A Recollection.

Man in fact recollects more when his eyes are closed than when eyes are open & takes deep breath. One of the occasions in life when a man becomes desperate is when he can't recollect anything. Recollection is essential to everybody. Gandhiji & 3 monkeys very well convey " Don't see bad,don't hear bad & don't speak bad. In other words man recollects what he sees, hears & speaks only.

Sometimes ,one may not recollect anything at all. It is when they recollect God & forget everything & have solace. A prayer to God is often " Oh God enable me recollect time to time always right steps to be taken ." How many dreams one would have in their life.Only a few amongst them one would be able to recollect. Without His blessings nothing could be recollected . Recollection is God's boon. Without recollecting often it is difficult to make either head or tail.

There are many matters one needn't recollect at all also. They get entrenched in memory. They are unforgettable.How can we forget that which is useful helpful & which has become a part & parcel of our life. Often what a man recollects depends upon individual .One recollects smile & another recollects anger.He recollects whatever he did & whatever that had happened. Recollections allow one draw lessons from their life.They must be appropriate to the moment.They affect mood of an individual. They are many a time immensely helpful in taking decisions & chalking out strategies. It is they make one come to the conclusion that old is gold. They enable comparisons .

A man can recollect even his own rights & wrongs.Wise men often recollect their mistakes & don't repeat them.What's gratitude? Is it not born out of recollections. What you did him you may forget but he always recollects it.Recollection is a way of expressing gratitude.It keeps one busy.It doesn't allow life to be boring. Many a time make one enjoy life too.

World wont have developed by leap & bounds had recollections weren't shared by people from time to time. Based on recollections only one often arrives at their decisions. It is recollections often lead to realisations too.Recollection is an inward journey. No disturbance & silence is always golden to it. Meditation & pranayama help immensely recollections. Whether it's Gautam Buddha or other saints, they emulated them. It's recollections that sometimes fetch hope or despair.

A recollection is only a gist. It takes one up or down in stature. Better anything is recollected always in time. There is a saying which says "A stitch in time saves nine." Recollections are nothing but tapping of memory.More older a matter is more tapping is needed, more memory has to be drilled to have a clear picture.In life one can recollect something & one can't recollect something at all.Recollection depends upon many factors.

Life is not a straight line at all. Ups & downs are common in it. It's recollections & forgetfulness enable one bear it .More one recollects their good days more happy they would be in life, more peels of laughter they would have.Without necessity or without a reason one seldom recollects.

Quotations & sayings are too recollections of great people worth recollecting again & again. What are novels & poems ? They are also recollections only.There is a lot to recollect in life. It's better one recollects only what's necessary in it. One shouldn't waste time recollecting unnecessary matters.Recollecting unnecessary matters makes one mad & wastes time. Mind is a great judge. It knows what to recollect & what not to recollect. It recollects man by his deeds.

To-day why we do not need a calculator? It is on account of recollection of maths tables in primary classes. What an exercise it was ?

What is hidden in subconscious mind is always a mystery.It's recollections that brings it out. Recollection is a mental process where one by one incident gradually appears to give a vivid picture. It always relates to past. It is a good habit.

Life is full of incidents. What to recollect & what not to recollect is many a time a dilemma.Nobody usually doesn't want to recollect that which is bitter.Recollection of bitter incidents makes life bitter.Everyone can't recollect equally.Recollection differs from man to man.It's sometimes good & sometimes not good.Sometimes it's a boon & sometimes its a curse.Its it often develops qualities like forgiveness ,anger, gratefulness & revenge in man.It depends upon man & his memory.It depends upon what had impressed & got imprinted on the mind of individual .One can recollect only what has happened & not that hasn't happened. Recollections make us remember what we were once. Recollections need leisure & efforts.How they would begin & how they would end it couldn't be said. Recollecting & forgetting are two important aspects of human life. Instead of trying to recollect everything it is better one recollects what's important & necessary. One must be mentally quite alert while recollecting. Recollection of one's time to time moves reveal their intention. Recollections decode brains.

Man cannot remain in life remembering only happy days. He has to recollect days which were troublesome & hard too. Then only he would be a real man .Happy days & hard days are like a day & night .They are two sides of a coin. Whenever wherever essential man tries to recollect in life. Retirement is an apt period to recollect for him .

What would make one recollect , it couldn't be said. Recollections fetch always different experiences .The reasons are not always the same for recollecting. Sometimes it is necessity, sometimes it is incident, & sometimes it is leisure.

Man recollects a person more when he or she is dead than when he or she is alive. A person is recollected for not only good that he does , he is recollected but also for whatever bad that he does too.

Every man has got one or other favourable moment in life worth recollecting . It gives them immense pleasure to recollect it .What isn't recollected at that time?Man recollects his innocence as well as ignorance & laughs at himself.

Nothing measures progress or decline than recollections.More than seven decades ago I came to Bengaluru as a school going boy from Shimoga by Talaguppa - Bangalore narrow gauge train on. It was mango season. How much mangoes I should eat I was not knowing. I ate mangoes more than what one should eat and had dysentery. It couldn't be controlled for several months for proper diet wasn't maintained. Diet control is always very important to control dysentery. May be proper medicines might not have been prescribed too. Bengaluru had not grown enormously at that time. It was pensioners paradise.Population was only a few lakhs. Jayanagar,& Hanumanthanagar were not in existence at that time. Local bus services were absent. Horse carts were popular mode of local transport in those days.

Our house was situated just opposite to Maharstra Mahila Vidyashala on Vani Vilas Road Basavangudi. Now it is not Maharstra Mahila Vidyashala it is Vasavi Vidyaniketan. It was nearer to back gate of Lalbaug. It was nearer to National High school. Fleet of HAL buses were strolling in front of our house in mornings & evenings.In those days National High school had a clock tower. I studied my 3rd & 4 th standard classes in Primary school affiliated to National High School.

Boyhood is often happiest part of one's life. It is happy go care free no life. No responsibility what so ever. My boyhood too was memorable. .

It was on National High school grounds with Shankar mutt Road on one side & K.R. Road on other side, I learnt playing cricket. It was where I used to watch famous cricketers L.T.Aswath, L.T. Adishesh, L. T. Subbu , & Kasturirangan playing cricket . There were no cricket stadiums in Bengaluru in those days.Dattu Phadkar, Vijay Merchant, Vijay Hazare, Vinoo Mankad, Lala Amarnath & Mustaq Ali were idols of Indian cricket at that time. National High school ground was Kashi of Karnataka cricket. Now -a -days Natiianonal high school grounds are famous for holding political rallies. Now-a days circles are disappearing.They are replaced by fly overs. City has become a metropolitan city.

I was so much interested in cricket that I used to forget food & everything . It is in younger days one would have not one ambition but would have number of ambitions.My ambition was to become a cricketer. There was no T. V. during those days. I used to go in search of radio to listen commentary. I cared a little hot sun or strain. It was cricket craze. Still it has not subsided. Cricket is a beautiful game. How many forms it has taken now. It involves not only players but also it involves completely onlookers. Everything has a limit. Craze too must have a limit. Craze is good to a game but not to a man. It wastes valuable time of a man. It is well said "Too much is always too bad."Craze differs from man to man. Of course , people who have same craze are found too. Some craze is temporary . Some craze is permanent.