Yeh vishwass hai mujhe ki yeh rasta sahi hai

Par kyun pehla kadam rakhte hi

patthar mile saath nahin

To laga ki kuch galat to nahin hai

Par nahin yahi woh rasta hai ,

Jo sahi hai aur shikhar tak jata hai

Phir samajh mein aya ki

Jin logon ne patthar mara hai

Woh wahi hai jo kehtein hai

Us shikhar pe haque sirf humara hai

Par mujhe iccha sirf mere shikhar ki hai

Unki bulandiyon se mera koi wasta nahin

Phir bhi jab main us unchayi ki taraf ungli ki aur kaha - woh raha

To kyun unhone us ungli ko morna chaha

Khair itna samajhti hun

Ki ungli shayad mur jayegi

Par kadam nahin ,

Iishwar saath hai , yeh janti hun

Khud par bharosa hai yeh manti hun

Kisi ko peeche chorne ka nahin par khud ko aage le jaane ka hai suroor

Isliye patthar pare to bhi aage barungi zaroor

Us shikar per mere liye bhi jagah hai

Isliye apni name plate lagaongi zaroor.

Being here in Tokyo , I come across questions about religion and God very often .

All of a sudden what I realized is that India boosts of being one of the most religious countries of this cosmos. Well that means in addition to human abilities we have the power of religion, divine faith etc etc. But unfortunately next what knocked my mind was the fact that even in this 21^st century we are nowhere near to being a developed country. Forget development half of us are unsure about even about getting the next meal.

So who do we blame for this , comparing ourselves from the better nations of the world ,

We aren�ft short of any natural resources , we have ample of vegetation , smart human brains and that too more than we have asked for .In addition to this we have �gGOD�h existing for us in all shapes colours and sizes. BUT we are not even near to comfortable nations like US ,JAPAN , GERMANY , UK , ------------------- this is an unending list. So that means our religion has stopped from growing, from asking for better lives for all our selves.

Well I guess we have left too much on destiny and God and have been under estimating our own human strengths or may be this way leaving things on God and destiny, is an escape route from working hard. Maybe we have entrusted too much on him , rather than slogging our way to whatever we want .Why have we forgotten �gGod helps those only who help themselves�h . Why don�ft we realize that he has empowered us with an intelligence and physical strength to get what we want, rather than merely going to temples and pleading him to grant our wishes? Why its easier for us to fold hands before him than to use those two hands to write an additional report or to make an additional software or to plough another piece of land etc etc.

Another thing is of course that isn�ft it that we spend too much of our time in religious practices .Has God mentioned this is his terms and conditions anywhere . Isnt sincere hard work a better way of praying to God or thanking him. Why is it that taking bath in Ganga can purify us but we cannot help an old person cross a road? We visit the temple twice but we aren�ft honest to the very next human being. Aren�ft we �gOFF THE MOTIVE�h somewhere?

I GUESS WE HAVE EVEN LET DOWN GOD!!

Something to ponder over!!!!

In a quest to move forward and gain more success, rather than our own targets, we set other�fs inputs and outputs as our benchmarks. Well to elaborate more on this, to show ourselves brighter, we are trying to shield light emitted by others, rather than fueling our own lanterns. Thus giving an easy way to negatives like jealousy, unfair competition etc. In constant attempts to outdo others, we completely forget to outdo our potentials. Consequently we end up sidetracking our own strengths and abilities. We get so engrossed in observing others and their success path that we miss the pits as well as the flyovers in our own path. Also, many times we turn our dreams into reality by turning other�fs dreams into ashes.

Fortunately as law of nature each one of us is a source of different strengths and abilities, and moreover every individual defines success and failure by different parameters. Then from where this competition creeps in? If we understand this simple fact, then I guess things get simplified automatically. All these diversified abilities and strengths are required somewhere sometime. That means we all have different and significant roles to play so we need to channelise our energies in a way that we land up giving more than 100% to these roles. This set-up can be taken as, as a group we are asked to complete a big machine together, for this each one of us is provided with different tools and each one has a different part to complete. Now when each and everyone, makes the best possible use of these tools, and completes his own part with perfection, no doubt the efficiency of the complete machine will be much more than expected.

Everyone can and should have a share in the overall success. And to achieve this we all need to continuously polish and replenish our own strengths. There is an urgent need for all of us to connect more to our natural selves, which is free from any inhibitions, which is equally sensitive for anyone�fs dreams, which has enough light of its own to brighten a dark street. In short we need to create such personalities, which ooze out confidence built on true abilities and totally free from any fears about other�fs capabilities. This way we will be able to move together with everyone and that too towards a much more meaningful and wholesome success.

If we try a bit to inculcate these little things in our daily lives, surely we all are going to make it big. So lets just cheers for everyone�fs dreams and success!