I am back to the blogging world after a long break and this time I want to write about something which will enhance the way we are living our lives. I will start off by posting an article which had come in The Hindu newspaper which was written by Padma. Here it goes ……..

It has been estimated that we think more than 50.000 thoughts everyday, more than half of which are negative. Sometimes you have to do a mental spring-clean to get rid of the negative `garbage’ that otherwise becomes ingrained. `Positive thinking’ a phrase made famous in the 1952 bestseller.

The Powers of Positive Thinking, is what its all about. Stopping self-destructive thoughts is like stopping any other bad habit–it takes time and effort. As Norman Vincent Peale wrote, it is all about belief in oneself and faith in God.

You are what you think

We control our feelings and thoughts both consciously and subconsciously. It is within us to be positive or negative, lively or morose. One of the most effective ways to come out on top is by the affirmation of all that is positive. Affirmations are positive statements about yourself that you repeat over and over until they’re programmed into your subconscious.

If we think unhappy thoughts, it will be impossible to feel either positive or be happy. As Marcus Aurelius said, “A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.

You feel what you want

As thinking is an unconscious habit, good habits, such as talking positively to yourself, focusing on positive thoughts, and being positive with other people, get good, positive results and peace of mind. While no one can be positive all the time, there are ways to develop a positive “mind set” so that positive thinking becomes a habit.

Why worry

Like positive thinking, worrying is a habit- albeit a bad one. Constant worrying is destructive and self -defeating.

Try to eliminate negative self -talk. It only underlines our poor self-image and makes us lose confidence in ourselves. Catch and kill that negative thought!

The three Cs

Develop a three-pronged approach-Commitment, Control and Challenge. Make a commitment to yourself and to people and things that matter to you. Be enthusiastic and dare to dream!

Keep your mind focused and set your goals and priorities. Take everything in your stride –success and heartbreak.

Be courageous. Do not be afraid of change .Do your best and have no regrets. See learning and change as opportunities and never let go of your optimism.

Boost the positive and you will find that you are a success during good times, and a survivor during the hard!

How many of us have realised that being positive or negative is for us to decide? for some one who was a lot of pessimism you will be amazed by the changes that positive thinking has brought into my life. I used to very pessimistic for quite a long time and it used to peg me down a lot and I used to have a feeling of hollowness in me and thats when I decided to try the positive thinking approach and its worked wonders for me. All those feeling of hollowness has vanished and the positive energy has spread to people whom I meet which I think is the best part of being a positive thinker and trust me negativity is strictly not liked by people when you are talking with them. I still remember how people used to hate bumping into me just because they did not want to get any negative vibes.

Like the quthor has mentioned we control our thoughts so being positive or negative is totally up to us. So lets all try the poitive way after all there is no harm in trying if it can change the way we live and make the world a better place.

Well after a very long time I am writing a new post. The delay was due to the fact that I could not come up with anything. Today I am writing about something which is found in every single human on this planet-FEAR. Fear is a a state of panic. I am not going to write about fear that people in general have. My focus in this topic  is fear of losing.

Everyone who is honest will agree that they fear losing and its no different for me as well. Its the fear of losing that deters us from doing things which we wish we could do. I do not know for sure about others but that has been the case with me and also i am guessing its the same with everyone. I have missed out doing so many things just because of the fear of losing and being humiliated. When everyone ponders about their life deeply they will realize that they have also been doing it. Fear is one thing which is common among all humans. Sometimes it is good to have fear as if people do not have fear they will go about doing everything which might ultimately destroy the world. this said too much of fear is also very bad as just for the fear of losing we might not to something which we would have actually been able to do.

In Alistair Mclean’s  “The guns of navarone” The main character tells that everyone has fear but people who are brave  fight  for extra 5 seconds without fear which ultimately makes the difference and is the difference to normal person and a brave warrior. The ones who overcome their fear succeed in life. So go ahead and overcome fear of losing as bigger better things are waiting to happen in everyones life. Stay without fear for that extra bit and you will achieve bigger things. Be the brave one.

Nearly 4 years since the last vikram-trisha starrer saamy hit the screens comes the much delayed(2yrs in the making)much awaited film “bheema”with boundless blows,bullets and bloodshed.This is vikram’s first release after the lukewarm response to his last film “majaa”in 2005.For someone like me who has seen vikram’s work since sethu I definitely expected a much better film from the trio linguswamy-vikram-harris jeyraj.A volley of gunfires,bullets and the ease with which the hero moves on without getting hurt and never ending songs forms the out and out action flick “Bheema”.
story:no story,mindless action,unbelievable stunts,the story is about gangwars,rivalry between 2 underworld dons chinna[prakash raj] and periyar[raghuvaran,what is he even doing in the movie?].
Sekar[vikram] who has always admired and tried to emulate chinna since childhood joins as his henchman.Scenes between prakash raj and vikram does remind u of maniratnam’s dalapathy.sekar helps chinna overpower periyar and catapults him to a top position.This form s the story before the intermission.
post interval enters the new commissioner[ashish vidyarthi] who is hell bent upon “cleaning up the city”.where is the story heading??
performance wise vikram is top class[definitely will appeal to the front benchers,is he trying to tread the same path as vijay to woo the audience in the b and centres?]trisha looks stunning in the songs but has very less to do.prakash raj is good.raghuvaran is totally wasted.ashish vidyarthi is passable.
with the exception of 2 songs ragasiya kanavugal and mudhal mazhai the music is forgettable.
Director linguswamy who made films like run , ji and sandaikozhi chooses this not so non conventional theme on the lives of the underworld dons which lacks punch and fails to strike a chord with the audience.The movie is strictly a one time watch.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is back to doing what he does best, play aggressive cricket and demoralising the opposition bowlers, something which he has been doing for almost 18 years now with great success. The intensity with which he approaches cricket is something out of this world. After all these years people expect the intensity level to drop but not for this man, he still has the intensity of a 20 year old kid.

