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Engineers!

To begin with, Happy Engineers Day to every engineer out there.

There’s a famous quote for engineers that we all have might come across, if you are an Engineer yourself or you might have friends, cousins who would have shared it once they graduate.

Well, here it is

4 years, 8 semesters, 48 subjects, 200 exams, 500 assignments, few backlogs, 1000 of friends, memories, and fun. We are Engineers, done and dusted.

Just imagine this, if there is anything that is widely followed by people after religion, it’s Engineering. Also, India is called the land of Engineers.

Engineers Like To Solve Problems. If There Are No Problems Handily Available, They Will Create Their Own Problems.
― Scott Adams

On this Engineers Day, India celebrates it as a tribute to one of the prominent engineer that we all have heard of. The most influential engineers from India. It’s none other than Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.

That’s right, Simple living and High thinking was his ideology.

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was the first engineer in India. The government of Bombay recruited Sir M Visvesvaraya as Assistant Engineer in the department of public works.

A consummate engineer, Visvesvaraya never stopped learning. He would often be sent to other countries, like China, Canada, USA, Russia, Egypt, etc., where he would study various engineering practices and solve problems in India using the learned technologies. He holds a unique distinction of obtaining Membership of London Institution of Civil Engineers for an unbroken 50 years. Post Independence, he was also awarded India’s highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna.

Visvesvaraya died at a grand old age of 101, in the year 1962, and to this day, 15th September of every year in India has been celebrating a century of engineering brilliance.

What Visvesvaraya stood for, was the spirit of problem solving, the unquenchable zeal to learn, passion towards a cause, unquestionable dedication and resolute discipline. The characteristics define the spirit of engineering.

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The World can’t Change us, But we can change the World! We don’t have Books in Hand, but have Revolutionary Ideas in Mind! We are the rarest common Race on Earth! Meet us,
We are ENGINEERS!

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On this day, it is important to remember, that engineering is not an educational qualification. It is a way of thinking. A way of thinking that is in every problem solver in the world. It is a way of life.

There is an engineer in everyone and today goes out to the problem solver in you.

~SAKSHI

Just be YOURSELF!

“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.”
~Alan Watts

You need to be YOU.

Unabashedly, shamelessly, wonderfully, completely transparently, authentically you.

Why?

People relate to people. They’ll relate to a real human being, telling their story, living their life, and sharing it in a creative, amusing, entertaining, and truthful way. That way, they get to come along on the journey.

“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.”
~Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was a smart man, and he knew what he was talking about when he said this.

To be yourself you have to take risks, to accept that you are not perfect, and to be courageous enough to say what you think. People will love you for it. It takes a huge amount of bravery to be original instead of a pointless replication of someone else.

What if someone is a jerk to other people? Is it okay for them to just be themselves and go on being a jerk to everyone? How about people who are fearful of being around others and live a hermit-like life, avoiding people?

Just be yourself. The person who is a jerk to others and the person who is afraid of social situations are, in actuality, not being themselves. Their real self is just being covered up with conditioned, fear-based thinking.

Our true self is who we are when we let go of all of the stories, labels, and judgments that we have placed upon ourselves. It is who we naturally are without the masks and pretentiousness.

It is who we are when we let fall to the floor the cloak of other people’s stuff that we have taken on.

Everything else that we claim to be when we say, “This is who I am!” is only a story.

“Be who you are, and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”
~Dr. Seuss

While it’s not for me to tell you what your “special sauce” is, you do need to find it and then cook up a fantastic recipe.

AND ENJOY BEING WHAT YOU ARE!

– SAKSHI

Zentangle Art

There are no limits to your imagination.

I believe that life is an art form and that each person is an artist.
The Zentangle Method is an elegant metaphor and model for
inspiring deliberate artistry in life.
Zentangle is a self-help art therapy practice to enhance relaxation
and focus.

Zentangle – that means there are no given templates. No
ready-made solutions. Instead, the Zentangle patterns are set with
caution.
But do not worry: Zentangle is not about good or bad drawings.
It is not about right or wrong. All that matters is the drawing
itself, just the willingness to try!

It doesn’t have to be complicated to be beautiful!
The creativity options and pattern combinations are boundless.
And anyone can do it!

Keep calm and Zentangle on!

– SAKSHI

Finger Art

When you think of finger painting, you likely imagine a kindergarten classroom filled with 5-year-olds mindlessly smudging colors everywhere except their canvas. It’s messy. It’s chaotic.

There is some special about using your hands to paint, kids know this. It’s a different experience as there is nothing between the artist and their art. Creative energy must have an easier time traveling from artist to art in this scenario.

Finger painting is a classic form of meditative “play” therapy. Brushes are intimidating, but fingertips we’re born with and they allow us to feel the paint.
You really can let your imagination go wild!
Take a day off and get your hands dirty!

Leave the brushes behind! Get messy too!

– SAKSHI