Choti si kahani se, baarisho ke paani se ...

Its July 4th here in Jersey and its beautiful outside my window ... clouds have just halted after pouring and the leaves and the grass and everything else out there is like all fresh after a royal sprinkle ...

dhula dhula sa ...

khila khila sa ...

birds are chirping and its quiet a scene outside I tell you. While Ra is still sleeping and snoring strong ... I couldnt afford to miss this beautiful morning. And soon after getting up I found myself singing my heart out and quiet aloud ... without even a slightest concern for my neighbours or Ra's holiday sleep ...

aakhir tumhe aanaa hai ei eiiiiiii...

zaraa der lagegi

baarish kaa bahaanaa hai ei eiiiiii

zaraa der lagegi

Udit bhaiya ... you must be proud today haan?

Not like I dont know any other song okay buddy ... perfect for a morning this beautiful ... but this was the one which came instantly and there was no reason and no time to think for another one something like ...

lalaaaaa lalalalaaaaaaa
choti si kahani se

baarishon ke pani se

saari waadi bhar gayi
lalalala la la la
naa janee kyo

dil bhar gayaaaaa

na jaanee kyooooo

aankh bhar gayeee

par mazaak mazaak me aankhe sach me bhar gayi ... when I saw another window from this window of my apartment in Jersey ... that window is a window of house number 305, Sector One .. BALCO Nagar KORBA .. Pin Number 495 684 (Anybody wanna post a card there?) and there are these three pairs of small legs and hands hanging outside that window ... and there also it is pouring heavily ... but these three pairs are the ones who seem to enjoy the rain more than anybody else on the Earth ... Mom is yelling since the Sofa beneath this window is also playing in the rain with these three girls ... But neither the rains nor the sofa seem to care for Mom's squawking ... and the three girls ... ohh boy their pleasure know no limits today ... they are all busy in singing in the rythm of rains ... and they have no time to hear any other sound as useless as their Mom's. I cant hear which song they are singing ... but I bet that one is the most beautiful song !

Can somebody bring that song closer to me ...?

Its becomming misty ... I want to see those girls for some more time ... can somebody clear this fog please? I want to see what those girls are wearing ... I want to know why they seem to be the happiest girls of this planet? Are they waiting for 5 30 when their Papa will come back from office ... all soaked in water inside his khakhi raincoat and white helmet?

Or they waiting for their Mom's Pakora and adarak waali Chai?

Helllooo girls can you hear me ... what is it?

What day is it there? Can somebody return me that one small window and that one tiny moment please ...

lalalala la la la ... na jaane kyoooo ... aankh bhar gayeee !

Habit Two: Mission Statements … jeez … what for my life?

Mission Statement … care bout em? No seriously?

When I read about it in this book about Seven Habits of Highly Effective People By Stephen Covey, what came in my muddled mind … yeah mission statements of all the different organizations, which in my opinion are nothing more than advertising gimmicks and honestly speaking I don’t care much about them.

So what is such big a deal with these mission statements haan? Okay without dragging (Aru tum kab sudhrogi bhai?) let’s come to the point straight, this second habit says; Begin with the End in Mind. Ok now let’s go deeper … ever thought about your own Eulogy yes you read it right your own Eulogy that you would like to listen from your near and dear ones … while sitting cozy in heaven (lets be positive guys). I mean how would you like to be remembered? I am not trying to tell you to live such great a life so that they declare a public holiday all over nation on your Birthday … I am just talking about your priorities … very simple thing Mitra… how would you like to be remembered after your death … As a magnificent Mother, a wonderful wife or as a desirable daughter…As a endearing Entrepreneur, or a spirited Leader … As a Humanitarian, or a wealthy individual … or as a Mix of all of them together haan how bout that?

To Begin with the End in Mind is to Begin thinking what you want to be or to achieve by the end of your life, and start (as early as possible) with that as a reference.

Covey says … everything is created twice, once in somebody’s mind, mentally and than by somebody’s hand, tangibly. And he gives more weight to the first creation, most of the projects that fail … fail because of the blotch in First creation. Flaw in Second creation is always amendable.

We always do this first creation for almost everything other than our very own life! I and all of you out there must have gone through this very demanding Analysis and Design phases of different projects in our career … we understand the cruciality and criticality of these phases … we are all intelligent people.

But somehow I was missing these phases in this very personal project called life … I until now am busy doing developments in this project without any of my own blueprints without any of the Analysis estimates or design drafts… I am living like the second creation of circumstances; I am not living my life based on my own first creation. I am not my own Creator … I am just a creation of some unknown external conditions.

What I want at the End Of My Life! Where s the Mission Statement Of My Life? I am missing this … and this is … so very grave oooohhh!

And this, my dear friend is the Second Habit of some of the very effective people out there.

I am all motivated to write a Mission Statement for my Life and this wont be a usual two or a five year short term goal setter plan I promise. What about you?

You know whats the beauty of this book ... It takes you from a state of Dependence to Independence and eventually to Interdependence, the first three habits will lead you towards personal Victories … from dependence to independence and the remaining ones are supposed to bring interdependence … will lead us towards public victories, a win win for all at the end.

(See you don’t need to go through the whole book I am giving you a kunji to it.. remember those kunji’s during exam times? I will be back with Third Habit very soon … is it boring ... no tell me honestly? I know it is but still I want to share these so that you wont blame me in future ... ki kya sab akele hi seekh liya aur ban gayi one of the highly effective people)