The morning was not so very cold..just pleseant..I entered our office building n waited for the lift 2 arrive on my floor. It was silent..nothing unusual. There is nobody working on the ground floor of my office building...I heard the "tinnnngggg" of the lift arriving at my floor. The door opened..there was no1 in it..nothing unusual..Most of D ppl in my office arrive at 0800Hrs..n Im D only late bird tat arrives at 1000Hrs...I entered D lift n pressed the button 2 reach the 9th floor...nothing unusual...I do that everyday...The lift door started its way together...Nothing unusual ....just ten I saw a figure hurry inside the building...As chivalry (or wotever) I stopped D lift...Nothing unusual...I wud do tat in a similar situation always...Ven D shadow became a figure, it turned out 2 be a lady..short..red hair..round face..dressed in red and black..I'd never seen her before in this building. She entered...heavily breathing...looked like she'd been runnin for a mile...In between her breath she said..."Danke.."...I smiled in recognition...she then embarked in the longest conversation Ive every had in german..her hands moving wild...I guess she was tellin me she missed her train...she then described how she reached D office...her actions told me tat she had taken a lift frm sum1 on D way....tat person seemed 2 hav dropped her at the close-by crossroad..and frm ter she had been running...Her floor arrived...she said "choos" and walked away...I smiled.....Nothing unusual....There are so many ppl in this office who assume I speak german....And for such short-duration conversations....I never care 2 tell them....hey, I did not understand a word of wot u said....Offcourse it is nothing unusual...how cud I embarrass them rite?

Recently I had read an article on the "Three Element Theory" of human feelings. And I almost instantly fell for it coz according to that theory, almost every other feeling amongst the multitudes of emotions tat a human is capable of experiencing can be systematically broken down 2 just 3 basic feelings...like D primary colors...Vondering wot Im talkin bout huh?? Well here's D gist...

The only pure feeling that humans r capable of feeling is luv. This is the basic feeling that every1 is born vit...As time passses, this luv givs rise to a derivative feeling of hope..and the combination of Luv n Hope givs rise to the second derivative of "Fear".

In any1s life if ter has 2 be progress ten ter has 2 b luv (in any 1 of its various manifestations) as D primary driving force. So Lets start by saying....I luv 2 b rich...this luv for richness is gonna giv rise to a thousand dreams of being rich. I can just leave D dreams ver it lies n say its a bunch of crap but if my luv is strong enuf ten at a certain stage, I get this derivative feeling of hope sayin tat sumday I wud indeed become rich and an urge 2 wrk towards this goal. 1ce I develop this hope and start working..I almost immediately get a feeling of "Fear" sayin wot if I dont become rich?? This forces me 2 be Xtra careful..

So D way D three wrk is....

Luv..........givs u D goal tat u seek...gives u direction...is D guiding light

Hope.........givs u D strength 2 keep tryin..workin towards wot u want

And Fear.....keeps u on guard of possible pitfalls..makin u take safer routes if needed.

For me, this theory wrks gr8. N if ul r vonderin ver all D other feelings go..Well for starters Ill giv u D way u mite wrk it out..

Hate...Complete lack of Luv for another and a lots of luv for 1self

Depression...Complete lack of Hope.

Over Cofidence / Vainity....lack of fear..

Nervousness.....combination of Hope n Fear

Now tat u hav D idea...u shud b able 2 wrk out every feeling to just a little bit of Luv, a few rays of hope and little spells of fear.

Happy reciepe making !!

Well 2day I was caught in a very embarrasing position by tis lil girl who got me really confused for sumtime...N she reminded me 2 be polite..Of all D things...A lil toddler reminding ME to b polite??

Actually after I got into the Subway Train, a lady vit 2 kids entered at D nxt halt..1 was really teeny-weeny (in its crib) n another lil girl..mayb 2-3 years old....I usually sit vit my legs outstretched if ter is no 1 sittin in front of me. So tats how I was sittin evn today. Ter was no other seat visible for D lady 2 sit, so I folded my legs for her 2 b able 2 sit comfortably. She thanked me, I smiled n tat was it.

