Meaning of life!

It feels so good to be sitting down and reflecting on the events that have unravelled lately. What seemed like a rollercoaster ride, finally put me on a high note at the end of the day. Yes! I am talking about my nuptial life.

Life's good! No.. no.. this is no LG ad! Life is really good. Shows you everything you see! Being married now, I realize what it is to be a better half of someone. Back at college I remember one of my professors say this, "When two individuals do some project together at work what we should be looking at, is the result or outcome but when we talk out-of-work, what matters is the process of doing it together, no matter what the outcome is." This is something I can vouch for! Living with a person you love and together doing things you love to do is all one would ever call a happy living. With my husband, I'm living very happily!

Soon after our wedding ceremony, we suddenly had so many things to do in so less time! Nonetheless we escaped from everyone and everything for a big 5 days. C'mon now... we are married! And then there were rest of the ceremonies and rituals that had taken place. We also had to visit many pilgrimages to convey our thankfulness to the almighty, which we did. Apart from all this traveling, we also had to go meet relatives and go for our Visas. What a time crunch! Between all this, I got to know Midhun more closely. Now I'm with him every passing minute. The way he does things, the way he talks to everyone, the way he makes people happy... Wow~ I'm amazed at my selection and I'm so proud of it!

He never let me miss my family... my people. He took real good care of me. I know that my mom, dad and sis are not going to take it easily that I'm not going to stay with them then on. They obviously miss me and deep within, I do too. It wasn't so easy for me to move on too inspite of having another big family for myself but for them... it was rough! This rough!

We then flew to the US. Started our brand new life together with just the two of us... and believe me... this is the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm all by myself now! I take decisions on how things have to work around me. Suddenly, I'm the big shot of my town! Felt extremely good. This is the world of our own now. We, Radhika, Tharun, friends et al. I started working the very next week I came here... all for good! I would've got mad sitting idle.

And lo... here it is... my busy little life buzzing with activity, fun, joy, happiness!

I do!

Marriage! - the institution. Those were the days when my perception of marriage was something close to two-people-staying-in-one-house kinda deal. And now o'course... lots has changed in my basket! I'm on a new plain of living... discovering an unseen dimension. A new life... MY LIFE! In the process of growing up... I thought marriage was a compromise between two people on everything happening in each of their routines. Thanks to the filmdom I even thought that marriage is disastrous because it is impossible for two strangers to suddenly start living together as a family.

Naaah... Life ain't that harsh at you. You just need pick the right one! A true union is that of hearts and that of discovering what two individuals mean to each other. Understanding that the other person's happiness and sadness are now bonded with yours and that shouldering responsibilities together sincerely and faithfully is the essence of joyous living... makes a union more meaningful. The performance of series of rites and rituals is only an approval of the elders, the society and the divine, to accept the matrimonial union of the couple. The event of taking charge of an important office is essentially associated with an oath-taking ceremony. And so it happened when I took charge as Midhun's WIFE.

In presence of divine nature as witness, happened the amalgamation of our personalities on the 29th of August in world's most beautiful location. And there... our lives' big task of finding a true loyal companion was finally accomplished. We experienced a satisfaction that simply can't dwell in mere assembly of words. We bound it securely with these oaths of union from the Hindu culture.

MIDHUN'S OATHS:

1- DHARMA PATNEE MILITWAIVA, HYEKAM JEEVANAMAAVAYOH.
ADYAARABHYA YATO ME TWAMARDDHANGINEETI GHOSHITAA.
From this moment, declaring the bride as my better-half and amalgamating my personality with that of my wife, I am creating a new living entity. I shall take as much care of my wife, as I do for parts of my own body.

2- SWEEKAROMI SUKHEN TWAAM, RIHLAKSHMI MAHANTATAH.
MANATRAYITWAA VIDHAASYAAMI, SUKAARYAANI TWAYAASAH.
I am happily handing over the significant authority for financial management of my household to my wife promise to consider her views and suggestions in all of life significant.

3- ROOP SWAASTHYA SWABHAANTU, GUNADOSHAADEEN SARVATAH.
ROGAAGYAAN VIKAARAASHCHA, TAVA VISMRITYACHETASAH.
I shall not develop or nurture any aversion towards my wife on account of conditions related to her appearance, beauty, health, natural traits, disease or mistakes due to her ignorance. Nor shall I express discontentment in this context. I shall also maintain a cordial relationship with her by either patiently and lovingly making attempts for improvement in any shortcomings in her or make adjustments otherwise.

