Our second trip.

Date ---> 26th Jan 07
Place---> Theur

After having a successful start to our ashtavinayak tour we immediately headed for our 3rd ganpati. The holy Ganpati of Theur. It was the nearest place from Pune as compared to the other places.

Here is our trip:

Actually I don’t have the pics of this trip because of the fact that this was decided spontaneously.

I mean, we were all outside hanging out on the eve of the Republic day.
Suddenly the thought struck my mind that we were wasting our time just loitering around. We still have time and if we decide, we could go to Theur and complete 3 of our Ashtavinayak Ganpatis.
Surprisingly, everyone liked the thought and we were off in a jiffy from there itself. Being mere 34 km away from Pune, it needed no planning and all.
It was around 10 am when we took this decision and we left at 11 25 sharp.
Being a holiday, it was crowded and driving wasn’t easy at all and above all, we all were without helmets and we paid our price for that.

We reached theur at 12 40 apprx. I was expecting a mob over there but there was not. In fact we took the darshan in just 15 min. there, I and pritesh were busy looking at the remaining places that we had to visit this semester. We roughly decided the dates when to leave for them.
We sat there for a few minutes and we were outside the mandir at around 1 30.

We had to make it quick to our house as no one knew we were here. For them, we were just hanging around. We drove fast as my mom had called and said that she was waiting for me for lunch.

We reached home at 2 25 and thus completed our shortest trip till date.
Cheers!

Our Ashtavinayak tour

This semester, me and Saurabh had decided to do something different rather than just loitering around the whole semester and then studying at the time of exams. So, a thought struck my mind that we should do something exiting as well as productive. So, we came up with the ashtavinayak tour plan. We decided to visit all the ashtavinayak places by bikes in this semester.

This blog is just about how we started it.

Date --> 21st Jan.
Place--> Lenyadri and Ozar.

0700 hrs:
It was a chilling morning when we left. As you can see, I had forgotten the gloves so had borrowed one from saurabh n wrapped the other with a hanky.

0830 hrs:
A halt at the dhaba.
This is our basic team who had planned this tour.
In such a freezing atmosphere, one cup of tea could do a world of refreshment to you.

1000 hrs:
The holy ganpati of Ozar.

1200 hrs:
We reached Lenyadri. The temple is in the hills. Actually Lenyadri is a Sanskrit word which is splitten as (leni = sculptured work) + (adri=hills). It can be jointly read as the sculptured hill.
We had to climb this hill.

1330 hrs:
We climbed the hill in one go. The result of which can be seen on our faces. Saurabh was literarly dehydrating. We din’t expect it to be this tough.

1400 hrs:
The holy ganpati of Lenyadri. All the fatigue ness was vanished after seeing this.





1530 hrs:
We had climed the hill with our stomach empty. We came down, found a nice place to sit n eat. And then was the best part…sleep! We needed some rest as we had to drive all the way back. Imagine the bliss.

1600 hrs:
After an hour of blissful sleep, we were up and ready to go home.

Thus our first trip was successful n went without any hinderances.

Expect less...Gain more!!!

Ever wondered why we get upset and angry over the minutest thing in our life? We are always having this feeling of unsatisfaction in our mind when we achieve something. Rarely we are contented with what we get in our life. In a nutshell, it can said that we are never happy entirely. So, the next question comes is that how can we be happy?

Thinking over it, I came to a solution for myself. What I thought is that we are always expecting things to behave like we want them to, not considering the fact that 90 percent of the things happening around us are not in our hands. Leave out the materialistic things, ever wondered why we fight? Be it with our parents or with your friends or even a stranger from the street. The only thing, which I found, is the crux reason for all this, is, EXPECTATIONS. We are always expecting someone to behave or respond in a particular way, looking from our spectacles. And if the response is not achieved, then we get upset.

