Nurture this… Murder that…

Day 13. The tension is rising. Every second has wonderous action to offer. Every goal scored so far has been splendid. Breath-taking performance by leading players. A surge of true patriotism fashionably potrayed by spectators. An absolute treat to watch. The football fever has been spreading like an epidemic. To give you the intensity of my previous statement, this is all I have to tell you - From dad to me and now from me to mom (a homemaker, for whom sports = last couple of overs in a cricket match, if and only if India is playing and is in the verge of victory)!!!

In my previous post, I never expected so many to fall for my prank. Anyways, i have been ignorant of football these days, my attention was only on cricket and my love has been (and still is) the reliable, handsome, soft-spoken, Mr.Wall – Rahul Dravid. This football season, I have let my mind wander and it has just discovered my new sporty sensation. This time, I shall reveal my new love. No, No, Not so soon. Hold on. My description of this guy goes this way - Cute yet so athletic, straight black unkempt hair that casually falls on his forehead, unmatched talent for a player of his age, admired by the greatest of football players, so much so that this sensation is thought to be the mighty legendary's successor. I’m sure you would have guessed my new love by now. No more clues. I now leave it to your wildest of imaginations to take its ride :)

Ok, now lets get down to the topic. As usual, I woke up only at around 9am on Monday morning. Opened the newspaper (read as – last page of newspaper) and read thru the football reviews. As for the rest of the newspaper, I only look at headlines and pictures :) Now, over to the supplementary papers. These are the ones that really interest me. This time it is Education Plus. And the article title read – Old habits die hard, so kill them. Fearing plagiarism, I have changed my post title :) I would like to share some of my thoughts on this and motivate myself. Yes, myself, so that I change certain things for my own good. Frankly, I have not seen the beauty of dawn for more than 2 months - shame on me. Late to bed and late out of bed. When mom told me roughly that I had to change this habit of mine, I told her that its my nature and also claimed myself to be a night bird. Only today morning did I realize that I could indeed turn a morning bird. I awoke at 5.45am, even before my mom did!!! And that’s because the previous day I made up my mind!!! Oh come on!!! Isn’t that a great achievement? I cant hear the applause yet…

Perseverance. Insistance. Determination. Enthusiasm. Good will. A conscious effort. A reason to change. A reason to get rid of the bad habits. That's all is needed. Now, I know bad is a relative term. What I meant was, get rid of those habits that do not help us achieve anything useful, instead substitute them with those, that might one day turn our dreams to reality. Once we have implemented this change, what do we have to wait for?? We have a reason to celebrate!!! As quoted in the article, “Old habits die hard. But no one said old habits never die.” And as the title says, lets nuture the good ones and murder the bad ones. Its all in the mind. In this context, I would also love to share this quote with you –

“ Watch your thoughts, they become words,

Watch your words, they become actions,

Watch your actions, they become habits,

Watch your habits, they become character,

Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”

I shall stop my philosophies of life here. I have got to stay awake until 2 tonite (Argentina vs Netherlands – cannot be missed), but wake up atleast by around 6.30 to keep up my new change going. However, I have this doubt. What are holidays for anyway??? I thought it was to sleep round the clock and to catch up with all the sleep, that we have lost while studying hard for the exams. Ok, forget it. For now, I shall leave you with this thought. Hope I can look back to this post one day and motivate myself. I do hope the same for you guys. Till then, take care and hugggggzzzz.

p.s. : Here's the link for the article i read : http://www.hindu.com/edu/2006/06/19/stories/2006061900701000.htm

And yes, dont forget to guess my new love ;)