Haridas Patil

  On the eve of New Year meeting with a friend- teacher. Some time ago, I met my friend who is also a teacher at the school. On looking him, he appeared cheerful and contented. His reply surprised me when I asked him why he looked relaxed and satisfied. He said that he was stress-free due to school off during the Corona pandemic. I thought over his reaction. After some time, I was convinced the teaching job at school as full of stress. Further, he expressed to his thought that ongoing year has given him lots of new things such as time and thought for sharpening new skill, meeting the people, helping others selflessly, listening to elders and much more. In that way, he shared that he could start a new venture due to the 2020 year. On listening to him, I was surprised by him. On the other hand, people like teachers were completely tired of school management and salary issues in 2020. We have seen that they struggled till the last moment of the year. But my friend transformed himsel

  Mother’s love Last week I noticed that the young lady with her two children was perhaps returning to home. She was with her mother in law. All of them were walking on the road. Suddenly they came across the relative on the bike. They were happy to see him. Then, the old lady invited him to their home for a cup of tea. After long thinking, the man was ready to go with them. At that moment, the man politely asked both children to come with him on the bike. The elder one sat on it, but younger liked to be with his mother. He clung the mother’s hand tightly. He gladly waved to his elder brother. The man drove the bike little ahead but stopped it at once. The mother looked at them with a worried face. Surprisingly the elder child got down the bike and ran towards his mother. The man told them that the child requested him to stop. The child said that he liked to come with his mother. On hearing it, the mother put hand lovingly on him. She sensed his love for her as his mother. Perhaps

These days I am concerned about my self –development. I have no good source of income. So I don’t get money and work freedom. Other aspects also push me ahead or into darkness. I feel bored and stagnant. It pressurizes me, further I am puzzled over what work to be done. However, I tried to share my thoughts with my friends. But I didn’t find any new thing in them. It seemed to me that they were already in the confusion mode or unclear way. Therefore, I didn’t insist on them and their guidance. Being responsible, I need to work upon my development. First of all, I have to fix my time table for writing and work schedule. Then, I must follow it strictly and responsibly. With slow, I can go ahead and be myself. I don’t need to compare myself with others. That is self-suggestion for me and work upon self- affirmation. This way, I can come out of the web of the constant and mental thought area. Happy writing Happy living  

  Today my life goes on like this………..! Nowadays, I am just passing my time without any meaningful task. Further, I am not maintaining my writing work and reading anything. Somewhat I feel depressed due to salary issue and family pressure. Most of the time, want to sleep and doing it happily. I don’t like to take any challenge but run away from the commitment. I even don’t realise the cause of such happenings. I keep dreaming of success without any efforts. On the other hand, I developed the habit of listening to the family. It always scolds and blames to me. Inside I developed the tolerance and excuses. Still, I don’t get why this is happening. What to do and not to do? The questions are before me and tangled me for unnecessary things. The surprising point is that I look for self-pity and borrowing money. In this way, I am going astray and not getting the solutions. I hope that I will get back on my enthusiastic routine. Let me restart my mission with a vision.

 The farmers' protest is a stage for TRP of media or leader making programme for politicians. Any protest in India becomes a stage for a politician to shine in media. Nowadays Farmer protest has been going on since last two week. It is related to the withdrawal of the agricultural reformation bill. However, it became a TRP for media or leader making programme for political parties. Somewhat political parties or ruling parties failed to convince the farmers. On the other side, the opposition started mingling its agenda with the farmer protest and just adding woes to the farmers’ protest.  Everybody is talking about their problems now, but nobody is getting how to solve it. They are just getting the attention of the common people and showing them that they are very worried about the farmers or the common people. Some of them sit at home and twit on social media, and others just either re-twit or comment on it. Further, it becomes a talk of the nation. Two of the shocking facts come o

  Happiness is a state of mind, it comes out of good feeling and mood. So we have to train feeling and mood accordingly. But we never realise it, and we lose our temper due to a bad mood. Consequently, happiness seems to be like kangaroo runs after smelling in a desert. Therefore happiness depends upon our mood. The mood comes out of mental satisfaction. Let me share a story with you, one of my friends Sandip Sharma, who is also a Spoken English trainer, always keeps the packets of Parle biscuits. He offers it to unknown people while walking in the garden. Then he looks very happy and satisfied. On asking him about it, he shared with me that he feels good after offering it to unknown or poor people. It means that he makes his feeling good and have a sense of happiness.  In this way, we can also get happiness and keep life better. We can do some social service in the sake of feeling better. We need to think of only help others selflessly. Automatically we can have lots of happiness. We

