My Thought Clouds

Disaster in Japan

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:02:00 +0000

Its very pain and devastation in Japan where this massive earth quake hitting.
My thoughts and prayers are with everyone there.

This tsunami has swept away the roads, houses and everything on its way, highways smashed, telephone lines snapped, and it left people homeless. This is the time the humanity in each and everyone should awake. This is the time to support one another.

I prayed to God today, that peace and wellness be with those people and allow people to have food and necessary things for their daily hood to be adequate and i want to tell them the whole world is with them to support.

Let us join our hands and pray together, Get Well Soon Japan.

Pray to God

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:24:00 +0000

దేవుడి కృపకు అందరూ పాత్రులే... కానీ ఆ కృపను పొందటానికి మన దగ్గర సరి అయిన పాత్ర ఉన్నదా? ఆందుకు మనం సిద్దంగా ఉన్నామా అని పరిశీలించుకోవాలి మొదట.

గుడికి వెళ్తే అందరితో కలిసి వెళ్ళమని చెప్పేది మన సంప్రదాయం...ఎందుకు?

ఏదయిన బాధ నలుగురితొ పంచుకుంటే తరుగుతుంది, అదే సంతోషం ఆ నలుగురితో పంచుకుంటే పెరుగుతుంది అని...

భగవంతుడి దగ్గరకు వెళ్ళినప్పుడు మనలో ఎన్నో విషయ వాంఛలు విషయ బాధలు సహజంగానే మూట కట్టుకుని వెళ్తాం... యే మూలో కొద్దిగ సంతొషం ఉన్నప్పటికినీ అప్పుడు ఉన్న బాధలు కోరికలు దాన్ని మింగేస్తాయి...ఆందుకోసం గుడికి వెళ్ళినప్పుడు నలుగురితొ కలిసి వెళ్ళాలి...

నలుగురిలో మనం అనే భావన వల్ల ఆ బాధలనేవి ఏమున్నాయో అవి తరుగుతాయి...వాంఛలనేవి ఏమున్నాయో అవి ఎంత వరకు మనకు అవసరమో...ఎంత వరకు మనము అర్హులమో అనె ఆత్మ పరిశీలన కలుగుతుంది.... ఏ మూలో మూసేసిన సంతొషం ఇంతింతై అన్నట్టు దేవుడి కరుణ కటాక్ష వీక్షనాలతో రెట్టింపవుతుంది...ఆ భగవంతుడి దర్శన భాగ్యంతో మనసు పారవశ్యం చెంది ఎంతొ ధైర్యాన్ని మనశ్శాంతిని మన మనసు నింపుకుంటుంది...

గుడికి వెళ్ళినప్పుడు ఆ స్వామి అనుగ్రహదాహంతో అర్రులు చాచేలా మన మనస్సు అనే పాత్రతో ఖాలీగా వెళ్ళలి గాని... అర్థం లేని కొరికలతో...ద్వేషంతో...అసూయతొ నింపుకుని...మన కోరికల కంటె పక్క వాళ్ళకు ఎదో ఉందని, అంతకంటే ఎక్కువ నాకు కావాలనే ఆశతో మనం భగవంతుడి ముందు చేయి చాపుతున్నాం.

స్వామి ముందు కళ్ళు మూసిన ఒక్క క్షణం "మన" అన్న అహం మరచిపోయి ఒక్క క్షణం భగవంతుడి మీద మన దృష్టి నిలిపి ఒక్కసారి ఆలోచించండి... ఈ అనంత విశ్వం ఆ స్వామి సృష్టి, అందులో మనం ఒక రేణువు లాంటి వాళ్ళం మాత్రమే ...ఇంత సృష్టిని కాపాడే ఆయన మనల్ని కూడా కాపాడతాడు అనే విశ్వాసం నింపుకున్న కళ్ళతో మనకు ఆ స్వామి ప్రేమ తప్ప అన్యమయినది ఏది సహించలేని ఆర్తితో ఆయన ముందు మోకరిల్లుదాం.

