What Is the GPS of your Soul ?

Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and then outside the window and then back in the mirror  to wonder why you were born and what the creators were thinking when you were being packaged to be unwrapped on earth ?  The sheer mystery of this enigmatic question sets our thoughts in a whirlpool of emotions and logic , eventually making us go out and enjoy a plate of pani puri samosa and some chocolate cake with tooty fruity on it. Why . Why didn't you prevent yourself from facing this deep thought about yourself ? Why did you allow yourself to indulge  in something that makes you happy in the hope of escaping this thought ? You know for sure that the thought 'What am i doing here , what am i going to do , what's my deal anyway?' is going to come rushing at you like a crocodile towards a piece of meat ? Then why sprint away ?

Have you ever jokingly told someone you are not sure what you talent is ? Like this Smiling Tom ? 

Are you even happy about this ? Then why do you even talk about yourself like this? 

Wipe that regretful grin off your face and face the truth about yourself. 

Or do you feel like this snorlax pokemon , where you feel life pushed you into a BeanBag of Mundane existence and you find it tough to Stand up and march forward ?

Read on, as I show the naked you to you. No more half-assing around . 

Let's break it down now !

Is it because you think you came here by accident or that the Gods were bored of their regular Jobs ? Do you think it is because  there is some karma ( action ) that needs attention and you were handpicked for this assignment on earth ? Do you sincerely smile from within , when that day comes where you realize why were born and that all the resources you need are already with(in) you ?

Bring Him Out !

Now , some of you who are frustrated will go 'meh' ..'uff' . I amount to nothing. What have I done now that someone else hasn't done already. I am just a regular human on the loose.  Do you even feel happy with this thought ? This is the biggest wound you can cut yourself . A negative thought is acceptable. Because we are all ying-yang , black-white etc , dual spirits . All of us have some proportions of good and bad in us. But what is not acceptable is investing all your life force in trusting this negative thought. What you don't get is, you have an internal assembly of thoughts inside and the positive force inside you is wrestling from within to be let out. But, it has to have a proper entry. Like those wrestlers in WWE with all those fancy lights and eerie sounds. Similarly , the life force inside you is first sending out a negative thought in the form of a desire , a regret , a weakness , a sorrow , a fear  , a shameful fact about yourself , an answered question about your life that for no good reason won't go out of your system.  He is called the Black Jack.

The Black Jack's Kiss

It is creating a need for you to think positive , to make you look at your self , the you . What we end up doing is , when we see this Black Jack coming out, we have a glance at him and look out to see if there are others who are also releasing this negative guy, whether someone caught you in your low phase and to escape from this you do something that momentarily makes you forget him . 

Rather, the next time when any of this negative army's soldiers march out from your system , don't fight them or run away from them. Wait and watch them as they come out and blow you a kiss and go away. What we do is we see them and run away. We don't wait for the kiss. Allow yourself to be kissed by your trigger  aka , the negative in you that will make you unravel the positive force in you. You don't scratch without an itch. This negative guy that is being sent out is the first thing you need to attend to. Black Jack will first kiss you and then point you to the positive guy inside who is waiting to hug you and embrace you. Observe this negative dude like a shameless peep. Under him, around him and over him. See how he is being framed. 

  

When you spend this modicum of an effort in understanding the trigger, you will know what to do. Now wait for the soldiers of the positive army to come out and do their magic. They were waiting from within , for your signal. For your whistle . For your thunderous words - 'come out' . Most of these positive soldiers inside you , all these days were passed out and had gone into coma thinking you will never call them out while all you do is run away in a hopeless sprint having glimpsed the negative sergeant coming out . Listen. Your boys are are waiting for your orders.

So What now ?

The ones that are successful outside are the ones that have accepted the kiss of negativity and purposefully went and hugged their positive life force. This Black Jack is like the glue that needs to be coated on you first so that when you hug the positive side of you , he sticks for eternity.  When you feel down about yourself , first allow it kiss you.  Understand what makes you feel that way. Is it because someone else is not having this trait , someone else is not suffering like the way ? Does that not make us a little bit evil? If you think in all these years , even decades let it be, if you haven't yet found what your exact gifts are, what your true colors are, wait for it. But don't sleep away. Be very alert to your immediate reactions on all the triggers. See, observe how you respond to a certain thought. See if a certain Black Jack is making you wince and close you eyes or , he makes you stand up with sword in hand and ready for battle . Either way , you have to call out the soldiers from within. You cannot and should never allow yourself to sink into a quicksand of 'What If's and 'Buts' , but rather, use your full Butts to handle the situation.  Responding in a good way is the only way to go. 