Most of us have grown up idolizing this little master (as he is popularly called in the cricketing world) and I was no different.I just love the way he bats and specially when he is in a attacking frame of mind.I like the flick of the legs shot the most and also his trademark straight drives(who can forget that).He is no doubt at his best when he is trying to take the attack to the bowlers.Its a bowler’s nightmare to be pitted against him when he is at his aggressive best.The other noticeable thing with him is he targets bowlers who tell before a series begins that they are after his wicket.He s specially targeted such bowlers and shown them whose the master.The famous battle with caddick and shoaib akhtar come to mind which happened during the 2003 world up. He absolutely took them to the cleaners, smashing the ball to all corners of the ground and sometimes even out of the ground.

Today he has cracked the 16000 run barrier in ODI s with the next best a distant 12000 odd. This itself is a testiment to his capabilities and he is no doubt the best one day player ever to walk on this planet. Also with more than 80 centuries together in both forms of the game he is surely a living legend.

The year 2006 was not a good one for him as he was plagued by injuries which is when talks of his retirement were heavy in the media. He came back from the injuries with a bang and has silenced his critics for now. Its not easy in a nation like ours to fulfill the expectations of the people. One day they hail you and treat you like god but the same crowd might turn around and burn effigies and shout slogans against you. The expectations of a billion people are upon his shoulders every time he steps on to the field but seldom has he wilted under it. He s handled it better than anyone.

Whats even more special is his smile which is pleasing for anyone to watch. His humility is the most striking thing and he is an easy going guy for whom fame has not gone into his head.He has single handedly won India many games and lead the batting for so many years day in and day out.He is no doubt one of the most charming players the game has ever seen.Hats off to the little master.I hope and believe that he has a lot more to give to the game and he will prolong his career for as long as possible and keep giving nightmares to the bowlers all around the world.

Imagine the world without oxygen. There would be no life forms on earth if such a scenario exists. Now u must be thinking why I started this way, according to me music is something like oxygen. I cannot imagine life without music. Music is present everywhere around us and inside us. A good music is one that pleases the mind. It can act as a very good stress buster that is very much prevalent today. Music has no barriers, has no language, caste, color, division based on economic status. It pleases everyone alike. Although there are different genres of music, it is universal in nature. Even animals and plants respond to music. Studies have proved that plants exposed to music have grown healthier and quickly and it is the same with some of the animals .Music has the amazing power of changing people’s lives. Many things can be expressed in the form of music and people tend to react better to music rather than say just a speech. There have been many instances where musicians who have tried to convey some social messages through their music have found overwhelming success in their venture. Every one has his/her own opinion on what is good music all about. According to me anything thing touches the soul of a person can be termed as what good music is all about. For example, a child’s cry can be music to a mother’s ears. Music can really inspire anyone who is down and is looking for some inspiration. The powers of music are unimaginable. Music it will continue to entertain people of all generations forever. Well that is all I could come up with. There are lot more things that I would have liked to write but I could not come up with the words.

This topic might make most of us go back to the good old days of childhood when we used to run around and play in the hot and burning sun without the pressure of the world upon us.Now the entire world(at least the majority) is mesmerized by the non real world of computer games. Part of the reason for this shift is the lack of good grounds and the lack of togetherness that is persisting in today s world.

We might play the popular football or cricket game on PC but its no where near to the joy that we get while playing outdoor football or even cricket. I can still remember the days when I used to play cricket in the burning hot sun in my village, sometimes even bare foot. Nothing can match the joy that we get when we flex some muscles while playin these outdoor games. I also remember my school days during which I used to wait for holidays so that i can play cricket, hide and seek,laggoree(A local game in which we throw the ball at stones and regroup all the stones while avoiding getting hit by the ball), lock and key,badminton and many more innovative games. Most of these games used to be played in the streets and they do not require a play ground. At least I used to play them on the streets. I used to leave my house in the morning and come back for lunch and then again go out and return home at night.Playing with many people is surely fun to the core. Just the assembly of so many people was a joy to be in.

Only in villages can we get to see groups of children playing outdoor games.Its becoming more and more of a rare scene in the cities.I can see school kids already carrying the burden of t he world on their tender shoulders. There might come a time when games will be restricted to indoor games or even worse only the computer games.There s nothing wrong in playing on the computer as I myself do get hooked on to the computer games but from time to time playing outdoor games relaxes the mind and also its a very good exercise to our body.Even the PET classes in the schools are taken by other subject teachers in most of the schools.Also many of the schools do not even have a playground in their school premises. All this is sad and the future is going to be even more worse.At this point I remember the popular animated series that comes on disney channel “Recess”. Its focus is mainly on the outdoor games.

There is a popular saying that “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, its time we changed it to something like this “All work and only playing a on computer makes Jack a dull boy”.

There are still a lot more things that I could have written but it might get boring so I leave it to the people reading this blog to comment and share their experiences.

Hello people. I am back to blogging. I hope this time I dont delete my blog like the last time around