Happiness

What is it?
It can be the moment when we first started smiling..when we did not know why we are smiling or a time or an incident which makes you so happy that you cry!You cannot hold back the tears.
Everybody must have had this phase in life wherein you know you are going to be happy and smiling after that moment and you are looking forward to it..but once it gets closer and closer.. once you realize that you are about to achieve what you have longed for and strive hard for and the only best thing..the only precious and yearned moment of happiness.....
But,then do you experience a weird feeling of sadness and doubt?
A feeling which is protecting the happiness "pearl" by creating a hard shell of doubts and expectations and responsibility crisis?A shell which is making it hard to open and see that pearl ..
A shell that is created unknowingly to protect it and also knowingly because you are afraid that something will happen..something wrong will happen..
Self created thoughts..and doubts which are just trying to make you cautious in a way.. help you in getting a grip and and be rooted to the ground..help you maintain the importance of the moment probably.
The wisest thing to do would be not to get intimidated ...
Keep smiling once you achieve what you want and make sure the shell is not that hard that you loose the fun and enjoyment and exhaust all your energy keeping it safe.
Live in the moment ....

Status!

Status!

Was writing about the bailout and its implications and wondered what it is going to do /not do in India..how things are going to change.. but before that.. the current status

Fin moguls down

Bail outs offered but the ones 'bailing out' hardly know what they are doing

Buy outs happening overnight and the new owners are still grappling to find out what they bought

Someone told me yesterday about a grade A downtown office building in London that had Lehmann as a tenant and 4 year rentals were insured by AIG!

Elections

Sensex in 4 digits

A huge bear hug

And not knowing the extent of it all.

I read somewhere the other day that we are staring at the eye of the storm so we do not know the extent of havoc it is going to wreck.

Seems like even if we are able to assess the extent of this problem, we can solve it!

And then think about this time last year! I don't know whether that thought makes me nostalgic and euphoric and just simply sad!

I told a friend yesterday that in last few years of student life I have seen the best and now I am begining to prepare myself to see the worse of it all.It will be a good time to learn a lot but the worst time to find JOBS!

Anyone who thinks he/she is unaffected by all this is only living in a fool's paradise.

I still remember Mr. Colin dyer's (President and CEO, JLL) speech, roughly 11 months ago. After telling (most eloquently) about what is amazing about India as a market, as an opportunity and how he has always been told by one and all about how Indian economy is 'different', 'decoupled', 'immune to global financial shocks', 'not following trends as all the developed and emerging markets around the world' etc. he pulled out from his jacket pocket a coin. Flipped it and watched it as it fell to the ground. And he said, 'But India, too, has gravity! What goes up has to come down!'

How far down is the only question...

Maybe Warren Buffet knows...