Wednesday, February 8, 2023

9th February 2023 - Evening walks

 

If I just give an introduction about this practice, I did it when I was going to an office for work. Now we are working from home specifies and that walk is limited to the home area. There was no companion and I wanted to do so as a relief after staying in a stressful environment for about eight to nine hours. So, I did not select a specific place like a ground or jogging area. 

It is just the main road and it was my jogging track. I used to come by bus or taxi and got down a few miles before the destination and started the walk. That is how it happened and I did not forget to visit some shops sometimes. That shopping thing happened automatically when passing the shops. Not a planned one except for one fruit juice shop. That shop was on my favorite list before I saw how that boy in that shop cleaned the blender using a toothbrush. Most probably it would not be a used brush. But I could not step into that shop after seeing it. Lol...

The most important thing about this walk was the strangers I met. Some of them were police officers who had traffic duties on that route. Some of them seemed like people like me who were returning to homes after office. In some cases both me and they exchanged a smile when passing each other. Sometimes I passed them like I did not see them. It depended on the day I had at the office. Lol... Apart from them, there were beggars on that route. 

One lady was sitting in front of a church, and she used to get the contributions from pedestrians like us. Some days I used to buy food for her from a nearby shop without giving her money. I did so because I thought that their earned money would go to another person who has recruited them as beggars and they won't get food. But irrespective of money or food she had the same acceptance. It was like whatever!



 

Sunday, January 22, 2023

24th January 2023 - Smile when you have teeth

I would like to request at the beginning of this write-up. That is, smile when you have teeth. Once you lose your teeth, there will be a sound like 'Hoh hoh hoh...' and at that time majority of your surroundings do not wait to see your smile. They will not wait to see that smiley face unless you are the Santa clause. As you know, only humans can smile in this world and I think it is a gift given by mother nature. If this brings you a smile, then don't forget to keep that identity. However, toothless kids have the best smiles.

Sometimes you may feel like what is the point of offering a smile to the person who is cleaning your office. We are doing our job and they are doing their jobs. But that little step can make a good day for both. 

Sometimes you may think that what is the point of offering a smile to a granny who is sitting and looking at the road? But it would be the only positive vibe she or he had during the entire day. 

Sometimes you may think, what is the point of offering your parents or spouse a smile? They are living with you under the same roof. There is no more special thing on them. But it would be the most precious thing that they are expecting to see from you. 

All of us would love to stay happy. But does the smile imply happiness? Does the smile add value to that happiness? Or is that the tool that you are using to show your happiness? As you and I know, putting a smile on a face when passing through hurdles is also possible. However, this would be a reminder for you to notify that. The surroundings in your network may wear that mask and your early detection can bring them a real smile. So, be alert and check on them. If you are the one who saw that, then it is your responsibility to pay attention and do the needful. I admire your personality if you are the weight carrier with a smile. But if that exceeds your limit, then please don't wear that fake smile. 






Tuesday, October 18, 2022

18th October 2022 - Do others matter to us?


Hey... 

Hope you are passing through a great day or just started the day. Now it is noon for us with a cloudy climate with heavy rain. I love this climate. But when it comes to drying the clothes or going out to buy necessary home stuff, then it is so bad. So, a few home stuff are running out at the moment. It is lazy to step out. Lol...

As for today's topic, I wanted to discuss that matter. Are we doing things by looking for others' responses? Are we waiting for their feedback? Should we give them an update about our lives?

Do we maintain our looks to impress others? Do we live in nice houses and use luxury vehicles to show that we are in that status now? Have a look. Hey, look at my wristwatch. It is a branded one. Smell my perfume. It is a branded one, too. So, are we doing all the things to impress others and show our status? 

What if the outside never minds about our look, house, vehicle, clothes, shoes, perfume, or anything? Then would we do all these things up to that extent? Are we maintaining all the things because of the other's response? It is just a thought that came to my mind today. But isn't it the truth? I think we can live in a cave even with the minimum if the others don't mind about us. I think that is why saints have that kind of life. The others do not matter to them. According to that mindset, to show whom? If there is no audience, to whom we should show this film? Isn't it? 

So, I feel like sometimes we are watching others' movies, and others are watching our movies. What kind of life you would have if there are no audience? I just thought about it. I think then there won't be any lack in your mind to fill. I think social media is the platform that helps you maintain all this stuff. We post a photo or something by looking for others' responses. That is the easiest case I can show you as proof of this point. Isn't it? Would those platforms have a long run, if there is no such negotiation? You post something, and I send a response. I post something, and you send a response. If that negotiation breaks, does it survive? No. But they know that is not the mentality we have. The others matter to us. We need their feedback. So, this example is the primary thing to prove that mentality. 

