Magic is in the eye of the beholder. We can treat every passing moment as ‘yet another’ or as the ‘most magical’! The moment presents us with the opportunity. The choices are ours to make! Here’s to a super week.
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monday
I spotted that on the Berlin Wall! What remains of the wall, that is. It spoke to me of restless energy. Of a capacity to imagine a future that is different from the present.
To me that is central to progress and change. To see the Youth around the world, walking tall with fearless energy fills me with hope for the future. ‘Youth’ is a state of mind.
(at Berlin, Germany)
It’s early in the morning. The Sun is unleashing a fresh crimson on an early sky which still seems besotted with the night gone by.
The Sun is there. Persistent yet silent. The only loud statement coming from it action : a constant rising.
People warm up to the Sun. But before people do, the birds set off a note of welcome. Loud. Joyful. Synchronous in their randomness. And as they announce their presence the giant temple gopuram of several centuries seems to nod and smile.
A new day is here. The Sun is out. It’s time to flap your wings and fly.
Fly.
(at Meenakshi Amman Temple)
“This is the place where the legendary Bhim hit the mountain with his mace”, our guide tells us. We are at Harihareshwar. He is talking of Bhim, of the Pandava fame, as though he lives in the same building as him. And as he hurries us past what seems to be a perfect ‘V’ in the mountain, he adds, “this was the mountain’s weakest point”. It is picturesque, greeting me with a fresh gust from the Arabian Sea.
I conceal a half smile and nod in seriousness.
Coming to think of it, the weakest link breaking an otherwise strong chain is the stuff our cultures, our books on war, management and all else carry. It is almost a predictable curse that follows as through the ages.
As a new week arrives, do take a moment to pause and ponder. As you build the big mountain of dreams, what is your weak link?
I pondered for a bit and then went to my to do list! Tell me, what did you do? 🙂 (at Harihareshwar)
