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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Things to do before I DIE !!!

Its just a start. This list is bound to grow...

1) Eat a snake (cooked, of course)
2) Drive a Boxster
3) Sip a glass of Strawberry wine
4) Climb a mountain
5) Ride a Sailboat
6) Go for hiking in likings of Amazons
7) Public performance on stage
8) Guest lecture at an institution - DONE Feb 3, 2011 (Thanks to Nikhil)
9) Travel in a commercial Truck (wanted to since my early days, Thanks Anshu for reminding)
10) Travel to Hemkunt Sahib
11) Learn a foreign language other than English - Work in progress (French, Self learning)
12) Learn to play a Musical Instrument
13) Promote hockey.(Any way)
14) Attend a live concert. - Done Oct 5, 2013 (Jashn-e-Ghulam Ali)

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Trust & Trustworthiness - Is there a frame of context ???

I believe that doing by choice is greater than doing by force and that makes us chose our friends over our family. Among other things that form a friendship is the trust that we put into the relation. What I am thinking is that how much trust can you put into something. It is of course we, who decide to trust; but is there any limit or 'box' in which the boundaries of trust can be observed. Is there a limit to trust that can be put into something or someone? Do we show varying level of trust for the same person or thing at different times? This of course is true at different levels of relations or usage, but what I am trying to decipher is that if it is true for a constant level of relationship. For example, does a Husband show varying level of trust in his wife after, say 25 years of married life? 
  
     I guess the point of discussion is that if trust like everything else has a context too. That would, however, mean that I would trust or not trust someone depending upon the current circumstances and not based on my own judgement or conscience. And when that happens, do relations sustain or do they just snap off? Now some of us may confuse it with level of confidence that you might show in someone but there is difference so subtle that many people just don't differentiate between two. For example, If someone asks me to lend my car to him, I may not have confidence in him as a driver but I may trust him that he would tell me the right thing about his driving skills. So you see what I am trying to reach at. Any calls?