dreams...........................................

                                               Dream Big

‎"When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were thing like astronaut, president, or in my case… princess.

When we were ten, they asked again and we answered – rock star, cowboy, or in my case, gold medalist. But now that we’ve grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how ’bout this: who the hell knows?!

This isn’t the time to make hard and fast decisions, its time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love – a lot. Major in philosophy ’cause there’s no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again, because nothing is permanent.

So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be… we won’t have to guess. We’ll know."

I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you...

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.

Suggested by Seth Charlet :p 

Happiness is fragile but v ery near and real, it may be shared by just a smile , it is a joy to feel.....

To have it is a blessing , to keep it, this is true, 

the more you give to others the more comes back to you......

this one is my all time favourite............

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 

                                                                                       Robert Frost

                                                                  

Stay happy, stay blessed

Stay happy, stay blessed!!!!!

creation

life is not about finding yourself but creating yourself

A nova vida............

A NOVA VIDA- a new life

True love will never try to hurt you
True love is a whisper in its sound
True love may stray but it will not leave you
It will always remind you when it's not around

True love is a kiss whose meaning you cannot miss
True love is a kiss that lasts forever 
True love is not fleeting
True love never shows its fist

True love everlasting
True love does not end
True love is the greatest virture
True love is the kindest friend

True love always grows
True love does not squander and always genlty sows
True love is gentle kindness
When you are sad, true love always knows

True love is unforgettable
Like rain and stars and snow
True love is the greatest gift you'll ever know
No matter how far you travel or where you ever go

True love is like a waterfall
Never stops and always flows
And touches you most gently
No matter where it goes

True love is everlasting
and always seems to stay
True love you fear may leave you 
but it does never really stray

True love makes you smile
True love makes you laugh with glee
True love knows when to run to you
and when to let you be

True love wipes your tears in times of trouble
True love defends you when you're in deep
True love mends your broken feelings
and rushes to you when you weep

True love helps you to be your best
True love trusts in you 
True love reassures you 
Doesn't put you to a test

True love fills your heart with care
True love sees you and feels you there
True love opens up your guarded heart
and gives it a safe place to share

True love takes you by the hand 
and caresses it with care
True love makes you feel needed
and part of an inseperable pair

True love is compassionate
and always aims to be fair
True love is so many things
wrapped in joy and love and care

True love is self-evident
True love is so unlikely and so rare
But you're heart will know true love for sure
You'll feel it everywhere and will know it by it's true care 

Beauty..........

hey folks... its 35degrees, too humid yet pleasant
in our daily struggling lives, with studies jobs and work pressures
we come across something............ monotony,
isnt it.......?
leme tell u what happened today with me , as usual I left for work... 
and i and a neighbor hood junior school boy an his 1 yr senior shared the metro coach .....
bcz it was still very early i.e. around 6:45, so it was not very crowded.......
the boy and his sister were continuously talking.. after some time they came to me and made me read a few lines from there English reader book,

it was the poem by John Keats 

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
 it was the same poem I read years back and couldn't understand it then in junior high
but today I was mature enough to understand what the poet had in heart while writing it..............

I asked them both"okay tell me, what according to you is  very beautiful?"
the girl said "you", and the boy repeated after her, "yes, you are very beautiful"
I had a quite laugh and smiled to them both and bowed for gratitude............

but pondering over it the whole day...... 
i cant understand how so easily one can decide wats beautiful.... the physical appearance, the inner aspects? if the inner aspects, then who is to decide wat attributes of one's nature and inner self are beautiful......
this depicts that the concept of beauty depends on how one thinks or percieves things for oneself... and it is not guaranteeing that one's perception can be exactly true for the other one as well...

if one is not happy then, one may find flaws with every next thing and each person may seem to him/her as ugly........

so... if one is happy, may show much more humility than other such days..... 
then wat makes one feel happy...?
may be somethng was wrong and now has got right... may b overcoming of some health, finance or relationship issue..... that means winning over somethng...... wen won one feels more energetic and full of life and zeal to live....... doesnt it all drives us back to the word beauty... a person feels beautiful... and becomes in a life condition where every thing and every one seems beautiful.............................

closing on the note: as the saying goes: the beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder...........

desires, love and commitment.........

