NARA'S NOTEPAD: December 2023

Sunday, December 31, 2023

NARA'S NOTEPAD

VOLUME 21

JANUARY 2024

NUMBER 1

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HAPPY NEW YEAR (2024) TO YOU ALL

MEMO FROM NARA

Many things have happened in 2023. One of the last sad things happened on 28 December 2023 was the demise of cine actor and political leader Mr. Vijaykanth at Chennai. Millions of people from Tamil Nadu assembled to pay their last respects to him. It was an unforgettable incident. The year has gone. We are in 2024. We have seen things happened in the world, in our country, in our state, in our district, in our colony, and in our family. Some were happy incidents and some other sad and sorrowful events. Anyway we expect similar or better incidents in 2024. Let’s hope for a better future.

NARA’S NOTEPAD is completing 20 successful years of publication. Every month the blog satisfied its readers like you and day by day the numbers of readers increasing leaps and bound. I feel proud that I could share some information needed for everyone’s life. I do read a lot and pick up what I like and try to share in my blog. By doing so, I get a great satisfaction of sharing what I know. We all should do it. Do not keep them as secrets. Knowledge is open to all. Let’s share with fellow human beings.

Everyone has New Year (2024) resolutions to carry out. I wish, you faithfully follow and get success in all your attempts. Learning new skills in 2024 certainly will bring benefits to all of us.

There are many more opportunities expected in the coming year. Let’s pursue and get the pleasure out of them. I wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. - NARA

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

As dawn embrace, the night unveils,

A quite world, where darkness pales,

A golden promise on the brink,

As morning’s breath begins to link.

The sky aglow with hues so bright,

Painting the heavens with sheer delight,

The sun ascends, a fiery sphere,

Is gentle warmth, now drawing near.

Awakening Earth in hues of gold,

Stories of wonder yet untold,

Birdsongs weave through morning’s mist,

A symphony no soul can resist.

With each new ray, a world reborn,

Hope in the light of each morn,

The sunrise whispers, dreams take flight,

A canvas anew, with endless light.

QUESTIONS TO CREATE

Why must it be done this way?

What is the root problem?

What are the underlying issues?

What does this remind me of?

What is the opposite?

What metaphor or symbol helps to explain it?

Why is it important?

What’s the hardest or most expensive way to do it?

Who has a different perspective on this?

What happens if we don’t do it at all?

COLORING IS THE NEW YOGA

The French started this trend-coloration (coloring to de-stress). Adult color books are selling more than cookbooks. Researchers have now scientifically proven that coloring has the same effect on the brain as deep breathing and meditation. According to psychologist Dr. Stan Rodski, it makes the brain younger. The experiment showed as people color their brains go from beta mode (which is around 30 cycles per second), into alpha mode (which is between 5 and 15 cycles per second). The brain goes into a slow and relaxation mode.

UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

Even though human beings are bestowed with tremendous potential powers and also with the availability of all those things in this world which can make them happy, most of the people are unhappy and unsuccessful. There are broadly five important traits of unsuccessful and unhappy people, because of which they are not able to lead a satisfactory life and enjoy happiness.

1. They are always complaining: These people are never happy with anything they have got and with what is happening around them. They always complain for everything which is happening around them. If it rains they complain about the rain and when the sun shines, they complain about the harsh sunshine. When they fail at something, they complain about others’ non-cooperation and when they fall sick they complain about bad food, pollution, contaminated water, cloudy weather, disturbing sound in the neighborhood etc.

2. They act before they think: People act impulsively and later on regret their actions. They do not weigh the pros and cons of their actions/decisions and when they fail or face obstructions they repent their decisions.

3. They talk more and listen less: People have the habit of talking too much and not listening to others. They do not realize that when we talk, it is based on what is known to us, but what we listen to others, we listen to what they know and may come cross something we were previously unaware of. Since they do not listen to others, their growth comes to a standstill and because of excessive talk others maintain their distance from them.

4. People dwell in the past: They remember painful incidents from the past and in the process miss out on enjoying the present. They judge everything that happens in their life based on past experiences, thus unconsciously, accumulating more pain in the present.

5. People give up easily: They get easily disappointed and depressed. They have no strength to face failures and lose self-confidence at the drop of a hat. They have low patience and they harbor negative feelings about their future. They do not realize that patience and perseverance are keys to success.

Always remember, happy and successful ones are not those who get the best of everything in life but those who make the best of everything they get in life. – Satguru Rameshji

CREATIVITY KILLERS

v I’m Not a Creative Person
v Follow the Rules
v Don’t Ask Questions
v Don’t Be Different
v Stay Within the Lines
v There Is Only One Way
v Don’t Be Foolish
v Be Practical
v Be Serious
v Think of Your Image
v That’s Not Logical
v It’s Not Practical
v It’s Never Been Done
v It Can’t Be Done
v It Didn’t Work for Them
v We Tried That Before
v It’s Too Much Work
v We Can’t Afford to Make a Mistake
v It Will Be Too Hard to Administer
v We Don’t Have the Time
v We Don’t Have the Money
v Yes, But…
v Play Is Frivolous
v Failure Is Final

TO QUOTE

We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are. – Anais Nin

For every minute spent organizing an hour is earned. – Benjamin Franklin

Listen to your elder’s advice, not because they are always right, but because they have more experience being wrong. - Anonymous

JUST TO LAUGH

For years, three violin makers co-existed on the same block in Cremona, Italy. Then one day, the Amati family put a sign in their shop window saying “We make the best violins in Italy.” The Guarneri family soon put a sign in their window proclaiming: “We make the best violins in the world.” Finally, the Stradivarius family responded with this sign: “We make the best violin on the block.”

What’s an honest politician in a third world country? They take the bribe and then actually do what they promised.