Happy Women's Day

“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in doing.

It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving”

- Mother Teresa

Salutations to all women in our lives!

Dreams . . . Reality

Dreams are a reality. But realizing all dreams, is that a reality too?!
I guess not!

'God wouldnt give you the ability to dream without the ability to make your dreams come true' - I have kept preaching this for quite some time now. But, I wonder if it really makes any sense . . . ?!

On the way .. back to Happy Days

Can I ever forget that day?!
Around 3.30 in the afternoon, I was on my way back home from music class. Three long hours of music practice, I was elated. Still humming the tunes on the way back on my sweetheart scooty, it started drizzling, as if to add to my excitement. Only I know how happy I was! I would have probably jumped and played in the rain water on the road if no one was around! I had lost myself in that euphoria - music, scooty and rains.
Now I recollect those moments and wonder - Did I really relish those small pleasures so much back then.

Another day I remember, a kid in a grocery shop smiled at me and tried to hold my fingers. My face brightened up and the joy lingered on for many days.
I look back and again wonder - it was so trivial yet that moment's happiness has lasted so long.

Where am I lost these days? I dont seem to 'feel' that happiness for anything nowadays. Life was at its best when it was simple and little things made be immensely happy. What am I chasing these days? Can I 'try' being happy on little pleasures again, or have I lost that lucky charm with the vicissitudes of life?!

All this realization happened to me when I saw the video of "Main agar kahoon" from OSO. In the song, she knows that everything around is fabricated by him. They spend a wonderful time together enjoying in simple ways; A perfect date with the loved one, need not be necessarily in Swiss or Mauritius. Happiness is in just "being happy" in simple ways for simple things.

Its time I change myself back to how I was those days, laughing and giggling on smallest of the small things. Time to make my life beautiful again! :)

What magic mommy

Sunday morning, and I was still slugging in my bed.

The previous night, me and my sister had messed up the drawing hall, trying to arrange the dolls for this year's 'Dasara Doll Show'. We had just started arranging when some movie started playing on the tv. Both movie buffs, left the drawing hall in a total messy state and ended up enjoying the movie. Not even bothering to pile up the things in one corner, we left the place as it was and went to sleep.

It was morning soon for pappa. He woke up only to get disgusted to find our home looking like hell. As expected, we both woke up on pappa's bitter scoldings. So silly it would sound but yes, the three of us remained cross with each other, not speaking till mom woke up. Mom wasnt aware of the "fight" between us; She was not keeping well and had slept off early last night. By the time she woke up, we had cleared up the mess, and home looked 'home' again. But, probably our silence was evident and she sensed that something was wrong. She did nothing, spoke to all of us like usual. Thats it. Some magic had worked and we were all back fine.

Now when I retrospect, I feel mom was the reason for our "fight". Last evening when we sisters wanted to arrange and had asked for ideas, mom had coldly said 'do as you wish'. We werent enthused enough to kickstart the whole thing and movie was just the right escape we needed for ourselves. In the morning again, the messy state was the rightly needed reason for pappa to vent out his displeasure on mom not being lively and cheerful for a couple of hours. Everything was back in place when mom got up and came smiling to us!!

Moms are the best. Its all perfect when mom is around. Everything goes haywire when mom is not in her usual spirits. Moms are like some communication links which never break down, should never breakdown i can say! The best thing is, anytime any other links fail moms' restore it with so much of ease. Just a few times, you expect her to understand some feelings in you, if she fails, thats when it hurts the most.

Nonetheless, mommys are God's best creations ever :)

If a child lives with ...

If a child lives with criticism,
he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility,
he learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule,
he learns to be shy.

If a child lives with fear,
he learns to be apprehensive.

If a child lives with pity,
he learns to feel sorry for himself.

If a child lives with shame,
he learns to feel guilty.

BUT

If a child lives with tolerance,
he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement,
he learns to be confident.

If a child lives with praise,
he learns to be appreciative.

If a child lives with fairness,
he learns justice.

If a child lives with acceptance,
he learns to love.

If a child lives with honesty,
he learns what truth is.

If a child lives with recognition,
he learns to have a goal.

If a child lives with security,
he learns to have faith in himself and those about him.

If a child lives with love,
he learns this world is a wonderful place to live in.

by Dorothy Law Nolte

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Beautifully said, couldn't agree more with this!