Alliance "Best Team" Outing - Songs of the Earth

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:32:00 +0000

Team - when i listen about it, i felt alone as till i joined Alliance global especially the SNLxl Team, i never find so friendly people around me. I cant say there were no Friends for me earlier in earlier companies, but i find all the people who are same levels of mindsets and thought that match the same wavelengthth. To say frankly i saw a good team environment here. Everyone working for same goal and with same spirits and same height is motivation towards our team goal. And what not this team effort gave us a fruit of success with Best Team award for quarter2 giving a identity to our team as "Alliance Global Service Quarter 2 Best Team Award Winners". This gave a bonus of going out with the team. And think now how it goes outing with such team members is definitely results a good memories.

So we started the rain started sprinkling buckets of water cleaning all over the world around the city. We taken a break at pizza hut for lunch waiting the rain to stop and give us a way to our day to continue next. But we never turned our toes back. We went ahead for what we planned.We started to the resorts in the rainy minutes.

We moved from hi tech city to gachibowli taking road with all that multi storied high tech buildings showing the engineering power of India. Then the road to Gandipet, Mokila and shankarpalli gave us fascinating experience. It was like full holiday moments filled inside us with mesmerising power of nature filling our hearts we moved ahead capturing all those gifts of nature that flashed before eyes.

The nature made us forget all the world around us. Its like leaving behind all workloads, all deadlines, all scrum calls and all meeting tensions. It was all a great day which we never thought of.I just saw a small glance of nature's beauty on that day.

We played Cricket, Golf, Volley ball over there. Fellows are very tired by en of sports. A hot tea for that movement and snacks to refill is like re energizing our souls from the burdens of complete enjoyment. The event soon jumped favoring boys with swimming and DJ dancing. Of course we(girls) left to enjoy the nature alone and future family dreams to come with our families over there, we enjoyed a different flavor that time.

After all that dream world, we took rest with dinner and set back to return to our world feeling like leaving behind the heaven that gave us such beautiful memories for life long.

"Songs of the Earth" really played bbeautiful rhythms and music bits in our life for that day. I am sure everyone had a plan to come with their family next time to the same place very soon.

Photos taken by me here:

Secret of Moonlight - వెన్నెల రహస్యం

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:26:00 +0000

ఈ ఆకాశం రాత్రి దుప్పటిని కఫ్పుకునే వేల, తలుకు బెలుకుల తారకలు చంద్రుని చేరటానికి పయనించిన వేల,ఎప్పుడు తన ప్రియుని దర్శనం అవుతుందా అని ఎదురు చూపులతో కంటి కాంతులు సన్నగిల్లిన చెలియలను పలకరిస్తూ తారకల నడుమ నుండి మెల్లగా, నీలి మేఘాలపై తేలియాడుతూ, ప్రణయ సింహాసనం అధిష్టించిన ఆ పాల నురుగు తెల్లని నిండు చంద్రుడు నల్ల కలువ భామలను పలకరించిన చూపులలోని వెలుగే కదా ఈ జగతినంతా మురుపించి మైమరపించే ఈ వెన్నెల రహస్యం.

Object Oriented Mornings

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:16:00 +0000

Every mornings are not same so as every day.

I wonder how some days gets a big change in our lives while some days are just idle before teaching a lesson.

It seems to be some days are giving us chance to be prepared for next coming challenges like we had preparation holidays for exams. J

Most of changes happens either because of some of our action we did earlier or some things happen because of people around us.

When learning is our attitude and fighting is rooted in our senses, we never turn from students to dictators. For life, is good if we are like students.

But when we try to become dictators, we should be brave enough to accept whatever the results that come on the way.

Great people up to whom I know, have corners where they became dictators of their days. They plan it accordingly with utmost care and perfection and estimation that even their expectations fail, they have alternate results in hand which also given them the same result as they want. May be in their plan they know the action plans to follow when multiple choices are changed at runtime.

May be we all code around such concepts daily related to Object oriented, to our coding perspective, we know well what objects will be loaded, how it behaves and what values it contains and where those values change at runtime. We plan our projects choosing different design patterns making it most loosely coupled so that any unexpected or additional changes can be taken care of.

