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The “Final Analysis” Prayer

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

 If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

RLP

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Happy Republic Day to all the Indians across the globe.

On this Republic Day, take a moment to think about your fears, your strengths, your weakness, your opportunities….with a calm mind think about the plans to free yourself from your fears, from your weakness and think about the ways to make best use of your strengths and the opportunities you have. Give 100% FREEDOM to your MIND to think FEARLESSLY about you. Evaluate yourself and then plan for your development accordingly . Free yourselves First from your negative energy and try to work to refuel yourself with positive energy

Keep Walking Ahead….Rain or Shine…Walk with Courage and Hope towards  future with a sense of responsibility towards near & dear, society and the nation

Warm Regards,

Prasanna Rayaprolu

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Only thought that comes to my mind when I think about my role model Swami Vivekananda is “Fearlessness”.

Here are some of the thoughts of Swami Vivekananda on Fearlessness.

What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness; weakness is sin. If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness. And the only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of religion, it is true that fear is the sure cause of degradation and sin. It is fear that brings evil. And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

Best Regards,

Prasanna Rayaprolu

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Agnipath 

 By Shri.Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Vriksh ho bhale khade,
Ho ghane, ho bade,
Ek patra chaa bhi, 
Mang maat, mang maat, mang maat
Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath 

Tu na thakega kabhi,
Tu na thamega kabhi,
Tu na mudega kabhi,
Kar shapath, kar shapath, kar shapath
Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath

Yeh maahan drishya hai,
Chal raha manushya hai,
Ashru, shwet, rakth se,
Lathpat, lathpat, lathpat
Agnipath, Agnipath, Agnipath

Best Regards,

Prasanna Rayaprolu

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Happy New Year to all of you Like any other year, this year too on the 1st of Jan, I did spend some time to think about the past year and my plans for this new year. I know that everything in life does not go as per our plans, however I believe that a plan in hand always helps to deal the situations in better manner…May be I am a shameless optimist

I want to learn so many  things this year. I want to learn carnatic instrumental music particularly Veena; I want to learn oil painting; I want to study books of Shri Viswanatha Satyanarayana garu with a proper understanding on the subject; I want to learn Statistics in a proper manner so that I can implement that learning in my day-to-day projects at work. I want to study books on History.

I want to be a better person. I want to understand my near and dear ones more,,, to deal with them in a better manner , Last but not least, I want to talk less, write less this year

If the world does not end  in December 2012 and if I am still alive on Jan 1st 2013 then I will definitely revisit this blog post of mine and check how many resolutions of mine did I really achieve. Wish me good luck

Got some time to read some good old Hindi poems and thought of sharing the below poem of Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchan with all of you on new year day. Do check this inspirational poem. Wishing all of you good luck in this new year

कोशिश करने वालों की -  हरिवंशराय बच्चन

लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,

चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है।

मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,

चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है।

आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,

जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है।

मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में,

बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में।

मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो,

क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो।

जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,

संघर्ष का मैदान छोड़ कर मत भागो तुम।

कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

Translation to above poem : You cannot take your boat across the sea If you are afraid of the waves, The one who tries Never fails. The tiny ant carries a small grain in its mouth, Climbs up on the wall, slips and falls a hundred times, The determination in the mind fills your body with courage, Then climbing up and falling down does not hurt, Ultimately, its (the ant’s) efforts do not go waste, The one who tries Never fails. The diver dives into the water of the sea, He returns empty handed a number of times, Not easy it is to find a pearl in the deep waters, But this in turn doubles his enthusiasm, His hands are not empty every time, The one who tries Never fails. Failure is a challenge, accept it, Recognise your shortcomings, rectify them. Till you are successful, shun rest and sleep, Never run away from the battlefield of hard work, You cannot get praise without working for it, The one who tries Never fails(Courtesy:http://forums.sulekha.com/forums/coffeehouse/lehron-se-darkar-nauka-par-nahin-hoti-w-translation-799525.htm)

