Inside Out -- Just a Thought

What is the number one website/most visited in the world??

Google right!!!!

Have we ever thought why Google??

What is Google??

A search engine!!!

Number one because we all search multiple times

Bingo!!!!

WE ALL SEARCH….. Right!!!!

We gratify and satisfy our mind and body by searching outside, for what we want, using Google

Search is everybody’s responsibility; the more we search outside more we become materialistic and the more we search inside ourselves, more peaceful we become. The balance between those two lead to a happy life.


The idea of searching comes from questioning???
Why?? Who??Where?? How??When?? are the magical words that bother us first, until we find answers.


Why do we question???
Because we have to Know!!!!!!


Knowing is otherwise called Knowledge right!!!
Someone said Knowledge is power.


What is more powerful than Knowledge???
Wisdom!!!


Wisdom is knowing--what needs to be done and when to do it.


Knowledge can only be achieved by questioning and finding answers. We can only get wise with experience. Experience can be achieved by making better mistakes each time.

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I Found My Drink

To be very honest, I love soft drinks; but, I had negative effects of them. Due to my sedentary life style, sugars in these drinks accumulated to make me slightly fat. I tried diet coke, but I hate it, tastes like tonic. I tried to find a drink that gives me same pleasure minus negative effects. Today, I some how got my eyes laid on Coke Zero. It tastes like coke classic but with zero calories. It has caffiene and so, I guess I still need to limit how many I can have in a day. However, I am happy that I found my drink. 

My Saying

I am not like an evolution or like a mutation, both are bad in today's world. I would rather find something in between.


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My Saying

"Nobody can achieve anything new without some or lot of discomfort"


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Just a Thought - The Power of Basics

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There are 26 letters in English Language but there are millions of words out there, which in turn are used to write and speak millions and millions of sentences. There are 8 notes in Music, but there are millions of tunes coming from them.There are billions of people in this world, their faces don't match (except twins to certain extent) even if the parts used to make them are the same.The complexity of literature, Music, and People have very basic/simple beginnings.If this thought is applied to everything you see, feel and hear, you will see a similarity.........for example, see our DNA, it is composed of only 4 nucleotides ATGC, but the arrangement makes the difference. How about finger prints?? the whole forensic science is based on small differences in finger prints among individuals. How about the elements in chemistry, they are just above 100 but the chemicals are many, with different structures resulting from different number and arrangement of atoms. There are many proteins, resulting from some aminoacids arranged differently. It is not just the arrangement of these basic tools of nature, the quantity and quality aspect has to be kept in mind. All words are made of letters but the number of letters, arrangement of letters, and other aspects determine the beauty and meaning of those words. What I want to say is that, what we have is just basic/simple tools (26 letters in the first case) but what we build with them matters. I don't mean to say we all have the tools, resources and imagination to create something extraordinary. But, whatever we create, it is from these basic tools. If you get this small basic idea, what you will understand is, you need to learn the basics of anything you try to accomplish. Imagine that you know only 24 letters in 26 letters of english language, what you create with those is incomplete. When one has to take up a project or a goal, it is important to know the basics of that particular task. This is what people call preparation and some call it research. Know the basics, you will have a good chance of accomplishing the task in hand. For example, you need a job as a scientist. You need not know everything about that job, all you need to know is where and how to find a job. It is that simple. This is the same reason why most successful CEO's in the world are not actually MBA graduates, they don't know everything but they know the basics. It is not wrong to know everything about something, but trying to know everything at the beginning delays  one's journey towards success. The point is simple, you don't have to know everything but you need to know that you will learn everything you can in the process. If one has this belief then, it is time for some action.

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Home Made Strawberry Juice

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Over last 2 years, my weight increased significantly and my present goal is to get back into shape. The main reason I became overweight is because of my sedentary life style and in addition, lot of sugar intake in the form of carbonated beverages. I used to love walking and drinking lots of water some 4 years ago but due to change in my habits, water got replaced by coke and walk with driving a car. I have made some changes to my life style by bringing back some old habits like drinking water, walking again on purpose, and avoiding sugar beverages and so on. With that in mind, I started having fruit juices instead of coke. The fruit juices from Wal-Mart and other places have added sugar and so I decided to make fruit juices myself. I went to Publix, Kroger, Wal-Mart and other places to find some fruits but all of them were expensive except in Wal-Mart (in some cases). I think Kroger and Publix have good fruits but very expensive to me.So, I went to Aldi's to find some fruits and I was surprised to find good quality fruits at such a low price. I got 2 boxes of strawberries (@1$ each), cut them into pieces and placed them in the juicer. I did add lots of milk to it and a little bit of sugar for taste. I could make 8 glasses of juice for just 2$. Awesome right!!Try it yourself and let me know. 

My Kiddish Mind

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When I was a kid some 20 years ago, I was alone in the crowd. I was more an observer in a passive fashion and always had only my point of view. As kids were then, I was ignorant and believed what I thought was right. I used to think that the whole world comes to a standstill when I don’t watch it. I used to think everything revolves around me and not other way round. I know for sure then that not even a branch of tree or water in a river moves without my presence. But sometimes I used to doubt that, if they stopped in my absence, how come trees grew from the last time. If I am that powerful how come I don’t get to have some Tea like my elders? But that didn’t bother me much as I was more interested in being a powerful kid.

I might sound stupid but I was just ignorant, I learnt overtime that, I am only part of this huge universe and it’s not about me. Everything happens at its pace, on its own and I had to adapt to that. Like everything else I had to act and react and that is my part, which I need to do right. It should get better with time, that’s it!!! Its life!!! I got reminded of my childhood and looking backwards is something that makes me laugh at myself and I am glad I don’t think like that anymore.

