Cosmic Dreamer

After a long tiring week finally that glorious Friday has arrived   and there is this one question that is echoed everywhere in office “What’s you plan for the weekend?” And usually my answer to this question is “I am planning to stay at home and read a novel”. For which I am fired back with accusations like “What kind of person spends weekends hunched over a novel rather than having fun? You know what… you should go get a life” Good afternoon dear friends, Let me introduce you to the world of an introvert.   Like me there are many introverts who are often accused for being less outgoing. For a long time I too felt guilty. Every time I got this message that somehow introverted style of being was not the right way to go and that I should try to be more of an extrovert. As a kid I was a hardcore introvert. Things were difficult for me when I joined school. All the parents wanted their kids to sit beside me because I was the quietest kid in the class. Su...

All of us present here have certain dreams and wishes. It is good to have those dreams and wishes but sometimes we have to acknowledge that this moment is enough. Sometimes we focus so much on what we don't have that we fail to see, appreciate, and use what we do have. Sometimes we say “Only if I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.” But that’s not true. If we are not content with what we have, we would not be satisfied if it were doubled. Toastmaster and my dear friends To make this more clear to you Let me share a Japanese folktale Once upon a time there lived a stonecutter, who went every day to a great rock in the side of a big mountain and cut out slabs for gravestones or for houses. He understood very well the kinds of stones wanted for the different purposes, and as he was a careful workman he had plenty of customers. For a long time he was quite happy and contented, and asked for nothing better than what he had. Now in the mountain dwelt a spirit which now...