Dass

 We are always, welcoming to happiness and pleasure. Always. And we live every second of it. Which is why it passes away so rapidly. We are never open to pain. Sorrow. Grief. And we wish to get away from  it. But it sticks on. Like a second skin.  Pleasure passes, pain persists. You know what to do...

 You got it right. For a guy who lived for the moment age has taught me that patience is wisdom.

 I feel like I am cheating life. Or death. Take your pick. One, because I write this as my message to all those who care enough to read this after I am gone. Yup, I mean finito, death or the end of the person that's me. Frankly I had everything ready in my mind - what I wanted to say, but now I am blank. Like I will be when I am dead. Let me try anyway - try to rummage in my mind on what I wanted to say... For one - Don't U dare cry because I am dead: Laugh, chuckle, smile, for I have lived. No regrets there I lived. Sorry for hurting some of U. (why should I be capitals and U in small?) Happy to have reached or crossed the 50's still sane though it took three more years... nah four when nirvana hit me softly. Life is this much only and nothing more. Money matters but not so much that it makes your life revolve around it. Nothing matters. Life does. Living does. Living for others... That is the cheat code. Don't worry.  If you have a problem solve it. Don't think ab...

 I have been a Christian for the last 54 years. Now I am better. I find the Bhagavad Gita very illuminating/ But that does not make me a Hindu. I have only one basic tenet. Be good and do good. That's all you need to be a good human being.

You will never know it but that's because you never think about it. The months from September to December are based on numbers. In Latin. And you will be  flabbergasted that Septem actually means seven. Seven (7) but ninth in the calendar. The same goes for October.... But we have to thank the Roman Emperors for the Names. But some folks decided that we should stick to numbers. July and August we know the emperors after whom they were so named. (Quintilis and Sextilis was the former names!) But, why was March the beginning of the  year? Well, seems like the start of war campaigns as also harvesting time? All months were lunar before we adopted the solar calendar. (The moon was closer!) January was named after a god. Could be Brahma of the Hindus because he had more than one face. I cannot think of why February was named...but little bit of searching and voila... Februa means to cleanse, and the Romans who were  turning to Christianity had the perfect reason for Lent. Marc...

 We are the sum of all we meet, hear and speak. No wonder.

 That's the funny thing about time-capsule. It is dated one day and written on another. But I let it be (I am actually writing on 1st of September) Now let's see 1. The muezzin is calling out to the faithful. It is 5 PM now. 2. The TV channels are  still at Sushant Singh Rajput's case. Especially Republic Channel, headed by the irresistible Arnab Goswami. He is turning heads. Mine is going nuts. 3. Pranab Mukherjee (Da) ex-president of India died yesterday. 4. The JEET-NIT exams were held today. Against much protests. 5. One of the pets that has been sick was taken to the Vet and given a shot. Hopefully he will be fine. 6. I called up an old friend and it made me happy to connect to him. Life is funny. Some more when the time is right.