Haridas Patil

  Unknown to known area.   I never noticed how I became negative and blamed others. It happened over time, and nagging my energy was unnecessary. It sometimes takes me to the dark side of life. It is unclear to be reasons. Further, it is quite hard to leave things and forget them. Then, it constantly flows through my mind and pinches me. I think that I feel hurt, unappreciated, unheard and non-recognised. Perhaps these are pinpoints of my mind that casually bring them together. As a result, I run after unnecessary and unreasonable objects of life. Even the mind makes meaning of everything in life. Once meaning enters the mind, then it tries to stay for a longer time.  Slowly and gradually, fear, doubts, jealousy, negativity and reaction try to take place or exist in the mind. Then, I start making stories of life as well as daily incidents. By the next stage, I feel lost in the dirt of life where there is no authentic meaning—automatically asking ‘Why’ isn’t asked. I...

  Our helpers 1) Doctor: Rahul is a doctor. He works at the hospital. He treats the patients. He is regular. He is caring. I like the doctor. 2)   Teacher: Manoj is a teacher. He works at the school. He teaches the students. He is regular. He is helpful. I like the teacher. 3) Driver: Ajay is a driver. He works at the company. He drives a van. He takes the people. He is hardworking. He is good. I like the driver. 4) Worker: Jitendra is a worker. He works at the factory. He makes the toys. He is regular. He is hardworking. I like the worker. 5) Watchman: Suresh is a watchman. He works at the apartment. He takes care of the apartment. He is good. He is helpful. I like the watchman.   6) Conductor: Kailash is a conductor. He works at the S T bus. He issues the tickets. He is regular. He is helpful. I like the conductor. 7) Lawyer: Satish is a lawyer. He works the courts. He handles the cases of the people. He is helpful. He is smart. I like...

  Everyday troubles breed for writing……! Writing every day isn’t simple and easy. At first, topics for writing don’t come easily and naturally. It takes time, or we can say it is time-consuming. Then, what manner or what contents should be taken for it, that is out of mind. Sometimes, the mind puts a fear factor about future stability and security. Therefore, it isn’t cleared first, and for reasons, too. Everyday observations should help for it but it insists on keen observations and notes down what comes to the mind. Other matters don’t create a space to write what the topic is. In this puzzle, the person and mind play their dirty game of gathering past or blaming or perception. It adds trouble to him, consequently, it involves so many unnecessary issues. It is kind of challenging to go for it every day. For the last few days, I have been thinking of writing on Life is Beautiful and a review on Pushpa-2 Rule. However, completion doesn’t take place. My only thoughts are on my...

  Bomb-blast within! Yesterday, I faced a very conservative situation at school where the principal suddenly asked and blamed me for doing a kind of business with the school parents as it happened that I sold my e-booklet to one of the parents who was a government teacher. So, the school inquired whether I did any money-related work or earned in the school name. The incident hovered over me completely and caught me for a day full of negative self-talk with others about it. Consequently, my mind jumped over various things including leaving the job, voicing at the system, ill-talk and much more. As if something has happened seriously. Still, my mind gathered so much in front of me in the form of negativity, perception and behavioural issues. Further, I started looking at everything with a conservative perception of communication and behaviour. Importantly, I shared that with two or three teachers. That should not have been required at all. But I carried it out as if I was caught ...

  Children are natural learners! As we know, children learn fast and well. In that regard, I designed a writing activity for 5th-grade Gujarati medium students. They are second-language learners. They face problems learning the English language. They apply translation methods to learn English. Next, they make up English words and dialogues. These are a few things done by either them or a teacher.   But yesterday, I assigned them a write-up on My Spoken English Teacher. They were told to write either in Gujarati or English and to write anything about the teacher. Then I started taking rounds and observed them. They asked a few questions regarding me. Surprisingly, they were engaged with one another in asking for spellings and sentences. They started learning naturally about the English language. The entire class was involved in creating an English-language atmosphere.               Consequently, most of them...

  Decluttering myself on the eve of the New Year . I have been known to be angry, irritable, or lose temper over a petty issue. I know that it is very harmful, and I even accept it mentally. Why does this happen when I know it’s a disadvantage or disturbance at the mental level? One of the important questions is why I mentally engage with its trap and blab-blab box.         Every  day, I encounter situations where I lose my temper, either at others or myself. Consequently, I start speaking negatively or violently. At that point, I don’t know what I am doing unconsciously. By that time, I had lost myself in the pattering of the mind.              I also accept that I make mistakes and errors. However, acceptance doesn’t work. I should change my perception of events and people as well, and I should take them as part of my journey.         Further, I bring my ego into that happening and think of my...

    On the first day of my job. As soon as I started my job as an English teacher at an English school, I was very cheerful and enthusiastic. On the first day, I thought of impressing others with my speaking skills. By the time, I got a chance to introduce myself on the stage. But I fumbled and completed my introduction before the principal and 50 teachers. So, I wondered why I was so much under pressure before teachers.           Consequently, I asked myself what I decided to speak confidently and what I had faced a stage fear and fumbling. Afterwards, I became depressed about my college days when I was touching stone. In a real situation, I was shocked by my confidence.   I shared my experience with one of the senior colleagues before leaving for the house. He said that I had to keep lots of practice and learn a lot about English language teaching. Slowly and gradually, I motivated myself to work hard on key areas of the English languag...