today: Believe

today: Believe: "The world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe,it is filled with despair, we must still dare to dream,filled with anger, we m..."

Believe

The world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe,it is filled with despair, we must still dare to dream,filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope.We must dare to live.

Mumbai 26/11

Though I woudn't want to remember the gory past ,yet the 26/11/08 carnage 26/11/06 blasts made me realise how much I knew bombay or mumbai.

In mumbai I revelled in pricking the inflated notions that we mumbaikars harboured about our annointed selves, but these terror attacks changed it all.A chilly November & another July in history

Mumbai witnessed mayhem, but instead of the expected epiphany, within moments strangers were pulling victims out of the still spluttering & consuming wreckage, not waiting for ambulances & stretchers to arrive people ferried them unstitingly to hospitals, within hours blood banks were filled by donors not waiting to be asked.

The terrorists expected Mumbai to die a silent death, But the very next day offices limped back to normalcy, bandaged but unbowed even the lifeline was back on track, in true mumbai spirit.!!,the terrorists should have known better than to taunt a citizenry whose steel is tempered twice daily in the hell-fire of the rush commute Mumbai slaps one with the most brutal realities ,& then socks you with the elevating antidote, can you think of any other Indian city being shaken down to its DNA helix yet with a spine of steel,they chose the wrong city.

My guess is that the clue lies in Bombay rather than Mumbai,in the polyglot pastiche of communities rather than in the parochial monoculture. The can do & won’t die spirit comes from a heterogeneous bunch of people whipped ahead by their individual dreams, they won’t allow anyone to detonate them.

The ultimate distinction lies in the attitude to power, Mumbai has made authority irrelevant. It's people dont wait for the state they pick up the pieces themselves & re-cast them to their own, improved specifications, Just notice next time someone mentions he/she is from Mumbai, the pride dwelling up in their eyes. In case you didnt know dreams come only in do-it yourself kits . THATS MUMBAI FOR YOU!!

Recognition.

My power today lies in recognition. I am enthusiastic about, and take pride in my new found validation or potential and will use it as a motivator towards greater things. My asset is self-worth.

Seize Today

My power today lies in seizing the day. I step in, recognize, or create opportunities to take it to the next level and communicate leadership or earn respect through performance. I am empowered to rise to the occasion by a window of opportunity and I transform through motivation.

Emotional Availability

My power today lies in my power today lies in emotional availability.I inspire, protect and nurture with reliable compassion, respect, and affection. I am a master in the art and am secure enough in my role to connect to, express and pursue my hearts desire while defending the greater good of those who rely on me. I am empowered by consistency and patience while trust is my gift or Holy Grail.

Practise & Preach

My alter ego is mandated to practice what I preach as both a First Among Equals and Disciple to its network or fold. Dual port-keys decode my superpowers to account and self-preserve, bound to conform by faith or rights under equal protection, or resist to re-balance high-handed architecture that's on the brink of collapse under its own culture, hypocrisy and crossed virtues. Being in or out of the Barnyard Pageant sets a line or oath between 'us' and 'them' but today's dose of theatrical humility, passive climate or organized troubles lends credibility or continuity by promoting rank and file image. By popular demand I bow to the master or am compelled to honor a blueprint, uniform or code of common decency to get to the top or bottom of it. Take me to your leader and I'm inclined to condescend to acquiesce to a request, unless inconsistent with house rules.