Simplicity

Today is his day. His strength was simplicity but his plans were far more than just being simple. He had the whole world at his feet...he still gets them there.

I don't know much about him. There is another person who is closer to me than him. This person wears a shirt, yes. He wears a pair of slippers while going out and his goals are not as grand as that of our nation's father...And to me, he is the simplest person on this earth. I haven't met a more simpler, down to earth person than him. I am talking about my father.

I know two simple people.
One is of course the Mahatma.
The other one is someone who can give his life for me.

Today, I am glad to have reached my native place and am thoroughly enjoying his company. The more time I spend with him, the more I am getting convinced that I have complicated my life due to the numerous wants & wishes and have complicated my life over the years.

Here is raising a toast to the two simple humans I know...one not so well...and specially to the other one, who is such a major part of my life but from whom I have mentally drifted away over these years.

I am determined to take a goal or two...back with me to Bangalore...and make my life more meaningful.

Gandhigiri in cricket

"It is finished. The punishment is only for using obscene language."

That's the relief in Indian camp when Harbhajan was let off the racial charge and was only fined for using abusive language. There is obviously a lot of celebration on the Indian side but the Australian side is truly the other side of the coin. There are quotes indicating BCCI's money power pulling the strings ! They accuse ICI of bowing due to the power of BCCI. Oh, nice to hear that, thank you.
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People are relieved that the player only 'used abusive language' as if that was a lesser crime...
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What a way to celebrate Gandhi Jayanthi!
Hope the teams seriously take a lesson on Gandhigiri from our Munnabhai.
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And to lighten up a bit, here is one of those forwards but an evergreen one with a great sense of humor through play of words:
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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.....and then it hit me.
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Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting arest.Did you hear about the guy whose entire left side was cut off? Well!!! He'sall right now.
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To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
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The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium atlarge.
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A thief fell into wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
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Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
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We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
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The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
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The geology professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was onshaky ground.
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The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
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If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
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A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
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A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
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A will is a dead giveaway.
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He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
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A calendar's days are numbered.
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A boiled egg is hard to beat.
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He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
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Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
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When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
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Acupuncture: a jab well done.

Have a nice week :)