Vaschakki's Evolution!
..........................................................................August 2003
Lost in thoughts, wandering in dreams....looking at the peak!!!
I always remembered that you are unique just like everyone else and at the same time not to chase two rabbits because I end up catching none. I had dreams just like any other human soul so decided to puruse in that way. There was not even a slightest ray of path. So knew the best way to predict the future is to create one But also to have everything is to possess nothing. I was kind wandering what to do and how to do. Don't misunderstand that all who wander are lost. My biggest weapon is passion to do and love to do what I am doing as we know that the most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. So love what you do and love what you love in doing.
It was the time when the money I had to meet my living expenses are sinking from the stockpile. Forget about paying the Semester fee. The sand beneath my feet is sinking, feeling the heavens on my shoulders...taking one foot further become tough...life all of a sudden became a question. I need to do something to meet my tution fees and to feed myself. I had no other choice but to do part time Job at the cost of my credits and GPA. It was August 2003 and I got a Job in a Mall( Ford City Mall in Lachigo now Chicago). It was with the help and reference of Vishu my friend. Things may not seem bad until you feel and you face it. I did and it was bad time. I had to catch two buses and one train( Orange line) to reach Ford City Mall. Chicago is notorious for its bad chilli wind...that's why it is called Windy City. Standing at the Bus Stand in a chilli wind around 10.30 to 11.30 PM for last bus to reach my Apartment was the most painful thing that I ever felt. I wish I be a girl to cry but was a strong man. No one were there to console me that these days aren't permanent. If I miss that Bus I'll have to wait half an hour more or catch another bus but that will drop me in South Commons. I had to walk all the way to my Apartment complex in South King drive. That way is not the safest. if I miss can I afford all this?...I cant! can I catch a cab and reach my place?. I had to pay what I earned the whole day. Yet sometimes I missed the bus. I did catch another bus and walked all the way. See it is tough in its own way and in its own world.
The most touching and striking things also happened. In the Mall I met this pretty young Lady who also goes to School and works there. After few months of working and knowing her I told my problem. She understood and sometimes closed my store so that I can catch early bus and avoid all the problems. The point here is that Pretty Lady doing that little act of Kindness. Had she not done that I would have missed the bus some times and I....can't even think now.
......so I never misse the bus....that act of kindness is the biggest thing for me during those days....thats another chapter another act of kindness that I felt from her and also other friend Baseer who also helped me during those days...so these acts made me to be more good human being and more truthful and more sweet in kindness than before. Thus grew my love more stronger towards friends and caring.
she was Datta Dave...a Gujarati Brahmin girl. I really admire her. I became a very good friend to her and she even used to share her lunch with me most of the times. I used to help her with her assignments. Baseer also had similar issues but Allah took care of him very well. Just think how touching and soothing it is when you think. we all have such instances that one took care of us at some point of life where we needed some help....remember and thank him now and pray for him/her. I do this....closing eyes and remember those events.....Life is beautiful! we can make it the more beautiful and God will make it the most beautiful as long as we do what is correct.
..........................................................................November 2003
Ladders of Success:
I used to do assignments of school in the Toy Store when there was no business. I also improved the business of Great Collectibles( Toy Store). My pay was $5.50 per hour. I was told that if I do well I'll get a hike to $6.00. I did really good during the slow season. I was so happy that I got my pay rise to $6.00 after couple of months. Now I had money not only to meet my living expenses but also to constuct Hanuman Murti(Statue) which is around $1000 dollars. Life went little easy but had big dreams lots of hope.
I always believed that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It is no the darkness inside the tunnel which is permanent. This Part time Job is like the period that I'm in the tunnel. I want to do a good handsome Job so that I can support my family in times of my need and also to the needy. I think it is the not the effort but it is the good thought by virtue of pure heart with its true faith and belief makes the goal little smooth and easy. You know why the heavens bless it or may be they like to be part of it and thus it happens.
Within a year it happened. Yes it happened. I got a break during the summer. It was Summer 2004. I got through the interview. I was the most happiest person. I called to Home, families and friends and shared the news that I reached the other end of the tunnel though there is occean but atleast I could see the light. Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. so the more obstacle I've the more I shine and the more I come up with solutions to be successful.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. so I always thought to fight the obstacles as it comes in my new career. Even if I fail that's ok because every sunrise is a second chance.
..........................................................................December 2004
This new oppurtunity to make better life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood. I can't finish this thousands of miles in one leap, this Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step of hope and faith in belieiving the inner strength. I moved all the way from Chicago to this new place in NorthWest America which is located under the cascade moutains, beautiful puget sound area on the banks of pacific occean, surrounded by islands....yes the beautiful Seattle. Inspite of my fears and my 16 hours of learning every single day including my work...made me feel little confident. I was diligent and few moths made me feel that I can do this job. I never suspected what is in the store of my fate. As they say in Sweden...the afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
what I learnt in this process is we all don't drown by falling into the water; we drown by staying in the water. We all should come out of what we always thought that I can't do it or can I do it...if we can overcome the inertia of what we are in now we can do what we'll be suprised later. It is still ok if we are achieving some thing in a slow pace but atleast we are moving ahead. you think this: " Be not afraid of going slowly, Be afraid of standing still.
yes I witnessed it and I'm making it happen and I did it. Always remember this: what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. what the world is today is because of human evolution don't forget that...Mind, Imagination, thought process are somethings that made us today to see the world what it was before. so we've the utmost strength to make a difference in our own small world with our gifted life. I wish good luck to all the readers for the most colorful pages that shall and will come in our lives. What is now is just a momentary or transitory. It is not the fog in the morning that decides the fate for the rest of the day...keep hope and faith...there is a beautiful afternoon and a lovely evening ahead with a romantic night to end it and as I said there is always a second chance in the next sunrise.
