MAKING FRIENDS AND MATURITY

 

SERMON FOR SUNDAY……

Honestly chums, I hate ‘advices’ – be it giving or getting. See, I firmly believe that we don’t need them for we are sufficiently matured. I mean, matured enough to differentiate between ‘paddy’ and ‘husk’, and choose on our own. Right?

However, this Sunday is different. It is all about how NOT to be tooooo choosy while selecting your friends. You CAN make friends with anybody, well, almost anybody, if only you TRY. Satya Sai Bhabha says, “If you take one step unto me, I will take TEN”. That, kinda sums up my thoughts on this awesome Sunday. Try taking at least half a step towards someone, and you will surely get at least two or three in return, if not five or ten. I promise you. Try it TODAY…….

 

 

Talking about ‘friendships and ‘maturity’, of late we have been seeing a lot of mud-slinging, blatant lies in National as well as international forums. We saw how the American President boasting about stopping Indo – Pak battle, how he can stop Russia – Ukraine war, how he is the best bet for this year’s NOBEL Peace Prize etc. etc. We also saw how he went about tariff enhancement to almost all nations without any rhyme or reason. It is another story that he had to bite the bullet, and revert to earlier norms, particularly with China. And, especially with India, he has been most illogical and revengeful for the silliest of reasons claimed. But, but then, he either forgot or under estimated that he is dealing with a “different” kind of leader, and not the “accidental” or “mouni” kind …...!! And, as for the national scenario, you are reading about ‘yatras’, ‘Vote Chori’ etc., etc. There are politicians insisting on ‘retaliatory’ tariffs etc. But it calls for extreme levels of maturity and prudence, long term repercussions etc. Our PM is going to outsmart the immature guy called Trump by stressing on indigenously developing products of international quality standards – consumables, as well as others, and at the same time exploring new and friendly avenues. Textile exports and diamond exports are the major or perhaps the ONLY areas where we are likely to be affected. And we are already in the threshold of exploring and finalising the deals with a host of alternative sources. And now comes the climax. Very soon, India, China and Russia are going to be the three Super Powers.

Watch out for the outcome of the two-day SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) summit which starts today. Already the popularity chart of Modi Ji has sky rocketed, and the world is now looking at our dear Prime Minister with unbelievable awe and admiration.

 

 

This indeed calls for a very high level of statesmanship, dedication, ‘Nation first’ attitude, and above all, total sincerity and commitment. Way too different from releasing one lie after another, shower abuse after abuse, and having the sole agenda of “Maligning Modi” in 'Mohabath ki Dukan' (If you thing that I’m referring to Papu the PM aspirant (?) OMG! it’s your problem and not mine!)

That’s all for now, chums. Oh my, it is indeed terrific. Back-to-back, two blogs. Arre, vah Ananth bhai, vaahh.. Coming back to making friends, and why one can make friends eith any body, please watch the following youTube cartoon, link for which is given below:

"The Crow and the Cuckoo Story on YouTube"

https://youtu.be/tEQZTJAgR_k?feature=shared

Anand Cool, WITH LOVE