sustain our lives. May this same Jesus hear your prayers when you seek Him "For those who call upon His name will put their trust in Him. He will not forsake them that seek Him" Psalms 9:10.

Nature's Enlightment

Roaring waves keep ringing in my ears,
Tingling of bells keep singing in my heart;

Tweetering of birds keep cheering my soul,
And garland of flowers keep swaying its fresh incense;

As I open my windows to green meadows,
A deep breath of air freshens to start a new day.

As 2014 Dawns on me

Reading few blogs, I decided to write a letter to myself about the plans I have for this year. And you always get some fun when you read them at the end of the year. As another year gets stringed to my life span, I am happy to enjoy another fresh year with plans and passions for career and of course some for life.
As always delighted, I have plans to write a memoir on few instances of my life, plan to visit a place at the cross-borders, and go photography on nature. So I welcome 2014 with an artistic ambition in anything at all.

One fine morning...

Today I really have something to share. This is an abstract incident that happened in a man's mundane morning at his boarding bus point. Sridhar was waiting for his usual staff bus that picks him up at Chengalpet checkpost. It was Tuesday, April 9th at 8.30 a hot tropical day. The place was sign of a busy trafficing zone. Trucks and autombiles were speeding up and down. But there was no sign of his favorite Volvo bus that attarcts major communting employees in his office. This route bus was the BEST and there was strands of ppl waiting to board their bus for the day. As he was thuming a text to his manager that his day's work would start a little day due bus being delayed, his eyes caught the attention of an elderly woman walking from pillar to post in the MTC bus terminal at the other end of the road.

Far across the road, was chengalpet MTC bus terminus with loads of ppl flooding in and out of buses at the usual boarding point. This old lady appeared helpless and fumbled something to herself. Looking at her he walk towards her to know if he could help at her need. Not able to contain within himself, Sridhar moved towards the old lady wanting to know her despondency. As he walked closer, he heard her asking ppl if Kanchipuram bus would stop by at this terminus.

All ppl looked at wonderment, as this was a bus terminus with all kanchipuram bus stopping by but still the lady kept asking the same question to ppl around. This suprised Sridhar more and insticated him to tell the oldie that there are few kanchipuram buses already harboured at terminus waiting to start off in new minutes and she could board them. Looking at awe, the Oldie replied with no haste, that she was waiting for a bus that comes from Kanchipuram to Chengalpet and her daughter would be travelling in that to reach this place.

As she told this, she kept fumbling something to herself. She appeared very worried and sunk to saddness in her heart. As Sridhar listened further, she told that her daughter was 35 years old married to a cobbler and dunkard.

The only things that her daughter witnessed in her life was fights and beating all the time. Sometimes she was beaten black and blue and returned to her mother's place to find a breakthrough from the stress.

The oldie, everytime would console and advice her daughter and get her back to her husband's place. This is the usual routine and this time there had been a major hassle at her daughter's place and her daughter is on her way back to chengalpet. Hearing this worried Sridhar a lot. Instantly he kept a close tab to watch if his bus had reached the place.

With a worried heart and lose of flower business for the day, the Oldie hurried forward to the other end of bus terminus. As she jus moved, two little kids run towards her and kissed her. Sridhar thought these must be her grandchildren. But there was no sign of her daughter. Was she coming behind or not coming? Sridhar mind was qizzing on many things. He could see the kids handling a chit to the oldie. Being an illiterate, she wanted Sridhar to help read it for her.

Reading the short message that was written, Sridhar was doubtful whether to convey the message to her. But he must tell it out. He conveyed to her that her daughter was not coming this time and has decided to find her fatal destiny by herself but wanted her mother to take care of her kids.

This may have touched Sridhar heart and would have been a pounding day. But the Oldie looked quite casual and move along with the kids. Sometimes we like the oldie are led through disappointments and storms of life. While some like Sridhar stand irresolute on life's far end not knowing what to help the society These are like mixed pieces of sand in a river bed. Only if these pieces of sand is there the river earns a steady flow of water. This is LIFE! FACE it to LIVE it.

Experience every moment, simply by being in that moment wholeheartedly, with all your five senses deep within that very experience…and see how when you look back to that experience, you will remember every little detail like a movie playing in your head.

As I tread my journey....

Life is a journey to travel
Stuck to this traffic is my life.

Irresolute I stand on the way
On a cold weary day!

Patience! Patience! Patience! is all I need
But will this really solve my need?

As days go by and pass each day
I continue to walk my way.

The end is still a question
and that is my life's mission!

by Sujatha

Don't Quit
This is an inspirational poem that you will refer whenver you are a bit less motivated. It's a great way to get back on track again whenever you feel down/in a rut/have some kind of block on your road.

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill
When the funds are low and debuts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit --
Rest if you must, but don't quit.


Life is strange with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out
Don't give up though the pace seems slow --
You may succeed with another blow.


Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a fair and faltering main
Ofter the struggler has given up
when he might have captured the victor cup
And he learned too late when night came down
How close he was to the golden crown.


Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar,
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit --
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quite
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