I have this idea this morning...why dont we start implementing this and see the Object Oriented mornings that project our daily objects and goals.

Boring boring!!!

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:14:00 +0000

These days going on very boring in the life. When i joined new office i thought i will have gala enjoyment..but its really getting bored. I wonder people are jut working like machines. I think machines will have some of noise when they run...even our CPU does!! But in our office no one makes sound forget about noise....and what about my music...????

I am like dumb an deaf. No one talks, no one speaks...no one had no intention of getting movement in them. Oh! my God! what the place am dumped into. I am sure my Friends who ever read this post definitely expects my situation being calm. How am I managing here they can understand well.... :)

Good thing here is i got ll good people in my team...working with them will make me no tensions as earlier. But bad thing is that i expected at least with some problems at wok place makes me out of boring conditions ...but this make me disappointed i that sense. You may be thinking what kind of girl am I. Of course yaar, no one can stay so calm like tied up to the chair no masti, no talks and without music i should run away to cafeteria at least to feel that there are human beings around me...so funny...and blogs are blocked yaar at least i may spend my time writing some nonsense here.

Anyways...let me habitual to find music in code...raaga in bugs and thaal in Builds...what do you say!!!

- Lakhsmi Sravanthi Chowdam

When it Rains in Hyderabad

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:39:00 +0000

When it rains in Hyderabad, what happens?

Who ever have living experience at hyderabad, immediately may say ohh! shit!! because of blocked traffic, blocked roads with sewage and water stocking at each and every 'X' roads and circles. No one knows where the man-holes are open. I think people have to have a stick with them like the people with blindness to walk in the roads when it rains.

What not can be said about these tough and terrible situations that should be beared by people. But but but....there is always a good part about it is the clean air surrounding people. In general, the air is filled up with carbon extracts nothing can be seen so clear on roads with normal vision can be seen very clearly when it rains as if some one has cleaned the glass door of our eyes to watch the bathed nature in its true form.

After rain bath, Trees(ofcourse very less appear on roads) are appear to be really beautiful. We, Humans may or may not be really enjoying hte rain but the plats really enjoy it. They never runs away from rain but they acccept the nature in its full form with their welcoming hands moving to and fro as if they are saying "Hi and Hello" to their childhood friends who came to visit their home with lots of lovely gifts.

Whatever, nature gifts are always ignored by Humans. They always think business how to use it to make money. Ultimately thats why humans are suffering from all the results having rivalry with nature.

Some beautiful after rain photo here for you....

Good Husband Vs. Happy Life

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:16:00 +0000

Today it raised n my mind who is called a good husband. Anyhow its all about a small discussion gone among my frineds. As its all time of marriages, some of my frinds who are still single started defining husbands about their GOOD and BAD.

The inititals voting gone for questions like, a person called a GOOD husband if:

He is a husband of GOOD wife
He is a person passed all rules of being GOOD husband (some basic rules may vary from one to one)
Husband, who confirms himself as GOOD
A person who satifies his BAD Wife
A person who survives from his BAD Wife
A husband who is sadi as GOOD by all the family members/relatives
A person who is told by his frineds that his wife is so lucky to hve him as husband

Scenarios are here for voting. :)
I dont want to discuss detail about any of these questions which leads mymarried frineds come and beat me. ;)

What qualities will a girl looks in a person to be his husband may vary. One may look for better confotness in society to live with. Soem may look Love and understanding. Some may believe mutual respect. Some may believe having similar favours, likes and dislikes. Some may believe high social value to have. Some stupids also may think just to have a guy as husband who they get married by their parents. And no more exceptions to those guys who are sold out to girls in terms of dowry, those girls are vey much living happily with their quality goods buyed in qholesale or retail markets of Bridegrooms.

What i think is rather than thinking having good or bad husband, one should think they are happy or not about their life. As i listened a person who is praised by his wife is not said to be good husband as my understanding a wife who feels proud about her husband will definitly living happily.

