When nothing goes right, go left.

"In life there are no stops. Keep moving forward to feel alive." This has been my life mantra.

Imagine spending  sleepless nights to work on a project. Spending all your energy to make plans and counter plans of how to go about it and win that pitch. And then everything fails. Yes the best laid plans can also fail. Then what does one do? Be angry, be upset but then one has to come to terms with the failure and start again. No matter how good your plan is, no matter how much time and energy one has spend on it, at times no plan is good enough to succeed. Such is life.
I believe that when nothing goes right, thats the time everything is possible. My best laid plans are as per mine and other's expectations from me. But when things don't go as per plan, there is a small opportunity for us to create something which probably is unexpected and thats when we can really challenge our limits.
 We have all been down this road. Only people who might object are the one's who have never tried something new or challenged their limits. To be alive is to feel it in your gut that this is the moment. And the only way one can be alive is to look at the same problem with a different perspective. I believe when nothing is going right , sit back enjoy the music, read a book and go out with friends and family. Leave the problem for sometime and then with a fresh mind and perspective look at it as an opportunity to find new things. Many times we realise that we can solve it with a different approach and many times we realise our mistake in tackling the problem. Either way we find solutions to make things happen eventually.
When i see a couple fighting, i ask myself one question that what can be so huge that two people instead of spending time with each other are finding time to fight? I have never been able to understand the small ego's and control which human want to exercise over each other. It's more one see's in personal life than at work. Then again one tries to figure out what is it that makes people at work be respectful and work together while people in families can give one a good fight?
This brings me to think probably at work we are so used to deadlines and teamwork  that our mind is receptive to change and we do have an ability to look at things differently at times. Not that people don't get screamed at work if one loses a big account. Or maybe our sense of humour is much better at work and we let go of small issues as its all about winning and team work.
Then how come we don't apply the same principle at home? This is soul food for thought for many people.
After taking a journey within i realised one day that at times i take life seriously. I was thinking too much about my future and i was looking back at my past. I frankly had no present as my mind was like a yo-yo between past and future. Thats the day i made one promise to myself, let plans of life be any. It does not matter where i would be 5 years from today as i don't have a guarantee of being alive the next moment. When i shifted my mindset from being cautious, to live life; I automatically  challenged my limits and that's when i figured out my strengths. My real inner strength's which gave me an insight for me to work in a different manner. And strangely i do believe today that success comes to those who live life different and challenge there limits every time.
I am a strong believer in when life hands you lemons, take the vodka out of the refrigerator and make your self a good drink to enjoy what life gives you.
It's one life, no stops, keep moving.