The rest that is earned/Soup for the Soul

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Bhavik Sarkhedi

The rest that is earned/Soup for the Soul

The rest that is earned/Soup for the Soul!-We, the humans have a very predictable disposition. You won’t ever see a person, trying to take the toughest way out to do something. We all go for the easiest and coziest way to do almost everything. No one wants to do the hard work when it’s not needed! And this is justified as well, why take a hard-hitting when you can do things with comfort.

But is it always justified to keep oneself at rest? Is the comfort zone a better place to be? In many cases, it’s not!

The things that we strive for in life, can only be achieved if we take the arduous road, else it’s never going to be in our hands, it’ll simply slip away. Too much sticking to your comfort zone is dodgy for your own life as this will never get you success because success has this in its very nature, it comes to only those who struggle!

So, a rest is only good when it’s earned. Else, it’s just doing your own bad and spoiling your own self!

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The Momentary Movement

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Bhavik Sarkhedi

The Momentary Movement/Soup for the Soul

Live in the moment, make the movement!

We all are remorseful about the past and are anxious about the future and that’s what spoils our present.

Nothing but over thinking is the trending disease in today’s world. From the past, we’ve acquired many experiences and many of them turned out to be bad and for the future we stay worried of making the wrong move again!

The move is what we’re supposed to make. If we keep on thinking too much of making a move, we’ll never be able to make it on time and the right moment will pass.

The movement will be late, the moment will pass and you’ll be left with some inappropriate results which would either be delayed or much less than what you expected. We are human beings, we are meant to learn by making mistakes so one should never be scared of making a mistake or taking a wrong decision in life.

Just do it what feels right at the moment and make the movement!

Be the results good or bad! Doesn’t matter. At last you’ll be happy that you did what you want

They’re fast doesn’t mean you’re slow!

Everyone is striving for a survival. We all struggle to get the best for us. Be it a job, good salary, a status or anything, we’re all in great struggle to make those things which we need for a better life. And we al do the struggle that our ability allows us to do.

Sometimes, the ones who started with us, reach their desired goals way before us. That scares us because there’s always a fear of lagging behind. We find our self stuck in a situation where we feel stressed because our companions ran faster than us in this marathon of success.

But in real, this is no issue to be worried about!

If you really wanna worry about something, then you better pay focus in your efforts, your hard work and the determination you have. Wherever you feel you’re lacking something, dwell on your good qualities and overcome your weaknesses.

If someone is faster than us, doesn’t mean we’re slow. We just have to work in a proper way and have that passion in us which is needed. Seeing others doing better one should only be motivated and work on them self.

That’s the only mantra of keep going!

Take them along and run!

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Life is another name of running. Some run faster and some run slower but some are there who don’t even run. They are just meant to lag behind because their conditions tell them so.

They might be the poor ones or the disabled ones who’ve been told everyday that they’re not worth enough to even stand beside the ones who’re well off. They don’t even dare to run with the well off people because since birth, they’re told to stay away.

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And the ones who told them so include us!

We can see it in our body language how we react when someone who is lower in life style to us, comes around. We don’t like them most of the times.

But why do we do that? Instead if we’re well off, we must feel our self blessed. We should rather help them survive in this fast-moving world. We must help them in every way we could. If they’ve been crippled by the circumstances, we can hold their hand and run with them.

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We won’t lose a thing and they’ll gain much. And with them, we’ll gain even more!

A time away in simplicity!

Life goes on and we develop with every phase of life. Be it mental development or physical or materialistic. We move forward and keep on developing.

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At times, looking back in time, we see how time has changed manifolds. What used to be just a mere imagination or dream is now the reality and it now fails to even amaze us.

The growing world has saw tremendous changes and those changes are way beyond the mind of the ones who lived in the past.

Things transformed and they turned technical, comforting and upgraded. But taking some time out, if we look back down the memory lane, we see what it used to be like when we used to live in a less technical world. There was more f happiness and less of sorrows. There used to be contentment even with the downgraded things and now we’re not even satisfied with the luxurious ones. That’s because our hopes have been raised while witnessing the world growing. We know now everything is possible. And we know now things can get better and that’s what never makes us feel satisfied. We want better and better and better.

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We’ve lost much, more than we gained. We’ve lost the inner peace somewhere in this era of transformation. We’ve lost the satisfaction and peace of the inside.

In the search of newer things, we’ve lost the old ones.

But the memories are still there to cherish!

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Will the recent demonetization move by Modi stop corruption in India?

