How does starting up actually feel like?

There have been several renditions of how it feels like to startup. There are the glamorous ones in TV shows and there are somewhat near to reality ones as well. Some people come to me and say "You were lucky" or "So and so was lucky, thus they got there". I feel so offended that I want to kick that person in the .... 

Starting up feels like getting over a breakup from a bad partner. You had a bad partner (your job) from which you wanted to separate from a long time but weren't being able to because of the comfort zone, the attachment, the habits, the lifestyle and the social status. But inside you know that the relationship is toxic for you and you MUST set yourself free so that you can go out and explore something better for yourself, something you deserve. 

You start out by losing all you had in order to achieve something that's 1000x better than what you had (And you thought it was all you had?). You walk on the path, very bravely sometimes you fumble, most of the times you just lose heart and feel like saying I quit. I want to go back into the toxic relationship, I can't live without it!! 

What do you want to go back to? To a toxic and addictive life? Or do you want to explore new grounds, be brave, work harder to achieve complete freedom and a life that you deserve? 

It is a tough choice, and sticking to it day after day is very tough. But if you last for few months (5-6 to be precise), you will sail through it. But you don't go back to your old life, do not think it was better because it was easier. 

And once you are neck deep in the water, you get used to living on the edge. You get used to the feeling of not knowing what will happen next. You learn managing time, people, money, friends, family. You start sailing on the rough waves. Every day is a challenge.

My friends ask me " Starting mein to bahot rejections face kie honge na?"

I reply "Still 10 times a day! But I have gotten used to it" . 

This is our way of life. Sailing on a rough sea, not knowing what tomorrow will bring.

Whenever a startup guy feels dejected, he only thinks of one thing : Great things happen only outside of your comfort zone!

The good and the bad things about being self-employed!

Hey, was it obvious? Did you guys predict that my post would be titled this?

I hate being obvious, but okay there's no harm in dropping some hints :D 

The world has all types of people, there are those who love their jobs (hah don't roll your eyes, there actually are!!) there are those who don't love their jobs but can't leave it because of several reasons (okay, now you can roll your eyes! ) - it looks so pleasant, getting money at the end of the month, isn't it? Getting a paycheck and then being able to buy whatever you want with the money every damn month. Wow! So cool man. 

But hey, there's another category of people - those who don't know where and how the next paycheck will come from! 

Does it sound exciting or scary? If exciting, welcome to the league. If scary, well yeah it is scary but the thrill of living on the edge is seriously inexplicable. 

So, let's talk about the people who get a fat paycheck every month. 

The best thing is they have a stipulated amount of money that they know they WILL get each month. They can then plan ahead what they can buy. 

But, they also know what they CANNOT BUY. 

They know how much they earn today, how much they might earn five years later and how much ten years later. 

But they don't know how much THEY ARE CAPABLE of earning. 

That was about money. Let's talk about the better things in life.

The good thing about working in a good company is : you know where you have to go daily, that you will get a pretty desk, a nice office space, bunch of friends and a lot of fun! 

But if you are self-employed, there's no plush office, there might not be an office space at all. There are no office timings, no work culture, no desk and above all - no bunch of people! Self - employed people are often lonely creatures. They don't understand what their friends do and their friends don't understand what they do.
As Paulo Coehlo (on of my favorite authors) says: "The winner stands alone!" :)

Let's come to the most talked - about part about being self-employed. It is a good thing and a bad thing both , that you have no boss! The good thing is that there's nobody to nag you, rule over you and the bad thing is that you have have to be self disciplined and self motivated!!

If you are not self motivated and self disciplined, there's no self-employment.

As I sit at at my friend's office writing this article and sipping a coffe, Mr. Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea looks at me from a blue poster and says:

How I fired a client and you should do it too!

I recently said "Sorry, we won't be able to continue providing services to your company" to a client. However rude or arrogant that may sound, but I did that to save the very purpose of starting up my own digital marketing venture instead of working in the corporate rat-race.

In our agency, we hire only self motivated people, there's nobody who you have to shout at to get work done. It is a very friendly environment where we are happy, and clients are always happier.

We started working with this client couple of months ago, who would NEVER appreciate when something good was done and was always keen on ONLY finding mistakes that don't even matter, using very very bad language, shouting and abusing everyone in the team, including me and our managers.

Everytime any one of us talked to him, it would become a reason of fight among our own team. His negativity and arrogance was seeping into our culture.

