CL Stories – Futurist [Chapter 51]

Sometimes we wish we could predict the future. Know what is going to happen next and prepare for it. The irrefutable fear of humans over the unknown is growing everyday and this causes their hunger for information insatiable and unquenchable. They delve and stare so much into what the future could bring that most of them fail to enjoy what is given to them at the moment. Is this a good way to live? We get so preoccupied with things we want to do and things we want to achieve. All our childhood and adolescent life we are taught to think about our future and plan for them accordingly. But as we grow and mature we realize that this isn't really how life is meant to be lived. We squander so much time thinking and planning for the future that we fail to appreciate what is given to us at the very moment. It's fine to plan for the future but always live one day at a time. Let the mysteries of tomorrow unfold as they should. Do not force yourself to adapt to situations that hasn’t happened yet. You are spoiling the surprises that the future holds. If you continue to plan so far ahead for your life, it will eventually be boring and too subtle for you. Looking too far ahead might make you miss and oversee opportunities that are right in front of you. Learn to live at the moment and savor life as it comes. Ride a train even if you don’t know where it will take you, walk wherever your feet will bring you and speak to someone you think you couldn’t talk to. Do things you thought you could never do and have no regrets in your life

"Take the risks and make the ultimate sacrifice now but be patient enough to wait for the result no matter how long it takes for we all know that Rome wasn't built in a day."

CL Stories – The Apple [Chapter 50]

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" We all know this proverb and it implies that having a daily supply of apple helps keep us healthy. Those tech savvy who fancy Macintosh products also appreciate the same quote. Today people are saddened for the passing of a man whose name has been phenomenal and has made the term Apple more than just your ordinary daily source of antioxidants. Steve Jobs, the CEO and founder of Macintosh or famously known as the "Apple" brand has passed away. Though the cause of death was not made known to public, he fought a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004 and also had a liver transplant sometime in 2009. He probably knew the severity of his health condition that’s why on the 24^th of August this year he decided to file his resignation as the CEO of the corporation and hand it over to Tim Cook who was the Chief Operating Officer at that time. From the first commercially successful personal computer to use a graphical interface up to the latest iPhone4S, he has brought us several technologies which have made our lives not just entertaining but a little easier than usual. Mp3 players, handhelds, personal computers and laptops, he has been a man of great creativity and dedication when it comes to his craft. His legacy will live on and his name will go down in the history of mankind. He is a king and a hero in the world of technology. He is the one who has brought us simple yet innovative technology that has influenced our daily lives and will continue to do so. He is Steve Jobs and may he rest in peace.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice."

- Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)

CL Stories – Bonds [Chapter 49]

Desperately trying to disunite and unlink the chains that bind us together, I try to leave your ominous yet encouraging presence. You’ve got your hooks so deep in me that every time I take that one step away the pain gets too intense and I just couldn’t go any further. My senses slowly go numb form all the torment while your words cripple me more rendering me helpless and weak down to my knees. Like arrows that pierce my thick armor and hits my vital spot. I am now at your mercy awaiting your Coup De Grâce. Make me savor the last remaining time given to my senses. Let the last sight my eyes will lay on be you and your kind yet cruel persona. Let the last odor that shall invade my sense of smell be your distinct scent among all men. Utter the last words that shall devour the silence and let it echo in my ears even if I tried to forget them. Remind me once more the taste of bittersweet life from your lips. A memory I’ve tried so hard to obliterate but wanted to remember so badly. Let my body feel the last ounce of warmth from yours. The recollection of this warm feeling shall be my only source of heat when we are parted from each other. End my suffering by severing your ties with me and I shall be reborn and reincarnated. By carrying with me the ideals and lessons I have learned from our time together I will become a new person. From a hapless peasant to a noble warrior you have shared with me wisdom and knowledge that even time won’t have the capability to erase. You have given to me a part of your life that even at your hardest and desperate efforts you can never take back. Time goes by and our bonds will grow again but this time it will be tighter and feelings will grow deeper which is contrary to what we have tried to predict. Forging the foundation of the bond on life’s anvil and hammering it with the obstacles we are facing as well as cooling it off with our precious emotions. We are the blacksmith of the ties we create with people. We have the capability to make it last, the capacity to withstand its obstacles and also the choice to make it shatter and break if we want to. The quality of a bond we share with them will vary depending on how we handle things on our side and how they do well on theirs. A mutual understanding, trust, compassion and sympathy will be crucial and vital to these bonds. These are the unions that you will treasure and cherish for the rest of your life. These are bonds that can never be severed but only strengthened through time.

"An inseparable bond is formed between two people who experienced PAIN because of one another and made it through because of each other."