The Catch : The Ultimate Trick You need to know , to find out what the GPS of your soul is - Drive your own Ferrari !

The catch here is that, only you are exposed to this Black Jack who is coming out of your system and no one else can see your Black Jack. So , how much ever someone tries to help you out of a situation , they will not yield results . You have to see your very own Black Jack , accept his kiss and see where he is pointing to and then call out the positive solider from within. If stage fear is your Black Jack , he will be pointing to the EMCEE / Party Host in you. If poor health and repeated diseases are your Black Jacks, he will be pointing you to alterative life style , diet and exercise . If being an introvert is your Black Jack , he will point you to the people who you can first start talking. Not getting this ? Let me explain further.....

Not all of us get along well with each other. We just cant be the same Ferrari in everyone's journey. Some like it and climb onto us.  Some just wave along. Some throw stones. Some chase after you. Some compete with you . Some drive along with you . Some drive along with you and keep pushing you off the road into a ditch. Some keep honking around . None of this matters. What matters is, you are the Ferrari.  

It is your journey . It is absolutely your call , where to stop , where to honk , where to accelerate and where to decelerate. No body sees the fuel in you . Nobody sees your Black Jack. If you call yourself an introvert , Go ahead and give yourself a tight slap and wake up. It is not like you dont get along with everyone or your shy off everyone. There will be someone whose speed and driving matches your Ferrari. You got to keep driving along different roads and take these elements as you travel. You cant just say, you didn't find anyone after driving through a few streets.  You crazy fellow - You need to drive the entire city . Find your map and drive it through. Your Black Jack will tell you what is that you need to respond. Let him kiss you and then the ones that want to come and hug you will stick around. 

So , the ultimate aim of this story of Black Jack and the ferrari , is to make you embrace your shortcomings, come to terms about your misgivings, your incomplete stories, your punctured tyres, your unattended positive soldiers who are drooling for your call . It is your life. Your mother or father , friend or foe  , lover or that friend with benefits , no one can help you drive your own ferrari or attend to your Black Jack. People will automatically come to you , your life, when they they realize the number of positive soldiers  hugging you like honey bees to a honeycomb. Your weaknesses are your solutions to your powers. Don't just sit and sleepwalk through life . Bless your body. Stay away from people who don't stop and attend to their own Black Jacks. Those are the ones that end up being Drama Queens and Negative Kings. Cleanse your toxic thoughts and allow those Black Jacks to go out . Refine the way you see yourself. You are not your fears, your weaknesses, your failures, your bad decisions , your wrong people choices. You are everything that is done to reverse all these. You are the Commander in Chief of your own Positive Battalion who farts out all those Black Jacks.

The more of your positive soldiers around you , the more successful you become and the more people you attract .

                     Next time one of your Black jacks is peeping at you like this ,

You go , 

Until next time ..................................................................

The Wonder of Tirupati Balaji Temple

                                   

I began to pursue my Content Writing passion when I enrolled as the Content Writer / Instruction Designer for the Harivara Organization  a few years ago. It is a religious organization that organizes poojas and rituals for the devout. In line with that , I wish to write about the World Famous Tirupathy Temple and Lord Venkateshwara from the way I see them. This article is dedicated to the feet of Lord Shreenivasa .

Om Namo Narayana ! – Can it get any more divine? Every time one utters these words, the tongue  yearns to repeat it for its sweet aftereffects on the psyche of the chanter. The ears want to hear the utterance of this mantra , for its greatness and thus begins one’s endless cyclic obsession with this  the blessed name - Om Namo Narayana ! 

The endless skies and oceans, the vast spread of land - they all search for his whereabouts but in vain. How can you locate a single drop in an ocean? All the ends of this world are encompassed by Maha Vishnu . Any expedition in search for a single source of his presence , will send us into a trance , an incomparable state of bliss just due to the mere imagination of his svaroopam or form .When one conjures up a mental image of him while chanting his name, words fail to describe the tranquility the mind experiences. 

One ceases to be taken in by worldly desires , if they realize that the Lord lives in them and if one gets lost in trivial pursuits ,  it will pollute his presence. Such is the greatness of Lord Vishnu, the thousand eyed one with a thousand names. If one is sent to a hopeless pursuit of finding the Lord in this big wide world, it’s beyond his reach . Hence the Lord acceded to present himself in various tangible forms across Earth and thus the temples came to existence. 