4- SAHACHARO BHAVISHYAAMI, POORNA SNEHAM PRADAAITE.
SATYATAA MAM NISHTHAA CHA, YASYAADHAARAM BHAVISHYATI.
I shall always be a close friend of my wife and also show maximum possible affection to her. I shall follow this pledge faithfully in letter and spirit.

5- YATHAA PAVITRA CHITTEN, PAATIVRATYAM DHRITAM VRATAM.
TATHAIV PALAYISHYAAMI, PATNIVRAT MAHAM DHRUVAM.
I shall strictly follow the codes of behavior specified for a husband in reciprocation of those made for a wife. I shall neither think of nor indulge in adultery.

6- GRIHASYAARTHA VYAVASTHAAYAAM, MANTRAYITWAA TWAYAA SAH.
SANCHAALANAM KARISHYAAMI, GRIHASTHOCHIT JEEVANAM.
In domestic matters, I shall let my wife have upper hand and adopt a life-style becoming of an ideal householder by making a family budget in consultation with my spouse.

7- SAMRIDDHI SUKH SHAANTINAAM, RAKSHANAAI TATHAA TAV.
VYAVASTHAAM SANKARISHYAAMI, SWA SHAKTI VAIBHAVAADIBHIIHI.
I shall faithfully utilize my strength and resources in making arrangements for pleasure, peace, progress and protection of my wife.

8- YATNASHEELO BHAVISHYAAMI, SANMAARG SEVITUM SADAA.
AAVAYOH MATBHEDAANSHCHA, DOSHAANSAN SHODHYA SHAANTTTAH.
I shall unilaterally make every possible effort to keep my own behavior towards my wife exemplary and resolve all differences and mistakes peacefully. I shall neither blame, insult nor ignore my wife in the company of other persons.

9- DEVAGNI SANMANUSHYAANAAM, SAANNIDHYE KRITANISHCHAYAH.
TWAAM PRATYAHAM BHAVISHYAAMI, SAHISHNUHU MRIDULASTATHAA.
With the divine powers, sacred fire and gentleman as witness, I take a pledge to be tolerant and soft spoken with my wife.

10-BHAVATYAAMASAMARTHAAYAAM, VIMUKHAA YAANCHA KARMANI.
VISHWAASAM SAHYOGANCH, MAM PRAAPASYASI TWAM SADAA.
I give an assurance that even in the event of my wife becoming infirm, invalid or finding her indifferent towards her responsibilities due to some reason, I shall not deviate in the least from my own responsibilities and continue to extend my cooperation to her.

11-MADHURAA PREM SANYUKTAAM, VAARTAA SATYAVYAVHRITIM.
DRIDHAM PATNIVRATMEKAM VACHO ME TAV SANNIDHAU.
I pledge to remain sweet and affectionate during conversation with my wife and in course of my behavior with her. I also promise to be strictly faithful to her.

RAMYA'S OATHS:

1- SWAJEEVANAM MELAYITWAA, BHAVATAH KHALU JEEVANE.
BHOOTWAA CHAARDHAANGINEE NITYAM, VASISHYAAMI GRIHE SADAA.
Amalgamating my life-style with that of my husband, I shall create a new entity of human existence. In this way I shall always be living as his true better-half (Ardhangini)

2- SHISHTATAA POORVAKAM SARVAIH, PARIWAAR JANAIH SAH.
AUDAARYEN VIDHAASYAAMI VYAVAHAARAM CHA KOMALAM.
I shall always consider all friends and members of my husband's family as integrated units of one system, maintain cordial relationship with all of them, serve them open heartedly and behave with them sweetly.

3- TYAKTVALASYAM KARISHYAAMI, GRIHKARYE PARISHRAMAM.
BHARTURHARSHAM HI GYAASYAAMI, SWEEYAAMEV PRASANNATAM.
Resisting indolence, I shall perform domestic chores laboriously. In this way, I shall extend appropriate cooperation to my husband in his progress and betterment of standard of living.