I have this much work experience but still, I'm in this position. This is the 10th wedding anniversary. But I don't have kids yet. Still, we are living in a rented house. We have an old modeled vehicle. So, if there are no outsiders can't you get down from that old modeled vehicle? You can. But you feel happy if somebody looks into it if you are coming by the latest vehicle. You feel happy if your colleague sends wishes for your promotion. You feel happy when you are showing your well-built house to your relative. You feel happy if your friend gives compliments on your good-looking photo. So, always others matter to us. So, are we doing all these things to impress others? Do all this hard work for others? That's my question.

According to my view, maintaining an image that shows a kind of fake update of yourself to society is not necessary. Then it will make a complex lifestyle for you. You will have selection criteria for everything. You won't be able to go out with your old school buddies. You won't be able to satisfy with a simple meal. Finally, your foot would not touch the floor. So, think about the other side of the same. A world without others' responses. A world with people who are not looking for others' feedback. I think it would be a nice world. What do you think?






Tuesday, September 27, 2022

28th Sept 2022- Cutting off the thoughts... Nothing to drag

 

If you observe your daily feelings, then you will identify that some days are starting and finishing with a common set of thoughts and without anything special. Common thoughts mean the things we need to think about day-to-day normal schedules. 

What should I cook for breakfast and lunch? What should be better for dinner? Did I have a good sleep last night? What is today's work update I should give in the daily meetings? Should I do the meditation today? What would be the power cut schedule today? The last one was a new addition from a few months now.

This is the common list for me. If there is any special thing, then it is not bound with a person except my Papa. That is the most important and the best thing that has been happening for years. I think these common thoughts are good for a peaceful life, but only if you are not dragging them further.

If there is any special apart from this list, then it goes with an outing, attire, or food. Once it is done, then there are no more things to continue and maintain. If the meetup is over, then it is ending up with memories. The only final task you have is uploading a few pictures on social media and responding to others’ reactions. Apart from that nothing will drag further. But some of my friends think that the last task is also not necessary. They do not like to bother up to that extent.

Then nothing is there to maintain. Isn't it a relief? Or are you expecting the others in your thoughts? Or do not you feel this kind of cutting off the more thoughts is a relief? Does not it free your mind?

What do you think? What is your preference? Would you like this option or would you like to develop your thoughts further by involving the others?





Wednesday, August 10, 2022

10th August 2022 - Still, Sri Lanka is a good country to visit..

Hey, after four months

When I was checking the last post, it has published on the 26th of April 2022. So, this write-up is after about four months. Even though writing a blog post popped up as a to-do thing to the mind, finding out a time for it was not possible. I think the mind should have a kind of good status. Writing up a few paragraphs, finding a suitable photo, and publishing it won't take more than 15 minutes. But I could not allocate that 15 minutes to the blog when working on the main job during the weekdays. Tomorrow is a holiday for us, and our development team is troubleshooting an issue. So, our end is free until their feedback. So, that precious 15 minutes is coming along with that situation. I'm trying my best to publish a post weekly. 

At the moment, our country is in an economic crisis, and basic items are skyrocketing. The prices of essential goods are surging. However, we are facing one hour of a power cut. That is one good point we are having after a few months of this crisis. When it was scheduled for 13 hours most of us who are working in the IT field had to put an enormous effort to get the things done in our job. So, we are free from that problem now. But food crisis is affected many families. Earlier, daily wagers managed their daily cost somehow. But as there is no control over the prices, they are facing a huge problem to make sure their main meals. The pathetic thing is politicians are not taking that burden as a problem that they should attend to. Their contribution is very minimum. So, this is a kind of bit update about my arrival after four months and Sri Lanka's situation. 

The fuel issue has sorted up to some extent along with that QR code solution. Lengthy queues are not there as earlier.  So, I hope the tourism field will rise up along with that solution. If you have not visited Sri Lanka or thought of visiting, I could say that still, it is a good place to visit. The main problem you will be having staying there won't exist anymore. 

Let's visit Sri Lanka....




Tuesday, April 26, 2022

26th April 2022 - Save Sri Lanka..... Go Home Corrupted Politicians.... Step Down..

 

Today's thought goes to the biggest crisis in our Country, Sri Lanka. The country that had 2500 years of proud history looks like a beggar now.