  A creative vegetable vendor Today I came across a vegetable seller who was just 18 years. He was very creative in selling his vegetable within half an hour. Imagine what idea he could use to sell his vegetables on the lorry. He made a packet of a variety of vegetables. He kept three potatoes, three tomatoes, coriander, four to five green chillies and a handful of peas in a plastic bag. He sold it in only ten rupees. I saw another packet which was packed with a handful of ladyfingers. Three tomatoes, four to five green chillies, coriander and garlic. Another was packed with three potatoes, one cabbage, four green chillies and three onions.            In that way, he made various packets and sold them within half an hour in ten rupees. He replied to me interestingly that the housewives looked at his vegetable packets cheaper as well as affordable. Further, it was within their money management. So he kept that idea of making various packets of the vegetables.  Even I liked his idea and

 During childhood, we enjoyed the following things. But we miss them at the present moment. 1) We enjoyed watching Television at another’s house. 2) We enjoyed working a part-time job while studying. 3) We enjoyed scolding by others and respected them by not speaking to their face. 4) We enjoyed the games such as playing marbles, hide and seek and other games.  5) We enjoyed the punishment at school when the homework was incomplete. 6) We enjoyed the healthy and stress-free competition at school and society. 7)  We enjoyed listening to the radio and grandparent’s stories. 8)  We enjoyed assisting parents in their work. 9) We enjoyed the innocent laugh at school or home. 10) We enjoyed crying and later on forgetting it. 11) We enjoyed mother’s food.  12) We enjoyed dancing while playing or winning any small game. 13) We enjoyed accompanying not only friendship but also an enemy.  14) We enjoyed our teachers and their teaching. 15) We enjoyed laughing when our friend got punishment. 16)

 Fear dominated the people during Coronavirus period. Last week, I came to know through some people that humorous incident happened in my area. During this pandemic, fear kept dominating most of the people. The following happening brought a sense of fear among them.  At a social function, around a hundred gathered and engaged with one another. That moment, one of the municipal officers inquired about gathering and the total number of people presented there. One of the people replied to him that there was around a hundred present. Then he further asked him why he had asked about the gathering and the people. The officers told that they were randomly taking a test of Coronavirus in that area on that day. So he thought that his team of doctors could do testing of some people. By that time, some people gathered around him and slowly shared his point with others. Surprisingly, most of the people left the place with a word with others. Within three minutes, more than half of the people were

        “Be good, Do good and Think good”. In this pandemic, I was at the social worker’s office for some work. When I entered his office, at that time he was talking with a young man for his job. The young man was jobless due to the Covid19 crisis. So the social worker was trying to convince him for startup business of dried grapes on the city road. Even he was ready to invest some finance in it. But the young man didn’t respond to him consciously and meaningfully. At last, the social worker disconnected the call and turned at me. He shared that the people, who asked for the job, not ready to do for livelihoods. They thought that they could get better opportunities. So they rejected his ideas of startup anything else or any work. Further, he regretted that it happened everywhere, but these people never realized the importance of job during the Covid crisis. Then he left the point and asked me for what he could do. On listening to these words, I bec

 Feeling...….. Wandering in the garden and feeling blessed. Talking with others and feeling attached.  Listening to dear ones and feeling loved.  Thinking for others and feeling generous.  Living our own life and feeling pleased.  Thanking each thing and feeling gratified.  Helping others and feeling joyful.  Praying God and feeling full of gift. 

  You are not alone in the problems of life. Sanjay was a middle man and worked at the factory. He was a firm believer in spirituality and his master. But he was very depressed during the pandemic. Further, he didn’t get any help from the family or relatives. He was always feeling that he was surrounded by lots of difficulties. Despite his constant efforts, he was feeling of lagging. At the same time, the family showered negative criticism on him. So he was alone in his struggle. One day, he decided to visit his spiritual master. There he would share his problems with the master and ask for a solution. He knew that his master was an enlightened man. So he started his journey towards the ashram. He noticed many people returning from the ashram on the way. Even he asked them about their visit. They responded that he had gone to meet the master for their problems. They told him that they got a solution. On hearing such things, he became glad and thought of sharing all of his tension.

