चमकीले नीले पत्थर की कीमत

एक शहर में बहुत ही ज्ञानी प्रतापी साधु महाराज आये हुए थे, बहुत से दीन दुखी, परेशान लोग उनके पास उनकी कृपा दृष्टि पाने हेतु आने लगे. ऐसा ही एक दीन दुखी, गरीब आदमी उनके पास आया और साधु महाराज से बोला ‘महाराज में बहुत ही गरीब हूँ, मेरे ऊपर कर्जा भी है, मैं बहुत ही परेशान हूँ। मुझ पर कुछ उपकार करें’.

साधु महाराज ने उसको एक चमकीला नीले रंग का पत्थर दिया, और कहा ‘कि यह कीमती पत्थर है, जाओ जितनी कीमत लगवा सको लगवा लो। वो आदमी वहां से चला गया और उसे बचने के इरादे से अपने जान पहचान वाले एक फल विक्रेता के पास गया और उस पत्थर को दिखाकर उसकी कीमत जाननी चाही।

फल विक्रेता बोला ‘मुझे लगता है ये नीला शीशा है, महात्मा ने तुम्हें ऐसे ही दे दिया है, हाँ यह सुन्दर और चमकदार दिखता है, तुम मुझे दे दो, इसके मैं तुम्हें 1000 रुपए दे दूंगा।

वो आदमी निराश होकर अपने एक अन्य जान पहचान वाले के पास गया जो की एक बर्तनों का व्यापारी था. उनसे उस व्यापारी को भी वो पत्थर दिखाया और उसे बचने के लिए उसकी कीमत जाननी चाही। बर्तनो का व्यापारी बोला ‘यह पत्थर कोई विशेष रत्न है में इसके तुम्हें 10,000 रुपए दे दूंगा. वह आदमी सोचने लगा की इसके कीमत और भी अधिक होगी और यह सोच वो वहां से चला आया.

उस आदमी ने इस पत्थर को अब एक सुनार को दिखाया, सुनार ने उस पत्थर को ध्यान से देखा और बोला ये काफी कीमती है इसके मैं तुम्हें 1,00,000 रूपये दे दूंगा।

वो आदमी अब समझ गया था कि यह बहुत अमुल्य है, उसने सोचा क्यों न मैं इसे हीरे के व्यापारी को दिखाऊं, यह सोच वो शहर के सबसे बड़े हीरे के व्यापारी के पास गया।उस हीरे के व्यापारी ने जब वो पत्थर देखा तो देखता रह गया, चौकने वाले भाव उसके चेहरे पर दिखने लगे. उसने उस पत्थर को माथे से लगाया और और पुछा तुम यह कहा से लाये हो. यह तो अमुल्य है. यदि मैं अपनी पूरी सम्पति बेच दूँ तो भी इसकी कीमत नहीं चुका सकता. 

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हम अपने आप को कैसे आँकते हैं. क्या हम वो हैं जो राय दूसरे हमारे बारे में बनाते हैं. आपकी लाइफ अमूल्य है आपके जीवन का कोई मोल नहीं लगा सकता. आप वो कर सकते हैं जो आप अपने बारे में सोचते हैं. कभी भी दूसरों के नेगेटिव कमैंट्स से अपने आप को कम मत आकियें.

Ten Lessons from Sholay in times of Covid-19

As a Marketing Strategist deeply in love with Bollywood, Pop Culture is my saviour during trying times. Behind the evergreen dialogues of Sholay we can uncover the effective solutions that can help us defeat the dreaded villain CORONA SINGH! The premise came from a friend's share on social media but I had fun developing it further.

1. Jo Darr Gaya Samjho Marr Gaya.

KEEP CALM AND BE COOL. Do not succumb to fear in the face of uncertainty and unpredictability. Do not panic. These are testing times. Face the pandemic bravely. Every cough is not Corona. Do not die of a heart attack or suffer from depression or anxiety attacks even before Corona gets you.