We are struggling a lot now, even though we are filled with natural resources. We are lucky to have sunlight for almost 365 days. But we are not using Solar power for our Electricity. So, we have a power cut for 3.5 hours for the moment. Earlier it went up to 13 hours. When the sun was smiling with us, we were cooped up in the darkness.

When there are heavy rains, then water reserves/lakes are overflowing within two to three days. Then the next result is flood.

If there are no rain for a few weeks, then the required water supply is not enough to give the power supply. But nobody wanted to find out the reasons and give solutions. I think if they can remove the soil in the water reserves/lakes will make a good difference. But who wanted to do or even think about a solution?

We are waiting for the Rice supplies from other countries when our paddy fields are idling. There are lots of cancer and kidney patients in our country due to poisoned fertilizer and other stuff the traders use to take the benefits even though we have a Fertile soil.

We are importing everything under this open economy conditions, and people in the top is taking multiple benefits via commissions. That's why we are facing so many consequences even though we have natural resources.


Corruption is leading from top to bottom. When the top is going behind the commissions, the middle traders have been making a black market. So, most of the goods don't have a specific price. If you go to a few shops, then you can identify how the prices are floating.

Recently, in a super market, one lady took a packet of milk powder and kept it in the rack back after seeing the increased price. For the moment also, most of the grocery items are not affordable for many. So, they are looking at the grocery shops like they came to do window shopping. Those are like luxury items.

I'm not telling assumptions. I'm telling the things I have seen.

 

Even though we have paid for everything we bought during the past decades, now all Sri Lankans are owned to debt. Even the conceived babies are also debtors even though their parents worked hard and earned. There is no value for the money they earned.

The senior citizens who worked for about 40 years cannot live peacefully. Today there is no worth for the little pension they are receiving monthly. Daily wages don't have a worth at all. If they went to work with a piece of bread earlier, then it is not possible anymore.

When everything is happening like these foolish Parliament members are not capable to give a solution. Majority don't know there is crisis, and they don't even take this to discussions in their parliament speech. Now we are in a big mess with these foolish crowd.

 

For the moment, a few people died in the queues. One person died from a gunshot. So, these innocent people were seeking their basic needs. They did not struggle to buy luxury items. They wanted to feed their family and kids.

So, I don't know how many lives they want from us to think about us a bit.

 

Go President Go Home.

Go Corrupted Politicians Go Home

Your unmatured decisions gave a lot of consequences to us. It is enough. 

Enough is Enough.











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Thursday, March 24, 2022

24th March 2022 - Time is precious! Time Travelling? Wow!

 

Hey guys, after about two weeks!

Hope you are doing good. Today, the thought goes to a valuable resource. For the moment, I'm taking to write and later on you will take it into reading. It is time!! Last Sunday, I watched a movie called 'The Adam Project'. It is about time traveling and in one scene, they mentioned the most valuable resource in the human world is time. Isn't it? 

Even though it is a known thing, that conversation highlighted the worth of time. At that moment, I questioned from my self that do I give the right value to that great resource? Unfortunately, the answer was 'Not enough'. 

What do you think? Are you utilizing your time proactively without wasting it? If you are doing so, then you are a lucky person in this world. 

If I think about my time allocation, a higher allocation goes to the job. Then sleep, home chores, eating, cleaning, and a little bit for meditation. But, I think that is not the correct way that we should measure the utilization of time. My view is the time that we could keep our mind with good thoughts is the best time allocation that we can do as a human being. We can do our job with good thoughts, we can do home chores with good thoughts. So, the time added for the meditation will be kind of a plus point. 

I think that is what we should analyze at the end of every day. Sometimes you may agree with my view. Please tell me if you have any other views.

However, time is precious. We cannot go back to our past unless we have a time-traveling mechanism like in that movie. 

By the way, what would you do like to do or fix if you have such an opportunity? It will be a second chance I think. 

If I had that opportunity, then I would like to spend more time with my mom with some friendly chats. And I would like to let others think whatever they would love to think and go through my journey without making them a part of it. Now it is almost corrected! Huh.. Lol...





Tuesday, March 8, 2022

08th March 2022- Water Please...

Hey, after about a week?

Today's thought is going to rain and water. Because I missed the rain a lot. So, it is so hot, and outside is like burning. Even though my house is next to a paddy field and surrounded by trees, it is so difficult to bear up this temperature. I cannot imagine the sunny situation of other areas that have a concreted environment. That's why I missed rain a lot. 