Lost in thoughts, wandering in dreams....looking at the peak!!!
I always remembered that you are unique just like everyone else and at the same time not to chase two rabbits because I end up catching none. I had dreams just like any other human soul so decided to puruse in that way. There was not even a slightest ray of path. So knew the best way to predict the future is to create one But also to have everything is to possess nothing. I was kind wandering what to do and how to do. Don't misunderstand that all who wander are lost. My biggest weapon is passion to do and love to do what I am doing as we know that the most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. So love what you do and love what you love in doing.
It was the time when the money I had to meet my living expenses are sinking from the stockpile. Forget about paying the Semester fee. The sand beneath my feet is sinking, feeling the heavens on my shoulders...taking one foot further become tough...life all of a sudden became a question. I need to do something to meet my tution fees and to feed myself. I had no other choice but to do part time Job at the cost of my credits and GPA. It was August 2003 and I got a Job in a Mall( Ford City Mall in Lachigo now Chicago). It was with the help and reference of Vishu my friend. Things may not seem bad until you feel and you face it. I did and it was bad time. I had to catch two buses and one train( Orange line) to reach Ford City Mall. Chicago is notorious for its bad chilli wind...that's why it is called Windy City. Standing at the Bus Stand in a chilli wind around 10.30 to 11.30 PM for last bus to reach my Apartment was the most painful thing that I ever felt. I wish I be a girl to cry but was a strong man. No one were there to console me that these days aren't permanent. If I miss that Bus I'll have to wait half an hour more or catch another bus but that will drop me in South Commons. I had to walk all the way to my Apartment complex in South King drive. That way is not the safest. if I miss can I afford all this?...I cant! can I catch a cab and reach my place?. I had to pay what I earned the whole day. Yet sometimes I missed the bus. I did catch another bus and walked all the way. See it is tough in its own way and in its own world.
The most touching and striking things also happened. In the Mall I met this pretty young Lady who also goes to School and works there. After few months of working and knowing her I told my problem. She understood and sometimes closed my store so that I can catch early bus and avoid all the problems. The point here is that Pretty Lady doing that little act of Kindness. Had she not done that I would have missed the bus some times and I....can't even think now.
......so I never misse the bus....that act of kindness is the biggest thing for me during those days....thats another chapter another act of kindness that I felt from her and also other friend Baseer who also helped me during those days...so these acts made me to be more good human being and more truthful and more sweet in kindness than before. Thus grew my love more stronger towards friends and caring.
she was Datta Dave...a Gujarati Brahmin girl. I really admire her. I became a very good friend to her and she even used to share her lunch with me most of the times. I used to help her with her assignments. Baseer also had similar issues but Allah took care of him very well. Just think how touching and soothing it is when you think. we all have such instances that one took care of us at some point of life where we needed some help....remember and thank him now and pray for him/her. I do this....closing eyes and remember those events.....Life is beautiful! we can make it the more beautiful and God will make it the most beautiful as long as we do what is correct.
..........................................................................November 2003
Ladders of Success:
I used to do assignments of school in the Toy Store when there was no business. I also improved the business of Great Collectibles( Toy Store). My pay was $5.50 per hour. I was told that if I do well I'll get a hike to $6.00. I did really good during the slow season. I was so happy that I got my pay rise to $6.00 after couple of months. Now I had money not only to meet my living expenses but also to constuct Hanuman Murti(Statue) which is around $1000 dollars. Life went little easy but had big dreams lots of hope.
I always believed that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It is no the darkness inside the tunnel which is permanent. This Part time Job is like the period that I'm in the tunnel. I want to do a good handsome Job so that I can support my family in times of my need and also to the needy. I think it is the not the effort but it is the good thought by virtue of pure heart with its true faith and belief makes the goal little smooth and easy. You know why the heavens bless it or may be they like to be part of it and thus it happens.
Within a year it happened. Yes it happened. I got a break during the summer. It was Summer 2004. I got through the interview. I was the most happiest person. I called to Home, families and friends and shared the news that I reached the other end of the tunnel though there is occean but atleast I could see the light. Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. so the more obstacle I've the more I shine and the more I come up with solutions to be successful.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. so I always thought to fight the obstacles as it comes in my new career. Even if I fail that's ok because every sunrise is a second chance.
..........................................................................December 2004
This new oppurtunity to make better life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood. I can't finish this thousands of miles in one leap, this Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step of hope and faith in belieiving the inner strength. I moved all the way from Chicago to this new place in NorthWest America which is located under the cascade moutains, beautiful puget sound area on the banks of pacific occean, surrounded by islands....yes the beautiful Seattle. Inspite of my fears and my 16 hours of learning every single day including my work...made me feel little confident. I was diligent and few moths made me feel that I can do this job. I never suspected what is in the store of my fate. As they say in Sweden...the afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
what I learnt in this process is we all don't drown by falling into the water; we drown by staying in the water. We all should come out of what we always thought that I can't do it or can I do it...if we can overcome the inertia of what we are in now we can do what we'll be suprised later. It is still ok if we are achieving some thing in a slow pace but atleast we are moving ahead. you think this: " Be not afraid of going slowly, Be afraid of standing still.
yes I witnessed it and I'm making it happen and I did it. Always remember this: what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. what the world is today is because of human evolution don't forget that...Mind, Imagination, thought process are somethings that made us today to see the world what it was before. so we've the utmost strength to make a difference in our own small world with our gifted life. I wish good luck to all the readers for the most colorful pages that shall and will come in our lives. What is now is just a momentary or transitory. It is not the fog in the morning that decides the fate for the rest of the day...keep hope and faith...there is a beautiful afternoon and a lovely evening ahead with a romantic night to end it and as I said there is always a second chance in the next sunrise.
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