2. Kitne Aadmi The?

MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. Always be aware of how many people are going to be at a certain place. Do not go to crowded places. Do not gather as if you will miss watching something if you do not go out. You will miss nothing. Remember this is CORONA, not KAREENA.

3. Itna Sannata Kyun Hai Bhai?

MAKE THE LOCKDOWN MATTER. Do not ask this question unless you are living under a rock. This is not the time to show your Left-Liberal side. You should support Janta Curfew & should be ready for more of these sannatas in the coming days.

4. Kya Samajhkar Aaye The… Sardar Khush Hoga… Sabashi Dega!

DON'T SAY WTF to WFH. Do not think your going to the office at this time would be applauded (unless of course you work at a hospital). Your boss would not be happy if he or she comes to know that you have gone to the office especially when you have been told to Work-From-Home. Confine yourself and SIT AT HOME.

5. Basanti, Inn Kutto Ke Samne Mat Nachna.

FLATTEN THE CURVE. Do not go out dancing. Do not even throw dance parties at home. If you must dance… dance alone...but never with or in front of anyone. Better still, do some exercises to flatten the curve on your stomach. Yoga anyone?

6. Yeh Ramgarh Wale Apni Betiyon Ko Kaunsi Chakki Ka Aata Khilate Hain Re?

STAY CONNECTED. It is very important to know which chakki’s & grocery stores are open in the neighborhood during a lockdown. Do not hoard things but do know where all things will be available when you need them.

7. Yeh Haath Humko DeDe Thakur

FREQUENTLY APPLY A HAND SANITISER OR SOAP. Its extremely important to keep your hands germ-free.Meticulous hand washing is your best bet to get rid of the grime that clings to the hand, that might harbour nasty pathogens, including the coronavirus. Clean hands are also going to protect you from other infectious diseases, too, like the flu.Take your time to clean your hands. Else it can worsen to : Yeh Haath Nahin, Phansi Ka Phanda Hai!

8. Ab Tera Kya Hoga Kaliya!

STAY SAFE but LEAVE LUCK TO HEAVEN. And if you are still unlucky after all this & get hit by the virus bullet you can only wonder. Don't offer excuses. There’s no antidote. If you reach this stage stop following SHOLAY & declare yourself in front of the doctors and medical experts. Because when they say, Ab goli kha, they really mean it!

9. Yunki, Yeh Kaun Bola?

DON'T GO BY HERESAY! Verify your sources and go by authentic information before taking any hasty decision. Avoid unregulated online news sources and rely on depoliticized ones. Under stress, people are unlikely to rethink the filters through which they see reality.

10. Holi Kab Hai..Kab Hai Holi ?

HAPPY DAYS WILL BE HERE AGAIN. Don't worry, this crisis too shall pass. Be patient. Corona will be eliminated and all outdoors will open up. After some time, life will be back to normal. Will it be business as unusual? Will it create a dramatic change in attitudes, habits, behaviours and skill sets?

We shall see. Till then, 🙏 Be Indoors. Be Safe 🙏

Try to fall & stay in love with yourself

Practicing self-love and self-care can seem extravagant—especially when we feel like our jobs are beating us down or we’re not doing enough for the kids or our houses are a mess. You need to know that you’re enough. You are complete with or without a partner. You are enough just as you are.

Instead of allowing the world to dictate how we feel about ourselves, focusing on self-care, positive encouragement, and self-love can help increase our self-esteem and self-confidence. So what does self-care mean exactly? It can be different things to different people. For you, it could be surrounding yourself with anti-anxiety remedies like lavender and practicing mindfulness. Perhaps it's making sure you have time to exercise. Obviously, eating right will make you feel better.