  A true ambassador of the business or career Once upon a time, the new manager was appointed by the owner at the five-star hotel. As soon as he got the position, faced a severe problem of remaining food which was thrown outside every day. So I turned up before the owner and requested that the remaining food had to be distributed among the slum areas. Over it, the owner lost temper and was not ready to allow him to do it. Despite the difference, the manager convinced his owner and promised that actually, he would help the hotel industry for growth. In the end, the owner accepted it but warned him about the wrong impact over their image. However, the manager was firm in his decision for it. Later on, he every day began to put the remaining food on the trolley and distribute it among the slum areas where the poor reside. It went on for a week, and surprisingly whatever the remaining food, which remained earlier, on daily did not remain. Consequently, their food was on high demand and

 After lockdown, I got a chance of working with the college for part-time. So I became glad and proud to be at it. With starting zoom classes to the students who are unknown to me. Because they haven’t met or seen me. Obviously  I faced lots of problems initially but managed to succeed in teaching them. While teaching them, I always asked either them or the colleagues for feedback.  When everything was going well as I thought. After some days, I got a message on WhatsApp about my teaching. It said that the students were not happy with my teaching. I replied to the messenger by promising to put the efforts. After that, I sat quietly and introspected over my error if it had been.  Called to the main office of the college, I was informed by the office to discontinue from a particular date. Without arguing, I positively accepted it and left the job. That happened at the time of the Dussehra festival. Being responsible, I tried to complete the assigned syllabus. Within three days, the stude

  On Dissatisfaction                        Dissatisfaction is a cause of several problems, vices and diseases. It invites irritation, mental disturbance, blames throwing, unhappiness, constant scolding, doubt and much more. It often makes the person confused and embarrassed in the daily routine. Sometimes he does not know what he reacts to others. He always sticks to the past, forgets the present and future.                       Dissatisfaction comes when high expectations not get fulfilled, and when another person does not listen to him. Such a person always advises and corrects others. He should sit quietly and ask himself why he is dissatisfied with others. Then he should think over the result of his attitude. So as he can clarify his vices. Further, he needs to start introspection over past incidents. Slowly and gradually, he will get the wrong attitude he is keeping.

A tycoon of the city, known for his ethics, was being taken by his driver in BMW car to office. On the way, the driver halted the cab on the road. He came out and became worried about seeing the puncture. Immediately he informed his master and asked him whether he would arrange a private car for him. But he told him that he would go by walk to an office that day. However, the driver was not ready to allow his boss and insisted that he had to go by the private car. At last, the master justified his stand by saying that he missed an early morning walk for some days. So it was a nice time for him to walk to the office and give a value to his life. The driver was surprised by his ethics and saluted him. As soon as he reached his office, all security guards became surprised over his coming to office by a walk. At that time, he smiled at them and explained over their enquiry. They also saluted him and became happy over his down-to-earth attitude. On that day, the businessman taught his s

  A complaining man Sanjay being a businessman who used to blame and complain to females of his family over homemade food. He always found fault with food made by the family. Further, he compared with outside food. The family often tried to convince, but he was stubborn by nature. So he was not happy and satisfied with the family. On the other hand, his mother and wife all the time prepared his favourite in the sake of making him happy. But one day he was changed by one of the hotel managers. On that day, he went to the famous hotel in the city along with his friends for taking dinner. All had their favourite dishes, started eating but Sanjay fought out with the waiters over the food.   Within a moment, the hotel manager tried to convince him. At last, he said to Sanjay that he should respect their chef for the food. Even he told him whether he would eat it or not. But he had to pay for it. Unhappily he paid for it and went away after leaving unfinished dish. While returning home