4- SHRADDHAYAA PAALAYISIIYAAMI, DHARMAM PAATIVRATAM PARAM.
SARVADAIVAANUKOOLYEN, PATYURAADESHAPAALIKA.
I shall remain faithful to my husband; be always favorable to him respectfully; shall never be hypocritical in my behavior towards him. I shall also make it a habit to follow his advice and instructions in letter and spirit promptly.

5- SUSHROOSHANAPARAA SWACHCHHAA. MADHURPRI YABHAASHINI.
PRATI JAANE BHAVISHYAAMI SATATAM SUKHADAAYINEE.
I shall cultivate virtues of selfless service, cleanliness, pleasantry and sweetconversation. On the other hand, I shall carefully avoid development of vices and bad habits like jealousy, nagging and grumbling. In this way, I shall always make my presence pleasurable.

6- MTI'AVYAYEN GAARHA STHYASANCHAALANE HI NITYADAA.
PRAYATISHYE CHA SOTSAAHAM, TAVA, AHAMANUGAAMMEE.
I shall manage domestics requirements by keeping the house-hold expenditure to a minimum. I shall avoid extravagance. In spite of my husband becoming financially or physically weak, I shall enthusiastically continue to follow disciplines of an ideal house-holder.

7- DEVASWAROOPO NAARINAM, BHARTAA BHAWATI MANAVAH.
MATVETITWAM BHAJISHYAMI, NIYATA JEEVANAA-VADHIM.
Regarding my husband as a representative of God, sent as a life-long companion, I shall overlook differences of opinion with him and remain active throughout my life in rendering services due of me. I shall never insult or ignore my husband publicly or privately.

8- POOJYAASTAVA PITARO YE, SHRADDHAYAA PARAMAA HI ME.
SEVAYAA TOSHAYISHYAAMI, TAANSADA VINAYEN CHA.
I shall always keep all those persons contented with my services and humility who are held in high esteem by my husband and are dear and near to him.

9- KADAAPI KWAAPI KIMAPI, KARISHYE NA PARANGMUKHEE.
PRATI JAANAAMI MAM CHA, TWAMEVA SARVAMEVA HI.
At all moments of life and under all circumstances, even on temporal estrangement, I shall continue to perform my duties towards my husband without expecting anything in return.

And herez something I found from smwhere and this sums all thatz in my heart...

In clear weather and in the fog,
when we’re online and on our blog,
I will love him through thick and thin,
no matter what state we’re in,
Through good and bad,
when glad or sad,
I will have, and I will hold
Ten years from now a thousandfold,
I promise to love as best I can,
my husband, my friend, this handsome man!

Yes, I will love this man of mine, For now and forever till the end of time!

I do!

Meet Miss Mokshadayini ~*~

Sure, my readers are a couple of curious cats, who really want to know what happened in and after the much awaited "Meet" that I was talking about. Ok... not to beat around the bush, here is what happened... in one brief line -

He proposed love to me. I said "Yes". I proposed marriage to him. He said "Yes".

During this meet we very soon realized...what runs through us is the same damned feeling! We have a perfect frequency match here. Then why not spend the rest of our lives together getting to know more of each other. We are ready to bet our lives that it is going to be a joyful and lovely experience. There were days I was wondering about how all this worked!? But it really ain't that complicated when it came to me. Itz simple. You WILL know... trust me!

Seldom does a Knight in shining armor, comes to hold your hand. He did and he grabbed me by my waist. There is no way I'm leaving him!

The Meet

Life is like a movie. Most of the time, the story gets recycled. Its premise is based on the same old idea with some twists here and there. Good vs. evil. Boy meets girl, boy fall in love, some trouble came along the way and a happy ending to wrap up the entire story. Sounds familiar doesn't it?

Metaphorically, I always feel that my life is running on sequels. The same old premise about a girl wondering about life. That is why I had stopped blogging sometime back. Perhaps, I felt that it was no longer interesting to talk about the four letter word, (that is L.I.F.E, mind you; what were you thinking of??)

However, recent incidents has spurred me to blog about this topic again. There are a handful of people that carry a heavy influence in my life. Be it people whom I know from the past or present, these individuals are like 'setpieces' in a movie which form a sequence of scenes for a highpoint in a film. They outlined certain dramatic moments in my life. One of this 'setpiece' species entered my life recently, for reasons that can be rooted from collective actions of his as well as mine which eventually led up to a chance of meeting up with him.