One of these blessed energy centers being the Tirumala-Tirupathy comes with its share of legends,history and greatness.The purpose of this temple dates back to a legend that goes like this. The celestial sage Naradha once wanted to confirm the recipient of the fruits of a sacrifice. The rishi Bhrigu was selected for this purpose and he began to perform the audacious task of choosing the receiver. Lord Shiva and Lord Bhrama were oblivious of the Rishi’s presence and then came the turn of Lord Vishnu who was spending time with his wife Goddess Lakshmi. Rishis or sages are used to receiving a  traditional welcome note glorifying their yogic brilliance but when even Lord Vishnu himself appeared to ignore his presence, the rishi kicked the chest of Lord Vishnu. As much this will disturb a Narayana devotee they must understand that Gods and rishis reserved mutual respect for each other and this was all a part of the plan conceived by the Lord.The lord, who is known as ‘Karuna saagara’ recognized the rishi instantly and began to offer his respect by massaging his feet, in the process of which he destroyed an eye which was famously present in the rishi’s feet as a punishment.Perceiving the Lord’s act of humility as a personal insult to her honor, Goddess Lakshmi descended from the heavens much to the Lord’s dismay . He felt the pain her of absence instantly like a fish without water. In a bid to seek her out and clarify himself , the Lord took birth as Srinivasa. This birth made him endure much pain and Lord Bhrama and Shiva assumed the form of a cow and fed him milk and kept him physically strong .This was admonished by a cowherd which enraged the lord and made him curse the Chola king who was later pardoned and let off with his daughter Padmavathy to be given in marriage to the lord as a token of respect. When Lakshmi came to know off this, her call of love affected the Lord to such an extent that he assumed a statue of himself in the very same spot where the Tirumala temple stands today , followed suit by his two wives Lakshmi and Padmavathy who symbolically occupy the left and right sides of the Lord’s chest thus being in union with the Lord. 

Tirumala , the place above the seven hills was the chosen place by the Lord and is also known as Sapthagiri. The seven hills are Vrushabhadri – Hill of Nandi,Anjanadri — Hill of Lord Hanuman,Neeladri – Hill of Neela Devi ,Garudadri – Hill of Garuda, Seshadri – Hill of Sesha,Naraynadri – Hill of Narayana and finally Venkatadhri – Hill of Lord Venkateshwara.The temple is known for the gold adorning the temple structures and the lush green ambience that surrounds it. The inner chambers of the temple also presents a gold kissed ambience throughout. The climate largely remains cool and the cool winds offer a solace to the legs if they were tired after one obsessively roams about the place. 

Tirumala Tirupathy devasthanam or TTD has a well organized society in itself with a plethora of services being offered . It is managed by the local officials and devotees who take up service in the Holy place of Tirumala. From free wholesome Meals provided to the devotees in the Annadanam Complex on a day to day basis, to free sanitary and accommodation facilities, free medical aid and free bus services , one can experience an overwhelming sense of gratitude by all the love they get from that place. The sounds of chants and hymns, smell of prasadams and hot milk brings about a satisfied look on the devotees’ faces . All this forms a picturesque impression of the Lord's treatment towards anyone that visits the place. 

A signature feature of the TTD is the laddu prasada of the Lord. The laddu was administered as the official prasadham of Lord Narayana. In fact,it will not be much of an exaggeration when we say the number two purpose of visiting TTD will be for this laddu , originally shaped in the form of a globe.The smell of the laddus, the taste and sheer quantity they are produced add to its prominence .

One has to mention about the Hundi donation of TTD. The lord is said to have borrowed a huge amount of money and wealth from Lord Kubera for his marriage and gave a promise to Kubera to repay him the full loan with interest till the Kali age ceases to exist. It’s the reason why he is also known as 'vaddikasu priya'. The devotees offer money in the form of cash, gold , jewellery  whenever they visit the Lords 'Ananda Nilayam' in Tirumala , as an act of surrendering their love for wealth and other worldly things. People often take oaths to fulfil their desires and on successful fulfillment of their desires they pay a visit to the Lord in TTD and take part in the various forms of service and worship.

Apart from the main temple , there are other places to visit like papansam , Varaha swamy temple, pushkarini , srivari padalu among others. The climate of the place, the sheer dominance of hordes of people from various places , the cleanliness of the entire place , the marriage of nature , hills , mountains , humans and technology all together make the place a world of it's own.

It is an endless voyage as one gets to describe the greatness of the Lord Balaji  and this temple stands as a must visit haven for any man who lived on Earth and realizes his partnership with Lord Vishnu. 

