What can I do?

It has been about 10 days since the Mumbai tragedy, and I am trying to move on. However that is easier said than done since this whole episode has had a deep impact on me, just as it has had on most Indians. While the media, the politicians and even Bollywood are all busy making their statements and playing the blame game there is just one question on my mind “what can I do?”

As soon as I think about this my imagination goes into overdrive and I can picture myself in black from head to toe, leading an NSG team with an AK47 in my hand, bringing down terrorist camps. I can almost see myself making national headlines when suddenly I realise that the NSG is not an option for me. This brings me back to the question “what can I do?”

After a lot of thinking and reading and thinking I think I know what I need to do.

The last few days have made me face one reality “the impermanence of life”. In these turbulent times none of us know how much time we have left and what the future holds for us. We have such little time on this beautiful planet, such little time as human beings, such little time to love, give, and create value. So here is what I can and will do

I am going to live each day as if it were my last.

I am going to smile more.

I am going try and bring a smile on the face of every person I meet.

I am going to complain less.

I am going to appreciate more.

I am going to make everyone feel that there is something good and beautiful in everything.

I am going to learn more everyday.

I am going to teach more everyday.

I am going to forget any mistakes of the past and press forward to great achievements in the future.

I am going to talk health, happiness and hope to every person I meet.

I am going to think only the best and work towards doing and expecting the best.

I am going to touch as many lives as I can.

I am going to create as much value as I can.

So that when I am faced with the impermanence of my life, I will feel content knowing that I have given hope, love, inspiration, warmth, kindness, joy and smiles to all those I know. Knowing that I have made a difference even if just in one person’s life.