The worst part was, whenever we asked for payment, he would start abusing and throwing personal assaults on who ever asked him to pay. Days would pass by after the due date of payment and he still wouldn't pay and if I asked , he would go to the extent of throwing bad personal remarks.

And thus, we finally terminated the agreement to save the culture and happiness of our company! Happiness and satisfaction at work is much much more important than money. That's the reason I started up and have been facing all those hardships, cash crunches and family problems, only for happiness!

P.S : Payments are still pending with that guy. We are still trying to get the pending amount . 

Don't get worries out of your brain, get your brain out of worries!!

Till last week, I was dreading sunday, simply because it is a no-work day! I couldn't get my brain out of my work, and kept on fretting on sundays because I don't have a team to work with, neither do I have a client to discuss or talk to!

I used to keep fretting and never really enjoyed any Sunday because of that. With numerous lectures from Gaurav and everyone else around me, I started trying to get my brain out of my work.

While last week we went out roaming around Delhi, this week as Saturday was ending, I was again on a fretting spree when I picked up a book. Not a book on SEO, social media, branding, entrepreneurship, but a chick - lit (a slang for girly, romantic books). I had picked up this book last week from the book fair. It's called "Shopaholic ties the knot". It's not a bestseller, the author's name is Sophie Kinsella. The book is a story of an over-spending frenzied confused girl who is about to get married and how she thought it would mean only shopping, shopping shopping but some other serious issues crop up and she's stuck!

I read into the night on Saturday. Slept at 4. Almost completed the book. I was reminded of my school and college days when we used to pick up books for a week's time, completed them in 2 days and pleaded to the librarian to issue another one!

I woke up with a good and cheerful mood. I was about to switch on my laptop when I was reminded of "not worrying about work" on Sunday.

I decided to live the "Sunday" (after so many years). I actually forgot all worries and indulged in activities that I hadn't in years.

The first one was search for nail art tutorials and learn how to paint my nails creatively! I crashed into some videos, I realized I don't even know what are those weird nail art tools like. Picked up a few old nail paints, a plastic sticker stripped off a plastic bag (to make the design neat) and did this:

I know there must be beauty teachers/experts here who would say "Hah! A 10 year old can do better than that", but this is what I am proud of. I did something girly and well, most importantly spent 1.5 hours on it!!

After being done with this, I picked up the next task - cooking! Asked around a few recipes from people in social media groups (Chef at Large) and friends, googled some stuff but didn't find anything that I could do.

I knew 2 recipes - of a red sauce pasta and of a white sauce pasta! I decided to do yet another experiment, implement the two together!

I made a red + white sauce pasta!

I know I am bad at photography. I actually suck at it!

I tried to make a cake as well, in which I put salt, thinking it was powdered sugar! That's what human nature is like, isn't it? Sometimes we act to make a good impact but end up making it bitter. There's no point regretting it, be contented that you atleast tried!

Well, it was a day well spent. And I realized that it is important to take your brain off the worries of your business. Too much of something might hurt, and it had started hurting me with severe headaches. I feel better and fresher today!

Stay calm, stay happy!

Cheers :) 

Life is a string of memories - both good and bad!

Life - as we perceive it is a complicated thing.

In actuality, it is very simple! Everything is just a state of mind - be it happiness or sorrow. Just when I start counting what is bad in my life, I start feeling sad; as soon as I sit and count the good things - I become happy.

What I have learnt is that happiness shouldn't really have an external source. It MUST come from within. Still, I and everyone else around me is human, and we become sad due to things that someone said, unsuccessful pitches, resource crunches, fights with people and so on.

But the good thing is, what makes me happy is a good moment. It is not really a dinner at a 5-star or an Aldo dress, it is eating at the roadside stall and laughing my heart out with people who matter.

And thus I can say, life is nothing but a string of memories - both good and bad. There are places which you must have visited when you were tensed, there must be places which you must have visited when you were really happy - and when you visit those places again, you can feel the bygone moments at your side. You feel the laughter or the silent sobs which are associated with the place. Same goes with songs, food items, people and what not.

For me, life is not about the clothes that I wear today and throw away tomorrow, or about the diamonds/gold (which they say last forever) or the car I possess; it is about the moments I have spent at different places, with different people, different situations, different emotions and different food ;)

Let's go on creating memories - good and bad because we need both of them later. Good ones to remind us of happiness in sad times and bad ones so that we value good things in life! :)

Cheers

Re-activating the forgotten blog! :)

Hello world!

