“Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair”

The above line is from a song by “Zac Brown Band” and the song is called “Knee Deep”. 

You Tube Link: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJbG7256ZLY

And I am gonna quote the punch line from the song:-

“Wishing I was knee deep in the water somewhere

Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair

Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair...

Sunrise there's a fire in the sky

Never been so happy

Never felt so high

And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise”

I kinda fell in love with the song the very first time I heard it. Its a kind of a country number and it really grows on you. It makes me think, it makes me go to that stage of my life where i try to put myself in his shoes and think, Am I capable enough to ever come to this stage where, I am sitting on a beach and the only worry I have in my life is that the tide is gonna reach my stage.

This is a place, I believe, every one of us should be going to, every once in a while and dream about. This should act as a motivation to all of us and should eventually become our goals. All the materialistic things are okay, they are fine... achieve them, get over with everything, however sometime, some day that rat race should stop and we should come to this stage where we do not have to reply to that urgent phone call, that very very important email that the client needs or finish some pending work.

Also, mentioning the “Self Actualization” concept proposed by Maslov’s needs theory. How long can we be motivated by some”thing”. We would eventually move on to something else, what after we have achieved everything that we deem important for our survival, how soon can we reach there and do we ever realize that we are there and there is nothing more that can motivate us? I try to answer these questions, and frankly I am no where close to that stage yet. But I wanna reach there, soon.. so that I can enjoy that worry free time.

Think about it. How cool it will be when you are sitting on a beach, and the only worry you have in the whole world is that the tide should not reach your chair. WOW !! Just thinking about this gives me Goosebumps.   This is MY motivation, my Goal, My Vision... And again.. A Food For Thought for you... :-)

The Importance of “I Like You”…

We get so busy in our “I Love You” s that we forget the importance “I Like You” in our lives. Have you ever thought about it, that how many times do we actually use Like instead of Love in our conversations. In My Opinion, Love is a over hyped, over used, over said word which sometimes does not really convey the real meaning that we want to put forward. We use it so many times that we start saying it just for the heck of it.

We say I love you to our partner, parents, cousins, friends and many others and we say it so casually that it misses the mark many of the times. Do we actually love them all? Do we actually mean it ? Are we thinking about the actual feeling that “I Love You” will convey when its said just like that.  Food for thought.

Now comes the real question, I Like You, How many times have we ever told our partner that We like something which they did, Our Dearest friend that we Like what he/she has just done for us. Or simply that we like spending time with someone. Or a simple.. "I Like You".. Try it, It feels good, and it has a very clear meaning.

I believe that “I Like You” is much more powerful than I love you.  You might love your parents, your partner, your cousins but think about it, do you really like them too.. and do you like them all, the same way you like that one person with whom you spend most of your time. I am not even going into the relationships or marriage. It’s just the matter of conveying your message clearly.

 Try using the phrase and see the difference it brings to your life, your relationships. Again, it’s a food for thought.

Happiness...What... How... When... Where!!

The Master Key

Is there a key to happiness? I keep on pondering and wondering on the thought. What is happiness? How do we achieve it? And more importantly if we achieve it how do we know we have achieved it?

In the next few paragraphs, I am just going to give you the food for your thoughts and nothing else. And may be raise more questions than actually provide answers and just give you my 2 cents on the topic.

Sleeping Doggies on a Cold Night

Let’s start with the key to happiness, personally for me; the key to my happiness is doing something which takes me away from the usual. Yupp... it’s that simple. I spend 10 - 12 hours at work doing the usual stuff, boring stuff, don’t really have a choice... Do I? So when I want to be happy, I do something different, something which I have not done before. A few weeks ago I tried Bowling, and I loved it, it was something that I never indulged into before and now that I think of it, those 2 hrs I spent in the bowling alley were actually amazing as it took my mind off whatever I was thinking. I was like a small kid who was just thrilled by that Strike and did a “High Five” after almost every good shot. For you, it might be as simple as taking a walk. My Funda... do something different and then see... Did it take your mind off off your usuals... did it provide you with something fresh to think about? Did u feel relaxed? We get so busy in our daily routines that we forget the unusuals. Try it. And see if you can come up with what your unusuals and tell me if you have your key to happiness.

 

Taking the question of "How Do I know When I am Happy" a little further. Many of us are so busy in the run-of-the-mill tasks that we don’t stop and see how that makes us feel. Have you ever thought that a simple task of walking barefoot on a beach or cracking a joke and make someone LOL makes you feel?? You might not have given it a thought at all, however the next time you do something like this. Stop and Think. I am sure you will get a different perspective. Think of the person next to you and he might get inspired by you to do the same.

Service With a Smile

Continuing on the "Stop-n-Think" strategy, I sincerely believe in it. Whenever you are doing something unusual, stop yourself after you complete the task and think. How does that make you feel, do you feel a little sense of satisfaction, a sense of self achievement, or it might just make you smile. Isn’t that happiness? And these things if done again and again, and multiplied by their sheer number of occurrences, will make you a happier person? Just look at the guy on the right. He is just giving bhuttas, on a cold winter day, and just look at his amazing smile, he looks happy from within. Again... Food for thought... and Open for discussion...

Happiness should be in oneself, it cannot be chased, or should I say, should not be chased. IMHO, Happiness is accepting your flaws and not worrying too much about what the other person thinks of you or your deeds. There are million or zillions things that can be said about happiness, what matters is, what makes you happy? What makes you click? What makes you bring that million dollar smile on your face which can simply brighten up your day as well as the day of people in your vicinity? Think about it...and then live it... and...Very Importantly.. Stay Happy!! :-)

Who I Am !!

Well.. That’s a tough one to answer. Who am I.. Why am I here.. and What Am I here for.. I have been trying to figure this out for a loong time now, nd didn't really come up with a very gud answer yet. So I will continue to search and do more research on this topic. In the mean time I will share what I have identified till now.

I am a human being - Oh yeah !!..That's for sure. The un deniable fact, I am not a droid, I am not an alien species. and I can clearly say that I am not a thing.. I am a human being. 

I am Dipen Verma - Well.. This is debatable.. I am Dipen Verma because my parents chose to call me Dipen Verma. I didn’t pick that name, Well.. I was about 20 days old.. So Of course i would not have the option to choose nd pick my name.. (I wish I had though.. :-)) but yeah.. that’s what my name is.. Dipen Verma

I am a Gadget Freak - Well.. That’s what I really Am. A Gadget Guy..  I like Gadgets.. In fact.. I just LUV gadgets.. Phones.. Tabs.. Gimmme Anything electronic nd you have my attention. I want to be the Know It All guy. Always use something unique and different as a gadget. Always helpful in solving queries and I love doing it.. 

I am a Listener - And a very good one apparently.. I don’t say it, people around me say it about me. I listen.. i analyze.. and I DO NOT judge.. and provide with suggestions (Not Solutions).. People like talking to me and I like talking to people around me. 

Now That U know Who I Am !! In the next we will talk about what I do.. and What I really wanna do :-)