Good Deeds Are Always Rewarded!!

Just recently it was announced in our class that we could join NSS (National Service Scheme i.e. a social service programme). I was always interested in such activities, for me helping a needy is the best thing a person can do. When I asked my friends whether they would join, my friends shocked me by telling “faayda kya hai?”(How would it benefit us?) and to that one of my friends replied “you will get a certificate for it which will be beneficial if you are giving GRE”. Sorry friends but I really disagree with your viewpoints! I know as humans we are selfish to some extent but what if we were in those people’s place and someone wouldn’t help us just thinking it wouldn’t benefit him, imagine our plight! When you know you want to do a good deed, you cannot think of your gain! And this is not related only with my friends, it’s the case with all of us! We always need a reason to do something good “to others”.
A blood donation drive was held in our college, I was very enthusiastic about it even though I knew I was underweight. A week before, I started eating as much as possible to gain weight and be able to donate blood to a needy person. I was silly I know and finally returned unsuccessful, without donating blood…but I was proud that I at least tried, unlike others who were healthy enough but feared losing blood from their body! Why do we become such misers when it comes to giving things that we are capable of giving? At times we are such cowards…good for nothing! If God was to think before doing good to us…I’m sure nobody would have been happy in their lives ever! Aren’t smiles on someone’s face, someone’s blessings, someone’s well-being, worth anything?
I have decided that when I earn, I’ll put a little amount into charity under whatever circumstances and I think if everyone does the same the world will surely be a better place to live in!
I don’t know how many will be inspired by these views, but I really don’t care…because I know, if not for others I’ll always do what I think is my duty as a human!

A Lie Can Change Your Life...Forever!

It’s not that I’m some kind of a saint that I’m propagating the virtue of telling the truth always, neither am I a devil, giving tips on how to say lies, if you want to tell one! As a child I really hated having milk before leaving for school and one day I ended up sneaking and throwing it into the sink and then telling mom I had it all! But then I was so bad at this art of telling lies (I fumble a lot while telling a lie and I’m not that good at making stories on the spot) that mom caught my lie and like all mothers do to threaten their innocent children she told me she will stop talking to me if I didn’t have that weird liquid(read as milk) everyday. Moral of the story: small children can never lie to their mothers :)

Getting back to the topic, I feel the worst of people have a good side to them, God has designed us that way! Whenever we lie or do something that we are not supposed to there’s always an inner voice that pricks us, that keeps telling us that we are wrong. But for some or the other reason we suppress it! I’m not telling we should never lie, come on, we are humans after all! We do have times when we think that telling a lie is a best way out! Blame it on the circumstances, the pressure from outside world etc.etc. you told it for someone’s good, you just wanted to play a prank on someone…finally a lie is a lie! We had our results put up on the net and I was supposed to see my friend namrata’s results, she was declared failed then(it was false, after reevaluation she passed) and I had to convey this thing to her…I simply couldn’t tell her the sad news and went on to lie that there were problems with the site. I wish I could tell her the truth, I know she would have been very anxious to know the results. Telling a lie is breaking someone’s trust and according to me that’s the biggest sin you can ever commit.

Once you have lied, you cannot revert things, the only thing that you can do to preserve the trust people have in you is confessing. You may be punished for it, but that guilt within will definitely subside with time and people who love you will definitely come back! I lost a person I liked the most to a lie and I don’t even know if I will ever be forgiven but I know for sure that by confessing I have done what I could on my part!

Me & Blogging!

Hey ppl,this is richa (how silly was that!you would have very well guessed it by my profile).Well,this is my first blog and actually speaking I don’t know what to write!(you would have guessed tht too!).Blogging is a new thing to me,heard a lot abt it since nowadays all bollywood actors/actresses are doing it(No,I don’t consider myself as one!) but never really understood why ppl like displaying their experiences, views and opinions on the net…I mean who cares to read them and aren’t our personal experiences supposed to be kinda a secret? I mean,our lives are complicated by itself,why would we be interested in whats happening in other’s lives and reading something of that sort is what I detest the most.but then I happened to read my friend vishwanath and manjiri didi’s blogs which were abt their day-to-day experiences and views,and I loved the way they expressed their ideas,and that is why I am here,writing my own blog!(if I write crap,you know who u got to blame).

well getting back to introducing myself,I’m an engineering student who obviously wishes to be placed by excellent companies like google,Microsoft,intel etc.etc. and earn high salary(range:1lac to whateva is higher than 1 lac per month).my family and friends are the world for me! i adore my brother sanat the most and friends well…I love them all! right now my best friends gang consists of…god,the list is too long..some other time! Ppl often think I am kinda a reserved person but that’s generally not the case! It’s just my way of judging ppl when I meet them first time.i love to listen to songs,especially slow meaningful hindi songs and dance is my passion.i am a firm believer in god and I hate classifications done on that basis. on my blogging page I’ll generally share my experiences,not that I have done some kinda PhD. On life but being present on this land for 19 years(I don’t like hiding my age [;)]) I too have learnt certain things which I would like to share! As it is I like talking a lot(I would have been a RJ if not an engineer,surely!). now I’ll get back to reading some more blogs..bye 4 now!