Ten Simple Things - All Fabulous

About Uncomplicating things

Some things amaze me by their absolute simplicity. They convey the message, or they are adaptable, or so convenient, or they astound and yet are so easy and simple .. and no nonsense.

single line Gandhi sketches

Here is a list of TEN SIMPLE THINGS that AMAZE me.

1. The single line drawing of Mahatma Gandhi - (and my attempts to copy)
2. The safety pin
3. PING - Book
4. Who Moved My Cheese - Book
5. Ramdev's Yoga lesson
6. Wooden Divan-cum-bed
7. Electric Kettle
8. GM Diet
9. The unh-huh song.

Please do watch these adorable kids doing the unh-huh song.

and Oh I have only nine!
Can you suggest a tenth one?

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What amazes me more:
Someone who talks for 20 minutes and then says... in short, what I mean to say is ...!!
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A Happy Thing from the Papers Today

Barclaycard will soon have us using our cell phones as credit cards! They say it will be as much a culture shift as the personal credit card and the ATM.

About being Authentic

Rosy Grier is a great (and huge) football player from the 60s. When Neil Pasricha talks about this interest in needlework we hear an audience burst into laughter. Mind you, this is an audience of Sep 2010, open-minded and accepting. Neil tells us...   Post retirement, Rosy Grier joins needlework clubs and even brings out books on it. Imagine his confidence, his authenticity!


Rosy Grier to broke social notions of ‘what a football player must do’and followed a passion that made him famous all over again!
Saalu marada Thimmakka ignored sniggers and had the gumption to plant and nurture 284 banyan trees along a highway in Karnataka, India, ...and this resulted in 8000 more!
My Dodamma (aunt), Papacchi, sat for her graduation exam along with her grown up children, and then went on to a commendable career in education.


We are often caught between what people expect and what our heart says. The heart only whispers. People and Duty scream. To hear the heart you need to bend down, and listen deep. 
But in the rush of  life and commitments, we are not able to strike that balance between duty and authenticity. We are not even sure if we are listening to head or heart!
But sometimes we pause and listen.
I am trying to do that now.
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Listening to the heart is a risk we cannot afford not to take
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A Happy Thing from the Papers Today
Yesterday Darpan won the Chennai Open Chess tournament playing against players who could see. Darpan Inani became blind at the age of four. The family could - Mope or Move. And move they did. And how! ...  This is a success story of Darpan, his parents and tutors who hand held him and then allowed him to grow and excel.
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I saw this little fist

when I looked out of the car window during a drive-around in Bangalore.

A scooter ride is one of the thrills of childhood. I have seen many kids standing right behind the scooter handle, Titanic like, wind in the hair, dust in the eyes, and the first to see everything as the scooter races through streets. But this kid is sitting squashed between his loving parents. Protected. Secure. Safe.

I wonder what he is thinking.
Is he envying the Titanic kid?
Is he dreaming of more adventure?
Would he like more freedom?
Or does he accept his lot without questioning?

I like this line from FRIENDS where Chandler tells his wife that they should adopt a poor, orphaned, discarded child, and bring him up, so that they can mess him up in their own unique way! Can you tell me which episode this is?

We all do that. As parents we do what we think is best. Or convenient. Or only way at that point of time
And then

Years later
The wise books tell us
No
That’s all wrong.
You got to do it this way!!
Huh?
Ya?
But
Really
Every way works
For what affects is not the action but the emotion. We recall the warmth, or the hurt, the encouragement or the censure. It is the emotion that matters. Whether at work, at school, with friends or at home what really touches is the emotion.

• More people quit jobs because of a bad boss rather than work overload.
• Teachers are remembered more for the emotion they roused rather than knowledge imparted.
• Friends are treasured for the abandon they allow you to experience
• Home is where you feel important.

These emotions matter
These make our lives.

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I am inspired by the footsteps story, but it really has nothing to do with this blog!
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