I wanted to write, have a blog since a long time! I started blogging on quora for a few days but that's not exactly like a blog. Feel nahin aayi! :)

I would be posting after 3 years on this blog! Phew, long time! Life has taken a 360 degree since then. College days, and now! The previous posts might look childish (they actually are!), but life has changed so much, I can't really help.

When we used to be in college, friends, relationships, ladaai, jhagde, fests, birthdays meant everything to us. Now, all that has taken a back seat.

I am glad that I have chosen my career as entrepreneurship because now I love life more! I have bigger goals, better perspectives, better goals and a clear thinking! That was actually what I wanted in college. Atleast, I ain't as confused as I was when in college.

The 19 year old Garima would have never ever imagined that life would be like this at 22! Within three years, I have lived and learnt more than what any average girl would learn. That's something for which I am proud of!

Anyway, this is my blog address from now on! Cheers! :)

Walking on the "Road less Travelled"

I guess I am addressing two categories of people through this post. One - who are still in college and confused about what they have to do in life and Two - who have completed college and are still wondering what they are doing with their life!

It's sad that our youngistaan is utterly confused and wandering here and there without any direction. If you ask them "dude! You're a mechanical guy, why are you sitting in infosys campus drive?" He'll reply - "yaar, I just need a job. I want to earn money". He'll join that company, will be fascinated by the amazing glass building and stellar hostels of the MNC and when he'll be asked to do Java training, things would change into a nightmare for him. The moral of the story is that there's no point in blindly following others, you MUST identify what your passion is. 

I had job offers from MNC's. They used to call me every now and then to join them. But I didn't. I didn't join them because huge glass buildings don't fascinate me. Because what I will have there is a small cubicle. What I will have is a small role in a big company! And what will they consider me as? Just another "trainee". 

The point is, that I am not against MNC's. There are people who love telecom and like the idea of a stable job with Ericsson. It's great! Go Join. But if you love being your boss and are willing to chase your dreams with extreme passion, you're bound to become an Entrepreneur. It is said that if you are an Entrepreneur, you're the CEO, the HR Manager and the peon too. You're no more the "babu" sitting on the chair all day.

What does it take to become a successful Entrepreneur? 

It is passion passion and passion! You got to have big dreams and the ability to chase them with passion. 

Another quote - "Passion is the most potent fuel for your dreams". That's it, you ought to keep yourself fueled up all the time. I joined a regular job for like, 2 months. And, I was bored like hell! Your boss comes and assigns work, you finish it and submit. Done! Where are the challenges? Where is the growth? Where is the learning? They told me that i was too eager to climb up the ladder. 

I told them, this is what Entrepreneurship is all about and signed my resignation letter.

I want to learn, each and every moment! Grow, each and every moment! That's what makes an entrepreneur. You MUST be willing and eager to learn.

 As Steve Jobs says " STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH" . 

What is the first step? 

Have you ever rode a bicycle? The first move is the most difficult, isn't it? The first step towards Entrepreneurship requires the maximum courage. First of all, be ready to be scrutinized by your parents, family and neighbors. When you announce that you don't want to work for a company, you want to own a company! They'll say that you're mad! It's alright. Everyone used to call Einstein mad. Everyone who dares to be different is called mad in the initial days. In the initial stage, COURAGE is on the essentials. You MUST be driven towards your goal, no matter what! You will have to face new challenges every day. And you have to face them with a smile. 

Don't stop BELIEVING! You just have to BELIEVE in yourself and the thing is done.

When I used to go for interviews, whoever used to interview me used to get surprised and impressed. Soon, I started to think that I am smarter than all the people who have interviewed me. Then I thought that hey, I don't deserve a small cubicle in a big company. I deserve something big and I WILL achieve it, no matter what! I took the first step, the second and I am still on the struggling stage. Still, I am happier, richer and better off than my friends who followed the crowd. And, I will NEVER stop trying. :)

