Senior Citizens Circle !

 Greetings to one & all !

This Blog post is very special to me.  Since it has the Title the Senior Citizens Circle. According to Google age of Senior Citizens is 60-80 Years. The Google Definition is "An individual resident is considered as Senior Citizen between the age group of 60 to 80 years, as on the last day of the previous financial year. Who is Very Senior Citizen? A Very Senior Citizen is an individual resident who is above 80 years, as on the last day of the previous financial year."

          But If you ask me whose a Senior Citizen, the answer to this  question is that individual who  is ready to share his experiences of Life with the younger generation, someone who has gone through hardships & achieved great heights & most important someone who was sometime back a young teenager like me. For me Senior Citizens are very special. I learn from them each day & everyday. I have a group of Senior Citizens  which I meet on Sundays in my Gurudwara, whom these days I'm missing due to the Lockdown situation. Whenever I extend my hand to help them walk or bring the Holy Langar for them they always have a lovely blessing to give me which makes my day!

              This feeling of Love, affection & care is missing in the generation of today. When I sit with my age group of teens over a coffee in a Cafe I often hear statements like So, What's the next plan to achieve? , Where are you planning your vacations, In India or Abroad? , Which University are you planning to take your Admissions ?.Most of the chats that I have with them is materialistic, future based etc. None of them focus on making a Life of Excellence, A life of  purpose. But when I chat with the older age groups I learn so many newer things, their experiences in letting go off things helps in tough times.

Lets now quickly see some beautiful 'SENIOR CITIZEN' Pictures who have impacted my Life largely.

1) Mr. Yogendra Thakore & Mrs.Saryu Thakore:

These two individuals were God's messenger to everyone they met. They had a soft corner for each & every individual they met. I learnt from them  to ask for good health & a positive mind from God rather than asking for money & materialistic happiness. They had a positive smile on their face every time I met them. Uncleji served as a Civil Engineer at BARC & Auntyji was a Sanskrit & Hindi Teacher. Both these individuals saw the best & the worst of days. They kept themselves on the ground during their best days & patient during their worst days. I  always had youth realted topic discussions with them & every time a new learning was learnt by me. I lost Auntyji in the year 2018 & Uncleji in 2019. I saw a completely different Uncleji after he lost the support of Auntyji. That was the true love for  a life partner which is nowadays lacking in young couples.

The above Picture was clicked by me randomly when we were on a trip to Hazur Sahib, Nanded. This picture appeared to be the best picture ever. Old Couples yet with Young hearts is the perfect definition of two of them!

The above two pictures were at the Wedding Anniversary celebration of Uncleji & Auntyji where we had  Shri Satyanarayan Pooja at their residence & had gone for a dinner thereafter.

These two pictures refreshes old memories. A good cheers of Cocktail juice was a great memory!

2 ) Mrs. Satinder Sandhu :

A lady of inspiration. I met her for the first time in the Gurudwara. She taught me how to read the Bani correctly, Jaap of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, to increase faith on Shri Guru Maharaj Ji. She's gone through lot of hardships in her life yet she has overcomed all with her True Bhakti. She has handled most of her problems with courage & self- determination. She has a sweet voice & a considerate heart. She loves all who come in her contact.  I love her to the Moon & back ! A lovely picture of hers is below:

Two of the best pictures clicked ever !

3 ) Mr G.S Dutt & Mrs. Shobha Dutt :

A lovely Couple I ever met. One small incident which makes me laugh always I would like to narrate. When I was in my 6th Class I once happen to be to Dutt Uncle's house & I had just completed with my Terminal Exams. Uncle asked me So, how were your papers & what's your expected score? I very gently replied that once my papers are done I always leave it to God , Uncle jokingly replied I used to leave it on God even before my exams. Truely every time I went for my Exams I would always remember that incident. Shobha Aunty, I admire her for ther thick long hair, her accent of English. I really miss you'll !

 

Above is latest Picture , Below is an Old memory !

4) Mr. P.C. Shekhar & Mrs. Rajlaxmi :

Two lovely Individuals ! I admire aunty for her Best cooking, Cute jokes, Cool nature. Uncle gives me unique ideas on various topics, a great guidance for Career questions. I remember the first interaction with Uncle & Aunty where I suggested both of them to watch the movie 'ALL THE BEST' & then time flied off & the relation got stronger . Aunty needs to come up with her own Cooking classes according to me as she really cooks well. Lets have a look at their picture below :

Missing the get togethers at your place ! Ganpati festival too is fast approaching & I wish things were fine when you would bring South Indian garlands for Ganpati Baapa.

