Dry Lemon

Friends
One early morning, I was on my routine walk. Alone with no one near to me, the day had just started and still sun was about to shine. on the way, I saw one dry lemon just lying unnoticed. I hit it forcibly with my leg, then it moved straight and stopped after some distance, I again hit , same movement second time. After hitting thrice the lemon changed the road and placed itself in some corner on bit height. Now, it was not feasible and good for me to go other side and hit the lemon fourth time. So I just left it there itself and moved away in search of another such lemon whom I can hit, dislocate and satisfy my frustration. I was thinking that the life is also like this. we are dry lemon initially lying on road with no direction, no mission, no focus and wait for some one to hit us to move further. When we are hit we repent and run far away without changing the direction. It happens many times till we understand that we need to place our self in such place where no one come to hit us intentionally and we can see the world from height. We learn only when we are hit severely and that too many times. But it is also fact that like lemon we need some one to be hit again and again till we are forced to change direction and place itself on bit height so no one hit again. When he reaches there, the competition is less, opportunities immense and reward tremendous, till then we are dry lemon lying on road, unnoticed, directionless. When with experience we are placed on different direction at some height, we become an orange full of juice. Remember, Juice is our experience and positive attitude.
CP

Friends
About 8030 days (22 Years)ago, I got married finally after long wait with Shashi. The life as a Bachelor is always different with no responsibility, no maturity, no discipline. One need not worry about every thing except for career. After marriage the life changes drastically. Both boys and girls have to change a lot after marriage. Marriage brings in lot of responsibility, maturity, discipline and happiness in life. A man completes himself only after marriage.It makes him father and gives stability in life. Gradually he becomes highly social animal but lost his originality completely, only good for the family and society.
Marriage creates family and family brings happiness and pleasure in life. The life partner is needed more and more as we grow older. This partner is the backbone of life and helps in handling every challenging phase in better way. There is some one with whom we can share every thing, who knows our weakness, strength, character, nature and so on. This is good and bad both because you can not hide any thing from life partner.
I am thankful to the God for giving me such a nice partner and wish it would go long long way. She not only helped me through out the life post marriage in handling all the difficult situations but also gave me happiness, reputation, fatherhood (of Nikita & Hitisha)and social status which was impossible without her support. God bless us with long, healthy, wealthy, happy and purposeful married life ahead.
CP

Friends
The phase of idleness is always uncertain. We remain idle because there is nothing to do or if it is there some thing to do then it may not be right time to do the desired things. Idleness also numbs the mind to some extent and the zeal to do something gets severely affected. We may like it or not, but the situations push to the situation where whatever we do back fires and hence nothing remains to do. When such situation passes, we repent for not using the time properly. Ideally, whenever such situation arises, the activities should be increased or enhanced.
"A small story which I recently gone thru:
In a society some people were grudging about their problems and were trying to convince that their problems were much more challenging than others. Finally the leader of the society suggested to every one to write the challenges of life on a paper and drop that paper in nearby box. Soon every one started writing problems and challenges in detail and dropped in the box after folding it. Now the leader said, I know every one of you has serious challenges and problems in life but there is a good option to it. He now mix the papers in box and put on the stage. He called each person one by one to pick up the paper from the box and take away the problem of others. People came , picked up the paper and started reading it. After reading they thought that the problem they had was more manageable than the problem now they taking it to home. No one was ready to take the others' problems instead of whatever they were facing, because they could manage the existing challenges in better way. Leader said, God would give all of us some problems, some challenges, some happiness, some satisfaction etc. etc. only to the extent we can manage. He would never give you some thing which can not be managed and hence never grudge about the challenges, rather try to find the solution."

Month of December has just started. It is the last month of the current year but in many sense it is first. This month brings the coolness in atmosphere. It is beginning of winter in Ahmedabad. It brings healthy environment full of new vegetables. This weather gives good digestion capacity and opportunity to enjoy the life. I wish great winter season.
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