Best Regards,

Prasanna Rayaprolu

Sunset @ TankBund, Hussainsagar Lake, Hyderabad

I cannot say 2011 is a bad year, however 2011 is not kind enough to me….2011 taught me several tough lessons of life in very very tough manner. Right from March 2nd  of 2011 (March 10th being the worst day of the year) all of us had a horrible time at home because of Mom’s ill health. Till December last week, Mom was attacked by one illness after the other. However , with blessings of God, treatment of Good Doctors, love and affection of relatives and family friends Mom did not lose hope on life. Yes, there was no single day from March to December on which we did not cry secretly. Each one in the family tried to boost confidence in Mom in spite of we ourself being shattered by the things happening to her. Yes, there were dirty days when the confidence we fed to Mom was shattered by some silly visitors by their stupid suggestions, stupid case stories and flop stories.  Yeah…illness of our loved ones brings some more “offers” “unnecessary add-on packs” such as frustration, helplessness, hopelessness …sometimes we forget about ourselves…we forget what age are we…what month of year it is…what festival it is….however…in this act of portraying all izz well sometimes…had to celebrate some events with much more borrowed enthusiasm… etc etc In this tough period, whatever time was spent outside home from parents during any weekends or holidays, was just a pretext needed to cry leisurely.

As if, these things were not enough had a good roller coaster time at office too. Yeah!!!! It was part of my learning. Always I keep on saying “I love challenges!!! Because challenges help me learn more and do more….I hate being in comfort zone”. Seems God took my words seriously and he gave me ample chance to face the challenges …..I did face the challenges and feels good dealing all those challenges successfully with the help of my mentors and friends at work place Oh..yeah….did make an effort to add some more certifications …had good learning experience certifying for and implementing ideas related to Six Sigma, Traditional and Agile Project Management and Total Quality Management.

Yeah…silly me…even in this hectic schedules at home and work I never missed posting on facebook or writing some silly post in this blog of mine . How can I miss this updates. Afterall…writing a blog post is like switching on “Exhaust Fan” in the kitchen…it helps me drain all the unnecessary stress levels in me .

Yeah…this year helped me revive my cooking skills…high level grass varieties in vegan food…food that does not consume  oil, salt, mirchi and sugar( hmmm..what to do …necessity is mother of invention).

The Famous chandeliers @ Chowmahalla Palace from my camera

However, Mom recovered well by mid December. We all at home realized that we are missing life in our life. Luckily we had good holidays in the year-end. My Brother, Bhabi ,nephews , me had a nice time in this Christmas season….we had good holidays…….after a looooooooooooooong time Mom, Dad too came for a picnic…..we had a nice time visiting Chowmahalla palace, Charminar and Salar Jung Museum….this was more than any gift….Mom being able to walk, visit the places with enthusiasm….Dad cherishing the old memories with child like enthusiam….cute and crazy questions of my nephews …..History channel documentary reporter types of QUEST for History of My Big Brother….are really memorable moments…..

Pic taken at Khilwat Mubarak, Chowmahalla Palace ,Hyderabad

We even visited Nehru Zoological Park in these holidays….Felt happy visiting Zoo…it was like my other home ….felt happy meeting Lions, Tigers, Cheetah, Hippo, Monkeys, Crocodiles, Tortoise…….felt happy seeing huge creatures apart from me . Best part was my nephews went to the snake park of the zoo and they came back from that park and explained to me  about different snakes. No need to mention specially that I avoided visiting snake park because I was scared .

Oh..yeah….I do not have regrets for anything done in this year. I have done whatever I could….I could have dealt the situations in much more matured manner…however…in the circumstances I was into….I tried doing whatever I could do…with the help of Dad, Brothers, Bhabis, Aunts , Cousins , friends. Special thanks to my friends at work who accept me as I am and who help me deal my situations at work and home

Whatever..desperately waiting to say “Good Bye to 2011 and Welcome 2012″.

Wishing all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

Pic taken at Nehru Zoological park from my Samsung Galaxy Note

Cheers,

Prasanna Rayaprolu