Using a filter is a natural process is we wish to strain out impurities. However if the use of a filter prevents me from getting to the original, then, not using a filter will help retain the original perspective as in the case of a camera where the the actual use of a filter if not used properly will actually prevent a person from from the original scene in all its beauty.
Health
A little bit of Sun is all one needs to
Bring the warmth back into your life!
I wish the Corona…fades away
Shouldn’t I wish the Corona Virus fear,
Would spread far and wide,
Then people would learn the value of health,
They would take precautions,
Which are actually health standards!
May be I should wish the Corona Virus fear,
Would be rooted and grounded,
In the minds of the youth and students,
Then teachers or parents need not remind the young,
They would learn and value life!
Isn’t it too much to wish the Corona Virus fear,
Would affect office employees,
Then employers need not track them,
Or send them reminders ‘Karo Na’
They would readily work from home,
Effectively and Efficiently!
How can I not wish the Corona Virus fear,
would actually transact through,
Every business deal and sale,
Through the hands of every vendor,
So that profits would be shared,
In honesty and truth!
May be I ought to wish the Corona Virus fear,
Would first lodge permanently,
In the hearts of politicians,
So that every thought and action,
Would flow with ‘Karuna’,
The Indian version of love and compassion!
Positively I can wish the Corona Virus fear,
Would die and rise again,
To be reborn through reincarnation,
As ‘Karuna’, mercy and compassion,
And live as a core value to be lived,
In word and action of every Indian!
~ Cletus Zuzarte
12th March, 2020
for your information:
“Corona” is a noun / kəˈrəʊ.nə meaning
+ a crown – a usually coloured circle (pearly glow) often seen around and close to a luminous body (such as the sun or moon), visible during an eclipse
or a part of the body resembling or likened to a crown – the upper portion of a bodily part (such as a tooth or the skull)
+ a wreathe or a halo
My Idea of Happiness
Life is a journey and each one of us are pilgrims waiting to reach our destination that is, Happiness. Yes, each one of us wants to be happy and that is what we all strive to attain and actually struggle through life, just to attain our goal of happiness. If only we understood what really is Happiness, life would so different, isn’t it?
Once a disciple came to the Guru and asked, him can you share with me the secret of happiness. Of course said the Guru, first go and catch the first ray of sunlight in the morning and bring it to me. The disciple waited at dawn the next morning and tried to capture it and bring it to the Guru but unfortunately this ray of sunlight would not stay in his hand. It disappeared before he tried to bring it in to give the Guru. After repeated attempts he realized his folly and came back to the Guru to narrate his failure. The Guru only smiled and asked him a question, ‘did you enjoy looking at the first ray of sunlight’?. The disciple answered him, ‘No Guruji’. I was preoccupied in capturing it and bringing it to you. “Oh, you laboured, so hard, and did not enjoy your task. It would have been sufficient if you had to capture the first ray of sunlight in your eyes and in your smile and share it with me. True happiness is attained in enjoying the task that you do, when you truly enjoy what you are doing it is no long difficult, you will never fail, in fact there will be joy that you radiate. This is happiness. Happiness is living each moment, capturing it and sharing it!
As students we are constantly studying so hard, trying to be number one in life. We want to be the best; we do not compromise and insist on doing everything in the best possible way. Today, we insist on perfection and we are waiting to reach the end, and live in the most beautiful romantic world that we paint in our imagination. But really speaking, Happiness is found in the little moments of madness, in the crazy situations and with the so called foolish people we live with. Take for example, we complain about our daily travel and we wonder when will we have a better transport system, but are we not better off than those who lived just 20 years back. Today we have better buses, trains and cars, faster efficient and less polluting. All we need to say, is that, ‘Am I not better off than how my parents lived their lives’?, and in that you will find the answer. Today, my life is better than Yesterday. Just think about it and in that there is a sense of fulfilment and happiness that will fill your heart. Happiness lies in the wisdom of counting your blessings one by one!
“I have a better dress than you”, “I have a computer, what do you have?” Today the value of person is judged by what he possesses. “Happiness is not Having, but Being”. There was once a great and wealthy king who was so unhappy and always sad. Inspite of all his riches he was still so unhappy. He consulted his Guruji, and asked him what more he need to do to be happy. His Guruji gave him a very simple instruction, “If you want to be happy, go find a happy man and wear his shirt, and you will be happy. He met and interviewed each person in his kingdom and asked them if they were happy. Each person had some story of sorrow to narrate. Dejected and disappointed he came back after many days and he met a beggar at his gate was singing and entertaining everyone. The king went upto him and asked him, “Are you happy?” He replied, “Yes”. The king then, immediately asked him, “Then, Give me your shirt”. The beggar smiled and replied, “definitely you can take my shirt, but I don’t have any shirt!”. The king then realized that the greatest wealth of happiness is not having but being. Happiness comes from within, and wealth does not make a person happy.
As I grow up, I realize I too want to be Happy, there are a lot of goals that I need to achieve. I only pray that each day I have the wisdom to sit back and count my blessings and realize that it is not what I have that counts but what I am is what really matter. And of course, and life goes by, I need not run after happiness, all I will do is to Wait and be Still and Happiness like a butterfly will sit on my shoulder!
~ Cletus Zuzarte
Asmita – Sky is the Limit!
I have a Dream
May years have rolled by,
As I look back on the past
I have followed the path
Yet with no definite plan
Now I cannot retrace my steps
But I can only look forward
I can see the horizon
It is bright and red
My heart is faint
And my eyes are weary
I am refreshed by cooling streams
Fresh corn and life.
My eyes close in satisfaction.
I gaze into the distant future
And dream my many dreams
Iam chosen and called
To be a brick
In this huge human edifice
A bridge overstretches its arms
But it has not reached!
You and I have a dream.
My mind is wet with inspiration
Soaked with enthusiasm
And zeal for your word
Help me, O lord,
To build your Church.
Your echoes with your power
Flood your creation
You are God, Yahweh
You are Lord filled with might
You conquer our minds
And my heart
You sweep me of my feet
And are there to hold me
In your bosom.
Your plan I see O Lord!
Help me on my way.
Yes I believe!
I have a Dream…
I will be with you
To the end of your days!
~ Cletus Zuzarte
16th August, 1991
Experiments in Life.... 