Desires, Love and 
Commitment.........

my desires, my wrongs, my defeats
felt a sensation of upcoming fireflies

my soul, my thought, my beats
were thrown into loud cries

a path walked over by one so pure
midst the heavy mist who came

must be a guardian angel for sure
cleaning every bit of blame

comfort, such comfort you lend 
unusual, so unusual it feels

tied in an embrace, the love you send
as tangible and hidden wound heals

trespassed all possible lines of pain
a new life has taken birth

passion and care  your eyes sane
colors all darkness to dearth

Rain.......................

I Love Rain

In heated moods,
Behind the woods;
Stream of relieve flows,
An air, somewhat wet blows;

My sweat leaves me,
Says bye bye, just feel me;
Air takes it away,
Relieving me a bit, somewhat cooler to say;

I come out from the room,
Down the dark sky with cloudy noon;
Water dropping in series,
Loving me from head to knees;

Water & soil’s combination,
Gives fragrance to my nose’s hibernation;
Leaves turning immodest green,
Woods turning fat from lean;

Flickering tube lights in the sky,
Naughty clouds roaring & asking why;
Why not should we hug & collide,
Giving you tears of happiness in rainy ride;

A drop of rain touches my lips,
Kisses me with cool sips;
I widen my arms & hug the rain,
Closing my eyes I love the rain.

Innate Potential

The Great and Supreme Potential
The Cherry Tree............


The cherry blossom holds much symbolism within Japan.  According to the Buddhist tradition, the breathtaking but brief beauty of the blossoms symbolizes the transient nature of life.  The flowers last for at most a few weeks, but during that time, both the mountains and the cities are full of the delicate pink flowers, be the trees wild or cultivated.  “The traditional Japanese values of purity and simplicity are thought to be reflected in the form and color of the blossoms.” 
in the midst of -40 degrees of temperature, icy cold, these flowers blossom which symbolizes that highest potential comes out amidst grave hardships......
they say ( and believe) as great evil occurs , the great good follows...........................

You Can Be Whatever 
You Want To Be!

There is inside you
all of the potential
to be whatever you want to be,
all of the energy
to do whatever you want to do.

Imagine yourself as you would like to be,
doing what you want to do,
and each day, take one step
towards your dream.

And though at times it may seem too
difficult to continue,
hold on to your dream.

One morning you will awake to find
that you are the person you dreamed of,
doing what you wanted to do,
simply because you had the courage
to believe in your potential
and to hold on to your dream.

can you meet challenges, lets meet them together.........

Challenges

Within You Is The Strength

To Meet Life's Challenges!

You are stronger than you think,

remember to stand tall.

Every challenge in your life

helps you to grow.

Every problem you encounter

strengthens your mind and your soul.

Every trouble you overcome

increases your understanding of life.

When all your troubles weigh

heavily on your shoulders,

remember that beneath the burden

you can stand tall,

because you are never given

more than you can handle...

and you are stronger than you think.

I hope you find yours...........

                                    Hope you find it..........
                                                                                                                                                         

Words To Live By

It's not how much you accomplish in life
that really counts,
but how much you give to other.

It's not how high you build your dreams
that makes a difference,
but how high your faith can climb.

It's not how many goals you reach,
but how many lives you touch.

It's not who you know that matters,
but who you are inside.

Believe in the impossible,
hold tight to the incredible,
and live each day to its fullest potential.
You can make a difference
in your world.

navigating hope

                            Hopes and Dreams

  

A Creed To Live By

Don't undermine your worth by comparing

yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don't set your goals by what other people
deem important.

Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life, for without them
life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers
by living in the past or for the future.
By living your life one day at a time,   

you live all the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.
It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks.

It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly;
and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Don't dismiss your dreams.