Get a life

I pity those who live their life without any thought,belief, values and motive..They keep chasing things which can make them look and sound cool..they chase money, they chase attention..Rarely do they understand that they can never be "cool" for everyone, they are cool among one group of people, uncool among the other.. It is always better to follow your heart than trying to adjust yourself to the society's norms..because they are going to hate you anyways..if you're good, they'll be jealous..if you're not, they'll see down upon you.Try to earn respect, not attention. Wearing the most fashionable clothes and talking in the most "cool" way won't make you a good human being. You will get attention of similar people. You'll attract more attention seekers. But, they will stop giving you attention as soon as you become "uncool" for them. It's your grey matter that truly matters. Your knowledge and talent is going to take you a long way, not the attention of some vain attention seekers. I smile at those who say "How can you read books in your free time?"or "why don't you chill?Why do you read and write such heavy stuff?" . I seriously pity them. When I asked a classmate of mine to develop a hobby, she answered "yar tujhe hobby bana kar kaunsi naukri mil gayi?" . Is there nothing beyond a "naukri"? Everybody has talents, why don't spend your time constructively?She says "I get bored at home all day". All of you have passed your CBSE exams..why don't teach your siblings?
They laugh at me for writing such articles. "Yaar ,why don't you chill" .. is what I get to hear. "Dude, if you have a life, stand for something" is what I say. It's such a pity that people while away their life by just "going with the flow". You shape your life, each and every moment of it. . If you love dancing, dance..if you love painting, paint. If you love classical dancing, do that. Don't be embarrassed of some stupid group of people who have nothing better to do. You won't get their attention, but you'll earn respect from some people whose opinion truly matters. I have always had respect for artists. They deserve respect. People know them because of their talent. They earn it.. That's what I try to do. Read, gain knowledge, write, learn. That's what everyone should do. Learn, love what you do. Doing a 9 to 5 job and posting "cool" statuses is not a life. It's called not using what talents you possess. And they tell me to "get a life"? 

Angels

angels- The literal meaning of an angel is messenger sent by god. We all have grown up watching the beautiful fairies and angels in books dressed in white and having wings. Most of the children believe that the fairies come and fulfill their wishes, grant them gifts and keep them happy.

On the contrary, I never believed in fairies and angels when I was young. I never used to read the fairy tales that my mom or some one else gifted me. I never realised, but I have always lived in reality, I always believed in real people, instead of imaginary. As a child, I never fancied gifts from santa claus on christmas. I always believed that he doesn't exist.

I don't say that angels don't exist. They do exist. They fulfill our wishes, they make us happy. Whenever we are in need, god sends an angel into our life. This angel arrives in the form of a person, a real person, whom we may or may not be acquainted with. The person can be some one as close as our mother or a friend and it can also be a stranger. Just any one, who is destined to come and help us, when we are in need.

Sometimes, even we are unaware of the fact, that we need help, we need some one, a friend, a lover, or some one simply to listen to us, to introduce us to ourselves. Sometimes, some one teaches us a lesson unknowingly which brings an immense change in us, and we are left stunned at ourselves. When we don't even need advice, we don't even need help, someone just influences us in a way that our approach, our personality transforms into a more charming one. These people, who unknowingly affect our lives are angels.It just happens, when you were surrounded with problems, and there seemed no feasible solution, how some friend or relative did something that suddenly elevated you from the enclosure of problems. You suddenly started feeling relieved. They are the real messengers sent by god to help us, to make us happy. God cannot be every where, neither every one has the power of intuition to identify the hidden omens but god certainly sends some people who appear unknowingly and heal everything. 

As I said earlier, I never used to believe in angels and fairies as a child, but now I do believe in angels as real people. Now, I believe in santa claus, because my dad is my santa claus, he is the one who always fulfills my wishes. My mom is my fairy, she always wants to see me happy, and appears out of nowhere to solve my problems. My friends are my angels, because they always help me and are always there, they can see the pain in my eyes, even if I say "I am fine". 

"God cannot be everywhere, so he sent some special people to our lives, who relieve us from our pain, help us in need, and always ensure that we are on the right path".

Dear god, from the bottom of my heart.

Dear god, 

I had always heard "god helps those who help themselves" . I never understood the meaning till I saw it happening with myself. I don't know whether I am a fool or what, but I don't understand something till I haven't experienced it. I learn only from experiences, not from lectures. I always knew you were there, besides me. But I never understood what you had been trying to teach me. You wanted me to open my eyes, speculate and understand that the life I was leading was not what you wanted me to lead. That everybody deserves their share of happiness and respect. You had directed me , given enough hints, but it was me who kept my eyes shut! I just shut out all the signs and decided to cling to the cobweb. I had enervated my senses struggling in the wrong direction. I had victimised myself for too long. I had developed a thinking that I can't get out of it, inspite of being unhappy, being hemmed by the situation, I had started to believe that this is my destiny. I knew my soul had been hurt, it wasn't growing, it was just being impoverished. Still, I could not take that leap towards my salvation. I liked the routine, I liked the monotony of being sad. Everybody loathes change, so did I . 

