Finally

When I can finally say I've achieved something... I no longer wish to.
When I finally have people who won't complain if... I put my feet up -- I no longer want to!

When I can possibly point out the wonderful things that can seem..
glamorous, beautiful... awe-inspiring and truly incredulous..
My heart is unwaveringly aware of how ridiculously fleeting all of it is..

Maybe I have found something that is worth more..
something like a truth, some self-respect and some sensiblity..
otherwise called a down-to-earthiness or pure humility
That sees that all that shines need not be shown
Or all that need be shown is not necessarily shine

What else can I say
or do when each and every day...
I have to face the purest form of truth and simplicity --
the eyes of the one I love.
Hari.

A little story

An oft-repeated story I can tell
Not one that has not been heard or
felt.
Felt it has...
by you and me..
A feeling that can be explained as sorrow?
expectation?...a simple want.



A little flower wishes there were
similar souls out there in the world
That would smile when the rain fell
Clap when another caught a droplet
Hug when there is a new flower blooming somewhere
Jump with joy when the pollen was caught by a new
bud..

Saddened by the thought that noone..
heard her clap!
smiled with her
or felt her joy,
she looked up at the sky and wondered
'why would there be only of my kind!'

Could a flower survive in singularity (yes!)
could a rain be felt by one drop? (yes!)
Could love be held within one heart?
Did you not hear me say that there is
so much more I have to say??

Long she stood,
heart growing heavier with each thought.
....
feeling her warmth seep out
head lowering to the ground,
until she felt a small hand in hers..

looking around, she found so many other faces pointing upwards.
She suddenly heard them saying
"thankfully there is yet one left who can smile!
for another
feel another's joy
and pain..
Long have I searched but only now,
a kindred soul have we found!"

How many times have you wished
for a kindred
and turned to find them at your side
all along?
Even if it has happened once,
You are blessed. :)

May I always...

This one is by Rmani

May I always take the time to feel wonder..
Fight the numbing effects of pressure and pace..
to thank someone who bothered to think of me
and to greet someone well, whom I have missed.

To spare a moment..
to think of a tender moment and smile
Feel the warmth that grows inside and nurture it.

Let me never assume that there are more important
things than being human,
kind,
and alive!
to smell, feel and touch,
brave enough to feel;
be it pain, extreme joy,
uncertainty, disappointment,
or pure emptiness.

The difference between existing and being alive!
rings all true when you think..
how fleeting life can be!
what is today, disappers tomorrow.

Hence let me smile today!
Smile for the sun hath yet risen again
thank that my breath continues to this moment
There is yet another day to say!
all the love I have is yours, world!
That the almighty blesses love coursing through
my veins.

May the thankfulness effulge my soul
spring out of my eyes into those I love
seep through my skin to the air around
and spread far out into the world.

Before the spirit bows
to the pressure
or the pain
the silence or the torture of it all
Let me atleast exhale one more word of thankfulness.

May I be always..

By E.E. Cummings. Introduced to me by Deepak Sir; ever-so thankfully! :)

may my heart always be open to a little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them then they are old

may my mind always stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if its sunday may I be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young

and may myself do nothing more usefully
than love yourself so more than truly
there's never been quite a fool who could fail
pulling the sky all over him with one smile

Each person

Tread gently...
on your dreams and through routines.

Treat each person gently...
without treading on their dreams or
hurting their hope
inadvertently or not...

I wish I was always so kind..
kind to know
kind enough to cry when its right
soft enough to touch but
stay silent

How I wish...
that I would never inadvertently hurt someone..
that I would always know better than to
slot an undeserving person in an ill-fitted box,
all along since I hate being slotted myself!

Lord please help me realize..
that at each moment..
with each thought..
I create a future for myself and for the World.

Let that thought be gentle
create beauty and faith
let it inspire wonder and be the reason
for smiles and play.

being there for someone

is not only about buying a gift or listening over the phone...

its listening when you are tired
buying milk when you have no time
getting up before them but sleeping after them
knowing you upset them even though you did not mean to
(but consoling them anyway)

being there means being able to be patient
being kind and tolerant to something you dont fully understand

smiling at mistakes which you made...
and at those you didn't make...
stopping at hurtful thoughts and replacing them
with kindness..

being forbearant when they are tired...
being the hand that can brush their brow
the shoulder that can lend some rest
and the silence that can give them peace..

being there means loving someone..
even when your energies are spent,
hands weary or fingers scratched..

One year and few months now..
I think Im doing allright...
in being there for someone. :-)

working hard

There is peace in working hard.
Working hard that your knees complain
that your will tells you it will go no further
even when your heart says its empty

there is peace in knowing that you followed
your very own sense of karma
and gave it the last thread of energy
the last sane thought in your mind..

for there is a peace in passing the barriers you set for yourself. :-)

Work and the Wife

A laptop on the kitchen table... a list of cookery-shortcuts... lip-gloss in the laptop bag and more pant suits than dresses... Definitely a working-wife!

Fear and Faith

Decisions made out of fear rarely are effective. Good decisions should me made out of purpose, not fear. Fear is restrictive, only faith helps you step out of a comfort zone.

I seem to realize that stepping out of a comfort zone is so important. whats the point in doing the same things, in the same way, and with the same people... how will I learn new things ever?