Words have Power

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. ~ George Eliot

Thanks to Princy, i spent some time on my blog today, all the while chuckling, reading a few older posts. The weirdest thing was that i had to google my name and scan through a few pages of the search results to get here. So much easier than trying to make an effort to remember! Excuse me for blaming technology for making me lazier.

Now, if only my mom heard this, she would scoff loudly yet again... "See what tinkering with the mobile phone has done to you". It's true, she still remembers phone numbers (mobile and land-line) of friends and relatives, and she is still good with mental mathematics - both of which are lost arts to me. Mom beats the calculators and embarrasses the cash clerks by pointing out their errors in calculation. And her reward is the confused and startled expressions of the netizens. Her oft-repeated dialogue plays in my ear: "Look, i don't use computers, laptops, and smart phones, but i have my basics right. "
I may have the most answers to any random question and may know a bit more than Mom, but only with the internet connection on. No wonder, i dread losing the wi-fi!

Princy has asked me a couple of times why i don't write. Today, we met and something about the way she asked again, i can't pinpoint that entirely... maybe that simple gentleness, thoughtful look, playful nudge... something lit and I made up my mind that i won't go to bed tonight without checking out the long-forgotten blog. It is rightly said that influence may be the highest level of human skills and that it is the key to leadership (not authority). Bet nobody knows who they influence, when or why?

I switched on my laptop to check the blog and the last post was two years ago.  *Moment of Silence*
If it was a real place, i can't imagine how dusty this place would have been and if i would have had the courage of sprucing it up ever again. But before i actually got down to writing a post, i spent a good 3 hours texting, messaging and checking tweets... the usual distractions.

If it were not for Princy, this post would never have seen the light of day. Isn't it amazing when you have someone in your life who reminds you of things that are very close to your heart, but that you have forgotten of?

I'll leave you with another quote:

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and where ever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power. ~ Henry George.

Who are you going to influence and inspire today?