"It is human who forgives" - A message to be taken seriously.

Reading a message from one of the survivors of the recent violent attack, I felt that the message is of great importance and should be taken seriously.

"It is we who forgive, not God.” [Some words have been changed to make it generic]

- Gérard Biard, editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo

To all those who believe violence is the only mean, let me tell you something. If you want to be violent, you may choose to be so. But be bold to say that it is you who seek such path. Be bold to say that it is you who believe that spreading love is nothing but creating pain. Be bold to say that it is you who believe that a fellow being doesn't hold the value of life because of what they may have done or what you may believe in. Do not do so in the name of God.

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Paul Arockiam

மழையாக இருப்போம் [Let's be the rain] !

ஒரு ஏழை பள்ளிக்கு செல்ல இவ்வருடமும், பின்வரும் வருடங்களிலும் நாம் உதவுவோம். மழையாக இருப்போம். [Let's help a poor buy their way to school this year and the years coming. Let's be the rain.]

படித்ததில் மனம் கவர்ந்தது:

மழை 

ஆடு மேய்த்த சிறுவனை 

பள்ளிக்கு இழுத்துச் சென்றது 

மழை.

[ டே.துளசி ராஜா (ஆனந்த விகடன்) ]

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Paul Arockiam

பப்ஃபூன்ஸ் !

படித்து வாங்கிய பட்டங்களைக் கூட தம் பெயருக்கு பின்னால் போட்டுக் கொள்வதில் ஆர்வம் கட்டாத உயரிய கொள்கைகளுடன் உலா வரும் மனிதர்களுக்கு மத்தியில், தமது பெயரின் பின்பகுதியாக சாதியை இணைத்துக் கொண்டு வானம் பார்த்தபடி நடந்து தெரியும் அவர்களை ஒன்றும் சொல்லாதீர்கள். அவர்கள் நம்மை சிரிக்க வைப்பதற்காகவே தம் வாழ்நாளை அர்பணித்திருக்கும் கோமாளிகள் (#பப்ஃபூன்கள்; #buffoons).

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Paul Arockiam

Love is all you need !

At the end, it all boils down to the fact that a little love is all what you need to regain your strength, to find your path again and to restore the lost hope.

Being in love with someone or something. Or be loved by someone or something. Best, the both. We demand the ones we love to love us back. The demand become more fatal when we want those to love us back the same way we love them. In this world of uncertainty, we find difficult to accept the fact that mind is the most fluctuating object in the world.

It is, therefore, wise to accept such fact of nature. We, most of us, want the person/thing we are in love with and be loved by to be the same. Unfortunately, the chances for the same is very less.

Having said that, I have found that be in love or being loved by has the same effect on the mind to uplift your energy, gives you new hope, helps you navigate in the unknown zones, find your lost hope. More importantly, it becomes a mean to start over if need be. While the combined effect of them is much more, all one need is just either one of them -- be in love or be loved by. Though the former is out of our control, the latter is absolutely our choice. A choice that can lighten up our life.

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Paul Arockiam

வேண்டல்

வேண்டுவன 

கிடைத்தபடியே இருக்கின்றன 

மற்றவர்களுக்கு..

கிடைப்பவை யாவும்

வேண்டப்படாமலேயே நமக்கு 

அருளப்பட்டவாறு இருக்கின்றன..

வேண்டுவனவற்றையும் 

கிடைப்பனவற்றையும் 

ஒரே புள்ளியில் நாம் 

பார்க்க முடிவதேயில்லை 

படைத்தவனை விடவும் நாம் 

புரிதல் அதிகமுள்ளவர்களாய் இருப்பதனால்..!

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பால் ஆரோக்கியம்.

Focusing The Energy

Off late, but not too late, I learnt that there is no point in spending energy in worrying or staying in the state of helplessness. In fact, it merely means that we chose not to do anything while the situation compels us to do something.

What I realized is that converting our stress, restlessness and/or frustration into something useful, something that keeps us move forward is a good way to deal with life. It is OK to take a step forward irrespective of the cloudy path ahead even if the time isn't right just yet. Lets hope that the efforts we take opens up the opportunities we are longing for. Worst, let them give us positive vibration by taking us away from the mood of dullness.

Lets step on today and the days forward with hope and courage even if the path is filled with the absence of light, after all the world doesn't end at your feet unless otherwise you decide not to take your next step.

Paul Arockiam.

May the blessings continue..!

It ought have been several months since I posted something here. Life kept me busy these days.

While we are at the last hours of 2014, I'm getting lost in the moments of 2014 -- the ones that were filled with mixed emotions where happiness undoubtedly outlived the others. As I used to say (more to self), the best of happiness could be found when we accept our life the way it is, develop the awareness to sense the blessing in it's various forms and spread nothing but love.

While the challenges indeed chased us with all of their power to bring us down, we managed to survive. We even managed to grow sometimes, in positive way. We didn't give up on our life. The life didn't give up on us either. With the help of God, we proved that we are too strong to break.

When the year 2014 comes to an end, lets step on 2015 with confidence that the blessings will indeed continue to shower on us and that we find our strength and courage to move forward to make a positive change.

It is that time of the year when we would like to put down our past, pick up our present and walk towards the future ! May God be with us, as He has always been !!

Happy New Year 2015.

Paul Arockiam.