Reflections of Life
Photo by Paolo Bendandi on Unsplash A person who runs in Marathon gets back the lost energy by just drinking some little amount of water. Similarly, just a few words as hope are sufficient to a person who strives hard to accomplish. ©2020 Murali
Photo by Ian Stauffer on Unsplash Preserve your successful experiences in your mind even if it is small. You can recall those nice experiences whenever you get frustrated on the battlefield. Those moments will undoubtedly thrust you to sustain in the battle till the end. ©2020 Murali
Many of us begin something with zeal, but we normally do not wait till the end to see the amazing results. An incredible start may not be required. However, the outcome of the task must be extraordinary. ©Murali 2020
Image Courtesy : Pixabay We have many paths in front of us to travel. Even though, we should be very cautious when choosing the path because all roads will not take us to the destination which we need. ©2020 Murali
He had been working as a Sales Manager in a leading firm for five years with 20 members working under him. He joined as a Sales Executive and his pay was better than previous employment. Therefore, he was very much contented with this job. When he joined, he was working very hard and it was admired by the organisation. As a Sales executive, he produced many good things but as a Sales Manager, he miserably failed. The management was extremely kind and did not impose any action against him. But how long? Since his performances were sharply getting declined and there were no other alternatives to... Continue Reading →
Photo by Alexei Scutari on Unsplash For a peaceful and pleasant journey, we should add what needs to be added and avoid what needs to be avoided. If we add too much weight, happiness may disappear. This applies to our life journey too. ©2020 Murali
Failures do not hinder or end one's progress. Certainly, it provides an opportunity to chalk out the plan accurately, to introspect the shortcomings and to sharpen the skills to accomplish the goal. ©2020 Murali
Reaching a goal is essential. On the other hand, it is not so important that it has to be reached as fast as we think. If we push for quick success, we succumb to the pressure which we formed and will lose interest in reaching the goal. ©Murali 2020
A saint was asked by a person "I do not know anything about life and there are no schools or colleges to teach about life. How can I learn and live my life?' The saint grinned and responded "you don't have to do anything special. Simply perform your duty. Life will teach you everything..... as it seemed to you that you should come here" ©2020 Murali
Honesty, vision, commitment, perseverance, and planning are the keys to success. Some people lose these keys in the middle of their journey. Rather, some more people commence their journey without these keys.But the most important is, success goes to those who secure these keys throughout their journey. ©2020 Murali
Well-being is not only associated with the physical health of a person but also connects with emotions. It is very important how a person maintains his physical health and how he expresses his emotions on success and failures. Though there are many well-beings, the most important two well-beings are discussed here. Physical well-being Nowadays many of us willing to work even for 18 or 20 hours per day. There is no ambiguity about our devotedness to work or business. We don’t want to waste our precious time if we want to make money. As a result, we are extremely occupied with our work from morning to evening. On the other hand, we have neglected one important thing i.e. to keep our health safely. Money is important to... Continue Reading →
If you want to test the depth of a river, you must leap into the water. You cannot stand on the bank and measure. Similarly, we have to mingle with a person if we want to express our opinion on him. Otherwise, it is not appropriate to judge a person on our own conjectures. © 2020 Murali
Some may not worry much about their own mistakes. Therefore, those who are willing to criticize and correct their own mistakes, they can be considered deserving of criticizing others'. ©2020 Murali
We can strive hard to bring out optimum results from us. However, we should never feel that we work hard because sometimes the emotions blunt our enthusiasms. Rather, if we could feel our hard work as fun, it will drive us to progress more. ©2020 Murali
Everybody requires solutions for their problems. However, some people run somewhere and search for solutions. If they believe themselves positively, they will realise that the best solutions are only with them which means problems are with us and solutions too. ©2020 Murali
Image Courtesy : Readworks The path of the victory always has stones and thorns for which do not hesitate to travel till the end. Because at the end of the path there may be a success waiting for you. ©2020 Murali
He runs his own business in a suburban area of the city. He has been inviting me to his office for four months. So, I was waiting for him in the reception area. Till he arrived, I had a look at some remarkable photographs of his business projects. He is an exporter and he sends cardamom, rice and many more items to many countries. Within ten minutes he appeared and took me to his room. He was speaking more about his business. Suddenly, one of... Continue Reading →
Many said we can learn some lessons from every mistake of ours. If so, why are some mistakes repeated by us? Because we are capable of committing mistakes but unfortunately, we forget to learn the lessons. ©2020 Murali
If we keep on estimating the distance of a place, we cannot begin our journey. Similarly, if we think about our challenges of success, we cannot take even one step towards achievement. ©2020 Murali