Some more beautiful Pictures for all Senior Citizens in general :

Nature : The Book of Knowledge !!

 Greetings to one & all !

Today's Blog is focused on the Topic - Nature : The Book of Knowledge !

Firstly my ideology to come up with this Blog is my observation which I had at one of my Dr's Clinic which had a painting hung on the wall titled : Nature: The Book of Knowledge. Also I recently read my Guruji's Spiritual Granth which also mentioned the benefits that you can derive from Nature. Trust me this is so true, nature is truly "The Book of  Knowledge". It teaches us so many things without us even knowing about it. Lets now understand the beautiful things that NATURE teaches us.

1) Mother Earth :

Mother Earth always teaches us to keep ourselves on the ground. Degrees, High packages, Properties etc is something which is necessary for a living but once we achieve these its a human tendency that we start looking high up in the sky, our attitude levels change, we start comparing ourselves with others & start believing that we are superior than others. We begin doing things that make others feel inferior in front of us. But that is absolutely the wrong way of living. To achieve a remarkable Life we need to learn the little things that nature teaches. Mother Earth always attempts to fill its children with abundance of happiness, to take all the pressure on herself to keep us happy. But instead of enjoying these beautiful gifts we seek external happiness in worldly stuff. Since we have stopped respecting Mother Earth, Climate issues such as Global Warming, Melting of Glaciers etc. are experienced by us.

2 ) Trees :

Trees are that part of nature which give shelter to those who are in need. Trees never ask Oh my Dear From where have you come? Have you ever been to a school & taken Education? Will you pay me for giving you shelter? No, Readers Trees never question they in return give us that too abundantly without we even paying the cost to it. Trees love those who love them & also those who dare & come ahead to cut them. Only the feeling of Love is different. Those who have affection towards Trees they are actual nature lovers. On the other hand those who try to cut trees for their benefits are actual nature destroyers. Trees are so useful during the Summer season for travelers such as Postman, Rickshaw drivers etc. They came & sit for a hour or two under the shelter of Trees relax themselves & go ahead with their journey.

3 ) Birds :

Birds too teach us beautiful lessons of Life. One of the Whatsapp message that I recently read on birds was so inspiring it showed a nest built by a bird which was so beautiful & inspiring & the message read was 'Birds have never been to school , has no teacher but still they built the best nests & they are the unknown Engineers & best architects. Also, Birds teach us lessons of being positive in life. When we are very stressed in Life we should always think that God takes care of birds sitting on the branch of a tree, then we humans are his own kids why will he not care for us. Birds sleep on the branch of a tree without any fear of falling down because they know the Almighty sitting up will never let them down. Then how can we humans be so inhuman in our thoughts & think that God will not catch our hand when we fall in this world.

Above Picture explains the Lesson of  Positive living so well!

4) Flowers :

Flowers too teach us the lesson of being beautiful without showing any attitude. Any girl who looks beautiful or attractive has a tendency of showing off her looks but Flowers are so beautiful they are used in decorating so many things during Festivals, Spiritual Pooja, Weddings etc. We use them according to our need but they never complain that why do we throw them once they dry up. Flowers create a good feeling even for our eyes. The moment we see Flowers when we go for our morning walk in the garden we start experiencing a sense of relaxation which we most of the time miss when we sit continuously on our laptops or mobiles checking messages. Even Good Morning message on Whatsapp too look so beautiful !

The Flowers in the above picture too looks so beautiful !

5 ) Water :

Last but not the least Water also teaches so many lessons to us. Water has no colour but dissolves itself with everything it is mixed with. It becomes a  Lemon drink during parties, Soft drink during Weddings, Spiritual Ganga Jal for Festivals etc. Again as usual we use it as per our need but still it doesn't complain in return it teaches to be a friend with everyone without letting 'EGO' spoil our relations. Water has unique abilities. It can bring down a burning fire immediately, means  if one starts following the nature of Water they can soon be people that all would want to talk or approach because that person would never get angry on someone unnecessarily, they would solve arguments quickly, they would have cool head most of the time. So most of us should make our nature like 'WATER'.

Above Picture shows how Water is so useful, its need of the hour & also a very good basis for learning something new !

We need to Save Water each day , Everyday for the Future generations !