To be without dreams is to be without hope;
to be without hope is to be without purpose.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget
not only where you've been, but also where you're going.
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored
each step of the way.

happy friendships day to my dear friends

friendships - everlasting bonds

Rainbow Bridge

I look to the day when the Lord calls upon thee,
My time had come for my one final journey.
To begin searching, looking for my little boy,
With love and compassion and such a great joy.


My heart is racing with thoughts of what is to come,
No more pain, no more sorrow and nothing to run from.
With anticipation no words could seem to compare,
Was longing for love everlasting, an answer to prayer.


I looked to the meadows with tears in my eyes,
The memories were flowing with such a surprise.
Knowing soon I’d be united with my furry friend,
Being so happy knowing this time they’d never end.


I call out his name with the hopes he will hear me,
With a voice of an Angel, a wind whispering a plea.
Excitement in the thought of never again being alone,
Together with my little Patches on our way home.


On this Day at Rainbow Bridge, I again was alive
The time was at hand for my dreams to arrive.
With the fruits of the spirit, God’s gift from above,
Then I saw Jesus with my little Baby, so full of love.


I looked upon the Lord as I embraced my Little One,
He smiled and said to me “It Is My Will Be Done”
The journey has ended; a love that will last forever,
And then side-by-side we crossed over together.

my love

my love

    My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, leave you blind
My love, you have found peace
You were searching for release

You gave it all into the call
You took a chance and
You took the fall for us

You came thoughtfully
Loved me faithfully
You taught me honor
You did it for me

Tonight you will sleep for good
You will wait for me, my love

Now I am strong, you gave me all
You gave all you had
And now I am home

My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, leave you blind
My love, look what you can do
I am mending, I'll be with you

You took my hand and added a plan
You gave me your heart
I asked you to dance with me

You loved honestly
Did what you could release
Ah, ooh

I know you're pleased to go
I won't relieve this love

Now I am strong, you gave me all
You gave all you had
And now I am home

My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, I'll be with you

within - without

whats within , always and without fail manifests without

construction or destruction..........

had a weird dream last night...... shook me...........
weirdest and wildest...........
can feel the tremors even now....
was just thinking of it few mins ago.... how nightmares break the trail of peace in the souls....
and it takes much time on both mind and body to revive back to normality................




when life gives such nightmares to people....
 its devastating enough to give up on even trying to get back up .....
all of us have some or the other wildest of experience that we never want us to haunt back while it never loses the single chance of not doing so........


it takes a toll then, to be able to get the normality back.....
i always want to feel normal as quickly and impatiently as possible after a big disaster............
haunting always continue along with the struggle to be able to overcome the fears and tremors ..


mates, we all are in the same battle, just different devils.........
but what are these pains for, is it bcz we deserve it?
i seldom ask questions , where it went wrong.....
but if i could do all but look back into the kind of value system i and alike are following?
speedy, rash, quick, impatient......
we want our tea on the bed , 
roads with the lights always green probably bcz i m always rushing in order not to get late......
boss never to complain and scold....
no one to ever point out my mistake, cz virtually i am perfect?
cant wait fr the old man to cross the road and then to move my car....
 rather would bang his ears off with my horns........
to always pick up my phone while driving cz it almost always seems urgent........ 
and i cant wait till reaching home.... will use the driving time only.......


and then we all are educated.....
two words. wisdom and knowledge....which is the better one... or what should be chosen over the other?
or paraphrasing.... what have we chosen to live with........... ?
.
the stats say that the more we are getting educated the more foolish, consumerist and materialist we are becoming..........
we want a big car to prestige out in society...... we are knowledgeable but not wise.............
we are losing on our wisdom and value system big time.
don't you think we all need to change our attitudes so as to try restoring a few more moments of happiness in our lives...........
if we could try reaching out to just one person in a day... me......... i........ if we could juts look into how we are doing things.. a lot of miseries may vanish................... 




with this thought leaving u guys fr now...... it me crispy crunch,
signing off.... 
take care...........

