happy deepawali

दीपक एक जलाना साथी गुमसुम बैठ न जाना साथी!
दीपक एक जलाना साथी!!सघन कालिमा जाल बिछाए
द्वार-देहरी नज़र न आएघर की राह दिखाना साथी!
दीपक एक जलाना साथीघर औ' बाहर लीप-पोतकर
कोने-आंतर झाड़-झूड़करमन का मैल छुड़ाना साथी!
दीपक एक जलाना साथी!!एक हमारा, एक तुम्हारादीप जले,
चमके चौबारामिल-जुल पर्व मनाना साथी!दीपक एक जलाना साथी!!
आ सकता है कोई झोंका क्योंकि हवा को किसने रोका?
दोनों हाथ लगाना साथी!दीपक एक जलाना साथी!

( photograph by Dear Rohit's friend and poem sent by Dear Rakesh Jain)

Examination days are nearing so most of my friends are busy in preparing for doing well in these examinations.Interacting with some of them and feeling their tension, gave me an idea.Why not share on the blog, what I used to do to prepare for these examinations then?Some of the things I used were-

1.Planning not only of time but also coverage of contents in the time allotted.

2.Preparing first the easiest then harder and in the last the hardest.I call it solving the maths paper strategy.

3.Avoiding procrastination and also distractions ( that time it was playing only but now these are TV viewing,chatting,talking on telephone/mobile for long duration and worrying.)

4.Taking help of any thing, which can make one concentrate.I used to listen to music on radio.One has to decide for self.

5.Being focused and not moving from one subject to another now and then.

6.Being happy and having creative tension but not unnecessary brooding and thinking of wasteful, negative and demotivating thoughts.

7.Seeking support and help from a member of family,who trusts one and who is trusted by him/her too.

Now am also looking forward to these examinations being over so that my friends can regularly visit this blog and share their thoughts,experiences,feelings and emotions.

First of all let me be grateful to all those, who touched my life, one way or the other, and helped me on the journey of Lighting the Lamp Within.

Some questions keep stirring me all the while such as “What is my potential? Do I know what all I can do in each area of my life (self, family, work and society)? Am I doing, what I can do best? Am I aware of my strengths, my areas of improvement (not weaknesses; as the thoughts of weakness make me feel more weak), my talents, my capabilities? What and who does inspire me to achieve my best? Have I any role model, who reminds and motivates me to constantly go on and on?


These and many other questions are making me look forward to Life as a challenge and each day as an opportunity to be more aware towards self.

Do you have any more questions to add, which you ask to know yourself better? I will be too happy to know from you and learn such questions as these will enrich me.

I will be more happy if you share with me, not the answers, but, your feelings and emotions in the journey of knowing yourself better. Meanwhile, I will go on my own journey of Life.