Somehow, I was punishing myself, and another soul. But , you do perform miracles. You do that in the form of angels and the secret messages they carry. You granted me with the strength, and the wisdom to move out, to open my eyes and see that I deserve to be happy, to be free. That I was commiting the biggest mistake of my life. I had made mistakes, plenty of them! And I needed to get out of the cobweb. I was directed to the path towards my salvation. You helped me at each and every step, through one thing or the other, through one person or the other, you kept sending the messages. My faith in you has grown manifold. I don't care about what people say, but now I can feel my soul growing. I can feel my mind opening to new ideas. I am thinking about myself, my future , my dreams instead of some one else's . I am in love with my life now. I truly feel like your favourite child. It wasn't easy, it came with a lot of pain. But you granted me the strength too. 

Thank you god, from the bottom of my heart. You exist, and you do perform miracles! :)

A dose of ecstasy

How do you define your "dose of ecstasy"? well, I just experienced one.. 


Today, I woke up with a melancholy feeling. A feeling of being stuck at home all the time, as none of my friends were willing to go out because of the weather since so many days..! I switched on the television, and there they were, the news channels, babbling about the weather crossing 63 year records and stuff. I switched off the idiot box. I know, that's what they are paid for-- exaggerating things to intolerable extents. Till afternoon, the heat was at its worst. So was my mood. I was in the lousiest and the most irritated mood. 


The temperature outside was on a high, and so was the temperature inside my head. I desperately needed a break. Which, somehow I wasn't getting. Out of boredome, I slept in the afternoon, and when I woke up... The weather was amazing.. it was raining. . I felt ecstatic as the cool breeze touched my face, and the little drops seeped deep into me, filling my heart with sanctity. Everything seemed so wonderful, the trees brighter, the birds happier. The feeling was amazing. It was exhilarating..I went out to get some jalebis (nothing is better than munching into hot jalebis in a pleasant weather). What an evening it was. 


I wonder how, sometimes the smallest of things cause the biggest of changes. Happiness lies in such little things. We lament for being unable to make it to the hill stations in summer holidays. Why not experience the happiness in your own balcony? You just need to experience the happiness hidden in small things. Just keep your senses open. :) :)

Appreciation

We always fancy about buying new clothes, expensive jewellery, the latest things for ourselves .We always buy new dresses, new shoes, accesories for special occasions. We are always concerned about how we look, whether our dress is "IN'' these days or not..

Have you ever gone through a situation where you bought new branded clothes, dressed as beautifully as you could and when you go out, nobody praises you. You don't get even a single compliment. Seems as if all the effort, all the money and time spent on dressing up is in vain? Are you distressed? most of us won't agree that we actually become upset. We say, "I dress up because I love to" .. But the reality is, most of us dress up, work hard, spend hours at some task to merely impress others. 

Some people become so used to getting compliments, that if one day they don't get any, they would be highly distressed and would throw a fit as to how anyone did not notice them or their work. Imagine, if kareena kapoor walks through the streets, unnoticed, how it would hurt her ego, and she won't get out of depression for days!!

It is true that we work hard, accomplish our tasks dutifully,with perfection to achieve our personal goals, for money and APPRECIATION. As I said, in the example of kareena, famous personalities are used to getting compliments all the time. You wholeheartedly appreciate kareena's beauty or aamir's movies or paulo coehlo's books. But do you ever care to appreciate the topper of your class? Do you ever defy your ego and go up to your competitor to say congrats when he won the match? Do you ever dare to tell your friend that she looks better than you?

Leave those achievements alone, have you ever appreciated your mom for making such yummy food for you? Have you ever appreciated your sibling for bringing pens and notebooks from the neighbourhood shop when you were in need? No, we always say, "mummy kya roz roz wahi khaana khilaati ho" or "bhai itni der laga di tune, kaha reh gaya tha raaste me"..

Everyone in this world loves to be appreciated for whatever they have done, however petty the task may be. And most of the people find it against their ego to appreciate the other person. They speculate "appreciation" as a task that would hurt their ego. Think, how delightful it is for you to receive compliments, and how pleased the other person would be, on receiving unexpected compliments.  It won't seize anything from you, but would give the other immense pleasure. So, never hesitate to appreciate the pettiest of achievements by the people around you, because..