Time has played its part in shaping who we are today. Transgression from our actions has lead to this meet. The person whom I mentally have in my mind might be different from this person, but I'm sure that the similarities will definitely ring a bell or two. Admittedly, I was more at ease talking to him on phone while both of us seem to have some apprehension or the other about our meeting. I knew almost immediately that we see life from different perspectives. But then there were too many revelations, too much criteria, too many evaluations, too much speculation. In the end, I realised that my opinion about him didn't change even by a bit from the time I knew his existence.

I hope, the meet will be more of an educational process for me than igniting flames ;) Some of the questions that have been looming in my mind need to be resolved. In every way, I will be personally glad to see him. Our paths have crossed for a reason. The real big question is where do we go from here?

Hi!

My Best Friend's Wedding

Dedicated to Asha & Harish

The wedding invite

Wedding as such is a time to celebrate and needless to mention, my best friend's wedding is obviously a heavier reason for all my extra excitement. Asha is definitely a lucky dame for the way things have worked out for her have been awesome! A telugu-Hyderabadi gurl, an illad-Mallu guy and both living in the Kannada land... wooo... ain't it "Zimbly South" :D Frankly, I was a bit apprehensive about the south indian integration that has to happen for everything to go just fine and today I'm mighty glad for it was splendid. Them being a BITSian couple adds the special charm, I guess.

Wedding ceremonies, poojas and relatives had started at Asha's place right from Thursday morning but the real fun part seeped in with the Mehndi and Sangeet spanning the whole of Saturday. Bride's Mehndi took me near about six hours and with Neeta, Harsha and Shruti entertaining us with their Varsham dance and occassional lakalakalaka leaving us in a fit of crazy laughter, it almost felt like no time. Rashmi and few other friends joined us in the evening before Harish's parents and relatives came home for another of those haldi-chandan rituals followed by dinner. Post dinner, started the enthu packed Nach-Gaana session where e v e r y b o d y had a ball. We spared neither the groom's mother nor the bride's father. It was great fun! Later in the night while putting mehndi to aunty and rest of Asha's relatives... all their 'malle poolu - mile dooram' stories took the center stage ;) LOL!!

On the wedding day, after getting Asha all decked up for the wedding I was obviously going to get late coz my deck wudn't take any short time for sure.. lol!! and guess who else was with me.. Rashmi... now u know why I afford to call myself fast! :D After an hour and after some 21 calls from my bumchums, I finally reached the hall and was soon all over the place. hehehe... The wedding and the lunch were real good! Everything happened the way it should and Asha is now a better woman ;p Later in the evening was her Vidaai - a tough moment for any girl. Asha's mom was no different from any mother sending off her only daughter to live on her own. She was crying her heart out. I don't know what happened to me suddenly, I became so restless and my eyes were searching frantically for that lady in green standing exactly at the opposite end from where I was standing, suppressing her own tears and shooting furtive glances at me. Mom.

I already cried a bucket before Asha came upto me to say bye. She softly said in my ear, "Idiot! I'm happy re!" *giggles* now this was tooo reassuring and also the look on Harish's face when I asked him to take good care of Asha, made me so comfortable again! Before I realised whatz happenning further, the grand vidai baarat started with all the loudness and massness. Starcast of the baarat dance, Asha's brother Sriram and gang... uncontrollably zonked by the music I must say. The fireworks added to the grandeur of that starry night.

The celebration was "pompous" in the true sense of the word but the enthu I had expected from BTR for its first wedding definitely fell less. Neva mind garals... the next one [mine ;)] has to be nothing less than 'Great!' ... lekapothe kosi karame :D So, herez me wishing Mrs. & Mr. Harish Sivaramakrishnan a very happy married life, a great reception at Kochi and brilliant time at Maldives. Thus begins... Chapter Asharish! :)

Blah!

First of all, I'd like to apologize for being a delinquent blogger. For those of u who check ur favorite sites daily like me, itz frustrating to go to one looking for a fresh little tid-bit of info and see ntn new. For the rest of you who might check this once a week or month...you are probably not overly concerned. :) :)

Oiy. It's been a month since I posted. I've got to pick up the slack here. It is 01:40 a.m. Friday morning. I was supposed to get to sleep one hour earlier (going to be hell of a day for me since I need to finish off my certain-important-tasks) but somehow I can't get my eyes to shut. My mind is feeling wide awake and that is why I turned to blogging to drain out some juice from my brain.