When I'm writing this, a thought appears and asked "can you imagine a world without water?" Never. Had that question come to you? Can you remember a day without water in your pipeline? Let's say that's because of a renovation. How uncomfortable you were? So, if that happened to you for a few days at a stretch, then you will think that "I can live without anything. But not without water". Until we came to that point, still, we think that we cannot live without our digital devices. 


So, that's the sad truth, my friends. To feel the value of something, it should not be with us. It should leave. Then only, you will understand. So, it is common for precious water, too. Do you know that our body mostly consists of water? But we disrespect its sources. So, still, we have more trees to cut and we are waiting to welcome global warming. Then iced mountains will dissolve and move viruses that do not have medicine will be exposed to human. Are we waiting for that moment? 

Guys, please think about this seriously. Don't waste this precious resource and protect it. Sometimes, you may be keen on your home's water bill. But not with the bills of others. Yes. It is none of your business. But if you can think twice when you are using your water in the other places like office's facilities, then you will be a global savior. 

I think it is high time for each of us to be a global savior. Let's start with us...

Have a rainy day, buddies... 




Friday, February 18, 2022

18th February 2022 - It is Friday!!!

Hey, Finally, it is Friday, and today's thought goes to my favorite day. 

I hope it is the same for most of you. Isn't it?  It became my favorite date from my school days. Even though school days were so enjoyable and we were like free birds, we were waiting for Friday. It is our great day, too, when we are working. I think that pleasure comes from Thursday night. Ohh tomorrow is Friday. Friday is the end of the meetings, calls, chats, issues, headaches, etc... of a heavy week.

When I was working from the office, Friday was the day that I'm coming home from Colombo if there was no late work. Those days, I tried my best to leave on time to come home. There were some unlucky days too. 

One office mate used to tease me that saying, you are having baths on Fridays. Therefore, you look fresh at the end of the week, not the start. Lol...

Now, as a remote worker, it is not an issue anymore. Now, Friday evenings are allocated to listen to more songs while exercising. So, that evening is full of positive thoughts. Lol... How about you? I believe you are also enjoying the Fridays even though you have different schedules. 

Have a great Friday, friends! Enjoy your day! Hugs!!!




Monday, February 14, 2022

14th February 2022 - The lost divine voice

Today's thought goes to legendary Latha Mangeshkar. 

She passed away on 6th February 2022. She is one singer who has been born with gifts of the universe with a divine voice. I think she is an era of the music industry. 

The most important thing is her existence in the same grade for the entire era she worked. She was like a batch-top student of every year. 

Even we heard the divine voice of her nicely, her journey should not be an easy one. I think Nanda Malini in our country is another such gem we have. 

My today's thought goes to these unmatched personalities... 


Hey guys, by the way today is Valentine day! Have a lovely Valentine day to my friends... 

Stay blessed..


Thursday, February 10, 2022

11th Feb 2022 - Food! Yes. I love it!

 Today's special thought goes to Food! You love it, right? Now, I feel like it is good to eat something spicy. Mmmmm... Tomorrow is Saturday. So, it is better to buy or cook something spicy. What is your preference? Sweets? 

Does food make only your tongue happy? Is it possible to give happiness to your eyes and mind? 

Yes. Of course. But how? Let me explain. Have you donated food? I think the answer of most of you will be 'Yes'. But have you looked the way that they have enjoyed it? Then most of your answers will be 'No'. I know it is not ethical to disturb somebody in that way after offering a meal. But it is possible!  I'm experiencing it for a couple of weeks. 

Food goes to a few innocent friends in our yard. Squirrels and different birds are those guys who would like to have that free meal. The way they are enjoying it always supports me to make my day! It is a nice scene. Try and see! You will love it. Don't forget to keep a water bowl for them to drink and bath...




Tuesday, February 8, 2022

09th February 2022 - Nature is charging us...

What is today's topic? Even though we are living in an ocean of thoughts, why it is difficult to find out a thing to highlight? It is also an amazing thing. Isn't it? 

Do we need a job to live? Why do only human has to pay for living while the other beings have free permits? Sometimes, nature is charging us for the pollution and other irrelevant activities we have been doing to nature. I think we are a burden. So, they are charging it. 

Shall we behave well and see whether it would like to give a chance to reduce the cost of living?




Friday, February 4, 2022

04th February 2022 - Freedom!

Hey...

Hope you all are doing good

Today is Sri Lanka's 74th independence day. 

So, my thought of the day is driving towards freedom. How do you define 'Freedom'? How do you expect your freedom?

For me, freedom of the mind is my expectation. If the mind is free from bonds and defilements, then that is my definition. 

The other thing, freedom is applicable for all living beings including pets at your home. Make sure they are free!