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Monday, December 31, 2012

Remorseful Eulogy – 2012

2012 has been full of ups and downs – of course, it must be no different to me. But while, I definitely owe my appreciation and thanks to all those who are part of my life; I also feel apologetic to those who felt, I am not the same this year.
What a fantastic year that was – the moments, which didn’t knew what is going to come; the moments, which expected something to happen and (needless to say) turned out to be something else; the moments, which turned out to be a catastrophe – a minute after a memorable adornment; the moments, when am appreciated for what I have not done correctly and insulted for what I have done correctly; ceteris paribus – the mind can love something at one point in time and hate the same thing at some other point in time – the list is endless.
My year end note of 2011 was more on relationships. Well I remember Will Smith’s quotes and I find it apt to quote at the end of 2012 – “Throughout your life, people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with things they do, because hate in your heart will consume you too”.  I would like to share the same thought to those who felt (or still feel) I was on the other side.
Well this was the year where I moved from 200 year old company to a 100 year old company after having served almost 8 years (half of my total experience). My heartfelt thanks to all those who made my stay memorable and apologies to those who felt I have disappointed them. I definitely owe special dedications to some who made my work-life balance – a cake walk.
Throughout the year, there were admonitions for several things; which I conveniently snubbed, with the firm belief that everything is for good; but more than believing “everything is for good (blindly)”, I should start thinking or rather believe “everything happens for a reason”. Focus to correlate those warnings and happenings and clear the mess in between – the high priority job in hand.
Well my fervour in certain pastimes got (re)discovered this year I should say. These activities, which not only allows me to give something back to the society but also puts me in touch with right people and friends; visit various literary clubs and meet people; exchange ideas; talk to them after making genuine grounding related to the topic – It is always such a pleasure and so much fun to connect back with people who has the same interest as you.
Peaceful and rueful moments are unavoidable in life and this year is no exception. Made some new contacts; lost few old contacts; some out of sight; some out of mind; some trying hard to stay in memory while some hardly stays in memory; many a times standing as epitome of guilty; sometimes an icon of innocence especially when people enjoy putting you in back-foot through their anger, questions etc. etc. Well it is not always easy to convince somebody with our thought but what I comprehend is “we do not always have to be correct – but we can always stand to correct ourselves”.
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words;
Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviour;
Keep your behaviour positive because your behaviour becomes your habits;
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values;
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
- Mahatma Gandhi 
Looking forward to a positive 2013. Happy New Year...

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