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Bhavik Sarkhedi

Indeed, demonetization is a bold move, but it is not enough to save India from the ever-rampant corruption in India. More time is therefore needed to see if the Modi government’s move would turn into a huge blow against corruption, the hard truth is that the corrupt and fraudulent won’t just conduct shady deals by using cash, but with gold, real estate and overseas assets. Corruption can be bred in a variety of ways. Blocking the circulation of large currency bills is without question far from enough

The recent move on demonetization has no doubt given a huge blow to corruption, as most illegal business is conducted in cash only. In that sense, the move is a risky but but bold and decisive step. Modi means well and had taken into account the fact that if the transactions in cash can be curbed, the intensity of illegal transactions would decrease immensely. His moves to tackle corruption and black money since taking office in 2014 has finally begun to scratch the surface and we can really expect some major policy reforms in the coming years from his government.

No doubt Modi’s demonetization drive has so far proven popular among increasingly aspirational voters who are tired of corruption, although views among the broader population and economists are divided over the efficacy and fairness of the move. It will go a long way in improving the chances of Modi government in the UP elections scheduled early next year.

It must also be kept in mind that delivering a corruption-free country requires more than banning currency notes. The key should be reforming systems. In this regard, India can learn a lot from China, where corruption is considered a serious crime with grave punishments. In fact, anti-corruption has been the focus of the Xi Jinping government since he took over as President in March 2013. Hundreds of officials have been purged – many for massive corruption, although some have also been seen to be political rivals.

Comparatively in India, where even a common man can figure out that most of the netas and babujis are corrupt, still no major actions are taken by the enforcement agencies.

So we must adopt more stringent polices towards corrupt individuals. In that regards, measures such as special courts given complete autonomy to deal with corruption cases may be taken by the government. Demonetization though a brilliant move must therefore be supported with other policy changes as well.

This article was originally published here.

Pack up or Pass it

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Bhavik Sarkhedi

Pack up or Pass it

Everyone wants to be valued. We all seek some importance and respect from people that surround us and that’s the major reason why we get hurt most of the times.

We get hurt because someone just ignored us straightaway, we get hurt because someone didn’t pay attention to us, we get hurt because they did what we never wanted them to do, they didn’t listen to us or they never cared for us!

The sole reason sometimes is what we expect doesn’t get accomplished and we end up being hurt.

But still sometimes, we have that hope of getting valued even after getting ignored.By hoping so, we’re just telling our self a lie. If they don’t value us, why would we seek it from them always?

At first place we should not even expect being values or being important for someone. We should have that self respect maintained. And even if someone didn’t value us, we should gather our self from around them, pack ourselves up and move on!

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Because there’s no point of looking for things where in some place where they’re not.

There’s no point of lying to our self. Keep that dignity up and move on with a smile.

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Pass it!

We gather much experience as we grow older. Probably reaching the age of mid 20s we can very well judge things with a matured intellect and the reason is, our growing experiences of life.

Life sometimes teaches us many minute things that have bigger and deeper meanings and that we never thought about when we were younger beings. But we never tried to look back.

There were times when we used to be less experienced and the things we don’t do now, we used to do them before because we never had the bad experiences with them and so is about the things with good ones.

There was no one to tell us at times, we only learned by our self.

But we have people who are walking past us, on the same path and on the same journey of experience. Be it our younger ones or younger siblings or anyone. They are there, still learning and at times they will fell hard because they don’t know where to put their steps rightly.

All we can do is guide them with all the experience that we have. We can be a hand that they can hold and a light in their darkness to show them the right path that will lead them to a much easier journey.

It’s not needed that they too have to go through the same hardships and turmoil that we had faced trying the wrong things.

You have the experience, pass it up! For it will make someone’s journey less hard.

Stuck in a pothole

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Bhavik Sarkhedi

Stuck in a pothole/ Soup for the Soul

Stuck in a pothole!-Ever experienced being stuck in a pothole or an elevator? Its not a very entertaining experience at least not always 😉 On a serious note, every situation which leaves us marooned is a dreadful experience. And such circumstances make us realize that these events are incalculable and no one can anticipate when and how they will ensue. All we can be certain of is that such mishaps will arise from time to time. So why not be prepared for it? We can be, in fact we are prepared. Once we have the knowledge of any incident our brain stores the details and makes an escape plan in case such mishap happens again. Then what goes wrong, when we already have the knowledge to deal with such situations? Panic ! yes, the functionality of the brain is hampered when we panic and our tiny little brain is not able to think straight. So next time keep calm and get out of there !

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