When somebody requests our opinion on something, we should keep them in our mind and take extra care because they may blindly follow our suggestions. ©2020 Murali
The world is filled with free advice, but we should not spill our advice everywhere. It can be provided, only if someone demands it because our advice is priceless. ©2020 Murali
Image Courtesy : Unsplash No need to bother much when our problem escalates. It means it will absolutely come to an end soon. Instead of worrying, we can feel happy because many problems found solutions only after it had touched a peak. ©2020 Murali
Rules: Thank the blogger who nominated you, and provide a link to their blogAnswer the 11 questions given to youNominate 11 other bloggersAsk your nominees 11 questionsNotify your nominees once you have uploaded your post Hello Everyone, I have been nominated for this LIEBSTER Award. I would like to thank Darell Philip for the nomination.... Continue Reading →
I was travelling to Pune by train some years ago. A fellow passenger was sitting beside me who was reserved. As he was restless, I did not start talking to him. After some stations traversed, he took a notebook from his bag and started writing something. Suddenly he would stop writing and think something. He... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, I have been nominated by Ranjini Madhavan for this award. I am very delighted as I have been nominated for the second time for this award. I thank Ranjini Madhavan for considering me for this award. I feel excited and happy. She is an amazing writer. Please visit her blog by clicking this... Continue Reading →
Relationships are like good books. On some pages, we may ascertain some trivial errors which can be corrected by ourselves. Most importantly, there is no compulsion to cast the book into a dustbin. ©2020 Murali
Image Courtesy : Lolly Daskal How to describe Confidence? Although nothing is right in our lives, we move because many of us frequently believe that one day everything will become alright. ©2020 Murali
We should be careful about relationships. Trust is a base for the relationships as bricks for a building. However, there are some variations. A building can be resumed if it gets collapsed. At the same time, some relationships cannot be if trust gets crushed. © 2020 Murali
When we are in trouble many of us habitual of getting views of others for solutions. There is nothing wrong with this exercise. We can receive as many views as we wish. However, the ultimate decision must be ours. ©2020 Murali
When elders guide us something it is better to give importance and take it to our mind. Otherwise, our life will undoubtedly teach us something later, but that may not be endurable. ©2020 Murali
"The greatest sin is to think yourself weak " - Swami Vivekananda Image Courtesy : Creative Fabrica Negative thoughts are quite serious, and it does not enable us to advance in life. It will destroy every attempt of ours, and the worst-case scenario is sometimes even effort is not allowed by negative thoughts. Negative thoughts encourage distraction and deflect our projects. Regrettably, it... Continue Reading →
He is a tailor aged about 55 years and maintains a tiny shop on his own. He did not possess any influential consumers initially when this shop started. Nevertheless, he managed with several small consumers, and he was quite comfortable servicing them in the best quality manner. He does not campaign for his trade for which he usually says, ‘If they like my work, they won’t go to any other shops. If they go to other shops, that means they are not contented with my work. I have to change myself.’ It... Continue Reading →
Nothing is everlasting in our life including our anger, smartness, emotions, etc., For instance, today we may expose our power to the most vulnerable person. On the contrary, our power would be futile later when we face a person mightier than us. © 2020 Murali
Always discovering lapses in someone's activities is dangerous among relationships. Strong relationships too sometimes abruptly turn into an irreparable state because of this captious attitude. ©2020 Murali
Expecting perfection is one of the reasons for losing our happiness. We should not demand perfection from others because it is an illusion. In this world nothing is perfect. All are with some blemishes. Perfection is available only in the dictionary. It does not appear in the real world. ©2020 Murali
There is no obligation to be panic when we perceive a change in our life. Rather thrusting it out, we should espouse it because change is inevitable in this world. © 2020 Murali
Whenever we have any conversation on important subjects with someone, we should communicate with facts. Otherwise, keep ourselves silenced because the information without authenticity is termed as a rumour. © 2020 Murali
He has been working in this organization for more than eight months. His main job is to type many documents associated with the tender. Since it is going to be posted to the government officials, it has to be typed accurately but he does not make the work with diligence. He has not prepared the document without any single mistake so far, but unfortunately, he has not shown any remorse. Subsequently, it is managed by an old man who is about to retire from his service very soon. Today it went beyond his control. The Managing Director of the company has provided him a very little amount of time to do the job perfectly otherwise he has to leave the organization. He approached the old man for the first time in eight months and asked “Sir, how do you type these many documents without... Continue Reading →
'An opportunity denied ' is an extremely common expression in this competitive world, but the accomplishment of the set goal with the strength of our mind and perseverance is extraordinary. © 2020Murali
