A letter from July

One more happening month of my life is over. Many notable things happened in this duration. Some of the significant one are following:
1. Economics class at JATF was highlight of the month. Initially I was little worried and afraid about the classes but once it started rolling, there was no looking back. It was like a rollar coaster ride for me. I am still awaiting the feedback for the same.
2. I shifted to government flat. It is good place to be in. Lot of amenities around but I am yet to get my routine back on schedule.
3. My data mining course has started. There is lot of fear and confusion whether I'll be able to cope with it or not. I need to play extra hard to really fulfill this goal. This is one of the challenging task on which I have set my foot and I really need blessings of everyone around to finish the course.

Many little things also happened like
1. My bicycle ride to Singhu border
2. My rain walk from Ambience mall
3. My participation in faceless e-assessment project and budget proposals framework.

All in all, life is busy and happening as usual. I wish to find more courage and vitality to write about day to day learning and read and exercise more regularly. These three remains the flip points of my journey this month.

Random thoughts

Never keep a problem lingering or pending

Play it on front foot

Remember the kind of frustration you deal with in daily life is much bigger than a unicorn CEO.

Noblest oblidge: If you have a gift from God, if you are blessed with a talent, it is your duty to give it back to the society.

Everyday is a new beginning.

Always begin the day with a smile and blessings of trees, animals, sun, Moon and every other resource around you.

Douse the anger within you and world will become a better place to live.

Give others benefit of doubt. Trust people. Respect every emotion of every individual. We are all the same.

Two epics

When the history of sports will be written, yesterday will find a special mention. The reason being two of the greatest game in the sporting history were played yesterday. One was ODI cricket world cup final between England and Newzealand. Other being Lawn tennis Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

I could not watch the second one as I was busy with the first one. I don't regret missing the second because the first game was full of thrill, excitement, climax and lot of fun. More specifically three things were very noticeable in the match.

First of it was heroics of Ben Stokes. He played a really courageous inning. As goes the adage: Fortune favours the brave. It definitely favored him vigorously.
Second was cool and calm response of Ken Williamson. It was fabulous. It requires great deal of experience, thought experiments and wisdom to remain that way.
Third was the shot of destiny. If something is not meant for you, whatever you try, it won't fall in place.

The whole game reminded me of Hitler. When Hitler had to choose his army generals,he would call them for a final interview and he used to ask just one question to them, "Are you lucky?". I think this was the difference between the two sides on that day.

Another thing which got stuck in my mind was importance of Hope. It is so powerful a mental state of mind that if it is strong enough, it definitely changes the outcome. It is like whole world conspires for you to succeed.

Anyway enough for the day. Rest will come later.

My 5 learning

A friend recently asked me a question "what are my 3 key learnings after appearing in UPSC exam?".
I could not answer with clarity. There was so much to dig in. There was lot of substance even before appearing in the UPSC. It was hard to distinguish whether a particular leaning is result of UPSC or belonged to pre-UPSC era. So I sat down and tried to remove some mud and here is what I found.

1. Destiny is more powerful than anything else. You try whatever is possible, if it is there you'll get it and if it is not there, you'll never get it. Hard work and all goes for toss in front of it.
2. You have to keep trying, keep walking whatever may be the direction. Destiny will automatically put you on the right path.
3. A routine schedule and disciplined life style is worthy living. In the long term, it is more joyful than anything else.
4. Real happiness is a reflex of mind. Convince yourself about it and you will be happy. Else, life will keep teaching you same lesson again and again.

5. Everyone is fighting a battle in life so be kind, considerate and empathic to people around you.