Life is a PCB!!!!!

"Happiness is found along the way, not at the end of the road.."

From ages literary scholars have explained life through the"Journey Theorem". In this theorem, life is compared to a journey, where human's achievements and failures mark the way of the journey covered so far. But where does this journey lead to? There is no absolute answer for it yet. Hence people are advised to concentrate on the "path" and the "happenings of the journey" instead of the destination. So can we say a journey successful without knowing what the correct destination was? If not, then what will define the end point? Despite of all these flaws, the "Journey Theorem" remains the most famous theorems of life...

One fine day, while these thoughts occupied my mind, I felt the need of a new theorem to explain life. While we have come up with several models to explain Higgs Boston particle before it's discovery, we have failed in building successful model for life that we are living. As an engineer, I was obliged to put up my theory. So here we go.

I think life should be compared to a Printed Circuit Board(PCB). For non engineers, i would like to reiterate that PCBs are boards on which electrical connectivity is 'printed' in copper. If you get a chance to see the mother board of your television, you would find that all electronic components are mounted on a board(usually green in color on one side). That board is a PCB.

Well, coming back to our theorem, living can be compared to making a PCB. The "path" that we have covered so far can be seen as trails of PCB. People coming to our life are like different electronic components.  So, the ultimate aim is to build a gadget. There is no common aim for all. It's your life, so decide what gadget you want to make. Afterall, different gadgets have different PCBs. So in our PCB, different components are available. We have to decide which component do we want to 'embed' in our circuit and which we want to keep away. It's quite probable that you put some wrong component at some wrong place. So you can always decide to restructure your PCB in a way that the unwanted component  gets out of the circuit. Or, if you want to 'reposition' any component, just desolder and place it at the correct point. Now compare this to wrong peoples in your life or people whom you gave wrong position in your life. Doesnt this explain that the power of driving your life to correct path is IN YOUR HANDS..!!!! :)

Moving on, a valid thought proposed  by this 'PCB Model of Life' is that you never know what did you make of your life till the end. Isnt it true? People who know what they want from life, keep on building the correct circuit, embedding the correct components. So they are pretty sure what will they make at the end. For others, they just keep on making their circuit. So it is a surprise for them in the end. Later in life when they look back, they realise what could have been done better to make life useful.

And guess what's the best part.... Remember, we hear it many times that we should live our lives in a way that we are useful to our society and others. This is exactly what a gadget do. Can a machine be useful for itself? No. However, it's considered useful when it proves to be useful to others. So Aim of your PCB is to make a gadget for service to society. Now it's upto you in which way you want to be remembered as...

Like all theorems, I'm sure this theorem will also have it's pros and cons. So now, it's your time to give your valuable feedback and suggestions. Juggle your head and come up with your theory of life. So start commenting!! :)

Friends...

Life is full of experience and God takes care that we have both- good as well as bad ones...

Last week has been very adventurous for me. First came my birthday where I learnt that so many people are interested in my happiness. Everyone seemed to be involved in giving me surprises and making me smile. And few days later, when I was admitted to hospital, I realized that my frends are far more good that I had ever realized. They are gems.

I feel that the most important aspect of life experiences are lessons learnt. I would like to share my lessons on my blog and I'll be glad if you find it useful.

This year I had no plans for my birthday. It was a working day, so I had less hope of celebrations. However, it turned out to be full of surprises. I love flowers and cakes on birthday and I got them at midnight. It was my first ever midnight gift. And all these from someone from whom I didnt expect anything (and probably I could expect these from only them). Here I learnt that some relations cannot be kept forever. But this fact doesnt prevent people from thinking of keeping you happy. :)

So many gifts and people  thinking of sparing some time for me...all these made me realize that how much wrong I was. I was never alone. I have kept myself apart from others which made me think that I'm lonely. I guess this is a truth which we all need to accept who think that they are alone. People are always there for you. You just have to seek their company. As the Bible says, 'Ask and u shall be given'. :) :)

Journey from my birthday to my hospitalization is a sheer example of recklessness. Despite of so many warnings from my body, I kept on tiring myself. I pushed myself beyond my limits. I now know that I cannot take good care of myself. People around me kept on warning me. But I behaved like a school going child who loves to play even in sickness, without bothering about health. I feel sorry about it now.
My recklessness ended in hospital. I had taken a day off from office that day to take rest. By afternoon I was so sick that my frends had to rush from office to take me to hospital. I was admitted and I realized my carelessness about my health only then. Hey,one important thing that I learned is to raise alarm when you are not well. Keep your cellphone handy. I was alone in my home when I fell so sick.Thanks to my brain that I called my frends and thanks to them that they took action immediately.

Calamity shows true colours of people. But I was shocked  to see God's angels as humans. I am greatly indebted to people who took so good care of me. When I saw my face in hospital's mirror, I became hopeless. My swollen face made me to pity myself. But my frends never showed up on their face how hopeless I looked. Taking responsibility of an ill person is a great decision. And I know that I'm not an easy patient. Already I'm arrogant by nature and illness made my behaviour more difficult. But people around me were so casual. My accomplice in hospital could not sleep the whole night, but she never made fuss of it. The love and care which I received during this time is difficult to repay. May God bless them.

One more thing which I learned is that Good people are always good to you and difficult times cannot bring out the nature which you do not have. My Angels have always been good. I just got some break to think about and absorb this fact. I tell you, it's not easy to accept people who are far more good to you and being indebted to them is more difficult. I just pray that whenever time calls, I may be there with them. May God bless them all.

Your thoughts about this blog are welcome. If you want to share your story as well, please go ahead. Afterall, sharing is caring.