Om Namo Venkatesaya !

The I T Annapoorni - My Food Blogger Pal

Ever been in a situation when you get to meet an online person in real life and hit it off really well with them? Read on, to see how this modern age story came true for me.

So, as you all know, I am a content writer, author of this blog which largely presents life’s experiences and emotions in the way I see them. To transform my perception onto something the world can accept, I have to do my due diligence and homework before I present my work. To understand the whole world of Blogging requires patience, trust in one’s own craft and a love for the larger good. Blogging is not just about presenting one’s own work so that the world can see you. It’s our very own personal nest in the online jungle .It is a reflection of ourselves, our naked thoughts driven by our talent in a social space. So, I had been going through many blogs across different genres one of them being the http://www.happietrio.com  owned by a spirited lady Sharmila.

The HappieTrio Blog

Read on to see what caught my eye and how destiny had us to meet and exchange pleasantries Thanks to the boom of the Instagram application everyone has taken to food photography and expressing their photos with attractive captions and sharing their experiences in reward for the likes, trolls and comments they get from their followers. This blog, presented dishes across the board in its natural form giving it a next door connect which few bloggers manage to do. Sharmila’s blog is not one of those exuberant eye dazzling food porn blogs. If you are into your initial days of marriage or cooking expeditions and you are looking for recipes with supportive photographs, recipes that make your taste buds dance to the flavours but yet stand out  as simple and easy to comprehend recipes, this is one of the best ones out there. So much so, for a cooking virgin such as myself, even I felt confident that the kitchen work is not rocket science but rather a combination of passion, knowledge, interest and selflessness. 

The blog is deftly designed, with easy navigations and pictures that make eyes pop out – thanks to the camera and the wise choice of resources by the author Sharmila.The recipes are described in simple language and the details are honestly elaborated. The USP of the blog is, she has managed to present her work in such a way that the dishes appear all magical and attractive yet so easily achievable. Anyone looking out for a jumpstart into cooking their hearts out but don’t have time for aimlessly scrolling across youtube feed or consulting people about their recipes, you will not be disappointed when you hit this URL. We are all very protective of our work, our gifts. When you ask someone for a recipe of a dish that worked for them, few have the heart to share their secret without ignoring the details. Sharmila’s blog engages any person with an interest to marry the cutlery with some good delicious food. She has a smorgasbord of recipes for different occasions, festivals, cutting across spices and desserts and starters and soups and main courses with equal finesse.  

Sharmila – The person

The IT Annapoorni, Sharmila is equally charismatic like her blog. Like her, I am into the IT industry and we shift between organizations as we grow in our career. I joined in one of the Big 4 companies last year and guess who was my project partner? You must have figured out. ! Sharmila is one of the lead resources in my team which happens to be my 3^rd project in this Organization. I was mildly star struck as I confessed to her, how well her blog educated me on the art of blogging and how much I appreciated her work. At first, the wise owl in her thought I was just smooth talking her but, a few months into this project we have both established a camaraderie that has sealed our bond across platforms. She now believes the fan boy in me !  Much like her blog, she happens to be the honest, warm person that does the altruistic work in the http://www.happietrio.com . She often delights the team with her sudden snacks which she prepares, burning the midnight oil even as get busy in our project commitments. I got to know the amount of effort and work that goes into this blog. 

In our conversations, I could see the amount of effort, time she allocates. Apart from cooking her dainty dishes, she invests her time that is left outside her personal life (she is a happily married woman with 2 pretty princesses) in prepping the content for her recipe, carefully choosing her words so that the reader can imbibe the recipe easily and also in collaging all her photos that she shoots in one of those fancy NIKON cameras. She literally has not attached a voice recording on the blog, but in my personal view, I can pretty much see the whole of Sharmila on the blog, which manages to encapsulate her warmth, generous heart, knack for cooking apart from her photography and content skills. The blog being smartly named as HappieTrio blesses the reader with such good content and learning experience so much so that Sharmila comes off as a modern age strong willed , good hearted IT Annapoorni she is. 

As the prayer goes, Thank god for such delicious food and Bless the hands that prepared it.  

How to Identify Happiness ?

(An elaborate article , analyzing the 'Happiness Project'  - not for the casual reader )

Everyone wants to be happy. 