I went to my friend’s house as he invited me some time ago. When I entered, he was talking over the mobile phone. He just recognized me and asked to sit by his gesticulation as he could not disconnect the call. The conversation which he had with somebody over the phone was on his upcoming tour program with his family. He was inquiring about the places to explore, types of food to be eaten, details about accommodation and more importantly, number of days for staying, sightseeing, mode of travel,... Continue Reading →
'Yes' and 'No' the words which are very small in size, but they comprise more value if we use it appropriately in places and occasions. © 2020 Murali
Hello everyone, Today is a wonderful day for me. I am very much delighted to inform you that I have got 200 followers for my blog. I would like to articulate my earnest thanks to you all from the bottom of my heart for showing your support towards my blog and have given valuable comments... Continue Reading →
Forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness but because you deserve peace - Buddha A few days in the past I went to my friend’s house. His ten-year-old son was watching a movie on television when I entered. The hero of a movie was saying on television that he wanted to assault the person who humiliated him on the road previous day. That small boy’s face became bright, and he applauded the hero’s action by clapping his hands together for expressing his enmity. Can we try improving the outlook of this movie? Why can’t the hero drop... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, I have been nominated for this award by Anurijo. I thank Anurijo for the nomination. I am very delighted with it. Anurijo has tremendous writing talent. Please click this link given below to know more about her posts. https://lafemina.home.blog/. I am sure that you all will love her posts. RULES OF THE AWARD... Continue Reading →
Hello Everyone, Here, This is a nomination for the Ideal Inspirational Blogger Award. I utilize this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to Dushyant Chaudry who has nominated me for this award. Dushyant has excellent writing skills and has written many wonderful posts which can be seen at https://dushyantgroup.wordpress.com/ After I started writing a blog... Continue Reading →
Image Courtesy : regiondo All over the place especially in the workplace, there is always a discussion about the productivity of a man and how it has to be increased. Before getting into increase productivity, we should be acquainted with what productivity is. What is productivity? There is a misapprehension about productivity. People by and large consider that carrying out more tasks in a single day is called productivity. In reality, productivity is carrying out important tasks consistently. At the same time retain the stability and normal speed on particular things, not keen on the most extraordinary speed. Now we discuss how to increase our productivity. In our day to day life, we face many obstacles when we try to accomplish our work. Many diversions ruined our work and we become impatient sometimes. End of the day, we feel perturbed and lose our vigour. Therefore, there is a system called the... Continue Reading →
He is Sunil who works as a Manager of an organisation and receiving a five-digit decent salary every month. He has to manage roughly about forty members who are under him. He joined this job six months ago. He was extremely delighted about his career graph which has risen to this level in the shortest time. But his happiness looks like clouds which will be disappeared anytime from now. The reason behind this quandary is, Sunil is unable to deliver things as his management expects. Since he lacks experience, some of his subordinates themselves have heckled him a lot on many occasions. It is a very pitiable moment for Sunil. Isn’t it? Why are... Continue Reading →
Do not disturb your mind by vain arguments.Swami Vivekananda Anything can bring happiness to you, but an argument doesn’t. Every one of us enjoys it when we have an argument with somebody. We naturally want to suppress the opponent by throwing many statistical points related to the argument. In the end, it is terribly difficult to pronounce who wins or loses because any kind of argument will end up silently without identifying the winner because no argument will have an end. Except for a few, many arguments go like this. We argue for many things, in... Continue Reading →
Rajesh was a successful businessman. He could make many swift and the best decisions which were in favour of his organization. He was bestowed with various awards by many business associations. But he suffers a lot in his personal life as he was not able to say ‘no’ to his father. When his father compelled him to get married to a girl, he became so dumb. He was not interested to get married. But finally, he married the girl only to value his father’s words and he utilized the opportunity by showing his affection on his father. His munificence towards his father prevented him to express his desire or expectations on nuptial. At this moment, one year passed after his marriage, he goes to court to seek divorce and his life has become stressful completely. He could not... Continue Reading →
"Relationships are more important than life, but it is not for those relationships to have life in them" - Swami Vivekananda Nowadays, we have luckily got many social media sites to try keeping our relationship strong and some may have got many new relationships through these sites. But is it sufficient to keep our relationship strong? Is it growing firm by these sites? Somebody has acquired nearly 300 friends on their social media site. But I do not think they can show at least ten real and... Continue Reading →
