There is no option for me to listen to any kind of music while working. But while writing or blogging I love to listen to the soundtracks.
My favourite musicians when it comes to soundtracks are Hans Zimmer who produced heart touching score for the movies like Interstellar, inception and dark knight, Hildur guðnadóttir for Joker ,Ramin Djawadi for Game of thrones and Scott Buckley (you can find his music on YouTube and in many of my long form videos).
These soundtracks strike a different chord with you and really touch your soul. If you are writing poetry or an emotional piece then these soundtracks can really help as your thoughts overflow when you are listening to one.
After crossing Afarwat peak of almost 5000 m altitude, we reached Alpathar lake.
The secret of happiness is something to do. And if that job is something you love most, you lose track of time.
From school timings to office hours, from healing physical wounds to recovering from personal loss, from day-night to seasons, humankind is governed by time. In fact such is the law of our universe that without time our existence would not have been possible.
But still, we are so scared of time. We are so afraid of the end that we hardly enjoy the rest of the time. To be honest this mess is not given by time itself but it is something which we have created . Why do we panic when we run behind time, purely because we wasted our present, our ‘Now’.
We wasted our ‘Now’ by doing nothing or by worrying about our past regrets and future worries. But there is a way out of this mess.
Do something which you love most, get lost in that hobby, job or work . Create that obsession which makes you blind to the negativities of past and future. This will make you truly present in the ‘Now’ as time ceases to exist in that moment, truly a happy moment.
For me , when I am hiking or trekking in the mountains , I lose track of time. My entire focus is on the treacherous trail and when I am tired I am rewarded with the beauty of the surroundings. Cold icy winds, snow laden mighty mountains, the wilderness of the terrain make me lost in the ‘Now’.
Also when I am blogging, I lose track of time. Yes, sometimes I lose my words too, but then I shift to reading.
In this way ,if you keep yourself busy and not wasting your present then you can at least eliminate most of the negativity if not being truly happy.
Don’t know why it feels more than before , am I running out of time?
When you were a kid you hardly cared about time. You were engrossed in something or in some thoughts that you hardly felt anything passing. Time ran so slow that it felt like you have the power to dictate time.
Then you started growing and slowly it seemed that the time was running quickly and has almost surpassed you.
And Now, you are far behind it and slowly losing hope of ever going to catch up with it. Maybe there is a scientific theory behind this feeling but surely all our worries, all are disappointments have a great deal of time’ s involvement.
What I think I can do to tackle this feeling is to keep myself busy in one or the other thing. This will surely stop me from worrying about the past or future and keep me in the ‘Now’
It’s difficult to be consistent with this, but you have nothing else but this to save yourself .
A stream from thajiwas glacier Sonmarg. A receding glacier
Climate change is real – there is no ducking away from the effects of climate change. Indians are facing extreme monsoons causing floods. Excessive heat, droughts in other months. It’s already too late for our actions to tackle this and I am not seeing people taking interest in it.Sooner or later we are going to pay a heavy price for it.
Extremism will completely obscure humanity- Some people have become so obsessed with their religion that they forget or choose to ignore the basic meaning of religion that is humanity. A person’s crime has nothing to do with his religion but his own wrong thoughts. A criminal or evil doesn’t have any religion, he is pure evil and nothing else, should be punished accordingly. But nowadays people choose to avoid humanity and justify one wrong by doing another wrong.
Mental health will surely go down – With the wrong eating habits , bad lifestyle choices and issues like unemployment and poverty,almost the whole world will suffer from bad mental health. That will push us towards the wrong choices affecting the whole world.
AI will affect humanity in a negative way- Already we are witnessing so many job cuts because of AI that I have a very negative feeling about it. It will surely make our life easier but I don’t know how big its impact will be, whether positive or negative.