The juice that comes out of a fruit depends on the fruit. What's within you will come out when life squeezes you which means that internal having is as important as external having and two essential changes that has to come to that internal having is one you got to love yourself. You will not be able to celebrate any relationship in life. You will not be able to cherish any relationship in life. You will not be able to enjoy any relationship in life unless you begin to love yourself. Do not define yourself by how you look, color of your skin, your height, your weight, your size, your length of hair, sharpness of nose, color of your eyes. This is not you that is just the surface of you. You are far more than that, you are much more than that once you start doing something worthwhile in life to nobody in the world it matters how you look. Have you ever thought about whether Mother Teresa is beautiful or not. Each one of you would say she is beautiful based on her physical looks. It doesn't matter to you how she looks. Your grandmother is beautiful, I don't think I've ever heard from anybody in the world till today my grandmother is not beautiful. Now, is it based on looks your grandmother is beautiful because she is a beautiful person not based on how she looks even today. Don't you admire when your grandfather speaks to you without all that a few people. Don't you enjoy why his looks do not matter to you then why at teenage, twenty-one and twenty-two or even 50 years of age, you define yourself by your looks. It's a fading phenomena. You look like a princess one day and lolled turn gray another day. You will have a flawless skin one day and it will all turn into wrinkles another day you can have a complexion which radiates through your skin one day and another day it is gone. It is not how the bottle looks from outside its how the bottle looks from inside that really matters just because all the perfume bottle looks very sexy can you drink what is inside it you cannot know and just make us your what is that bottles you buy we're used store water, Tupperware now doesn't matter how it looks because it's clean inside you will still drink the contents the bottle has to be clean from inside and one of the ways by which the bottle has to be clean from inside us you got to start loving yourself and two you got to be happy with yourself rather than thinking you can make everybody happy in the world and rather than thinking that everybody can be happy in the world. At least, try on one thing be happy with yourself and contribute one more happy person to this world and remove one more happy person in the world and once you become happy with yourself in your presence lot more people will be happy than nothing and because you are a happy person lot more people will be happy with you than they are right now. Self love and self happiness is the first step in the journey of life. Am I happy with myself? Am I able to love myself?These are few steps in the journey of life. Learn to love yourself. Be happy with yourself and see that the world will be enjoying you lot more than it is doing right now and you will be able to enjoy yourself a lot more then you're doing it right now.

You have to love yourself before you can ever truly love anyone else, If you don’t love yourself how can you expect others to love you? If you don’t love yourself, you might accept a type of love that is less than what you deserve. At times it can feel like it’s easier to love others than it is to love ourselves. We can give amazing advice to other people about how they can develop their own self-esteem, but when that conversation is over we can still struggle with loving ourselves. We can give great advice to others and talk to them in such a thoughtful and empowering way, but then when we talk to ourselves; we’re not thoughtful, we’re hurtful. And, instead of encouraging ourselves, we’re blaming ourselves for our past. We’ve all been there, laying in bed in the middle of the night beating ourselves up. But the good news is, we can change how we think about and talk to ourselves. You can feel good about yourself.

One of the most important lessons we can learn in life is to love ourselves because how we treat our self, will directly impact how we treat others. Our confidence will come from self love. Our compassion and empathy will come from our ability to forgive and see the best in our on self. Reading about self love can become mantras and change the way you speak to yourself. Loving yourself is not a selfish act, but it’s a fundamental skill to generate the strength needed to love others.

Thank you so much Guys. Stay Fit, Take Care & Keep Smiling. God Bless !!