The Color White

could see all shades of colors
noticed that all are getting darker...
is it the sense of just an evening
or the approaching winter sarker (sarky)
all the shades are visible in void but the void seems pierced
cant see this now its too much, my canvas shows picture too fierce (d)
jus saw it closer my canvas, like an endless ocean its wide
I see it carries all the colors, but wait, where is my color white.
All the possibilities restrict to a dot
when you see sarcoma covering the sheet
how to protect my last sheet of the lot
how to bring out the peace beneath.

Still I can feel with my closed eye
All the noise, screams and that one hidden lie
like am lying there on the blue so wide
Its jus wet blue on the both side
Fitful, so fitful is my soul
The current is giving chills in my bowls
Enough white to all my blue
Knows who, over my mess will hit a clue
How to reach to that one white seller
Who adds to my blue and gets the baloney mess over.
He is my first crimson ray from the clouded sky
lights all the shades one by one and bids darkness a nice goodbye
No being can reckon the cost (of a self-made past) but
My heart still feels and believes as everything is still not lost.

Me

thoughts..............
ones i always wanna keep 
from steaming into words............. 
at times i cant control'em 
what my impatience is telling me, 
even i don't know.......
the wonders of my world....
my heart, my mind, my soul...
the one, who knows when,
the one who knows why,
the one who knows how...............
the only one.........

Can we? Will we? If we?

The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda on April 18, 1974, at the fourth entrance ceremony of Soka University, Tokyo, which he founded.

 "Indulgence and indolence produce nothing creative. Complaints and evasions reflect a cowardly spirit; they corrupt and undermine life's natural creative thrust. When life is denuded of the will to struggle creatively, it sinks into a state of hellish destructiveness directed at all that lives.  

Never for an instant forget the effort to renew your life, to build yourself anew. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway of life itself. This is not an easy task. Indeed, it may be the most severely challenging struggle there is. For opening the door to your own life is in the end more difficult than opening the door to all the mysteries of the universe." 

                                                                                                                                 - Dr. Daisaku Ikeda 
                                                                                                    The Flowering of Creative Life Force






Dr. Ikeda , a known peace activist when talks about life and creativity makes me feel the dynamism of human lives......

World today - land of ours - the globe, has done deeds enough to attract worst of karma , our bags of causes have been increasingly filled with more and more negatives to count because of which it looks more like an incessant hell of suffering rather than a heaven of tranquil light.

But the question is.. what i, as a mere individual do about it? 

Okay... have I ever asked myself the question what am I , whom am I originated from ? what do I want to do..? 

 Am i among those whose ultimate goals remain to get a good job, get a good car bcz my neighbor has a better one ( better only in brands ), to party in expensive clubs and hotels, get bigger house each decade of my life....?

Okay what after i achieve it all? then aim fr even bigger cars and houses ... bigger bank balance...?this way what am I really contributing to you? nothing? hmmmmmm does that counts for a good deed.....?

When we used to play in kindergarten, our teachers used to tell us ,"do one good deed a day" and if jus for a single day we used to help our mothers to make tables for dinner , we used to feel proud, mum used to tell us to throw garbage in the dustbin......  to not to fight with classmates and be good boys and girls....

But now.... when we all have grown up... we experiment worst of things unknowingly.... throwing garbage in the  street for example., fighting and abusing people who hit our cars even slightly........ as if he deliberately wanted to hit...... 

The author above is a firm believer of the practice of "concentration and insight". he says, whatever thoughts we create it becomes a vibration and is transmitted to our universe... and universe sends us back the results based on our thinking words and thereby actions..... even a thought can be the reason fr what i get as a result........ 

That's why it is said: think positive , be positive, get positive.If this all holds true then... what kind of vibes am i sending to my environment or universe....?

rephrasing my question: I , as a child .. what kind of feelings, thoughts, and vibes am I sending to my mother nature...... ?those, full of jealousy, ignorance, self praise or self pity? isn't it all destructive? Is this the kind of sons and daughters should we become...? 

