"You are where you are and what you are today because of the choices and decisions that you have made in the past. You have either thought carefully and made your decisions based on good information and sound judgment, consistent with the highest values you know, or you have not.
Your choices and decisions of the past do not have to dictate your future. That was then and this is now.
You are in a constant state of growth and evolution. You made decisions when you were a child that you would never think of making as an adult. You made decisions last year, that you would not make this year, knowing what you now know. When you made those choices and decisions, you were a different person. Today, you are someone else.
Don't be held back by the mistakes you have made in the past. The person who made those mistakes was an earlier version of yourself. Today, you are a more mature and wiser person. You can make new choices based on the person you are today. You can make new decisions, based on your ever-growing storehouse of knowledge and experience.
Today, you can put your hands on the wheel of your own future and steer in whatever direction you want to go."
A friend of mine send me this as a forward...I liked it al lot. A bunch of sentences that make quite a lot of sense.
In life, If you want to be happy you have to move on..let go of old memories that hurt you and learn to forgive and forget.I dont say that I practise all this, but i would like to as life would be a much better and happier of we can let go..!well I'm oining to try my best!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
The Namesake
What is in a name ? Ever wondered why our parents gave us our name ?I used to wonder as many people always found it difficult to say my name..
"The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri is the book that inspired me to think about the story behind each name. This book is a simple book about the "Ganguli" family.Ashok Ganguli moves to US ,which is the land of opportunities.He marries Ashima and they have two children, Gogol Ganguli (later Nikhil Ganguli) and Sonia Ganguli.
Now Gogol is a funny name ...well i thought so.Why would anyone name a person so?
Ashok Ganguli named his son after the author Nikolai Gogol.Ashok was reading the book "The overcoat" by this author when the train he was travelling met with an accident and if it was not for this book he was holding onto , he would have not been rescued and he would not have seen another day in his life...
The book revolves around Gogol..his life,his feeling for his parents when he was in school,college and as he grew up and how he came to admire and love his parents for all that they had done for him.He always thought the he was named so as his Dad's favourite author asGogol and one day when Ashok told the story of the night of the accident, Gogol was dumstruck. For Ashok, Gogol reminded him of everything that came after that dreadful night of the accident ..!!
It felt a lot like any ones true life story as everyone goes through the same phase in life..Phase when you feel your parents are the world , then when you are in your teens you find them nagging and not soo cool and then as you mature and grow older you understand and admire them more and more..for all that they have given you!
Our parents are the people who live for us and who would do anything to see their kids happy.I am so thankful for all the love and care and everything that my parents have given me..and for making me what I am today..Thank you Dad and Mum!
"The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri is the book that inspired me to think about the story behind each name. This book is a simple book about the "Ganguli" family.Ashok Ganguli moves to US ,which is the land of opportunities.He marries Ashima and they have two children, Gogol Ganguli (later Nikhil Ganguli) and Sonia Ganguli.
Now Gogol is a funny name ...well i thought so.Why would anyone name a person so?
Ashok Ganguli named his son after the author Nikolai Gogol.Ashok was reading the book "The overcoat" by this author when the train he was travelling met with an accident and if it was not for this book he was holding onto , he would have not been rescued and he would not have seen another day in his life...
The book revolves around Gogol..his life,his feeling for his parents when he was in school,college and as he grew up and how he came to admire and love his parents for all that they had done for him.He always thought the he was named so as his Dad's favourite author asGogol and one day when Ashok told the story of the night of the accident, Gogol was dumstruck. For Ashok, Gogol reminded him of everything that came after that dreadful night of the accident ..!!
It felt a lot like any ones true life story as everyone goes through the same phase in life..Phase when you feel your parents are the world , then when you are in your teens you find them nagging and not soo cool and then as you mature and grow older you understand and admire them more and more..for all that they have given you!
Our parents are the people who live for us and who would do anything to see their kids happy.I am so thankful for all the love and care and everything that my parents have given me..and for making me what I am today..Thank you Dad and Mum!
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