I know people always complain that some girls haivng good husband but still that they are not happy with their life. GOOD is always used as an alternative for "useless" as per some people,because people who cannot achieve anything and may pretend to be good. As we say in telugu, మంచితనం అంటే చేత కాని తనం.Ofcourse this issue may lead to Prolonged hammering :) I want to just put an end line with a brief about having good husband Vs. Living Happy Life.

I will vote to those married couples, having bad ends at both sides, but still live happily with each other with better more understanding and respect towards each other.

- Lakhsmi Sravanthi Chowdam

Frangrance of Jasmine

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:05:00 +0000

Have a deep breath of fragrance of jasmines with closed eyes...an eternal smile raises deep from the heart mildly changing your mood to forget all the world around you for a second...makes you feel staying on the waves of ocean...feeling like flying under the clouds that are heavily loaded just about to rain with a throw of fresh air on your face with the smell of mud included...relieved from all pressures of deadlines and client calls...Its a treasure in your hair I say.

There are so many songs on jasmine in our telugu sung by the Great Ghantasala. One song immediately running in my heart is the song in Malleswari movie(old),... "manasuna malleala maala loogene...".

మనసున మల్లెల మాలలూగెనే

కన్నుల వెన్నల డోలలూగెనే

ఎంత హాయి ఈ రేయి నిండెనో

ఎన్ని నాళ్ళకీ బ్రతుకు పండెనో....

Heart will really fly away with the singer in this song...definitely you will stay silent for a while to come out of the spell of emotions surrounded your heart to become normal.

There is no comparison to the smell of jasmine to any perfumes or deodorants. No one are exception from the magic of Jasmines fragrance. Of course now a days very few girls are having flowers in hair. Its treated like uncultured in this ultra metro modern society. So sad that now flowers are only meant for festival decoration...and for devoting to God in temples or in marriages.

Making garland form the loose flowers is an art i should say. when we st rat tie-knot all the flowers to each other in a rope...i like to watch the finger of people who are tieing flowers. They dance in an artistically way. You know it gives an excercise to fingers to roll on all ways round.

Think of in this summer you are under the jasmine tree, the branches are dangling swing by the breeze, you are under the moon shine counting the stars..sleeping beside your mother listening to the stories heading on her hands...the beautiful memories are flying all around my mind...just thinking to disappear from here and immmediately go to home to my mother...now!!!

Helloo!! Is it LOVE?

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:35:00 +0000

Did any unknown person called you Helloo!! on road with a smile on his face? Did any one fell in love with you at first sight? And if anyone says it to you, will you smile at hime? What do you think if any person sing a song seeing you at aleast if he hums any song before you? But for sure some one has seen you and given expressions on their face..Mat be appreciating when oyu are really looking good, or surprised look when you are looking different from others or a look that makes you to turn your head away from them with a feeling that "what this bloody idiots always looking at girls?" Does any one followed you on road for a while? In any scenario that girls are facing on roads now a days, none feels any LOVE or atleast attraction towards those guys for sure.

If any person had done a drama like above mentioned before you, Do you feel "hey he is a hero in my life"? But, in movies HERO does all these and we like him and come out of the theatre with a feel that " Oh! how good if we have a person lie him in our life!! then life will be so colorfull with rainbows on head...rain in hands and foot in air...". Bull shit!!! We seriously think baout the heroine and her family to accept the hero for doing all such dramas.

Two people who are financially stable and responsible for their life and who are fullfilling their duties towards their families...and those who know each other in person, and know each others habits, likes-dislikes and ambitions and goals and then have to think about the future life by marrying him or her. If still they think or feel to complete their incomplete life with him or he as life partner then they can go ahead and get married. They doesnt need their family consent when they are much strong enough to face the society and life with all the ups and downs of their worlds.

I say people who are able to see their future with responisiblity as their one eye and society as their second eye, only have right to LOVE and get marry with whom ever they like in thier life.

People who think that they have all guts to face challenges in life who are still students or still not financially stable, whould concentrate on their career first. If they do then these are the most successfull people in their proffession.

Its all about my views and thoughts...comments are most welcome!!!