I have nothing to blog about now. Just some random thoughts in my mind again. Well, actually I do have something to write but I don't feel like narrating another episode of my life at the moment. I'd really, really like to give a glamorous reason for it, like say "I was too busy living hIgH on life" but the truth is way less exciting. I have too many unfinished things on the go right now and there is just no way to post about them and make them sound "Cool!". And also it's just plain no fun to make posts that say "I didn't finish anything, but see this small bit is all that I've done." I really have no words to sum up what n all is happening around me... guess I'm overthinking on some of them.

My colleague who sits right next to me at office is missing! Wierd and foreboding thoughts are hitting my head. Where would he go!? n why? Someone who is happily engaged and soon to be married... he ran away!? Cowardice!!

A close friend of mine and her boyfriend ... why aren't things going the way they should have. Why is he sent to as far as Zimbabwe when things were jus' about right. They believe I can make things better for them. Awrite! PHILIPS - Let's make things better!

My best friend's wedding. April 22nd. A beautiful beginning of the most wonderful love story I ever came across. This is something I'm waiiiiting for! The very thought that I'll meet all my long lost frenz makes me feel so excited. Ol' times... ol' pals... refreshing thoughts sweep my mind thinking abt them... always!

My cousin, her husband and life ... I can write a big episode on this too!

Office n HR ... duh! (bunch of fools!)

Darl sis. Freshers. Seniors. Advice. Studies. Digression. Records. Labs. Friends. Silly fights. et al... same old adolescent stuff!

Finally finally ME! This is easily the most interesting bit. First time after long, I sense the loss-of-direction kinda feeling. The only thing I am sure of at this point of time is that I'm gonna be Mrs.Ramya *dash* by the end of this year. "Hey u in red n yello out there... whatever happens is probably fr the good... and I'm absolutely blank about what will happen next!! but all we hafto do is wait n WAIT n weigh it! :D "

It is 02:15 a.m. now. I wrote this post without much editing. I felt that a spontaneous writing would be a refreshing change to my blog. Anyway, it is time to TRY to get some sleep again.

Where are u boi !??

Having just crossed over the finish line (I mean completing my so-called-important task at office, of course), I can finally take a breather as well more space to ponder over what to blog about today. Ok, first of all, the dreaded Valentine's Day that passed by... don't get me wrong d'ya? I used to love V-day. I mean it is the day to reaffirm your devotion to your loved one, spend some mushy time together doing well... mushy stuff and exchange Valentine gifts. Aww, that's all nice and sweet but there is a minor problem. Where is THE person I'm looking for?? I am anticipating only another few months of dateless celebrations.

I believe Valentine's day is over commercialized and overrated but this year, I didn't want to fire a round of salvo against it but rather I wanted to talk about my preference for the person, who hopefully will end up as my soulmate one day. I do get remarks from my friends who say that I am overly choosy and have an unrealistically high expectatation level when it comes to choosing... ahem...boyfriend. Truth is, I am not that choosy (wink wink) but I am only being selective over what I want. Hey, c'mon if that person is going to be your potential life time companion, you have to choose carefully don't you?

First of all, he must be pleasant looking. I don't mean that he has to look handsome-hunk-types but that would be sweet though. What I meant is that he must be good to look at. Ok before anyone accuse me being a shallow person, hey it is my choice and I want my darling to look good. And I quote what a good friend of mine said "We are programmed in our DNA to admire handsome guyz", so eat that.

Oh did I also mention that he must have a good body? I am not asking for a perfect muscle bag, but rather I meant, he should not look malnutritioned (heheheeee). I dislike guyzs who are too thin and bony. It sort of makes me feel as if they are not eating well and unhealthy. And he must not be temperamental. While I do have my share of mood swings, I never burst out my emotions as far as I can remember. I hate that and I certainly don't tolerate anyone doing that to me. If he is unhappy over some things then he should just share it out, not burst it out. Relationship is about proper communication right? And also, he shouldn't be overly particular over nitty gritty stuff. Look, I am a 'chubbly-bubbly' gal (that means easy going) and I would expect him to be the same too but definitely more saner than me. Any signs of volatile emotions is an instant turn-off for me.