We Will be too late to find another planet suitable for living- the rate at which we are progressing in our space explorations , I don’t think we will be able to find another hospitable planet before extinction. Therefore, I always say the amount of money we are spending in space explorations should be spent in preserving our planet, making it better for humankind and other animals.
Relations are becoming weaker- we are so trapped in the rat race of our daily life that we are hardly spending quality time with our loved ones or family. This is not only weakening our relations but the moral values too, which we can only enhance through our connections with our families and loved ones.
People will hardly read books – we are already seeing so many people getting trapped in a technological world that they feel reading physical books is an outdated habit. There is so much information available on the internet that there is no need to shuffle physical books to get the answer. That’s why physical dictionaries have almost become extinct. Most other people are either distracted by other technologies or have shifted to e readers. Some people will surely not agree with me with this point though.
I hope we cure the incurable diseases like advanced cancer- finally a positive hope I have. It is very painful to see your loved ones suffering from incurable disease or suffering from advanced organ failure. I really think medical science is going at the right pace to cure the incurable .
Safer travel in the future – we see and hear so many road accidents, train accidents and aircraft crash these days . AI will surely make travel safer by eliminating at least human errors( at least I am expecting something good from AI though I am mostly negative)
Humanity as a whole might come together for a bigger cause – we have already witnessed how people of all religions and countries came together to fight a pandemic like the Corona virus. Maybe in the near future an external threat or crisis will unite humanity as a whole
To err is human and to learn from it is human too.
When you face failure you introspect , you try to know what went wrong and after knowing the cause you try not to make the same mistake again.
Similarly, if you face success then you try to repeat the same procedure or routine again and again.
As you grow old ,your experience of failures , success, loss and defeat makes you wiser than before. You embrace contentment and calmness becomes your strongest suit.
Life on our planet grew up to this level because it made mistakes, evolved from it and finally produced wiser beings like us. I just hope it only gets better.
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life?
Relaxing after a strenuous hike in Gulmarg
In order to lead a comfortable life one should give workouts the highest priority because there is no comfort without having a healthy body.
I always try to take out time for proper exercise. It is good not only for the body but it also infuses positive thinking in your daily life. A healthy mind increases efficiency in your life and encourages you to take difficulties as a learning curve.
So exercise daily and if you are in the mountains then you are in for the treat. A small hike in the meadows can rejuvenate your heart and soul. It can heal all your wounds and can give you the true meaning of comfort…..
What is something others do that sparks your admiration?
Alpathar Lake Gulmarg
Perfection is inspiring. A perfectionist grabs the attention of many people. People try to become like them, become like their idol , a genius. But very few become like them and so become frustrated.
Yes, it is true that all those idols , genius or perfectionists work extremely hard to become what they are now and most of them hardly get defeated.
But, I believe you learn more from the fallen ones because they are like you , because they are not geniuses and they are a mediocre talent like you. We should look for those people and wait for their rise when after several defeats they managed to utilise a single cell of their remaining strength to bounce back.
These people were once called losers but they didn’t give up. They had faith in their abilities and so worked extremely hard to taste a single grain of success. Sometimes they do not even get success but they never stop trying till their last breath.
These people teach you to never doubt your abilities, maybe you are weak but if you are living you should never stop trying.
To keep moving or to keep grinding should be the motto of life because contentment comes from your hard work more than your success.
Well , most people don’t care what you are good at unless you are a celebrity..
Anyways the WordPress community makes you feel that. So here is my response if you are reading…
In my school and college days I have been very good in music and cricket. I used to play guitar and sing , I participated in choir and in various cultural programs.
Then for the rest of the time I have been a very important member of the school cricket team. We did great then, won a few tournaments and saw my name in newspapers a couple of times.
Apart from this, the other 3 things I am good at, or I believe I am good at are video editing, writing and encouraging people .
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Well if your skill is to motivate others and make them feel good when they are having a bad day, then you are doing a great job, probably better than anything else.
So my celebrity time is over, I hope you all are doing fine….
The Perceptions Square 