Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I am setting off my day

And I got up,
Got up to find my life full of struggles
Full of miseries, sorrows and stresses
Repleted with defeats, setbacks and excuses
Life of a loser, a no-hoper, a failure and a lame excuser

Brimmed with helplessness, I am going to set off another day
To finish my chores of the day
To pass another 24 hours of the day
To eat another 3 meals of the day
To live as a loser for another day
To wait for luck to come for another day
To envy winners and to curse my fate for another day
To go to temple and to pray to God for success for another day
To keep finding excuses for all that went wrong with me for another day
To whine for meager salary for another day
To scream waiting for my promotion for another day
And to screech for my piteous state for another day

Having these thoughts in mind, I begin all my days
Not different from many of us who begin our days the same way
We who avoid accepting failures
We who envy winners but think that we ourselves can never be
We who wanna be rich but obviate efforts needed to achieve this

Will it ever remain like this?
Will I always remain a loser?
Will I always keep envying victors?
Will I always try excuses for my failures?
Will I always stay skeptical about my success?

No, today won’t be another such day
The muscles are reflexing
The blood is boiling
The heart is beating
Body is exuding confidence
I am feeling myself as any other winner today
If one human has achieved something, I too can achieve it at my own will today

I don’t aspire luck today,
I am not skeptical about my success today
I am not whining about salary today
I am not stressed about my promotion today
I don’t need excuses today
I would accept failures that come my way
I would learn from the failures that confront my way
I would combat whatsoever comes between I and my success today
I can win, I have to win, I will win today

With this thought I got off the bed today
Not to do same chores today
Not to pass, but to live this day full-of-life today
Not to eat 3 meals, but to arrange for meals for myriads today
To make my own path today
Not to wait for fate, but to make my own fate today
To become a formidable example for other to follow today
Not going to temple to ask for success, but for strength today
Not to screech for my piteous state, but to feel pride in myself today

I am setting off my day
I am setting off my day
I am setting off my day

23 comments:

Parthiv Dave said...

Nice Poem... Nothing much to say.
Always appreciate Poetic style of writing. :)

Unknown said...

seems like my day-to-day...

Unknown said...

what a awesome poem..I liked it!!!

KK said...

Poem writing is something that is so spontaneous & original... and these qualities i found in this poem. Hope you heart renders such sweet poems again to make blissful days to others.

Ravi Agnihotri said...

Hi all,

Thank you for another supporting and motivating comments/suggestions.

Well,to say that it's the story of some specific individual would be wrong. To be precise,I should say it's the story of lives of most of us all. Let's change it for better and prideful present and future :-)

Unknown said...

VERY VERY VERY MOTIVATING AND ENCOURAGING.FRM NW ON D BEST WAY 2 START MY DAY WILL B 2 RECOLLECT DIS POEM IN MY MIND
FEELIN EBULLIENT AND BUBBLING WID ENERGY AFTER READIN IT
BEST WRK OF URS TILL DATE
READIN IT MADE MY DAY

Unknown said...

Its the day in the life of every individual today, trying to search that bliss each time, every time. There is always light at the end of the tunnel, and so there would be in every one's lives. cheers!

Arun kumar Ramasamy said...

Really good poem, which is inspiring to us

hari said...

it is a very nice and inspiring poetry,we must always be full of positive attitude and this is the poem which has inspired me.

Unknown said...

A good one... nice way to put in poetic style of writing

tinoz1980 said...

Life is a mind game .Trust me it is a mind game .Its ur mind which changes perceptions toward the same things which were always there from the time of your birth and much before your birth .Understand life and know how to accentuate and success will come :)

Unknown said...

Hmm..interesting

Unknown said...

this is really good one...am downloading this onto my desktop to keep my self motivated

kk said...

Ravi, you seem to be upto something! - gomba

kk said...

a bit inspiring..I liked it too!!!

tarak said...

Nice poem.

Ali said...

nice one man....I do get these kind of feelings sometimes but they are so short lived...can any one please tell me how to sustain these feelings so I too can one day live like a victor?

Jewelry Designer said...

Very much inspiring!Infact now I feel that there's fire within me!!

Unknown said...

great one man...

its our attitude that makes a difference in our lives... adopt a positive outlook of life... approach it with confidence and you can really make out the difference...

Suchi Sethi said...

AWESOME!! mast hai... :-)

Monica said...

you have great poetic ability, i love all of your messages

wangshu said...

haha, don't waste time on things which is useless, and you will find nothing is senseless and they will contribute your future sooner or later

siphar said...

For a change I found something to smile at and not think seriuosly over the matter.
Gud one.