"As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves" Swami Vivekananda Happiness remains an important thing of everyone's life. But unfortunately nobody knows what happiness is? And where does it hide? This question looks extremely naive but reply for the same is little difficult to pronounce. Many of us relate happiness with money because money is playing a vital role in each one of our life. Hence naturally everyone thinks happiness revolving around money or vice versa. Somebody finds happiness with some consumable items like television,... Continue Reading →
It has no religion, no gender, exposes no differences between rich and poor, can travel to any distance without passport and visa. Its only objective is to decimating people. It has spread its wings to all the directions to swallow the unified vulnerable community. You would have guessed by this time what I am quoting... Continue Reading →
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” - Abraham Lincoln Everyone has some skills and potential but many of us are reluctant to share any thoughts about it. First of all, some people do not know what sort of skills they have and how they should be developed. Some... Continue Reading →
The mind is a powerful device which needs to be controlled as it gets to wandering aimlessly. As long as we are thralls to our mind, it will dominate us. By acquiring ownership of it, we will become a master and capable of regulating it in a constructive way. ©2020 Murali
Today’s education gets a job and more money. For which the study hall educates the essentials of tackling competition, which as prevailing outside. But the outcome of these exercises merely produces machines. ©2020 Murali
It was on Sunday. My friend and I decided to meet at a restaurant near our house. The restaurant was crowded and there was no seat available for us as it was Sunday. After sometime somewhat we managed to get seats. After a few minutes, one person came and sat in front of us as there was one seat unoccupied and immediately he ordered something to eat. We were waiting eagerly too to have something very tasty. My friend started talking about the past and present and the waiter delivered something to the other person who was sitting in front of us. I... Continue Reading →
Knowledge is like water in a well. No matter how much you are going to take out from it because a spring inside of the well carries water again. Equivalently, Once we start sharing our knowledge with others it will not depreciate, instead, it will nurture immensely and disseminate everywhere. ©2020 Murali
All of a sudden Get together disappeared. Social distancing emerged. Handshake perished. ‘Namaste’ turns into a welcome gesture. Walking alone would be blissful. Working from home is conversant. The dwindling supply of goods teaches some thrift. Hand wash becomes habitual. Roads become a playing field for puppies and kittens. Marriages are held; not in spacious halls, but simply at home. Many old games have taken a rebirth at home. After a long time, all the old has become a ‘New.’ Everyone embraces the 'old' New and the So-called... Continue Reading →
Our own convictions themselves will drive us to the direction of solutions for our quandaries but seeking the opinion of others on the same will produce perturbation and further, it may weaken our firmness. ©2020 Murali
Money brings everything.Love brings everyone. A border among countries brings problems.Dialogue brings peace among them. Darkness brings sorrow.Light brings cheerfulness. Noises bring a crisis.Silent brings solidarity. Inaction brings stumbling-block.Effort brings paths. Comfort brings negligence. Striving hard brings accomplishment. Assertiveness brings confidence.Arrogance brings over-confidence. A closed mind brings ignorance.An open mind brings enlightenment. Enviousness brings disruption to the mind.Blissfulness brings peace of mind. ©2020 Murali
Proper planning will make you a successful person. Improper plans will not project you as a failure but it will make you stronger than earlier, rewrite your plans and allow you to travel again till your goal is reached successfully. ©2020 Murali
Arrogance represents nothing but uncovering our unpleasant face to others. It severs any relationships. It's harmful to our health. It kills humanity. By arrogance, nothing can be achieved. On the whole, the arrogance which is futile to everyone. ©2020 Murali
Mistakes are good Mistakes are part of the learning process. It supports us to grow. But the most essential point is you should possess a courageous mind to make mistakes. ©2020 Murali
Don't abandon your journey now as it has just half-finished. You can go back to where you have started or move forward. Choose either way... But the distance is the same... ©2020 Murali
Do not feel inferior about that you couldn't run fast on the road to progress. But remember there is a reason to be delighted that you're still running that you haven't stopped. ©2020 Murali
You're almost there.Just a few steps ahead. Don't sit back and relax.Success awaits you. ©2020 Murali
Your promising sign will bring a ray of hope in somebody’s life. A ray of hope is a spark but generates electrifying energy to travel many miles to make their journey of life extremely powerful. ©2020 Murali
Do not believe in the success which comes from overnight, because it may go as fast as it comes. Believe in success which comes through dedication, honesty, perseverance and hard work, because it will last longer forever. ©2020 Murali
Forgiveness is the finest lubricant to mitigate friction between friends. However, one must not tug it more as it may ruin the friendship. ©2020 Murali
If you are able to deceive someone now, do not celebrate it. You may get deceived by someone later. ©2020 Murali
