Giving into emotions.

Thinking from your heart v/s Thinking from your Brain.

Every situation has 2 sides of the coin. You can either get sucked in to the emotions by thinking from your heart or you can take a much more informed and stable decision by thinking from your brain. There are things which we all feel like doing without having any constraints. These are things we would love to cherish. The moments when we have really lived. Sometimes we are so strongly thinking from out heart that we just don't want to look on the other side of the coin. We are aware of what is present on the other side and we purposely avoid it in the fear of getting convinced about this other side.

Human beings have this uncanny ability to give into emotions at the wrong time. Why do we do what we do? What is it that prevents us from taking a step back and looking at the situation objectively. Even if we are not able to look at the other side, why don't we listen to our close one's who can have a much holistic view of things and care for us. When they make us realize about how the other side is, we start emphasizing more on what our heart feels. We just want to be left alone at that moment. We become impulsive, reactive, defensive, illogical.

One of the theories which comes to mind is Transactional Analysis. When in that situation the protagonist is always in the child state and just wants to do what he feels from his heart. All the others who are trying to think from the brain are being the parent. Child <--> Parent conversations are never going to yield a rational result.

What can be done in such a case? Can we as human beings control our emotions and stop being like a rebel? My personal opinion is, yes we can. It takes just a bit of open mind to accept the situation and say to your self, I need to change.

But then again there is the other theory of you have only one life, so why not experience all that you can in the short time that you will be present on this planet. Life is a journey of experiences and we all learn from them. Yes we do learn. But how many of us consciously decide not to make the same mistakes/decisions again in the future?

Emotions are tough to let go off. Our heart and our brain will always be at loggerheads. I would advice, think from your heart, analyze from you brain and then take the best possible decision and don't regret. :)

Long Time .... No see?

Yes! after Feb 09 here I am in June 09 writing again.

No access to blog sites from the ODC. :( Finally I get to sit on my non ODC PC and access blogspot and I grab the opportunity.

Work has taken over life in a crazy way. Schedules have gone for a toss. If this is the beginning I wonder how things will be 5 - 10 years down the line. The world is becoming competitive and money is playing a major role in everyone's life.

The hours of working in the office are increasing and I wonder where this is taking us. Just wondering....

I hope to post more content on my blog from now on...

Transition

off late i have been observing the activities around me. I am trying to notice what is happening in the surroundings. I have felt pressure on myself at times trying to accept the change that is happening in this society.

I guess our generation saw how the world was say 15 yrs ago. Now it is seeing how a dramatic change is occurring in this world. It is very shocking at the same time a given. I dont know how to react to this. it is a mystery which surrounds me at this point in my life.

The next generation is already here. I see small children doing much more than what we did as kids. they have much more pressure on them may be. They are fast and better than what we were. Adoption of western culture is happening at a rampant pace.

I am purposely trying to concentrate on these changes. There is some restlessness in me which wants to see and observe this transformation closely.

I guess I am standing in the Grey, trying to separate the Black from the white.

Out of Control.. A mosquito Bites..

U dont feel that stinging sensation.

Days pass and all of a sudden your body starts giving up on you.

U start to feel weak. U r body starts experiencing wierd temperature changes

One fine day after U have lunch, U start shivering. The problem is aggravated by the full blown office AC.

Malaria! The worst disease. You lose control of your body. Time seems to just pass by. You start blabbering. You feel like a drunkard(at least i felt! :O)

You become Uncomfortably Dumb. Right from head to toe you feel like you have no control.

My doc showed me the bloody Malarial Parasite on his Microscope. You see red blood cells and then in one of them U see a Dark Red Round Patch. That is the one!

Lost 2 KGS since 2 Days. Wat a way to lose weight!

Duh!

As I sit in Unit 17, cubilce 20...

I ponder upon my day today... I got up with a stiff neck(result of an exercise routine gone wrong). I felt good today. I could feel the positive energy in me. I tried to find the reason. But at 1:44PM in the afternoon I still havent found any ...

I guess I chose to be happy today. It was quite strange since I didnt have a good sleep last night, didnt sleep in a relaxed state. Yet today I was up and my mood was good.

I know now that my entire day depends on how I decide it to be. I still have things to sort out in my life. I have priorities to decide. I have goals to achieve. I have loads on changes to incorporate in myself.. Time to take some tough decisions and live through them.

Sometimes you just feel it... all that positive energy!

Life is never easy, it is upon you to make it easy. :)

Perfect 21!

No, its not about BlackJack!

21Kms it is.

2009. Mumbai Marathon. 21 Km

Below Average preparation.

Big Day. 18th jan 09

Started Well. Stomach Cramps just a few km's down. Slow down, walk.

Run! Run! Run!

Excruciating Pain.Shoe Bite. Concrete Road. Shining Sun.

Water. Glucon D. Ice Packs. Mobile Doc's Help.

Determination, Endurance, Sustainability!

Watch out for me in 2010. Faster, Fitter.

Strangely no resolutions!

2009 is here! Seems like i just floated into this new year. The point is every yr i get a thought that i should have a new yr resolution. This yr there was none.

Strange. Something has changed.

I guess it would be more appropriate to say that I have started keeping small goals throughout the year and this has helped me in being focused.

My first small goal for 2009 is to complete the Mumbai Half Marathon.

Have a weekend coming up. So will decide on other "Chotu" Goals for this year.

Ok Tata Bye Bye! :)