Story of a Red Bag??? Hope, Faith and Luck!!

It was 14th February weekend when we decided to celebrate the day in Amritsar. It was one of his friends wedding too and we thought we could do two things at the same time but destiny had something else stored for us. Not like we got married or he proposed me, it was something trivial but adventurous. So the story starts when we boarded the train on 13th February and the coach was filled with all foreigners who were heading to Beas, Radha Swamy Ashram. A nice gentleman from Ecuador sat next to us and we chatted about his language, country, his reason to visit India and his family etc and then after sometime we both got involved in our reading.It was when Beas came and whole zing bang got of the train and I realized my red color suitcase was missing. I got up and searched everywhere when we realized it was too late and train started to move and we both had no option but to stay inside the train and wait for Amritsar station.We got talking about our next action immediately after we figured out that it was lost. It seemed like the luck was on our side that day because there was a station master in our coach who was traveling for his personal work to Amritsar. He guided us and asked us to make a call to "Dera" as called by all devotees of Radha Swamy. We started applying our brains to figure out where could have bag gone, was it stolen at some station or as suggested by station master it would have been taken by any one of the foreigners in a hurry since they were travelling in a group and no one would have paid attention in such a ruckus. We decided to make some calls to Dera, after go-ogling and making some 100 calls to varied control room, station master, different hostels we figured out only one thing that all foreigners stay at Hostel 6 at Dera. We made our final call to Hostel 6 and left our numbers, hoping if they find my bag somewhere in their premises.

So what do you think would have happened?? Its impossible to find a bag which had everything starting from jewellery, all wedding clothes, all personal belongings, footwear's etc. When I say everything it literally meant everything but hope and faith kept us going. I do not know how where we so positive and confident about my bag. I was tensed but confident, we both kept our calm and were focusing more on our further steps. Sometimes "Google" can do wonders for you, we were able to contact Dera, Radha Swamy ashram through our search on Google and somehow figured out where could have my Bag landed if it would have been taken by them. Finally we reached Amritsar and went to our friends house where one of his wedding functions were being conducted and since we were starving we ate our lunch peacefully and left for Dera. We were just playing hit and trail game, we were not even sure if we will find my bag but had some faith and hope with us. We left for our unknown and unexpectable journey of 1.5 hours to Beas. I was being quite and content, that's least I could have done rather than being tensed and worried to the extent of losing my patience. He tried his best to keep me poised and calm and left everything on luck and destiny. It was after half of our journey when I got a call from Hostel 6 warden (as they call in movies) and she started asking me to give details of my bag. This was a ray of hope for us because without my wedding clothes or anything else I don't think it would have been possible for me to be part of wedding. But this call made us believe in luck and destiny more, reason being we found my "LOST BAG". The feeling could not have been expressed in words, but it made us stronger and positive person.

It tells us whatever happens, be positive and have faith in things which will fall into place for you. Loosing patience and getting agitated will leave you as a frustrated person and you will land up being a negative person. This one incident taught me to be patient with problems and think positive because its thinking which makes us to what we are as an Individual. I decided to put this down on my blog so that people could relate to same and learn to be positive and have faith. This is just a small incident, we may come across bigger problem in life, we have to learn to be poised and composed to deal with all of them. Our mind plays a very bigger role in making and breaking us, so you got to know how to tame it and when to use in appropriate manner at the right time.

"You" gotta love "Yourself"!

We all know in today's scenario we gotta love yourself first and then respect others. You have to empower yourself by treating yourself with love and respect and making sure people around does the same. Its said however we will think of ourself that's exactly how others would also think of us. It works like mirror, you asks the mirror - "Who is beautiful" and the mirror replies "You". How can a mirror tell your true self and inner beauty, his reply is only to your outer beauty.

Its not about asking people how you feel or how you look, its what you have in you and what gives you confidence. Truth lies within each one of us, so go within. To know true reality turn off the TV, put away books on human psychology and close your eyes and sit with yourself. The first step isn't Being in a state of thoughtlessness, it's Being with yourself- whatever you understand "yourself" to be. If you understand yourself as a mind, observe your mind. If you understand yourself as a personality, get to know your personality. If you understand yourself as inner chattering, listen to the chattering. If you understand yourself to be energy, sit with this energy. Get to know yourself...whatever "yourself" means to you. We need to understand and get to know the mind, personality, ego, intellect, etc to know that there is a Being beyond all of this- the True Self.


When you know yourself via others, it is your personality-just a thin layer of opinions. When you know yourself directly, you know your individuality. And once you have known your individuality the fear of being left alone disappears. Loving yourself is mainly having self-respect which is the only dependable way to create love in your own life to share with others. When you expect love from an external source, and someone or something does not fulfill your void and fantasies, then you will feel worse than before. To be able to be loved, you must love and respect yourself as much as you do others. Understanding the effects of loving yourself will only enhance your ability to love others. By doing so, you are enabling positive energy and allowing for great situations to occur in your life. Never think that you're living your life for nothing. Everyday, there are people coming in and out of the world, so spend it wisely and respect yourself. Sometimes we feel as if our lives rely on that one person. We think 'If I do this, he/ she will like me. We tend to waste time avoiding those certain people, and regret it later. We miss them, yearn for their love, and even waste birthday wishes on them. "In order to love someone, you must learn to love yourself."