Summer is here...

Bathing in the warm sunshine,

Wishing to treasure this moment and pause time;

Enjoying the gentle breeze that glides by,

Teasing and pushing us to touch the clear skies;

Summer is here after the long stormy winter days,

With its warmth, all the cold and fear it chases away;

Embrace its warmth and reach out to the extend of its full glory,

Urging us to unveil life's mysterious stories;

A step closer if you take then you shall see,

The hand prints left behind of the One who created you and me.

Happy Endings

Oliver Goldsmith quoted ' Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations '.

Life is not a destination but a beautiful journey. A journey so enticing and overwhelming that it will leave you enthralled. Life, so precious and magnificent that it holds a surprise at every corner. But along with the sunny sunshine we may expect a few stormy rains. As time passes these storms too come to an end. Infact it ends with a silver lining and a rainbow in the sky.

But today when we look around we may see no silver lining, rainbows or any happy endings. They all seem to be a myth or fantasy which may not exist in today's reality. People have become so cynical and defensive that they may have lost all their faith in goodness or long before forgotten that things such as these exist.

However Happy Endings do exist. One just has to believe in them just the way one believes in love and miracles. Infact endings are always one's choice. You are free to choose on how to end. An ending is always followed by a new beginning. But the result of this new beginning will depend on your last ending

Finally, love is the only thing that we carry with us wherever we go and that itself makes the end a Happy Ending!!

So know this...It is you that makes the choice to end and begin again. The stage is all yours!!!

Spread Your Wings

The world today is filled with evil and corruption. Everywhere we look, we see destruction and death. But when we were kids we believed in fairy tales and magic. Life for us back then looked full of possibilities and like the place where dreams came true. But as we grew up our view towards everything changed. The world didn't change…we changed!! We lost our innocence

We are so engrossed in looking out for evil that we have forgotten to notice any good. Our reflexes are so trained to defend that we no longer know how to let down our guard and relax. We have become so critical that nothing in life satisfies us. Finally we end up being unhappy with our ourselves, our family, friends and with life. We fall into depression and sink into our cocoons, where our soul dies a slow death. And all this is coz of lost innocence.

I believe there is a hidden child in all of us. Do not keep that child caged. Hold on to your innocence. It is never too late and never too old to get childish and naughty. Unleash yourself and watch yourself blossom into a beautiful butterfly. Stretch your wings and learn to fly. As they say, ‘You gotta risk it to get the biscuit!’

And the world would be a better place to live for you and me!!

The Open Door

When I had come across an esteemed counselorm my first question to him was how do you solve the problems of the people that approach you. His answer was simple but very meaningful. He replied saying, "I don’t solve people’s problems, I just help they realize their potential of solving it themselves."

Step one of solving a problem is realizing that you have one. In my personal experience when  faced with a dramatic change in my academics, I encountered several failures. The things I had planned for myself didn't work out due to which I slowly started to slip out. I didn't fight with failure any more but embraced it and made it my friend. I kept mourning over it for over 2 years.

A few months back I had attended a mock Interview in college, the interviewer saw my resume and commented I was wasting away my talents. He asked me the reason why so and I bluntly told him the truth. He thought about it for a moment and replied, "I understand what you went through and it is fine to mourn over it, but 2 years has been long enough. Stop licking you wounds and get up and face it." Those words hit me somewhere in my head and heart. And I realized what I am now is not what I am meant to be. This thought helped me make my escape from failure and climb the steps of success.

I had read a very interesting experiment which was conducted in the 60’s. The scientists in this experiment had this large cage. Half of the floor delivered a mild electric shock, the other half didn't. They put a dog in the cage, and it quickly learned to stay on the side that didn't have the shock. The scientists then switched sides of the shock delivered, and again the dog learned to avoid  the other half of the cage. In the third test, they electrified the entire floor. The dog got the shock no matter where it stepped. At first it was confused, then panicked. Finally, the dog gave up, lay down on the floor and no longer tried to figure out how to avoid the shock. In the fourth test the scientists kept the floor electrically activated but opened the cage door so that the dog could leap out.

They were stunned when the dog didn’t scramble off the floor that was delivering mild shocks, and make its leap to freedom. They concluded that an animal exposed to unavoidable pain will eventually adapt to it, so that when it’s given a chance to freedom, the natural instinct to run has been negated.

We are no different from this dog. We have the potential to escape but we neglect it and adapt to the pain and failure. Failure is unavoidable. But overcoming it is our choice. It is the stepping stone to success. Each time you face it, step over it in order to reach the top and touch the sky. If you are in the same place where I was, please know that you are not trapped. The door is wide open. Only you can redeem yourself. You have the key to your freedom!!

A Spark of Hope

There is a spark of hope in my heart

A hope held close from the very start

Each day I awake hoping against all odds

Hoping my prayers will be answered by the Gods

I pray for a spirit to accept His will
And for love and patience to hold on until
To not just survive but to live
Not to hold tight but to freely give
To live each day as if it was my last
And embrace my present as well as cherish my past
To keep the faith and do my part
This spark of hope will always stay in my heart

My Prayer Song

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard

Each day I wake up with a new hope in my heart,

And say a small prayer before I start;

I first thank God for my love and for life,
For the peace and also for the strife;
I pray for the strength to live each day,
To hold my fears and weaknesses at bay;
I ask for knowledge to know the right from wrong,
For wisdom to understand when to give up & when to hold on;
I plead for forgiveness for the selfishness in me,
To open my eyes so that the needy I may see;
I seek the peace which I may share,
To reach the unreached and provide them with care;
And last of all I ask for the gift of love which succeeds all,
To open my ears and help me heed my Saviour's call.

My Soulmate

A perfect person you wont be,

But you'd be the one loved the most by me;

In life we may have more sad than happy days,

But I bet we would be together through life's every phase;

Our thoughts may not be similar or even the same,
But I would be the one who would proudly carry ur name;
You would not just be my partner but also my friend,
You would be my beginning and also my end;
You'd be the answer to all the questions I have been seeking so far,
Inspite of being a crazy driver u would trust me to drive our car;
I would build not just a home but a life with you,
Together we would set out on an adventure to explore the old & new;
We may not have perfect kids but they would be half me & half you,
Love will bind us all together and act as the perfect glue;
And I promise that I won't be perfect too,
But my heart will be the only one beating just for you;
I'll wait patiently then untill we met,
For that day when u will come & sweep me off my feet;
My God will soon send you to me,
That's when our love will finally be set free.