                                                   Gift of life                               Life is a gift of God, and living it is a blessing of Him. What requires to live a good life? It is said, “Roti, Kapada or Makaan ( रोटी , कपडा और मकान )” suffices for it. But we people forget these, keep it complicated and invite unnecessary chaos. We also forget that we are blessed with celebration, joy, happiness, pleasure and cheerfulness by God. We take note of these when any festival comes. Otherwise, we waste of these and create a burden of life. We keep tension, jealous, regret and anxiety instead of God’s blessing. Consequently, the moment of life slips out of our hand. In the end, we believe in complaining and blaming. In this way, we never realise what and how many blessings of God we waste on the earth.                                 On this occasion of Diwali, we have to promise that we will not waste the gift and blessing of God. It is precious for us, and maintaining it i

  Be emotional with others is good. But He is always a victim of other’s reaction. Others play a game of football with him. Someone kicks him from one side, and other sends him at another corner. He does not have his own opinion. His condition is like a plank of wood in the sea. The wave takes it on the shore at a time. Next moment, it is dragged by it back in the seawater. So it becomes a victim of others. He becomes helpless and self-pity. He wastes most of his time on regret, repentance and self-blame. He even accepts most of the other’s fault as his own. Further, he is ready to adjust to each one and everything. He tries to show that he wants to care for others. So it is advisable to such person not take any one’s reaction seriously. But he should understand that he needs to detach from it.  Otherwise, he will become a tool of other’s game.            

  I started writing habit regularly some years back. Then I found out the following advantages of it.  1.    Helps you to get clarity of your life and career 2.    You can get creative in each task 3.    Shows you about your strength and weakness 4.    Helps you have a sense of happiness and achievement 5.    Leads you to develop the power of your patience and enthusiasm  6.    Makes you remove boredom from your life 7.    Encourages you to face every problem of your life boldly 8.    Motivates you to take an interest in every work 9.    Makes you develop a sense of acknowledgement  10.                    Helps you to enhance the communication and thinking skill 11.                    Urges you to make an attitude of challenging to self 12.                    Assists you to have a bag of ideas for each task 13.                    Helps you can become a man of focused and consistency  14.                    Makes you a man of open-minded and supportive 15.

  Attempt out the following points Spend a day in a single room without moving. Live life happily for some days without money.  Share your blunders with your near and dear ones without hesitation. Help others to earn daily wages without expectation. Spend some days without complaining or blaming. Listen to others without interrupting.  Practice some of the above points without questioning. When you practice the given points, you will have something to make yourself happy and contented. 

  My video on YouTube channel ' Pledge on Coronavirus' is getting a good response. Thanks to all my friends. Here, it is given a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gm_Qi-ipmk

  Hobby Once two lady friends were at the super mall. They were about to buy something for households. Suddenly one of the ladies got a call but ignored it. Again she had it, but her friend saw it and asked her who it was. That lady showed the mobile to her. The caller was named as Hobby. She was surprised over the name of the caller. Out of curiosity, she asked her who the hobby was. She told her that it was her hubby. The lady friend pointed out that she misspelt her hubby’ name. At that moment, she said that her hubby used to call several times her during daytime and asked whether she had done lunch or taken tea or rest. Further, he asked her what she was doing at the moment of calling.                So she was bored on telling every day the same thing to him. That’s why she named after him as a hobby, not hubby. She thought that her husband had got a hobby of asking her several meaningless questions every time. The lady friend got the meaning of it.

 A fact At fruit stall, I stood and asked for the price. The fruit vendor told a fact of today’s science after knowing me as a teacher. I got shocked by his observation and evaluation. He mentioned that the science had made us lethargy, best liar and pretender. I asked him why he said it. Then he looked at me with doubtful. He said that it forced us to lie whenever the person spoke on the mobile. He used to reply the caller,  “I am outside of the city. So don’t call me until I get back.”  Though he was in the city but used to speak a lie. The vendor referred to another example. The students were showing a pretension of attending the Zoom or Google meet classes. They were just on it, and they were either sleeping or watching television. They took freedom of the teachers who muted them after seeing their scribbling activities on the screen or listening unnecessarily the noise from their side. He again forwarded the example of advertising of WhiteHat Junior. He raised the doubt over its g

  No complain, no explain. I became gloomy on the finding of no money in the pocket. It happened in the morning. The day began with a negative outlook. Somehow I left for my school and thought of reasons why I was a penny less. Mind kept of heaps of blame on others while going to school. I blamed parents for not giving me extra money. The friends and fortune were brought in the blame factor. As soon as I noticed a woman who was searching for something on the roadside. She had a string tied with magnetic which she just moved it in the soil. She was trying to search for iron or nails or pin. She had a small white bag in which she was keeping the finding objects into it. On her face, I found not at all complain, blame to her luck or regret to be born in poverty. She was too engrossed in her task of finding to notice me. Her only mission would arrange two times meals for her and her family. She even didn’t ask the govt for her rights as needy. On the other side, she was busy with work