Who doesn't want to sport a good , warm , confident smile on their faces , that lights up an entire room full of people. Somewhere down the lane, we however lose perspective of what happiness is and begin searching for it , trying to desperately bring it back and when the effort goes futile , claim that we are not happy.This piece of work may help you find that perspective of yours. It brings out the concoction of the various definitions and perspectives to happiness . If you find yourself smiling or becoming happy from within , as you read on , then that is the secret  ingredient of your happiness. Find it , as you dive deep and retain it no matter what. 

As , I always believe , we all deserve to be happy and be loved.

 

Most of us pursue happiness with such breathless haste that we hurry past it. 

Why to look for happiness ? Happiness is missed when one looks to find it . If at all they find it they don't stop to enjoy it. Something happy happens all the time.The trick is to be aware of it.The trick is, whatever that is to make us happy, god has placed either openly before us or close to us. We are not all by ourselves here. No one is alone here . Loving each other is the way to happiness. It is as easy and as difficult as that. To be able to find what this source of joy either in us, or in some other person's joy - is the very secret to happiness.Don't look for happiness in relationships, but rather take happiness into your relationships. You become happy when you make those who are near you happy , and those who are far will come to you automatically. Happiness comes to those who have found out to how to serve others.Shared joy is double joy. To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Let no one leave you without feeling better and happier. People or things , being happy is not about getting what you want , but rather wanting what you get. It is when , what you think,what you say and what you do are in harmony.Each time you conduct yourself with this honesty , you will be driven towards greater happiness.

You can even be happy by appreciating your troubles as they helping you build character and moral strength.It comes when you offer thanks for the troubles you don't have or in fact , when you realize the fact that you don't necessarily require happiness as ,very 'want' to be happy makes you unhappy.  Happiness just happens and doesn't require planning.It is not about perfection but rather the ability to look beyond the imperfections. Most people's definition of happiness leads them away from happiness  , so you better choose your's wisely.If we bring happiness to others,we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To be happy is easy , but to be happier than others is difficult because we believe others to be happier than they are.It is just an illusion.Don't go there.The illusion is caused by the temporal absence of reality. Lead a life that will make you friendly to others and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.Get real . The happiest ones are the ones that are not getting more , but rather the ones that are giving more. All of us want to be happy.So god heard us, and he sent help.He sent us. It is our very existence that makes us happy. 

 You can make yourself miserable or happy.The amount of work is the same.

The word 'happy' may lose its meaning if it is not balanced by sadness. It is between the intervals of unhappiness when happiness happens.So , don't be sad about the happier moments  that were a thing of the past ,but rather smile that they happened.The foolish person seeks happiness in the distance, while the wise grow it under their feet.Don't plan to be happy in the future - you may not be around. Enjoy the happiness that there is in today.

To have happy thoughts, count your blessings and not your cash.It is hard to tell what brings happiness  -poverty and wealth have both failed. The happy things in life aren't things .Seek happiness by limiting your desires rather than by trying to satisfy them.To be happy, live simply,expect little , give much and remove all hate from your heart.Happy people don't get the best of everything , they make the most of everything.It is in enjoying what you have, and losing the desire for all things that are beyond your reach.When you plunge yourself into a cause , a deed that you believe in with all your heart, you will find the happiness that you had thought could never be yours.Find this cause.Seek to do good and you will find that happiness will run after you. God is close to you.When you submit to the almighty, you will rise above happiness and unhappiness alike.Cherish all your happy moments as you live them.They act as a memory cushion to rest upon when you age.

If all you want to have a happy ending, it depends of course on where you want to end your story !!!

The Battle of Doubt & Faith

Ever been in a situation when you mind yelled  "how i wish someone could just tell me which way to go" ; "what to do , as everything seems so Greyed out ?" Good. You have a problem. Which means , this can help you excavate the black and white of things.

The Moral war of the human mind

Whether to trust the doubt or not doubt the Trust - as much confusing that sounds, this is however a moral war that goes in our minds these days , tantalizing our very own moral code of life. In today's world , where everyone everywhere has got a voice of their own , truth has been covered with blankets of so much gossip and personal spin to everything . This has made decision making require so much consulting , so much questioning and affirmation , resulting in baseless data coaxing us into making erroneous choices. 

The result of one wrong choice , make us question the way we think and handle things , losing the trust in our own intellectual capacity and we begin in our hopeless quest for wisdom on the outside.

Not sure what I am Talking about ? - from politics to buying goods , medicines and making lifestyle choices  , from buying bikes , judging products from reviews in online market , from finding about the good and bad about a new place you wish to transfer to a school you want to admit your child for Kindergarten , there always seem to be two sides to every story . 

