Emotional Intelligence ...

Have you ever felt the numbness or the void of life, no matter how well your life flows. The high profiled job you do, your professional achievements,  the great education you have had, the society you are in, the activities you do as routine, sometimes doesn’t seem to make any sense. No matter how much of a busy life you may have, the void fills in somehow. It has kept me thinking, does any of this matter.. The way we dress, way we talk, what we do, it all boils down to nothing in the end.

I have been meditating since I was young. It has been my passion to understand dharma, to life a better lay life and to make the journey to enlighten my self ( nirvana), shorter. As a step towards the path of dharma, its best if one can live their lay life with emotional intelligence.  If you are wondering what emotional intelligence is, it can be described as the ability to identify, assess, manage and control the emotions of one's self and of others. Having the know-how of your emotions can help you gain the control of the day today activities and keep you in control.

What is known in Theravada Buddhism as the  right mindfulness ( in the Noble Eightfold Path) is the base of emotional intelligence. Make an effort to be emotionally intelligent and it will pay off a great deal in achieving the goals of your life.

Head Bump...

හා හා දොරෙ  හැපුනා හැපුනා
මට හො හො ගාගා ඇඩුනා
එ වාගෙ දොර පලුවක හැපිලා
මම පුදුමයි ඉතුරු වුනා

Yes.. it was such a hard bump. I couldn't figure out what happened till seconds passed by. I wanted to cry, but I didn't, it was that terrible. Luckily my friend came in for rescue and did the best to summon the pain. A whole day has passed by after the incident but the bump is still on and the pain is still not fully gone. I have better things to worry about right now, such as submitting the already lagging behind assignment to Uni, but had to write to about this.

සබද...

ඝිනිගත් කතරට් වැටි මල් වරුසාවට
හැකිවෙද සොදා හරින්නට මහා දූවිලි කුණටුවෙ හැඩ රැලි...
මවන්නට ක්ෂෙම භුමියක් මහ කතර මැද
උපද්දා මල් තුරු ලතාවන්...

ඉත්කින් ඉරි තැලි පොඩි වි
ආදරය වියැකීගිය ගිය මා හද තුල...
හැකිවෙද නුඹට තනන්නට
නැවුම් පෙමක් මනකලු...

Dear Friend...

Meeting you was fate,

Becoming your friend was a choice,

But falling in love with you was beyond my control.

I m so glad that you are at my side,

You ll be never forgotten as a friend for life. 
Because, Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest

but about who came and never left your side. 

On My Toes

One of my senior lecturers once said " If you want to get the work done, ask from a busy man". The more I think of it, the more it seems true to me. I myself feel like a ballerina as I m on my toes around the clock. But the best part is the way I feel about myself at an end of a busy day. The mare thought of utilizing every possible second of my life for something worth while overwhelms me.

Although I have been working full time as an undergrad, life was never this hectic.That was just playing two roles, not fully understanding the magnitude of your own actions. Being at a full time job, being a postgrad plus other commitments of your own isn't making life any easier, but the ambitions will keep you going. Trying to maintain a perfect balance between work, studies, family, friends, hobbies and your social life is not a very easy task but, the enjoyment of trying-to-make-it-happen makes my day. 

I must say, that I m content as to how life has turned out to be although it is like running a never ending marathon. The busy schedule has forced me to live by the day. It would drive me to the fence and ideally speaking, freak me out if I try to think of the to-do list for the coming month. But, I have promised my self to keep up with the resolutions and no matter how much I deviate from them I ll keep on coming back. 

In the end what matters is, living a life with no regrets. Carpe Diam !! Seize the day. Live your life to the fullest.

My Own Standards...

You may be one of those people who live by your own standards, rather than someone who follows the society standards. May be you are in between and rationally trying to make sense in what ever you do in your life and think you were born to serve a purpose.

No matter which ever you are and no matter how high your own standards are, at a certain point of time,  someone who cares about you ( although you may think he/she may not ) may question your standards and may ask you to stoop yourself up from where you are right now. This may startle you as to why you are being eyed on when there is so much evil going around the world and the words may hurt as if they were knifing you through, but you should be thankful someone out there is watching you and trying to bring the best out of you.

What I have learned  is, if it’s an advice to change you for the betterment, it doesn’t matter even if its from the devil, just take it.  Life is all about learning to live and living to learn and it keeps becoming better and better. 

Giving a Shot at the Mother Tongue

කොන්ක්‍රිට් වනන්තරෙ ගෙවෙන්නා වු ජීවිතය තුල ලද ඇසිල්ලක මෙසෙ ලියන්නත සිත් විය. මාගෙ භාෂාව පරිෂීලන හෙකියාව පිලිබද ගැටලුවක් මතු නෙවැ යයි සිතමි.
උපතින් සිහලුන් වු අප සිහල බස හැසිරවිම පිලිබද මනා කල දැණුමකින් යුක්ත විය යුතු වෙමු. නමූදු අප විසින් පරිශිලනය කරනු ලබන්නෙ අපගෙ වටින බසින් ඉතා අල්ප මාත්‍රයකි. ඔබට ඔවා දෙන මාද සිහලින් අන්තර්ජලයෙ යමක් සතහන් කරන්නට සැරසෙන්නෙ ප්‍රථම වතාවටයි.
උදවු දුන් සොයුරු සොයුරියන්ට තුති. !!!