Monthly Archives: August 2008

Embedded Love (Abecedarian Poem)

Awaken my inner passion,

Beckon me with compassion.

Cheer me up with endless encouragement,

Deter me from the slightest discouragement.

Extend me your incessant support,

From my life, yourself, you never abort!

Gently teach me, love and its art,

Harbour not, thoughts of going apart.

Infuse into my heart, lot of love feelings,

Judge me not, purely on the basis of my extrinsic dealings.

Kick-start my love, which has become dormant,

Leaven my love, and make it more fragrant.

Masquerade not your true emotions,

None, I have against you, prejudiced notions!

Object not, to my love, so true,

Protect it from uncertainties, as it naturally grew.

Quirky, my love, may sometimes seem,

Rubbish it not, but nourish it into reality, from my heart’s dream.

Sideline me not, by treating my love as crazy,

Trespass my heart, and make me breezy.

Upgrade my love to the next highest level,

Value my true love, as a precious jewel.

Wholeheartedly accept me, with all my flaws,

Xanadu of love is your heart still, as it once was!

Yield to my love, so honest, profound, and pure,

Zillion years from now, even, I will succumb to your lure!

 

 

NB: The above is an abecedarian poem, i.e., which has all the letters of the English alphabet in order.

 

© 2008. P. Mohan Chandran. All Rights Reserved.

LOVE ME 24X7 (Abecedarian Poem)

Allow me to love you, and

Be with you, everyday.

Care for me, every hour, and

Don’t leave me, even in my dreams!

Embrace me with such passion,

For, all I want is just your love.

Germinate my love, when it is dead, and

Harness it, even after my death!

Ignore me never, even for a second!

Just be with me, until my sorrows and joys end.

Keep me away from loneliness,

Love me for what I am, and

Make me a part of you.

Night or day, always give me company,

Only you, anywhere I will accompany.

Past, present, or future – I see only you!

Quietly in my heart, you’ve captured a permanent place,

Rarity it is, to find someone like you, these days.

Show me the way to eternal bliss,

Teach me how to live, when something I miss!

Understand me with all your heart,

Very often, I fear, from me, you may part!

Waiting I’m, for you, to love me eternally,

Xerophobic is my heart feeling, in love,

Yearning for you and your love, now!

Zenith of love, I want to experience with you, forever!

 

NB: The above poem is an abecedarian poem, i.e., which has all the elements of the English alphabet in order.

 

© 2008. P. Mohan Chandran. All Rights Reserved.

The ‘True’ Meaning of Success

 

What is Success? Is getting through IIMs or IITs success? Is making millions considered as success? Is getting whatever you desire success? Is leading a life of your choice and following your heart success? Or, is living a life of value, and helping the less privileged regarded as success?

 

Most people have an insular view of success. For them, success means achieving what they desire, which may not be true. Success is much more! It is profound and has more to it than meets the eye. For instance, Verghese Kurien, fondly called as the “Milkman of India” in the wake of the White Revolution initiated by him, wanted to become a mechanical engineer, but ended up in dairy farming. Today, he is widely renowned and highly regarded as the “Father of White Revolution” in India, and also one who brought India on the global map in milk production. Is he then considered not successful (or a failure) because he couldn’t pursue mechanical engineering? John Grisham, a lawyer by profession, gained more popularity as an author than as a lawyer. Today, he has a number of best-sellers to his credit. He had to leave his law profession and take to writing. Do you then consider him as a failure because he could not pursue his legal profession successfully? The term ‘success’ is highly misinterpreted and misused by many. Success is a relative term and depends on one’s perception! What may be considered as failure by you may be considered as success by the other person and vice-versa!

 

Everyone aspires to succeed in life. Some want to achieve financial success, while some yearn for material success, while yet some others hanker for spiritual success. True success lies not just in accomplishing what you desire, but it is in accepting life or things as they come and as they are. Success and failure are like the two sides of the same coin. Success is nothing but failure turned inside out or upside down. Many a time, we are so glued to failure that we fail to look at the other side of it, which is success. We keep wallowing and self-sympathizing in failure so much that we miss success, which is just within our reach, and which may require us to stretch just that little bit extra! Successful people don’t worry about failures. They don’t keep thinking about their failures. They quickly forget their failures and keep moving from one failure to another. For them, failures are very normal, and an indispensable part of success and life. After all, aren’t failures the stepping stones to success? You shouldn’t be discouraged by failure. Failure happens to everyone. There is not a single person in this world who has succeeded all the time. There is also not a single person in this world who has never failed even once.

 

Many a time, we take success for granted, but it is failure that teaches us the true value of success. We learn more from our failures than our successes. Failure makes you introspect. Failure compels you to analyze, plan, and work harder. It makes you stronger and more determined to achieve success the next time. Failure makes us human and teaches us the virtues of hard work, patience, and perseverance. Failure may sometimes elicit our innate talent and introduce ourselves more deeply to us, making us realize new strengths that we never knew existed in us! Failure is necessary for success. Failure leads you to success. In fact, I would go to the extent of saying that failure in itself is success, because success is nothing but going from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm!

 

Sometimes, in our mad frenzy to achieve success by hook or by crook, we fail to understand the absolute reality that hard work, perseverance, and patience are the true keys to success, which cannot be substituted with anything else. PRACTICE may seem just like a normal eight letter word, but it is a very powerful word that can cut down your failure rate eight times out of ten. The faster you want to achieve success, the more you have to practice. The harder you practice, the sooner will you achieve success. Practice is what practice does, just as success is what success does! When you keep on persevering and practicing harder, then success will embrace you at unexpected hours! Sometimes, the best things come to you when you least expect it!

 

 

© 2008. P. Mohan Chandran. All Rights Reserved.

 

Swami Vivekananda – My Ideal & Role Model

Swami Vivekananda - The Enlightened Monk

Swami Vivekananda - The Enlightened Monk

 

Swami Vivekananda once said, “If you have lost your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you have lost your health, you have lost something; if you have lost your character, you have lost everything.” I strongly believe in this saying of Swami Vivekananda. Character makes a human being. A person with spotless and indisputable character is invaluable, whereas the wealthiest person without character is not even worth mentioning. A person of character will attract wealth but a wealthy person cannot buy good character even with all his/her wealth. But, sad to note that people now-a-days give more importance to “money” than “character.” Money has become the “only religion” people worship of late.

I won the title of “Mr. Vivekananda School of PG Studies” (Mr. VSPGS) during my MBA (2000-02).