Expressing Myself

The single quote by Tolstoy that made me his fan was

“A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.”

Until yesterday, for me “Leo Tolstoy” was just a name in history. For those who are not aware … Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) was a great Russian novelist, dramatist, essayist and has been an inspiration for like of our own Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was so inspired with Tolstoy that he went on to name his centers in South Africa as “Tolstoy Farm”.
Yesterday I happened to read a small article in the news paper on Tolstoy and instantly I became his fan too. There I was googling information about Leo Tolstoy. I read snippets of his literary work on sites ( there is quite a lot of it). He has written quite a few books including War and Peace and Anna Karenina. He also developed a kind of non-traditional Christian philosophy, described in his work The Kingdom of God is Within You, that shares some similarities with Buddhism.

Isn’t this an interesting thought!

PS. Another inspiring fact about Tolstoy … He is a VIRGO and so am I 🙂

Want variety in your Life?…Change yourself!

…Nikhil

Also …

Its easier to change overselves

…Nikhil

People around us are only as good as we are!

…Nikhil

Happiness is a relative term. You can be happy only when people around you are happy. 

…Nikhil

Corollary :

You can only be as happy as people around you are.

…Nikhil

Don’t despise the people who are pulling you down, they might be just trying to reach where you have.

…Nikhil

 

Learn More to Earn More …Earn More to Burn More.

…Nikhil

Everyone cannot earn … espcially children. And I guess , I dont have to give statistics of Children in Need … Remember to do your bit for CRY, UNICEF, CHILDREN in NEED, EHSAAS etc, TODAY

For any person, he himself is the most difficult person to please!

…Nikhil

Life actually has no meaning

…Nikhil
What I mean is, sometimes we all should just live life  as it comes to you… If we try to find meaning in everything, then we get no time to live it… we loose the fun bit.

Also …

Meaning of life is what you make of it …

…Nikhil

Dad’s addition to the philosophy :-

Once upon a time , a teacher – puplil conversation…
Teacher : “Why do you have to study ?”
Pupil :  “ To pass in the exams.”
Teacher : “Why do you want to pass in the exams?”
Pupil : “To get a nice job.”
Teacher : “Why do you want to get a nice job?”
Pupil : “To make lots of money.”
Teacher : “Why do you want lots of money?”
Pupil : “To have a nice life.”
Teacher : ”Why do you want to live?”
Pupil : NO ANSWER

Normally! we never think, why we exist. Think for a while , I’ll give my answer some day….watch this space.

Did I ever…
Say how much I love the Air around, that keeps me alive,
thank the Fire, that kept me warm, express gratitude to the Water that quenched my thirst a million times, Kiss the Earth, for giving me life, and will give me a place to rest, did I ever thank the Space in which I exist…

Maybe, I always took all these elements for granted,
Maybe, I never said how much I cared,
Maybe, I dint say how much I love you,
But… I want you to know that you are my Sixth Element…
And I just couldn’t exist without YOU.

… Nikhil (23 November 2003)

Your total NETWORTH includes the fortunes of people you have positively influenced

…Nikhil