At the nxt stop, D person besides me got up n left. I was sittin on D aisle seat n figured tat if I shifted towards D window this lil girl wud b able 2 sit. So I shifted. Again the lady smiled and I acknowledged. But here is where tis lil girl wud not giv up...

she climbed into her seat and said "Danke" (thankyou)...Well I looked at her and smiled..n vent back 2 lookin out of D window...But she was not satisfied...nxt time she said "Danke Shon" (thank you very much). I almost thought she was pulling my leg...but again smiled n vent back 2 gazing out of D window....Now D third time she goes "Daaannnkkee Shooooooonnn" so loudly tat D whole compartment cud hear her....I really did not no wot 2 do. Wot was this lil girl tryin 2 pull I was not sure...So I had a perplexed look on my face and vit a lil smile I looked at D lady. She seemed 2 b smiling 2 herself (like it happens always vit her!) and seeing that I had a big question in my eyes, started speakin sumthin in german. This put me in an even more embarrasing situation coz as soon as she finished her sentence all D ppl around me began 2 laugh...

I felt so so soooo uncomfortable...I cud hav ignored it n just laughed it out...but this was a lil too funny 2 let go. So I told her wot I normally tel everybody who speaks in german vit me.."Im sorry, I do not understand german...cud you please speak in english??"...

Oh!!..she went..actually Ive been teachin my girl a little bit of manners...and Ive told her that ven sumbody thanks her, she shud always say "Bitte Shon" (u r most welcome)...So since you did not tell her that ven she thanked you...She kept repeating it...

Now this was sumthin I was least Xpectin from a child. N it was indeed amusing...So I had 2 look at D girl n say "Bitte Shon"...

I was so embarrassed tat I just did not no wot 2 do knowin tat all tose germans round me ver talkin surely bout tis little incident and I cud not understand a wrd of wot tey said!!! But lucky for me...my station was nxt n so I got up n said.."Well, here is where I get off" with a smile on my face...N Just bfore I left I rememebered 2 turn around 2 this lil girl n say "auf wiedersehen" (ba byee).

I always vondered wot is it tat actually makes d difference ven an artist/author/poet/etc express D same very things tat mite be so everyday tat v almost overlook it. And wot I hav come 2 believe is tat its 2 do with perception n D way tey force us 2 look at those things in a different way... Tey describe things in so much detail n yet leave so much unsaid tat our imagination forces us 2 fill in D voids tryin 2 relate wot v kno vit wot mite fit into D picture best...Dont think Im drivin D point across?? Well ten lets just read on...N for adding a lil more spice...Lets just assume tat frm now on I am talkin on behalf of a girl (girls...sorry 2 tread ur territory...but I promise 2 get off soon).

It happened yesterday...I could feel him besides my skin. He sat soft, un-detered. I was Xpecting him 2 get at it rite away, but he prefered to just sit in position for a while....mayb he was just testin the waters...maybe he was studyin my Xpressions..mayb he just wanted me to wait.....but soon he started gettin 2 D actual thing. God!! He does it so well. I must say tat only he cud do sumthin like this so skillfully....he started slowly feelin around with his instrument and all I cud feel was a tickle....soon he found D rite place, and with so much skill he put it rite in...I felt just a prick...and soon it developed into a itch...an itch tat was so irrestible tat I cud almost cry out in pain....

Well lemme stop. I mean I cud go on...But I guess this much is enuf 2 drive D point across...

Wot was ritten above just provided a different perspective 2 wot happens 2 us everyday (u dont think so?? Well believe me...ul hav Xperienced it at least a thousand times!!). I guess tis D atmosphere n the "Element of the Unsaid" tat makes it so different n drives ur imagination WILD. Had I been a normal person, I wud hav just said..."I got bitten by a mosquitoe yesterday!!

Driving fast as he normally would, he raced over the Vashi bridge toward the new city. And as the lights illuminating the dark waters approached, he slowed down for the Vashi Gaon signal that turned Amber. He heard horns honking behind urging him to ignore the signal and move ahead, but knowing what he already knew... he chose to stop instead..

The first 5 seconds was quite distressing as vehicles wizzed past him ignoring the Red Light pleading them to stop. And the next few seconds showed signs of confused drivers as they slowed approaching the signal but then sped again in a typical tendency to follow the mob.

And then along came this huge vehicle with all its imposing authority that grunted to a halt right behind him. He thought he would hear that BEST Driver honk him out of his way. But he could see in the rear view mirror that the driver sat peacefully acknowledging his action. And only seconds after that, one vehicle stopped after the next. Soon there was respect for the "Red" and people patiently waited.

And he reaffirmed with a smile that he still had his share of the power to change... for when he stopped, the world stopped with him.