Kranti Gaurav

Surprise Test - A Short Inspirational Story

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     एक प्रोफ़ेसर अपनी क्लास में आते ही बोले,
........“चलिए,आज आप सभी का Surprise Test हो जाय।"
         सुनते ही घबराहट फैल गई Students में!
         कुछ किताबों के पन्ने पलटने लगे तो कुछ लगे पढ़ने सर के दिए नोट्स।
         “ये सब कुछ काम नहीं आएगा….”, प्रोफेसर साहब मुस्कुराते हुए बोले, Question Paper
.............रख रहा हूँ आपके सामने, जब सारे पेपर बट जाएं तभी आप उसे पलट कर देखें।" 
        बाँट दिए गए पेपर्स सभी Students को।
         “ठीक है ! अब आप पेपर देख सकते हैं।"बोले प्रोफेसर साहब।
          अगले ही क्षण सभी Question Paper को निहार रहे थे, 
        लेकिन यह क्या?*      .............कोई प्रश्न था ही नहीं उस पेपर में !
        था तो *White* पेपर पर केवल एक Black स्पॉट⚫
        "यह क्या सर?  इसमें तो Question* है ही नहीं!", एक छात्र खड़ा होकर बोला ।
         “जो भी है आपके सामने है। आपको बस इसी को Explain करना है।लेकिन!ध्यान रहे इसके लिए आपके पास केवल 10 मिनट ही हैं And your time starts now.
           चुटकी बजाते  मुस्कुराते हुए बोले प्रोफेसर।
         कोई चारा न था उन हैरान Students के पास।
       वे जुट गए उस अजीब से प्रश्न का  Answer लिखने में।
       10 मिनट बीतते ही प्रोफेसर साहब ने फिर से बजाई चुटकी Time is over. और लगे Answer Sheets collect करने।
           Students अभी भी हैरान परेशान।
           प्रोफेसर साहब ने सभी Answer Sheets चैक कीं।
         सभी ने ⚫ Black स्पॉट ⚫ को अपनी तरह से समझाने की कोशिश की थी, लेकिन किसी ने भी उस स्पॉट के चारों ओर मौजूद *White Space* के बारे में लिखने  की जहमत ही नहीं उठाई।
           प्रोफ़ेसर साहब गंभीर होते हुए बोले,“इस Test का आपके Academics से कोई लेना-देना नहीं है, ना ही मैं इसके कोई Marks देने वाला हूँ। इस Test के पीछे मेरा एक ही मकसद है..........
...............मैं आपको जीवन की एक अद्भुत सच्चाई बताना चाहता हूँ।
         देखिये! यह पेपर 99% White है…...
.........लेकिन आप में से किसी ने भी इसके बारे में नहीं लिखा और अपना 100% Answer केवल उस  एक चीज को Explain करने में लगा दिया जो मात्र 1% है….........
.............. यही बात हमारी  Life में भी देखने को मिलती है।......…
.............. Problems* हमारे जीवन का एक छोटा सा हिस्सा होती हैं, लेकिन हम अपना पूरा ध्यान इन्हींपर लगा देते हैं….....
...........कोई दिन रात अपने Looks को लेकर परेशान रहता है तो कोई अपने carrier को लेकर चिंता में डूबा रहता है, तो कोई पैसों का रोना रोता रहता है, कोई दूसरे की छोटी सी गलती को अपने दिमाग में रखे रखता है।
          क्यों नहीं हम अपनी Blessings Count कर खुश होते हैं….....
..............क्यों नहीं हम पेट भर खाने के लिए उस सर्व शक्तिवान प्रभु को Thanks कहते हैं….......?
         क्यों नहीं हम अपनी प्यारी सी फैमिली के लिए शुक्रगुजार होते हैं….....?
         क्यों नहीं हम Life की उन 99% चीजों की तरफ ध्यान देते जो सचमुच हमारे जीवन को अच्छा बनाती हैं.........?
         क्यों नहीं हम अपने मित्रों सम्बन्धियों की Mistakes को Ignore कर अपने Relations को टूटने से बचाते है..........?
       Students प्रोफेसर साहब की दी गई इस सीख से गदगद थे।
           आईये आज से  ही हम Life की Problems  को ज्यादा Seriously लेना छोडें, मित्रों/सम्बन्धियों की Mistakes को भूलें और जीवन की छोटी-छोटी खुशियों को..........
........... ENJOY करना सीखें तभी हम ज़िन्दगी को सही मायने में जी पायेंगे......