Besides physical appearance, intelligence is a BIG attraction to me. I am simply turn on with guys who speak intelligently. I do want him to possess an IQ of a genius but definitely not too much that I feel intimidated by it.(Lolzzzz) Someone who shares a deeper thought of life and things surrounding them will surely fall in my good books. In a way, it does mean that I am seeking for someone with the same wave length as mine. Smart, Suave... sweet! Communication to me is important and having the same communication channel will be easier for feelings to be conveyed and understood.

And since I am a Libran, I believe in balance. Balance in life and everything I do. Hence, I don't want someone who is overly homely and neither do I like someone who partyz every night. He should be somewhere in the middle (though I prefer a slightly more inclined towards staying at home :P) Also, I would expect my man to care of me as much as I do for him. (This is dead common sense right?)

To be continued... (duh!)

Who it iz!?

Back in the Wheel of Time!

Well... today happens to be the fourth consecutive day when my thoughts had drifted back to good old campus days. Thoughts have been surprisingly pleasant, considering the number of times I have just loathed my existence there. I had remembered campus for the sheer screw-ups I have most of the times landed myself into- much because of me being irresponsible without excuse and of course lazy without reason....though there have been quite a number of happier moments too! But for the past few days, I have thought about the friends I have made there, and the nature of my relationship with them right now. Regret often follows out of the same, but on the whole I realize I have been happy.

I can name a few of them and call them my best pals, if my definition there is accurate. And then of course I have to thank the place for having given me a mysterious gLoW and fan follwing (heheehee...), which I must say I would have otherwise not have (Blushes!). From the meek...humble to the veritably so extrovert & bubbly kid, the metamorphosis has been enormous, something that has surprised me even today. My first day in 6223 all alone..wondering why I had landed in that god-forsaken place, my night-outs in 6302 to get introduced to my close pal, the music nights, my most memorable OASIS 2004, Physics-I comprehensive, December 6th: EG online, APOGEE 2005, the prize we won, innumerous trips to Mt.Abu-Jaisalmer-Jaipur-Jodhpur-Ajmer-Udaipur n Delhi o'course, the longest summer vacation back home, Creative Activities Club, TT stunts...bets, brain-storming abt the sTrUcTuReS, conspiring against Art'n Dee, LOTR-fellowship screened in the audi, dirty dirty politics, publicity stunts, being proposed to, PS I results, PS I [:D], my boyfren - Laurent Kyombo, my first CDC class, Contract Advertising for that Rolls-Royce, The Jealousy, my first lecture with 486 students facing me, ma farewell, sky sessions, Radii chai talks, Psenti night, Dirty dancing, December trip [that would be something am currently trying to forget], Wipro Technologies Ltd., PS II results, my internship abroad which never happened... Etched in my memory are those three n half years, I had spent in the haven they call BITS, Pilani and I love to call "college". I had always thought I would never miss the place, infact I would forget it completely. But today I realize, how much I yearn to get back.......to get back to friends...to get back to life......to get back to problems....to get back to foolish laughter......to get back to good ol' college fun.......

And today when I met a bunch of my crazy frenz from college... I realize... they are jus as crazy! Nothing changes!... just that we go back n forth in this Wheel of Time!

Cheer in full measure!

Obituary

Tomorrow... if need be! hehehe... Audience are kindly requested to dil pe mat le!

Ramya Satyam, Civil & pseudo Software Engineer at LGS, died last night from complications of losing her latest crush. She was hardly 22 years old and absolutely outspoken gurl, also obsessive. Ramya never looked the part of a hopeless romantic. But in the final days of her life, she revealed an unknown side of her psyche.

This hidden quasi-Jungian persona...surfaced during the Agatha Christie-like pursuit for her long-reputed Darling, a man whom she only saw in office a few times and may be spent a few precious phone conversations with. Sadly, the protracted search ended late Friday evening...in complete and utter failure. Yet even in certain defeat, this courageous Ramya secretly clung to the belief...that life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences. Uh-uh. But rather it's a tapestry of events... that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan.

Asked about the loss of their dear friend, Akanksha, Aruna & Gopi, described Ramya as a changed woman in the last days of her life. "Things were clearer for her, " Akanksha noted. Ultimately, Ramya concluded that if we are to live life in harmony with the universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancients used to call "fatum," - what we currently refer to as destiny. - Destiny.