Monday, March 2, 2009

To The Women In My Life

I wish I could take credit for having come up with the below but I cant. It was something a friend forwarded to me via an email... but it spoke to me... jus like I think it would speak to most woman-folk.
Thats the reason why I decided to post it here... no offence to the original author. In fact, kudos to him/her, you really nailed it with this one.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a youth she's content to leave behind....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry..
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal, that will make her guests feel honored...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a feeling of control over her destiny...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but its over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW..
whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...

Friday, February 27, 2009

The Midas Touch

I know this particular entry of mine is going to sound superbly self-centred and i'm going to come off as a conceited and self-indulgent little bitch. But, to hell with it, every once in a while it's Good to be Bad. That sounds like the lyrics to some song.
Ok anyway, lets get back to the topic, you know some people are born with a silver spoon. I am not really one of those people but I guess I might qualify for a copper or maybe even a bronze spoon considering I'm from India. But the one thing I do have is an ability to bring prosperity wherever I go. I have the Midas Touch.

I live in a country full of superstitions and superstitious people. Despite being well-educated, I still believe in the concept of the higher power, that there are certain laws of this universe which will never change and which govern many of the things we do and experience in life.

Many years ago, I happened to visit an astrologist who told me that I had a lot of prosperity in my hands. He said I would bring prosperity to my family members as well as my friends and basically anyone who was close to me. Of course, he didnt mention if I would bring any luck to myself.

Maybe for this very reason, various members of my family have invested a lot of money under my name. Or maybe, they are just trying to save tax... I dont know. But I think the astrologist may have just been right. I think maybe I do have some kind of a gift. There's this friend of mine who was just an average guy working in his family business. After we had been friends for about a year, he finally started his own business. He said, that he had been thinking about starting his own business for the longest time but somehow never pushed himself into doing it.

Thats not all... There's also this other thing that happens to me all the time. I walk into an empty shop... cud be a restaurant, a clothes store, a shopping centre, anything... with in minutes the place will be filled with people. If this was something that happened once in a while I would dismiss it as coincidence. But this happens everytime, like 9 out of 10 times... It's uncanny. I think the store-owners should give me some kind of commission for doing this for them time and again.

Wouldn't it be great if I actually had some super-power like that. There are so many people I meet in this world who deserve so much more then they get from life. Maybe I could help out a little.