My Friday @ Thrifty Store

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I Googled this word "Thrifty" to get multiple meanings and one of them being; Practicing or marked by the practice of thrift; wisely economical. Right, wisely economical, in my understanding it means being frugal. There are some stores which go by that name. They look cheap and not so classy. Sometime back I read an article about these stores and I was impressed by what you can get there. To be honest, nobody knows what you get there because it has got all the used and donated stuff. This stuff could be anything from decorative items to electronics. Ah!! I like the last word; “electronics”. I was feeling bored at home yesterday, as it was a Friday and had to spend all alone. So, I went to this store which is like couple of blocks away from my house.

         When I entered I felt like I got into a museum or something and felt very poor. But as I went through the aisles, I was immersed in the process of searching the unknown. When I went to the books section, it was not like in a Barnes and nobles store, where books are organized in a particular fashion. Here, psychology, history, cooking, personal development books and all other kinds are generously mixed. I had to rely on my eyes to find that gem which I might love to have. Some are 4.98, some are 3.98 and some are 1.98. After a bit of searching I found a book by Stephen covey for 1.98$ and it had some white tag. Then I went into the home décor section and I found a CD case (leather) for my car for 1.98$. Then I went to my favorite section, electronics. Believe me; it was like visiting an electronic store in 1950’s (with the help of a time machine).

          I should have taken some pictures (probably next time), but some old coffee makers, rice cookers, radios, TV’s and so on were displayed. I was fascinated by the development we had since those times. I found a 3 CD changer Stereo system with two big speakers for 12$. When I got to the check out area, the lady said “books are on discount sale” and so I got it for 1 dollar and the rest are on 40% sale. The thing to remember is, they cannot be returned once you buy. But, I was satisfied with my purchase and more so with my choice of visiting the store.

           There are many things that can be bought there, like art, shoes, clothes and so on. I would not prefer to buy any clothes or shoes but definitely will visit for books and electronics and some music CD’s. I will make it a point to visit this store regularly and surprise myself. It is much better to go here sometimes than to any regular store where we find what we expect. There was no thrill and fun in shopping anymore until I went to this place. I can’t buy everything I want here but definitely a good time pass visit.

Watching TV for Free

I used to have DirecTV subscription a while ago. After lot of thought I realized that, it is not for me. Firstly, it was expensive and secondly, I don’t get to see what I want even after paying 50$ or more a month. So, I called them and got rid of it and after that I searched Google and other places to find other sources for watching TV. To my surprise, I found very good sources of watching these TV shows and movies.

     There are many sources but I will put some important ones in here for now. At a later time, I will try to update it with others.

Hulu.com : This is the number one site for TV watching. The episodes are quickly updated usually following day of the airing. It has got episodes from 150+ channels and also has collection of old movies and others.

Cast TV : This website also has a very good collection of episodes and other entertaining stuff.

Streamick: This is my favorite, it has got almost real time streaming of 263 channels (according to abc.com) and they are planning to have 900 channels. I even found HBO and other movie websites playing very good movies.

TIOTI: (Tape it off the Internet is the full form)—It is part TV hub and part social network site

In addition, browse through websites of network sites like abc.com, NBC, MTV and so on for full episodes.

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The Only Thing You Can Change

You can’t change your entire life.

You can only change your next action.

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You can’t change a relationship with a loved one.

You can only change your next interaction.

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You can’t change your entire job.

You can only change your next task.

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You can’t change your body composition.

You can only change your next meal.

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You can’t change your fitness level.

You can only start moving.

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You can’t declutter your entire life.

You can only choose to get rid of one thing, right now.

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You can’t eliminate your entire debt.

You can only make one payment, or buy one less  unnecessary item.

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You can’t change the past, or control the future.

You can only change what you’re doing right now.

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You can’t change everything.

You can only change one, small thing.

And that’s all it takes. 

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I would like to add--Serenity Prayer which says 

God, grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

The courage to change the things that I can;

And the wisdom to know the difference.


There is also a saying that says -- Rome was not built in one day and other saying which says--You can't eat an elephant in one day and so on. What these sayings mean is that one can achieve a big task by breaking it down into simpler tasks and doing them consistently. It takes lot of patience and discipline, because we are so distracted by technology, relationships, friends and so on. But thing to remember is no one can distract us as long as we don't let them to. Nobody really plans to distract us but our own weaknesses keep us from focusing on our goals. We expect complex solutions to complex problems but the reality is, in most situations the solutions are very basic and simple. Over thinking and over doing ruins our path to success. When we set a goal to achieve it is very much possible that we think ahead of time and think of all possible hurdles we may face and we get discouraged by that. Imagine these hurdles as drinking water, if we think of all the water we need to drink in next 45 days @8 glasses per day, we will have to drink approx 360 glasses of water. If you place 360 glasses of water in front of you, then you will not be able to drink 8 glasses in that particular day. Same is with the goals, if we think of all the hurdles in the path to your goal, we will under perform by putting pressure on ourselves. The farther the goal difficult it becomes to do one task at a time. Knowing this, its better to focus on the task in hand rather than whats going to come up. Another example is, say you play cricket, its better to think of present delivery rather than about next one or the delivery in 30th over bowled by some fearsome bowler. Plan for the future and break that plan into minor goals and then into tasks. Perform these tasks one at a time and in the best possible way without thinking of anything other than the task in hand and then if this is done consistently you give yourself a great possibility of succeeding. Success cannot be guaranteed by can be achieved. Remember, most of the thing we fear never happen. All izz well !!!!!!!!!!