The Volcano and Kabir Das...

A volcano has erupted in the Eyjafjallajokull (will someone please tell me how this is pronounced?) glacier in southern Iceland, sending huge amounts of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, which has caused almost half the flights over Europe, (especially Northern Europe) to be cancelled. There may be no flights taking off or landing for the next 3 days.

Naturally, this will have a serious effect on not just the economy of affected countries and destination countries, but also on personal lives. People will miss occasions that they need to be near their dear and loved ones. They may miss business and other opportunities that may never repeat themselves.

Reminds me of what Kabir (Indian mystic and poet) once said.

Kaal kare to aaj kar, aaj kare so ab. Pal mein parlay hoyegee, bahuri karego kab?

Translation : What you may do tomorrow do it today, what you want to do today do it now. What will you do if in a second there may be the end of the world.....
(or too late to do anything)…..?

In the business world, Microsoft’s Bill Gates has written a good book called “Business at the speed of thought”.

Read it friends. And read Kabir too. He was not a corporate person, but who says that management is the exclusive domain of managers? Our mothers managed a full household very well, in time, within budgets and with very limited resources etc...

Shed all procrastination friends. Life is short and time is a wealth that we continue to lose, never gaining…..Go out, work, travel, enjoy…