When we SHARE

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:34:00 +0000

I have studied in school in our small town where i learnt to share things, to play games, to fight with friends and i also learnt to ask co-students if i need any help from them.

We all may have distributed chacolates at one year or other on our birthdays. We also had shared sweets that are distributed on the occasion of Independence day, Gandhi Jayanthi and Republic day.

We may have played many indoor games at school like as I played Kabaddi, Arrow target game, Thokkudu billa. When i got stuck or got any injuries, we use to cry, get badaged and play once again in the ground.

When we have any disagreemtns with friends we used to fight with them. We used to question directly. We use to complain to leaders.

And at time of exams, we used to take help of otehr students to solve any Mathematical problems or equations in chemistry.

Anytime, we used to be so as we are. No inhibitions at any time. If any student behaves arrogantly we used to bravely stand before the and able to say that we will make complaint about their behavior to the master.

We used to share many personal things with classamtes. Our very valuable sharpeners, erasers, extra pencil withus , scale etc., At more higher level, we also share calculators, instrument box blah blah...and ta more higher level, we shared even answer sheets in examination room. We are in a mutual understadnign that we all are the oen and the same fighting for exams and future.

When we got into jobs, what changed people to stop sharing, stop asking, stop talkign to each other, stop helping!!! Here also we are all one and the same. Fighting for LIFE. The most important than any exam we had written. But we fear to ask any help. Asking help instead is treated as doing any illegal thing.

In playing games, if any of our friend fell down to earth, get injured then everryone in school surrond the person who is injured adn show our sorrow towards her/him. We make the person to feel better and to be brave enough to get back to the game.

But in our jobs, if anyone does any mistake, we all surrond him not to hlep him out but to punish him. We never share our excellence. We never share our goodness. We never share our kindness. And we never share our love towards mankind. We are behaving worst than any animals. We never correct any collegue to make him/her improve professionally or technically!!! We always stand to celebrate partys of the company, but not ups and downs of our collegue.

We say we are professinal but we never have feelings and emotions to react for other person's tensions or sorrows. Machines are so better as when they get heated enough they stop working and take rest. Where are these professional personalities gonig towards??? Is this a symbolic representation of personality disorder!!!

SHARING is the basic thing for a person that should give utmost happiness to self and not any pain in heart when shared. If its not happening then its a personality disorder.

Everyone feel as if they are the great person in office/team than anyone else. These people always try to find some fault in other team members to prove themselves as best. This is termed as "Narcissistic Personality Disorder ".

Here is the link to get more understanding on these people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

thats why things we shared at our childhood became sweet memories while the situations we are in now in our offices have became worst situations which making us to share like sorrows in life and ;aways think to forget for tomorow.

Happy Holi

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:23:00 +0000

Unanswered Questions

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:15:00 +0000

In a regular day to day activities of our life or career, we may have come across several questiosn that are unanswered by anyone. We cant find a solution for certain problems even when searched in GOOGLE. We come across certain critical situations to handle for which there will be always two mutually exclusive solutions are available!!!

One simple situation is how to react when any of our collegue accuses against what we have not done. One saying is that in a corporate professional world, there is no place for emotions or reactions. One solution suggests us to keep quite for any blames and let the accuser know the reality. But if we keep quite people think its our mistake so we kept silent. If we argue to prove the real truth, people say we are impatient and in more worst situation they may say we are trying to defend ourself. If the other side refuses to listen our version, that makes the situation most worst than ever.

Any way we choose is dangerous in such situations. Whatever the way we choose to handle the situation, ultimately those scenarios hurts us much. I guess such situations are most faced by female employees as compared to male employees. Because any superior either male or female will give a chance to explain their version if the accused is a male person.When it comes to females, i dont know why immediately the tone and pitch of the voice changes. There are very rare situations where any superior may in angry but still complain in lesser tone that regular voice.

A superior/team lead, either male or female can be good leader only when he/she thinks that they have to rectify the mistakes; But if they think other persons are doing a big mistake and they have identif ied it or they have catched the wrong, automatically the way of communiction changes to as if they have caught the thief after long time. And the the person who is accused will be held hanging before all the remaining team members.

