CHANGE YOUR THINKING.......CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Dear Sawant Foundation Members,

Greetings for the new seasons,

As you all may be aware that we have found an opprtunity to meet together again on 2nd May evening at Dadar. This is is just to compensate on what we could not do this time in January due to several reasons and also remind that 3rd Generation of SF (if Kaka we call as 2nd Generation)has reached to its 60s ( Age).

I know there are lots of people within us who do not approve of celebrations but is there any other way to come together? Do we realy celebrate the festivals like our parents and forefather use to celebrate at Kalsuli. What is our budget really (individually) to celebrate these festivals at our necluear families?

Earlier it was use to say that to be happy Food, Cloths and Shelter are the basic needs of Human being. Do we realy mean that? Then the inmates or priosoner will be more happy than any slum or rural poor who do not have any one of that.

The new basic needs are - Food, Shelter, Health, Education, Freedom and Recreation(community living)( Basic Needs have gone up from 3 to 6). We as Sawant Foundation (atleast few) always enjoy (by god grace) 5 basic needs what about the sixth one- Recreation and comming together we could keep aside some budget. atlease once or twice a year we should meet apart from regual Sawant Brothers meeting

My suggestion is, we can have
Sawant Foundation Day- We can always keep it in May 2nd or first saturday of May month. For CARE we always had last saturday of April and it has wel register to all our students and welwishers. We can have in house programmes planned and welregeresd that calling somebody from outside. And also anounce our commitment towards society.

Since Jan we are taliking of supporting the Education of Sawant Foundation young generation and also from our Village- Umesh has suggested to creat a Education Fund. Can we anounce the same on this 2nd May with good strategy, targets and power point presentation???
Any idea,

Please write to me so that I can collate it together.

I do not see much excitement in the 4th Generation beyond celebrating birthdays or picnic, Can atleast one person from that take a lead to do some fun or comming out with some strategy. After interacting with few of these childrens I found that there are no thoughts or vision ahed them regarding Sawant Foundation, or they are afreid of our 3rd Generation to confront or speak openly. The selflessness is rarely found. Every body feels what is there for me? Why should we do this if there are no tangible returns? are we getting good value for Money?
Even most of the Sawant Brothers has got (including me) a bad habit of preaching people, unnecessary guiding children, telling them how they went through the hard ship of life and how the new generation should also teast that (Doese the hardship we gone through was pour choice? or it was compelled). Giving suggestion, free consultancies and critising the new generation on their idea. Whenever we meet any body we talk about education and end with education and discipline and hell lot of SALAH. I can emagine how the new generation may be feeling when they have tested the freedom.( I remember the joke- When Pranav took a motor bike he happily shared with Sawant Brothers and belive me he was desgusted with the hell lot of suggestion from us on how he should drive that, how he should take care in traffice, speed and what not when no body of them even touched the bike or drove any vehical in life!!! dont you feed how embrasing it could be for him to listen to that than getting any patting and encouragement)
Can we stop the preaching and encourage the new generation, hand over them leadrships, otherwise we will end up with what Kaka has done to us, No body in us can yet take any independent decision (at age of 60)or has leadeship skills which can lead the foundation. We are still afraid to critisise, we are still afraid to speak openly, we are still afraid to take decision, we are still afraid to enjoy. Its Time now CHANGE YOUR THINKING- CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Come on ......... Shoot back to me,

Regards

Shrinivas