You never know..

Everyday, people die. I know, it isn’t easy to figure that out. I’m just gifted.
 I’m not talking about natural death. I’m talking about the didn’t-see-that-coming kinds.



 Someone decides to take a walk on a nice, sunny morning - and the last thing he sees is a car heading straight at him. A couple decide to have a nice meal in a fancy hotel. Five minutes later, they see 2 men with AK-47’s spreading terror with a misguided sense of righteousness.

 Millions breathe their last on the road. In fact, worldwide, over 3000 people on average die in car accidents daily.

 The truth is – you never know. You don’t know if tomorrow, when you head out, you’ll be back in bed that night – safe and sound. You just don’t.

 But you head out anyway.

 We have no proof that tomorrow is going to be okay.

 We just have faith. We just have hope.

 Let’s keep that above the statistics, in whatever we do.

 After all, it’s how we live.
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Losing Control

   

The powers that be are losing control.

1. You now have a chance to have a free voice – blogs, twitter, facebook. Take your pick. People are listening.
2. Doing you own thing is getting easier and easier.
3. People are slowly trusting social media more than they trust organisations.
4. People are shifting to the internet for news rather than the newspaper.
5. Corruption isn’t as rampant as it was, with computerised systems in place.
6. People are looking into how voting systems can move online. It has its disadvantages, but it can get the urban vote, and reduce ‘forced’ voting.
7. Word-of-mouth is a clear winner. Case in point, Google.

So many fail to notice how technology is truly changing the world. How the internet continues to revolutionise the way things work.

Technology is slowly making sure that control no longer remains with the few. Monopolies are dying. Sure, many countries (primarily in the Gulf region) are doing their best to hold on, but the game is too massive for anyone to get a hold of.

I’m not excited about technology. I’m excited about what it represents for all of us.

The leaderless future.

The few who get agitated, can do nothing, because the internet has no head to cut off, and no person to sue.

Like anything else, this has its downsides. But let’s look at the past - It’s worked out for the better.

I know, India (where I am) has a good journey ahead to get there, and we have more than enough problems.

But we ARE getting there. In time. 

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Yin and Yang

As most of you already know, Yin and Yang is part of Chinese philosophy. It’s used to describe how polar or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Yes, you caught me. That bit was from Wikipedia.

In simple terms, it’s about duality – day and night, hot and cold, female and male, etc. For one to be true, the opposite must exist.

Looking at this from a different perspective, do you realise that we have our own version of Yin and Yang? That if we want something, we just might have to do the opposite?

Want all the time to do whatever you like? You need to give it up now to get it tomorrow.

Want to be comfortable in life? Do what’s uncomfortable now to get there.

Want to get? You’ve got to give.

In short, If you want the Yin, you’ve got to deal with the Yang to get the Yin. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

And maybe, this answers the question : If people want something, why do very few do what it takes to get there?

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