Thursday, 22 November 2012

Life is Humor, & a Paradoxical Change !!!!



What is LIFE? 
I knew the confused answer somewhere in my mind, not as 'Love' was confused by Haddaway in his song 'What is Love' , but in a shorter frame. It was clearer after I read a quote by Dan Millman, An American Author.
Quote: Life has three rules: Humor, Paradox, and Change. 
-         Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is the strength beyond all measure. 
-         Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out. 
-         Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same. UnQuote.
My answer is now ready, excited and bouncing to come out of my brain with a slightly different perspective. So here it is the prolonged version.
Life is humor. Humor is colligated with Intelligence and Honesty. Humor is beyond excellence when it is associated with your self. People of all ages and cultures respond to humor. The majority of people are able to experience humor, to be amused, to laugh or smile at something funny, and thus they are considered to have a sense of humor.

Life is change and change is paradox. We live in a paradox when it comes to change. Also we are afraid of it. Change is security and we exercise it more than anything else in our lifetime. Many of us make choices in our lives that will give us security. We go to college, get a degree, choose a life partner with whom we can build a safe and secure future. From school to university, from student to professional, buying a car, from single to being married, buying a home, having children - each of these steps toward 'security' involve community change. Community has become essential. Each one of those moments represents a crossroads we must navigate. Our addiction to comfort zones eventually leads down that bumpy old road to dis-ease. If you are depressed with something, you start the change process by being depressed. You do not change by trying to change. Change follows from not changing.  After the acceptance of where you are now, comes something different – inevitably, and paradoxically, change occurs when you stop trying to change and just be it. Once you start being, change is inevitable because things in your environment (the world and other people around you) will change. What you are now is what you are now. Frustrating and illogical perhaps. 
Often we hear a proverb - Change is constant. We search for human immortality and eternal youth, pray to everlasting Gods but I see as in life, Change is the only constant paradox and Life is a paradoxical change.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

CHEETAH: A HINDI WORD FOR LEOPARD ????



While watching Halloween night in a Hollywood movie today with my friends, I saw people come up with cheetah print dress, leopard print ears and tail, and a cheetah print clutch. Overall the spots look the same.
I heard someone say, what’s the difference between a cheetah and a leopard?
Somebody promptly said 'Cheetah is a Hindi word for Leopard.'
I stormed into him, what ?????
To prevent this Family or Halloween faux pas, I thought to draw the difference.
The Dilemma: Is Cheetah a Hindi word for Leopard? You want to be a cheetah for Halloween, you do not want to be confused for a leopard.
The Quick Trick: It’s all in the spots. Cheetahs have simple black spots, while leopards have a more complex pattern.
The Explanation: Both cats can be found across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and southern Asia, and when encountered, both really just look like a scary mass of spots and teeth. When viewed from a safe vantage point, though, there are a number of physical and behavioral characteristics that set them apart.

Cheetah
Cheetahs have solid black round/oval spots and black tear lines that run from the corner of their eyes down the sides of their nose to their mouth (the lines keep sunlight out of the cheetahs’ eyes while hunting). They’re also lankier than rest of the big cats and have smaller jaws and longer tails. They hunt during the day and rely on bursts of speed (up to 75mph over short distances). When walking and running, they pace, moving their two left legs and then their two right legs. Unlike leopards and other big cats, they can purr while they inhale, but can’t roar.



Leopard
Leopards have more complex spotting pattern of clusters of black and brown spots which look like roses, called rosettes. This pattern simulates shifting plants and shadows, providing camouflage as the leopards stalk their prey from tall grass and underbrush. Leopards in eastern Africa have circular rosettes, while their southern African brethren have square rosettes. Leopards are also noticeably bulkier looking than cheetahs. They’re not built for speed, but surprise attacks. The extra strength helps leopards drag their prey up trees, where hide the kill to feed on at their leisure. Leopards walk using their legs in diagonal pairs (i.e. left front and right back leg, then right front and left back leg). Like the rest of the big cats, leopards can roar but can’t purr except while they’re exhaling.