Showing posts with label Present. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Present. Show all posts

Goals For Today?

 We keep waxing eloquent about having goals for 5 years (an HR interview favourite that has no clear answers). 

But what about goals for today? Let me list out a few-

1. To stay alive

2. To have 2-3 cups of good tea

3. To meet a friend. If not, a nice colleague

4. To put my feet up for a while

5. To sip some Single Malt, slowly, after dark.

Ok, the last is to avoid meetings.

Why Thoughts Occur

If you thought that this was going to be a brainy kind of research-based post on the brain, think again. I just thought (why?) that I should post something and to keep that thought alive, started typing. You get the drift? Ok, so now, let's take it a step further.

Thoughts occur for a few basic reasons.
1. A brain thinks it has to have thoughts.
2. You can ask it to shut up, but usually don't. You know how it is, with certain people; so it is with certain parts of your body.
3. Therefore, thoughts occur.
4. Sometimes, they are simple fulfillable desires-like I want ice cream, or a chai, or, to listen to a song.
5. Sometimes they are not- like wanting to become the ruler of Baghdad (isn't someone?), own a yacht (not sure even how it's spelt), own a beer factory (someone does, I am pretty sure), have twenty butlers at the same time (notwithstanding that their butts would collide with each others' in their eager attempts at buttling), etc..

Then, finally, I thought about why I should think any such random thoughts. And instead, like a good follower of the numerous gurus I have read, decided to be in the present. And concentrate on the cup of tea I have in front. After the effort of all that thinking, it does taste very good.

Musical Theatre- Sangeet Sanshaykallol

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