Internally for people who are caught by their superiors in such scenarios, will behave ina disagreement mood for all further situations that arise between them and their superiors.

This is all my analysis.This may vary on the situations and times. From my personal experience what i come across i wanted to share with you all.

Comments and sugestions are most welcome.

Valentines Day

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:18:00 +0000

ప్రేమికుల రోజు...ప్రేమ కు ఒక రోజు... పలకటానికి మధురంగా లేదు..వినటానికి కూడ గౌరవంగా లేదు. నాకు ప్రెమంటె చాలా గౌరవం. కాని ప్రస్తుతం ఆ మాట బయటకి మట్లాడటానికి ఎదోలా ఉంది. నాకు మా చెల్లంటే చాలా ప్రేమ అనటానికి నాకు మా చెల్లంటే చాల ఇష్టం అంటున్న.

When i think about whats the reason that causing me to feel like this, i get angry on the people who are getting down the respect for LOVE. I see people who love each other on ROADS. I doubt that is that the love that they express on roads. I just oberving any of such people i understand their basical thought that they are trying to prove to themselves that they are loving each other. They are affirming each other that they are in love with each other. I think why dop tehy try to prove themselves before others? Do they want to gain confidence? Or they wanted to prove that they are brave enough to face the world by behaving as they like against to society concerns.

I dont think anyone who are loving on roads are truley have love in them towards each other. I see that they have an ownership feeling on each other like she is mine and he is mine. I dont think its love.

One example i want to share here, yeaterday i was returning home from shopping and stop at traffic red signal. One couple in black dress, on a bike just stopped beside my auto. The girl was looked like she almost fell upon him holding him with a bouquet of roses in hands. As i observed her, she looked like riding in clouds with dreamy eyes, very happily laughing in a consious that she had won this world. Sometime back i listened a sentence that LOVE is like a drug that amkes man a slave. It exactly showed up in her behaviour. Everyone around are looking at them. Its so embrassed for me that the auto driver was looking at them with a look that "how good it would be if he get down and catch them both and beat them up on !!!", and a sigh came out of him and looked back to me. I tried to analyse what was in his mind to look back to me and my shopping bags.. I got two meanings like one whther I do also have a boy friend and i ahev made some shopping for valentines day. I immediately called my mother and said oh my mother i have done shopping for you. I dont know what he is feeling inside but after my call ended, he commented on the girls behavior on how now a days people(he meant girls here) are becoming as though he worried about his children how they become when they grown up.

Now I got to know why LOVE has become a word that makes people fear to spell it. One second i thought where this world is going. I hate people saying "I LOVE YOU" to each other. Is love expressed like that. Does love needs to be spoken in words? Is it a desease to have some prescribed medicine to have it on a daily dose?

I know love is the thing that stays in heart like which stays in our mother heart. It makes people respect each other. I think poeple have forgot the meaning of respect. If i ask anyone what is repect efinilty they will say its like standing before elders. Thats it!!! No surprise, the education itself is upto that level.

I saw some (as they say themselves as lovers) fighting and scolding each other on roads. I saw many unexpected emotions expressed on roads. Its making other people having a cinema on roads free of cost.

I think poeple who say themself lovers, looking like they are in a role play of lovers. They always think they have to be like this or like that like Romeo Juliate did. Their role models are hero and heroine in films, which never teach what repect and understanding is. When i asked a question to one of my friend, what is understandign in relationships; My friend who always used to say she has a good understanding with her boy friend, answered for my question, "understanding is the mutual agreement that she listen to him when he says and he listens to her words when she says.".

I am in shock now. So will continue on this in next post.

- Lakhsmi Sravanthi Chowdam

My Lost Mornings

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:41:00 +0000

ఈ రోజు వేకువనే నేను చూసిన మొదటి దృశ్యం, రూం లో పవర్ లేదు. బయటకి వచ్చి చూస్తే అప్పుడే తెలవారుతుంది. ఈ మహా నగరం లో సూర్యోదయం చూడ లేకపోయినా, పక్షుల కిల కిలలు లేకపోయినా అప్పుడే పుట్టినట్లుండే ప్రకృతి కూడా నచ్చింది. ఈ కాలుష్యపు ప్రపంచంలో ఇంకా మనును కదిలించే దృశ్యాలు కనిపిస్తున్నాయంటే అది దేవుడున్నాడని రుజువేమో!!!