Trusting is a Human skill of its own and these days, the logical or perhaps , the cynical aspect of the brain seems to be the kingmaker and Mr Believer is made to sound like a douchebag. This is a silent attack to our beliefs system so much so that the society is internally being rattled one person at a time. People are afraid to believe or share with someone what they believe, in fear of sounding shallow and gullible. Don't you honestly think ,when these days , if 'to trust' someone or something requires so much deliberation , how one can count  on future generations to stand by a common code of ethics, morals and good values  passed down from our generation?  

Read on , to understand the depth of this problem and the possible solutions to this cancerous human trait. 

Why is this even a concern ?

Let's take one scenario after the other. Up until recent , you would have listened to your parents or elders in the family when taking important decisions or certain day-to-day choices. These days , solving a personal question or gathering information is just a click away , as search engines have become our god parents , adopting the world as its big own child. You type something , and bam , there are 100 odd search results . This is not bad ,but the scarier thing here is that this data itself has been populated by our own folks  who were lost or perhaps trying to sell their own half baked information , while the original information about something is grappling to come out in the open. Blogs everywhere , reading forums everywhere  , nosy people all around , the internet seems to be the ultimate human ancestor. 

We end up not talking about things at an emotional level with the fellow human beings around us. Rather we choose to consult a dumb lifeless machine that has attractive lies .The basic communication , the journey of emotions , moral values is just reduced to a Question and Answer ritual , courtesy the Internet and Modern Social media and some irresponsible people in varying proportions. One website proclaims that drinking in copper vessel is good for health while the other doesn't, one forum says a certain politician is an angel while the other claims he /she is a big time bandit. One blog gives the verse of a sloka or psalm and interprets its own way while the other has different script and inference. One site says that a certain bike gives excellent mileage while the other raises concern about back ache and high maintenance costs. 

The point I am emphasizing here is , no single source is good , rounded and complete of its own as , the 360 degree aspect of everything is never fully out and only the popular ones are spilled around.This might be due to scarcity of genuine information or some vile attempt to not make the other person or product a success by propagating false data.  As a result , each source contradicts the other or gives arguing data points . Enter the radical human mind ,we are now in a moral quandary with ourselves to decide which side to dump our faith on. 

Concerned ? - Now Don't Be !

So now we understand the need for some emergency surgery to be done to our decision making algorithm . We now realize that this struggle needs some immediate attention and the good news is that , there is some light left at the end of the tunnel. So ,where dd the digression originate ? Where do you think ? You never know . That , is not the important to thing to worry about now. It's time we start revisiting our core beliefs , practices , backwards to our parents and ancestors. Our ancestors weren't dumb. They just sold values and good habits with a threat or some illogical fear so that the receivers of the information stick by to the standards , the code of conduct. These days , as we have all started to doubt everything around us , they end up getting tagged as outrageous superstitions. Rather , one must ponder why it was told and not what was told. Remember that time when we used to hear this thing as a child - 'Don't go out in the dark or  some thief will come and bundle you away' ? . Well , it was said that way so that you don't hurt yourself or get bit by some poisonous night insects and reptiles. Everything had a reason , a hidden concern. I urge everyone to trust those things that were done before all this revolution began.  Food choices, Lifestyle warnings , religious ethics , dressing styles and day to day activities - everything that was once done in a certain right way should be reinforced. These days , lifestyle diseases such as BP , Sugar ,Cholestrol, even the Famous Depression have become so acceptable and rampant , that people immediately thing of a solution to it rather than researching what caused it in first place and rectifying it. Doing it the modern way doesn't mean doing it differently. It means , doing it a bit smart.

Don't blindly take someone's word for any decision but learn to trust as well. In the haste of going with out guts , we should not end up being reckless and eccentric. Adopt the practices that were once followed from food habits, lifestyle choices from working hours on the job, night shifts to using devices and buying products . Learn to communicate and trust. Dig up how things were done before . These days , as no one is willing to backward ruminate , they only go with the popular choice in the den , which by itself may not always work out. Stick to your dogma. Stick to your origin. Talk with everyone , understand how others do the same thing differently but use that information only to validate if your method of doing can be improvised. Decision making will never be a hassle if your values are clear. If you revisit your own ways , you will start discovering a pattern and understand your own needs which you are pathetically oblivious off. You don't need to decide between two sites, two blogs, two forums or two people's opinionated wisdom. 

Rather, you will be put in touch with the sole power of your inner hunch. 

Be wise. Live long !