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing, it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well"

If life had U-turns

Imagine, if there was a rewind button in our lives, if we could go back in time whenever we wished. If we could go back and enjoy the gleeful moments again, and rectify the mistakes which bring grief in the present.

Whenever the path would get thorny, we would go back to the point where the roads diverged, and take the other path which could possibly make us happy in the present. Still, if we are not content, we’ll repeat the process.Sounds fascinating? Doesn’t it?

There will be no worries, nothing to regret about, only happiness. And one point will come, when we will be tired of being happy. There will be no bad experiences, hence, no opportunities to learn and grow. Our life will become a chaos, where we will be switching between the past and the present like a maniac.

When we want something, we struggle like crazy to get it. Once we get it, it gives happiness, but after a while, we are bored of it, and we want something else. Like a child gets on his parents’ nerves to get a toy or a game, after getting it, he plays with it for a few hours and then, gets bored of it, forgets its worth.

Similarly, if all our wishes come true, we will get bored of it, we will forget the worth of happiness. We all wish at some or the other point, to go back in time and change the past according to our desire, or simply to relive the beautiful moments. But, if all the wishes start coming true, how will we experience the beauty of longing.

I don't have much regrets about my past. Infact, I don't have any regrets. I just accept the past as it is, because at that point of time, whatever I chose was out of my own will, that was what I wanted. It's better to face it with a smile rather than regretting.

There is no use, lamenting over the past, because God has created a cycle of happiness and sorrow. If bad times are here, the cheerful ones will surely follow. If we try to break this virtue, our life will become haywire.
Instead of regretting about the decisions in the past, and wishing for life to take a U turn,we must struggle with the hardships, and take wise decisions, so that we are not left with any reason to regret later. Because,

“NO ONE CAN GO BACK AND CHANGE THE BEGINNING, BUT EVERYONE CAN START TODAY AND MAKE A NEW END"

Faith

This is my second article on faith, because now I have gained some more insight into what it is..and how it works.. huh.. Do I sound like an engineer? "HOW IT WORKS".. well, I ought to be. Engineer by fate and blogger by choice. :)

What i know of faith is that "It steers you through situations when things seem impossible, When things go out of hand , and you don't know what will happen next."

The situation seems out of control, and you have nothing to do, And then, a miracle-like experience occurs and all you do is gaze at the conditions that prevailed before. It seems foolish, in what condition you were in, and what you are now. Everything just seems all right. As aamir khan says in 3 idiots,  "ALL IS WELL". 

I feel on this day, that whatever I am today, survived two years of torturous ENGINEERING, all my frivolous mood swings, and all the mess I get myself into, is because of unshaken faith and wishes of some or the other person. Here, I apply my concept of "angels". Angels are real people whose unshaken faith and wishes elevate you from all the problems.The angels are everywhere around you, and they are constantly wishing for your happiness and well being.

Imagine, you are really sick, down with fever and your head is aching like hell, and you have an exam next day. You can't concentrate, you just read through the pages and grasp all the little bits you can. And then, someone says, with complete faith, that your exam will be really good tomorrow. You won't believe it. You will wonder  "yaar kuch aata hi nai hai to accha kaise hoga" ..right? And what if the same happens? You get all the tidbits you had read as questions in the exam.. The teacher gets lineant on you.. The person sitting behind you helps you out all through the exam.. And you perform wonderfully. 

The magical keywords to this success are..WISHES, FAITH, ANGELS.. It was because of the FAITH with which the ANGEL WISHED for your success.

Thanks to all the angels in my life, who wish for my success and happiness. :)

Approaching the End

                                                                  
                                                                  The earth is burning,

calling for help,

under the atrocity of humans,

it yelps.

The world watches,

as the earth is approaching its end,

ruined by the brutality of mankind,

it laments.

With a shrunken heart

and sulky eyes,

we watch the glaciers melt

and the temperatures rise.

Predicted by maya,

and scientists prove it right,

the year 2012 will bring

a verocious sight.

The earth will roar,

and show its might

to the tyrant humans

who neglected its plight.

The harm caused

cannot undergo any alteration,

but we can prevent our mother earth

from further degradation.

Let us pledge to accomplish 

kind acts towards the earth,

and prevent the human race

from the foreseen dearth.

Let us pledge not to cause

any further harm,

and try our best

to restore the nature's charm.