  Teacher’s role for society Nowadays, I observed closely at the society and families. Particularly unaccepted, unchanging and non-moving tendencies are among people. Due to the slow economy and pandemic, the families and people face a shortage of employment and money liquidity. So they become a little bit irritated and frustrated. It looks common but most dangerous thing is that they start blaming either past or present or their education. Further, they sit digging their career or life instead of accepting the situation and moving ahead.  It is seen and heard among all sections of society. It happens due to lack of clarity in thought and action. Motivation is also nowhere for these people. Here teachers’ community can play a role for these people. They can drive them out to act and move on. It is especially attention to draw towards the growth of these tendencies. My Bed teacher shared with me the story of Japan. The teachers of Japan served their nation selflessly and without p

  My experience Nowadays, I am trying to take the people either educated or uneducated in the business. They listened to me quietly, and suddenly they neither attended nor replied to me. Most of them were at home without a job yet not take a chance in joining with me. Further, I convinced them for their daily remuneration, and even I assured my support. However, they either rejected or ignored me. So I became tensed about my way of communication. Still, I hopefully tried searching for the reasons of rejection. Then I found out the following reasons. 1)     We are not ready to come out of our comfort zone. 2)     We always look for an easy and comfortable way of earning. 3)     We often fear risk and rejection. 4)     We speak of challenges but avoid it when it comes to be implemented. 5)     We are not ready to accept our commitment to life. 6)     We always look for safety, assurance and fixed wages with a guarantee. 7)     Before plunging into the challenging work, we

       A puppet This week I saw an astrologer at one of my familiar houses. He was there to guide the young and educated man for his bright future. Because he was facing some problem at personal as well as professional level. That' why he was instructed to follow some rituals daily like not eating non-veg, keep fast on a particular day with salt less food and much more. Perhaps entire life's dogmas were packed into the head of the family. As soon as the astrologer ended his talk, he was in a hurry to catch another family. On seeing his business at high demand. Surprised and shocked over the firm belief in the astrology by today’s educated people. Instead of taking challenges and self-belief, they succumb these stereotype or orthodox people and become a puppet at their hands. Then they are played at their tune. Further, they are promised a false assurance based on some blind activities done. On the other hand, at school, they are taught to fac

 Change is a word difficult to be followed or accepted.   It is said,  “Everybody thinks of changing others but nobody thinks of changing himself.” The education has no role to compel or enforce others to keep it. But other factors have a role to play for it such as situation, awareness and perception. It happened with me that I had always a habit of changing or telling others to do it. But I always started blaming others if they didn’t follow or pay attention to it. Still, I had the same attitude, but my startup changed me and my attitude.  Nowadays I am taking a round of the markets such as vegetable, cloth and restaurants. So as I meet others and prompt them to do my startup as an assistant partner. Despite my all help and support, they reject me or my proposal. Preferably I meet my colleagues and graduates, they at first listen to me and later on they don’t respond to me positively as I was expecting.   One of my friends shared his difficulties and financial crisis with me. So I ur

  Dil Kholo, Duniya Khul Jayegi Last Saturday, I was busy to drop my friend at his office, suddenly I was in a big problem of no fuel in my vehicle after returning. The petrol station was around 2 km from where I halted on my bike.   Further, I worried about reaching at appointed time and place. On just thinking heartily of advertisement ‘Dil Khol Ke Dekho to Duniya Khul Jayegi.’ An old man with bald turned up behind and offered to push my vehicle. At first, I denied after thanking him but he stuck to help me. Then he pushed me while riding his bike. As soon as I came near the petrol station, he was out of sight. Another young man came to push my bike. At last, I thanked them and waited for the old man to say big thank. But he was nowhere. While fueling my bike at the station, thought of paying back to someone the same thing in form of any help. Surprisingly I saw a man who waved at me for a lift outside of the petrol station. Asking him where he wanted to go. I became glad on