Week ending 10th January

In this week nothing unusual happened. Couple of good things happened, first time in my life we get any house/flat without any difficulty. We are too much thankful to God for that blessing as getting a house in Varanasi was the biggest struggle of our life and my mother passed away without fulfilling this dream. There were so many painful anecdotes related with getting a house. Be it numerous court cases, or papa had to wake 4am in morning to get hold of Purshottam(owner of land of our current house). There are so many other stories related with that struggle which cannot be mentioned here. One thing was sure that my mom passed away without any of these dreams got realized, when ever I am able to do something that helps someone realize their dream, it is the biggest tribute toward my mother. I will keep doing this good deeds for my whole life as I am unable to do anything for that goddess and always returned her love with my naughtiness and arrogance behavior.So all my helping other attitude is to overcome my guilt feeling and with hope that mummy will forgive me when I face her again.
Another good things that happened are on friends front, Mayank had done stellar performance in ISB interview and he will enter a good B school in couple of months I am very much sure about that. Prithvi is able to come to US and first time in last 18 months the issue of visa will not come in our discussion :).
Best days of the week for me in Cleveland are Tuesday and Sunday. Tuesday I go for Hanuman Chalisa Bhajan for 1 hr in evening. I love that atmosphere, unfortunately because of bad weather I could not make it this time. I will look for next Tuesday.
On Thursday I gave my ice breaker speech in Toastmaster. Topic of the speech is "Pay It Forward". Audience had liked my content a lot. They gave me a feedback to slow down and try to work on my accent. I will inculcate those feedback in my next speeches. Rest nothing unusual happened in whole week. I cannot practice for stair climbing for a single day in the last week, I will try to be regular in coming week.
This Sunday as usual I went to the temple in afternoon. In temple lunch has been arranged for 200-300 people. I volunteer for that activity. I love that volunteer work as it include everything from setting of tables to throwing trash. Today we had done extra cleaning in the temple and because of that Praveen Bhai and me had spent at least one hour outside in this cold weather(-10 C) in Cleveland. We felt that our fingers had cut in many pieces at that time. But when we return to temple warmth that I got in form of care is really sweat. Because of good weather(no snowfall) we have more devotees than expected so there was hardly any food left by the time I reached. Surprisingly, couple of aunties had saved all varieties of food for me. I am really touched by that. I am living in Cleveland for only 3 months, but love and concern that I got in temple was amazing. There are many people who make sure that I have eaten my food and also if there are some leftovers there is box already packed for me without my knowledge. It seems we know each other from long time.This reminds me a quote by Indira Gandhi "There are 2 kinds of people, one who do the works and the one who takes the credit". Be in first category there is less competition there. I always try to be in first category :).
After lunch I became crown for 3 kids for 30 minutes or so. I raced with them, we fought, those 3 kids at one side, I am on other side. They pulled my leg and fall my down on ground many time. But there is so much fun lying down on the ground and 3 kids at your top. I don't know may be don't want to grow up, but playing with children like that gave me the most happiness. I take those kids and made them touch roof, throw them in the air and so many other childish activities. I have become a 5 year old for that time, but after that their parents came and take their kids. There is no one to take me, so unfortunately I have to resume my maturity and come back to reality of life. Hope to see a exciting week ahead.