Serendipity

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away. Tom Clancy Dare to dream! If you can dream it, you can do it!

Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought, your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free. – Ravi Shankar [Thanks Lakshmi for sharing this]

Two stories Once a young woman was walking down the street. On the street there was this street urchin, a young girl, the prettiest she has ever seen, all alone, without parents, without a home! The young woman was very affected by that girl. She asked “God, why is this, why don’t you do something?” God replied “I already have, I made you!” Once there was a huge storm and the sea was wild. Hundreds of thousands of star fishes washed on to the beach. The next day, an old…read more

In the 60’s, a well-known musician and drama actor brought his son to All India Radio for audition. After the recording, AIR rejected him saying his voice was not suited for broadcasting. Years later, it is a well-known fact that AIR cannot have a day without broadcasting his voice. The son was none other than our KJ Jesudas. In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca recording Company. The executives were not impressed. While turning down this group of musicians, one…read more