అప్పుడు నాకు మా ఇల్లు గుర్తొచ్చింది. మా ఇంట్లో వాకిట్లో జాజి చెట్టు ఉంది. పొద్దున్నే సూర్యుడు రాకముందు చూస్తే ఎలా ఉంటుందంటే బాగా విచ్చిపోయిన జాజుల మీద మంచు బిందువులు , పూల లోని తేనె కోసం వాటి చుట్టూ తిరిగే సీతాకోకచిలుకలు. ఆహ్లాదమయిన చిరుగాలి, వెచ్చటి సూర్య కిరణాలతో ప్రశాంతంగా ఉండేది. అప్పటికే అమ్మ అన్ని పనులు ముగించేసి, వేడి టీ రెడీ చేసి పెట్టేది. బద్దకంగా ఆ టీ తాగుతూ పేపర్ చదివేదాన్ని.

A Short Story About Relationships

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:59:00 +0000

When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school. I dont remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the toast. And Ill never forget what he said: Baby, I love burned toast.

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she is really tired. And besides a little burnt toast never hurt anyone! You know, life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. Im not the best housekeeper or cook.

What Ive learned over the years is that learning to accept each others faults - and choosing to celebrate each others differences - is the one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And thats my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of GOD. Because in the end, Hes the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where burnt toast isnt a deal-breaker! We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or arent-child or friendship!!

Bright Future

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:30:00 +0000

We are never living, but only hoping to live; and, looking forward always to being happy, it is inevitable that we never are so.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The Apple!!!

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:02:00 +0000

Once there was a small kid on earth. One fine day it came to know that god is distributing apples to humans in his place at heaven. The kid was so happy to receive that news and it went with lot of enjoyment to heaven to get the apple from god. There was a big queue standing to get apple from god and this kid also joined in that queue. While it was standing, it was fully excited and thrilled for the fact that it is going to receive in person from god's hands. Its turn too came and the kid showed its both the hands to receive apple. God gave the apple but unfortunately the tiny hands couldn't hold that big apple. Apple fell down and got wasted in mud. The kid got so disappointed. The ministers near the god informed that if the kid likes to have an apple from god again then it has to again follow the queue. Having waited for so long the kid didn't want to return back to earth with empty hands so it decided to wait again in the queue.

This time the queue has become even longer than the previous one. While waiting in queue, the kid could see lot of people who returns back with apple in hands and utmost satisfaction on their faces. The kid was so much disappointed and thought why me alone didn't get the apple in hand when all others were easily able to get it. What is the sin I did that I alone should suffer like this. Now the kid was so scared that it should not miss the apple again. Again its turn came and god gave the apple to the kid's hands and after giving the apple god spoke to the kid.

"My dear child, last time after giving you the apple only I noticed the apple I gave to you was a rotten apple and that's why I made that to fell down from your hands. Having given you a rotten apple, I felt bad for you and I wanted to give you the best apple in the farm and that time the best apple in the farm was growing and that's why I made you to wait such a long time in the queue. Here it is. Now the apple that you have in hand is 'The Best' apple in the farm till to date. Enjoy."

Moral : Friends, sometimes it so happens, as even after we put our 100% dedication and commitment things may get delayed or things may go wrong. Believe that god has something great for us and that's why this has happened. Always say, 'Gratitude & patience is absolutely the best way to bring more in one's life'.

Lessons of Life

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:03:00 +0000

You cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and fulfillment of your fall.

Moral

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.

Don't judge life by one difficult season.

Waht Is My Role Today?

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:15:00 +0000

Its true when someone said "life is a like a drama", It all depends on how well you act your role.. And I guess I am very poor in that, Sorry, What's my role?