Let’s see this with a small and a day to day life experience. A couple of days ago, I was working at my house. There was a lot of work as we had just shifted to a new house. It was Sunday morning, and I had given full time to my family and promised them to stay with them. Life was going easy, when suddenly my friend called up at 11:00 am. They all were planning to go to a movie or something. He asked me whether I was coming. Obviously, my answer was no as I already given my word. They all tried to convince me a lot, but I wont budge, because I thought I was doing the right thing. Then they got angry. They went to the movie that afternoon. That evening we met again, where I told them the reason why I did not come. Being matured and sensible, they understood immediately.

All I told them is that: you all were free at 12 for going for the movie. How do you all expect me to be free too. If by chance, if I am, then I would have loved to come with you. I also have some plans excluding friends. I told them that if they had intimated me a little earlier, then I would have made some arrangements and come with you. They understood immediately.

The moral of the story is that u keep doing your job. Never is a harsh and a difficult word, but try to never expect anything from anyone. This includes your wife, mom, dad, son and all the relations on earth. It’s a common trend and the greedy nature of humans, that when we do something for other, we tend to expect something back from them, even if we get it at any point of time in our life. Be it from our old parents or the young son. This is happening in the world today. Old age parents are being thrown out of the house by their children, the reason being that they are not useful to them anymore.

For achieving this happiness,one needs to achieve 2 things:

Financial independence
Emotional independence

In today’s world, accept it or not, money rules us. It decides where we stand in this society. It governs 99 percent of life. Getting financial independence, in layman’s word, I would say that, is keeping money for yourself and ONLY for yourself. So that you are not left high and dry when you are all alone in your life.

By emotional independence, I mean that never be emotionally attached with anyone. Anyone would sound harsh. Of course, wife, parents have a bit waiver to this. What I mean by “not get emotionally attached” is that don’t love some unconditionally. Because what happens when you do so, is that you start expecting things from him ( the person). If you can manage both things, it is the best. Then you are the most happiest person on the earth.

I know that it is easier said than done, but all the practical success in the world has come from the theories. This is just one of the theory for a person to be happy in today’s world. I am sure that there are many more ways and theories explaining how can a man be happy. I would love to hear them, because this theory is my last option.

God..hype or reality??

I recently heard this true story and was transfixed after hearing it. my belief on god got more strong after reading this.

A teenage girl about 17 had gone to visit some friends one evening and time passed quickly as each shared their various experiences of the past year. She ended up staying longer than planned, and had to walk home alone. She wasn't afraid because it was a small town and she lived only a few blocks away. As she walked along under the tall elm trees, Diane asked God to keep her safe from harm and danger.

When she reached the alley, which was a short cut to her house, she decided to take it. However, halfway down the alley she noticed a man standing at the end as though he were waiting for her. She came uneasy and began to pray, asking for God's protection. Instantly a comforting feeling of quietness and security wrapped round her, she felt as though someone was walking with her. When she reached the end of the alley, she walked right past the man and arrived home safely.

The following day, she read in the newspaper that a young girl had been raped in the same alley just twenty minutes after she had been there. Feeling overwhelmed by this tragedy and the fact that it could have been her, she began to weep.

Thanking the Lord for her safety and to help this young woman, she decided to go to the police station. She felt she could recognize the man, so she told them her story. The police asked her if she would be willing to look at a lineup to see if she could identify him. She agreed and immediately pointed out the man she had seen in the alley the night before.

When the man was told he had been identified, he immediately broke down and confessed. The officer thanked Diane for her bravery and asked if there was anything they could do for her. She asked if they would ask the man one question.

Diane was curious as to why he had not attacked her. When the policeman asked him, he answered,

"Because she wasn't alone. She had two tall men walking on either side of her."

DEEP IN LOVE !!!

Are you in love??
Just read this and think again.

Oh, when I was in love with you,
Then I was clean and brave,
And miles around the wonder grew,
How well did I behave.
And now the fancy passes by,
And nothing will remain,
And miles around they’ll say that I,
Am quite myself again.

Is this how love is?
I am confused.
What about you?

Good Saying

Here is a good one:

Temptations usually come through a door that has been deliberately left open.