Do not Leave Hope - WhatsApp Wisdom

A Whatsapp story of Hope in these difficult and unprecedented times....

A king sentenced two people to death. One of them knew that the king loved his horse very much. He told the king that if my life is spared, I will teach his horse to fly in a year. The king was pleased to hear that he could ride the only flying horse in the world. 

The other prisoner looked at his friend with disbelief and said, you know that no horse can fly! How did you think of such madness? You are postponing your death for a year. 

The first prisoner said this is not the case. I have actually given myself four chances of freedom... 

The first thing the king can die within a year! 

The second thing I can die! 

Third thing horse can die!

And the fourth thing… maybe, let me learn to fly a horse !! 

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The learning from this story is we should not leave hope even in the worst of circumstances. Recovery rates are increasing, positive rates are decreasing, beds are increasing, oxygen is increasing, large production of vaccines has started. The medicine has arrived !! Rails are running, aircraft are flying...Ayurveda and yoga are giving strength...so you and I have to be Safe and Stay positive. Keep it Going!

Mother's day - A Day to Celebrate Mom's

Yesterday was Mother's day. Though we say it is borrowed from the western and it was promoted by the companies for sales of gifts etc., we have embraced it quite well. And why we should not? In our culture, we are socially shy to show our appreciation and love to anyone and rarely to our Moms. Their work and commitment to family are always taken for granted. I am happy that this brings out an opportunity to celebrate Mothers in a distinct way!

Young MM gave me a beautiful hand-drawn sketch as soon as she woke up which I loved! That's how I remembered it was Mother's Day!

People have found this as an occasion to show or show off their love through social media.

Whatsapp Status, Facebook was flooded Mother-Daughter/Son pictures and Videos which was truly wonderful.

I resonated with this message very well as I turn to Mom for everything. She is my sounding board.Yes! this was my Whatsapp Status!

        

This is the song that I recorded for my Mom last year for Mother's day!    

ನನ್ನ ಮೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಭಾವಗೀತೆ- ಅಮ್ಮ ನಿನ್ನ ಎದೆಯಾಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಳಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕ ಮೀನು

ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ: ಬಿ. ಆರ್. ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಣ್ ರಾವ್

ಅಮ್ಮ ನಿನ್ನ ಎದೆಯಾಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಳಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕ ಮೀನು

ಮಿಡುಕಾಡುತಿರುವೆ ನಾನು|

ಕಡಿಯಲೊಲ್ಲೆ ನೀ ಕರುಳ ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಒಲವೂಡುತಿರುವ ತಾಯೆ,

ಬಿಡದ ಭುವಿಯ ಮಾಯೆ||

ನಿನ್ನ ರಕ್ಷೆ ಗೂಡಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಚ್ಚಗೆ  ಅಡಗಲಿ ಎಷ್ಟು ದಿನ ,

ದೂಡು ಹೊರಗೇ ನನ್ನ|

ಓಟ ಕಲಿವೆ ಒಳನೋಟ ಕಲಿವೆ ನಾ ಕಲಿವೆ ಊರ್ಧ್ವ ಗಮನ

ಓ ಅಗಾಧ ಗಗನ||1||

ಮೇಲೆ ಹಾರಿ ನಿನ್ನಾ ಸೆಳೆತ ಮೀರಿ ನಿರ್ಭಾರ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಿ,

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡವನ್ನೇ ಬೆದಕಿ|

ಇಂಧನ ತೀರಲು ಬಂದೇ ಬರುವೆನು ಮತ್ತೆ ನಿನ್ನ ತೊಡೆಗೆ

ಮೂರ್ತ ಪ್ರೇಮದೆಡೆಗೆ||2||

To my mother and all mother figures in my life, just another day to wish you happiness and joy always! 

You brighten up our day, support us through the gray and shower us with unconditional love ❤️ 

Happy Mother's Day Mom..Love you always❤️

WhatsApp Wisdom : Sunflower and Empowering Each other

After two weeks of partial lockdown, a more serious lockdown has been announced. Which is neither very convenient nor easy for everyone. But I feel staying at Home and following guidelines is the only we can give back to society. And as my favorite RJ Pritivi says every Morning, showing patriotism is very easy now! The only thing we need to do is to be at home and step out only and only when it is required.

During these gloomy times, I found this Whatsapp message quite energizing...

 

Sunflowers 🌻 turn according to the position of the sun. In other words, they “chase the light.” You might already know this, but there is another fact that you probably do not know!

Have you ever wondered what happens on cloudy and rainy days when the sun is completely covered by clouds?🤔

...This is an interesting question. Isn’t it?

Perhaps you think the sunflower withers or turns its head towards the ground. Is this what crossed your mind?

Well, that’s incorrect!

This is what happens?

They turn towards each other to share their energy.🌻✨🌻

Nature’s perfection is amazing. Now let’s apply this reflection to our lives. Many people may become low-spirited, and the most vulnerable ones, sometimes, become depressed.

How about following the example of the beautiful sunflowers 🌻i.e."Supporting and empowering each other". Nature has so much to teach us...

Spread goodness...it will come back to you...😊😊

Random Records- Modern day Dilemmas

These days I face a new dilemma... More so if it's any of my friend's and family's birthdays.

Here is how it goes:

Let's say I have a friend to whom I am connected in many channels like Facebook, WhatsApp, with atleast 2 common Whatsapp groups.

When it is someone's birthday, I do DM on WhatsApp...and I get a response.. In the ideal case, the loop should close here..

But...

After a while, I see that people have started to send their wishes in one of the WhatsApp groups... for which my friend responds to them by thanking each one of them who has wished ..

Here is My first dilemma... Should I message again here?

I do not want others to think that I don’t message on someone's birthday...

                      So I send another wish to the Group. and get a response...Now this feels cool 😎

By evening I check my Facebook..

There again there are timeline wishes pouring and again there are responses to each of the messages...Also, I notice that people who had wished on the group also wrote on Facebook...

This was my second dilemma... Should I write on FB Timeline or not?

Then I reasoned that Facebook messages will stay for years and Whatsapp message does not..

So for the sake of longevity, I wish again on the Facebook timeline... Finally!

 I am happy that I am not on Signal, Telegram, Instagram and Twitter!