Powered by Happy Book

     While I was just writing my previous post, I saw this email sent to me. I thought I can share it.
Basically, it's the summary of what was discussed in a meeting, which I did not attend, as I am a contractor. And, the meeting is something which contractors are not invited for. Am glad that I got to see the summary. It is the summary of the main points explained in a book called 'Powered by Happy book'. What I understand is, these are the things one can do to stay happy. And I think that I saw this mail in the right time. I myself should put into action these points. So, here is what the mails says: 

• Create your own definition of Happiness 
• Have you ever stopped to think about what Happiness means to you?
• Choose happiness and make it Happen
•  If you are not happy, make decision to remedy it.
• Avoid what hold your Happiness hostage
• Minimizing worry and negative thoughts
• Spend too much time worrying about problems, complaining about them, or simply avoiding them, when we could confront them and move on. Need to separate fact from ficiton
• Hang with a gang that gets it
• Being around negative people can not only affect your attitude but also how others see you.
• Dump the to-do list and start an I-Wish list
• Your to-do list might change daily, but your wish list will bring you back to your big-picture life goals
• Take the "Un" out of "UnHappy" and be grateful
• Instead of thinking about all the things that could go wrong, think about all the things that are going right
• Make a high-yield happiness investment
• Think about the happiness you get when you help others
• Oh, Happy day- Get your happiness on the calendar now!
• Make sure to include fun events on your calendar and not just work items
• When all else fails, just laugh
• "Laughter is the best medicine". Be able to laugh at yourself.
• Pack your happiness and take it to work

PS: This is all worded my Terry, except for presenting them in an order on my blog.

When I don't want the night to End..

    It's been really tough for me to manage things for the past few months. Everything seems to be going against me, except for one or two. The happiness of that success didn't last for long though, because of the rest of the things going against me. I am happy that it's all coming to an end soon. I will soon be home. But this mental torment just a week before the end of everything, is what is not expected. From a few days, I keep waiting for the day to end, so that I can be home. Once I was home, I did not want the night to end, so that I need not face the morning which visits with so many 'I did not want this' moments. I do not even feel like sleeping because it feels like the morning is soon there, in the very next minute. I keep encouraging myself, saying that I should get back brave and face everything. But with everything against me and everybody against me, it's really getting tough. I try to convince people explaining everything and requesting them to understand my situation. But the weird thing is, no one seems to understand. The reasons they give, are just blunt and improper. This is what is cheesing me off. I don't find at least one crazy answer to why people are not interested in helping, when they actually can, except for the one that they can't help being selfish. Until a few weeks ago, the phrase 'Like I care' really helped me in facing difficult situations and people. I made a post on this phrase too, but somehow, it's not going to make it's place on the blog. I use this phrase with lots of attitude, and it makes me feel really 'like i care'. Till now, am the one experiencing the anguish. And I feel like that's going to make me strong. I realized it just today, when I talked to someone very strong about what I want to do. And said that it is what I will do, whatever it takes. May be I should behave just the way people do. Looks like, they can understand things only that way. I think all this helps me get strong, but I cannot take this stress. I am hoping that everything will be sorted out soon.

Horo Mania

     It's been really really long since I even thought of blogging. I don't know what made me think that my life is so busy and I don't know why I am very rigid and serious about so many things. I should take a chill pill and enjoy the sweet nothings life has to offer. I realized this morning how badly I am occupied, when I looked at a very beautiful tree with nicely changed fall colors. I have been thinking all along, that Columbus has no traces of fall. I realized that I haven't been noticing all those beautiful colors in this so called busy life. And, I must definitely mention something now.The blogger interface finally changed (wail). I am not finding the "switch to old interface" option anymore. Am I not finding it ? Or is it really gone?? 

     So, I started this post in office and am continuing at home. Ah, it took sometime to come back and continue with this post. The cab driver pissed me off today. I really don't understand why I have to pay him for the time he takes to give me the change back. All weirdos I come across everyday. I should probably try to control my temper otherwise, I might end up with temper issues.

     Anyway, now to the topic, Horo mania!!! Horoscope has been one of the things I was crazy about almost 2 years ago. I was so much into horoscopes that I remembered people with their zodiac signs. This was the site I always looked into as soon as I went to office. I always felt that what is given in the horoscope matched my situation. I still wonder how that was possible. There used to be a magazine for my office, in which there was again a horo column. And, I would never start my day without reading that. I turned my friends too, to horo maniacs, lol. Somehow, I completely forgot about horoscope after my wedding, hehee. It was yesterday that I suddenly looked for my horo online and I came across the same website. Nostalgia!!

Whenever I read horo, I feel as if everything I think of, will happen at any cost. And as if everything is possible. I sincerely don't know why I feel so. Somehow, I feel confident when I look at my horoscope. Sudden landing on that site made me really very happy. And I will continue reading it again, I guess. Let us C++ :)