Every day I question myself and I am sometimes confused that shall I follow as it goes? OR shall I have any plans? Not exactly. It must be both and it includes some hope that some thing goes good Today or Tomorrow.

Yes, I have set some goals to reach, and i have made a plan to reach them. May be the plan doesn't include day by day activities to execute but part of it can be executed any time today or tomorrow.

So I hope that will happen Today or Tomorrow.

And expectations surely I am learning to avoid because that may leads to disappoitnments and sorrows.

"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention."

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:18:00 +0000

I almost gave in. I almost lost. This day almost got to me. Into the air my hands I tossed. Almost walked away. Almost Cried. Almost threw caution into the wind. Happiness for myself? I almost denied

Almost... Then...I felt a brush of love against my face. Wings wrapped around me in a warm embrace. I heard a whisper into my ear...

"Don't you ever give up, I'm right here."

Lord Krishna said, "O Arjuna! You must fight. Do not neglect your duty. It is a mistake. You must follow your own Dharma till death. Think that gain and loss, happiness and sorrow are equal.

"You must work alone. Do not think what you will get from that work. See, I am here. I am God. I am by your side. Wake up. Be cheerful. Worship Me. I am the Lord of all the worlds."

Success is failure turned inside out. The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, and when you never can tell how close you are.

It may be near when it seems a far; so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit.
It's when things seem worst, you must not quit.

Your success is waiting...

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:33:00 +0000

When we see someone successful, we say that he just got lucky. He must have been at the right place at the right time.

People only see one side of the picture.People don't see the failures.If you study history, you will find that all stories of success are also stories of great failures. So if you are failing Remember, success is waiting to happen.

The rose is fairest when it's budding new and hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.

Right Price

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:05:00 +0000

“The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is
disappointment.”

Every thing in the life cost some thing.Everything you get is by what you paid. We have many phrases like this that expresses the similar truth.

We complain about what we have, but we never look back what we have exercised for attaining what we want actually. We play the things around.Sooner or later we realize and complain this is not we thought to get.

In our life too, if we want something we have to keep our complete efforts towards it. Never get disappointed when the results are unexpected. You work for what you want. You will get what you are fit for. This is universal law of existence. Have a attitude to accept the result of your hard work. It may not be in the same form as you expected either positive or other way, its the fruit of your work, so take it for granted and be happy for attaining it.

And start re working again for what you actually want. Because the previous result showed you the result you get what you have done previously. So if the result is not as you like then you change your strategy and achieve what you want. One day or other you are surely going to get it. And no force in this universe can stop you getting it.

You have to get ready to pay the right price of the things you want in your life.

The right price is your attitude, love, sacrifice and dedication.

Love is…

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep on watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

-- John Winston Ono Lennon, 1940-1980

English Musician, Songwriter and Peace Activist

Get Rid of Fear

noreply@blogger.com (లక్ష్మి స్రవంతి,) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:20:00 +0000

When we encounter a problem we immediately think of the person who can help us to get out of it. Or we search for people who already have passed such circumstances and take their directions to solve.Whenever any of the person we believed are not readily available to give their hands, we become depressed with fear and tension.

We sometimes make some expectations from others and plant them in our heart.Like they will do this or they will ask like this or some one will help me out from this. We take care those expectations to grow in branches in such a way that we become unable to pluck off any parts of it which are affected by our wrong assumptions. We just ignore everything. Our assumptions make us believe that our expectations result in reality. But assumptions always result in unbiased.

We fear of for the unfair results. For all human fears, 75% of which is caused by our assumptions and wrongly perceived existing reality.Remaining part may include on other circumstances and on any other external factors.

To solve any problem, first of all have to remove fear from inner self.Get rid of fear. Calculate the results on real values than imaginary assumptions.You can any how compare with any existing statistical information on the same problem.Do backward analysis. Means, go in the upward direction from result you wanted to problem identified. Like, for this particular desired result what must be the pre conditions, post conditions and constraints. This way you can easily get out of any problem domain. Always keep in mind there is always two or more solutions for any problem. If you do a brainstorm, you can find many a number of ways to get out of your current problem.