Lets think twice at least ...... okay imagine it this way.... If you are sitting in  a restaurant and having your evening supper there, and a girl walks down and passes your table in a short skirt and high heels .... our first thought is, "what the hell she thinks of her self, she is such an attitude. " This how we create negative thoughts at times even to those whom we hardly even know, so what about those whom we know...............

Lets see, if we can correct this attitude of ours and basing on this , if we are successful in changing our lives in a month.... lets we all do this exercise fr a month and report changes in our immediate environment and show our love fr nature as its the month for environment.



When we will be doing this we will be able to experience an utter creativity in our selves....... We are made to create, either good or bad..... lets do the the challenging thing and create something better.....



have a good time :)

Lets start with the appreciation........................

All day long yesterday... I thought a lot......
somewhere something was missing....
having a good family, good friends a long list of admirers too..... 
enough for a girl to have smiles all day i guess...
but what is it that's missing then...?
a sense of irritation that fills the mind time and again...
and there it is... joy..
joy is missing
but what joy are we all after..?
 a good job? 
a big car..? Porsche?
tab?
a new sea side flat..?
imagine the one who has all of these and even much more?
imagine if you get it all in an instant or by hard work day in and out..?
now?
you feel happier?
okay now may be getting married to a dream girl/boy solves it...
now happy?
years past the marriage , are you now equally happy, joyful? as the very first day you got him/her?
then what is it?
isnt this the joy of living that we are missing each day...


we all are grappling with the same kind of stagnation somewhere..
somewhere walking the path of life in search of happiness we turn our ways from it..
our happiness depends, and majorly depends on material things..
 things that are today or Tomorrow perishable....
ha ha , i remember that advertisement too... where the wife is acquainting the husband about the neighbor's new car.... it goes like...
oh my god, Mr., verma has got a new caaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr... and all we have, is a car...
funny, yet a reality these days.. a sad one though ...
we compare, we envy , we run for money... 
in the name of achieving big we only become a show off.... 
rather than accomplishing something that is useful for at least a single person other than that one called "me".
........
Hmmm... , so is this joy track-able somewhere..... ?
can we install it from somewhere.... ?
imagine.... how do you feel? 
when after days of lazying out doing meaningless work or being over busy in the offices and college assignments, one afternoon standing in the balcony or in the local train or bus window, the ever so bright sun looks at us and that light somehow makes us feel  that i must be looking so beautiful right now, the sun must be making my eyes look bright and beautiful right now... especially girls ....
we suddenly feel so young... that joy , you cant buy it.... can you..... ?
do we ever thank the wholesome mighty, for that 1 beautiful ray of beauty?
have ever tried listening to the beautiful birds chirp near the blue sky? 
haven't we forgotten the parks nearby home ...?
do you remember when you last thanked mum for such a nice food ... she might have got up early to do that... isn't it?
do we thank dad for being compassionate enough for making money... or otherwise if they dont do such things for us... do we have the guts to still be thankful to them as they brought us life..... 
can we thank people for no reason , our gratitude also demands reason..... 
what people are we ? or how have we all become...?
we reason out everything... to be able to believe something we need proofs.... we do so even for the things that we should not and thereby keep on hurting so many people around us......


try it as an experiment for once now in ur life... stand in front of the rays of the sun and feel the good probably the best of the morning.... listen to the nature's sound... the birds... of different kinds .. mingled with the flows of water..... 
the calm of the morning sky.... try and appreciate the morning clouds... white forging ahead like a new start
feel it by heart.... walk around try locating small young children... listen to their innocence 
feel the joy.......
the ever lasting joy of life..
coming straight from.. the ever lasting joy of appreciation...................


concluding on the text.....


I remind a few famous lines of this great man ;
lets see what he says................. : 


Time is the substance I am made of;
Time is the river which sweeps me along, but I am the river;
It is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger;
It is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire;
The world unfortunately is real, I unfortunately, am Borges.
                                                        - Jorge Luis Borges


I would now take the leave...... leaving with an appreciating thought that you have just created along with me.... this is me... your crunch... signing off for today... 
with a promise to write very soon...... :)