1AM.
When its time for most of us to call it a day, the day begins for many at this hour. Right here at Marine Drive.
The day begins for a flower girl who gets a smile on her face after seeing the couples sitting hand-in-hand, for now she knows that its her time to earn her living. The day begins for her right then!
The day begins for an artist who hits Marine Drive at 11pm everyday. After keeping his belongings aside, he makes himself comfortable. Laying on the stretch, facing the sea, staring at the sky, he closes his eyes to let the exhaustion settle down. He takes drawing classes for kids during the day and makes live sketches for people at night. After a good 45mins nap, he calls it a morning. Grooming himself and carrying drawing sheets in his hand, he gets going to earn his share of living.
A mimic artist is thrilled to see his potential audience seated by the sea. He spots a group of people and begins an impromptu right there. While some shower genuine praises at him, the others take this as their chance of mocking him. While some offer him money, the others, like me, pray for his dream to come true. His hope begins right there!
We all are humans and yet each one of us have a different life to live. Would you trade your life to live someone else s life? Would you be happy living the life of that flower girl or the artist or that stand-up comedian? You may not want to live their life but you become a part of their life always. We all are dependent beings trying to live independent lives.
The kind of person you choose to become not only affects your life but also affects the life of people around you and that's when you become the indirect support of many who begin their day at the break of mid-night. Life has many facets to it and each human being I guess is given a part to play. Make sure you play your part well, coz now you know that you are touching lives every second just by playing your part in this life!!
Sitting here, right in the middle of nowhere, I feel blessed and grateful for my life.
Be good and continue to spread the goodness around:-)
So! The Valentine's Day is here.. Suddenly everyone and anyone realizes on this day how much they love their partners.. This partner, who had completely disappeared from their Facebook BBM, Wtsapp statuses, suddenly seem all over them today.. Some pull this Valentine's Day has managed to create!!! But of all the Valentine's Day I have experienced (Single ofcourse!), what I heard today was "aakhon mein aasu aagaye" moment..
My cousin met this person few months back.. They both belonged to different world all together.. While one spoke Hindi, the other could speak and understand only Kannada. Yet the duo managed to deal with this difference and would converse in sign language and broken Hindi and Kannada to express each other's needs. This person soon became an inseparable part of her life. They would spend time together everyday.. She would make sure this person is never out of her sight.. She was now beginning to feel that her HOME is complete. Many days passed by and her love only grew stronger day by day..
Then came a day when this person left her.. Left her promising that they will unite soon.. Days passed... Weeks passed and no sign of this person yet.. She started panicking.. She started praying for the return of this love.. She did every possible thing in these few days which she would otherwise have not done.. She began to loose weight.. She started getting restless.. She felt more tired and weak by each day.. She prayed.. She sulked.. She cried.. She was devastated.. She realized how much she missed this person and needed this person in her life..
Valentine's Day was approaching and so was the hope in her that soon she ll have her happiness back. And I guess God seemed to want this unison too.. Expecting this person to show up at her place, she got a red rose the previous day so that she could express her love and show how much she needs this person in her life.. With this thought, she placed the rose at such a place that when her life-line returned, the presence of rose would be clearly visible. 14th Feb, 2013. The doorbell rang. She went running to open the door.. With a smile on her face and a hope in her heart to see this person standing infront of her.. Valentines Day couldn't be better for her as she saw this person standing right infront of her.. She was overjoyed.. She had the most grateful smile and pure happiness radiating on her face. Given a chance, she would immediately have hugged and kissed this person but the thought of her husband and a 6yr old daughter stopped her from doing so. She finally felt complete and breathed a sigh of relief.. She met her Valentine on this special day..
Her MAID came back after 15days.. Her only Valentine.. And the rose is displayed in the kitchen till evening before it is handed over to her husband.. My cousin is finally experiencing true love and happiness:-)
Spread the laughter and love around:-) Not just on Valentines Day but also on rest of the days:-) Cheers to love that knows no bound!!!
Happy Valentine's Day:-)
Today I spoke to my oldest friend over the phone. She called to share the joyous news of her engagement. She radiated happiness, excitement, anxiousness, apprehensions and gratitude in her voice. Her long awaited wait finally came to an end last week when she met her perfect match. On one hand where her heart was pumping with excitement, she could hear anxious beats from the same heart. On one hand where she is all set to take a step and enter this relationship, the same steps are being the cause of her worry. For me, this is nothing but a naturally normal reaction of entering a new-found loving relationship, especially the one that leads to tieing marital knot.
We all experience our share of ups and downs in our past relationships and these experiences stand tall when it comes to choosing a life partner. Life manages to convince us at some point that its not a good idea to trust a stranger and we sometimes give in to this life's learning and that's when, may be, there are these mixed feelings that settle in when we meet someone new. When life gives us bitter experiences all the time and suddenly we see ourselves as standing in heaven, its always hard to digest this bit. That's when we think aloud "Is this for real or am I dreaming?", "I gotta be careful coz I may end up getting hurt the same way!" "Should I trust this person?".. Most often, then, our thoughts begin with 'What if?' or 'But then'... And its equally amusing how with the time these confusions settle down like you never had them before. The more time you spend with this person, the more you start feeling secure and comfortable.. Love begins to unfold and you begin to deal with newer aspects of this relationship. You start putting efforts in sustaining that relationship.. And in no time, that person becomes a vital part of your world.. So yes! I guess it's okay to have these mixed feelings and still continue to walk this new path.
Its always a blessing to see two people start this new journey with mixed feelings in their hearts and reach a world full of love and togetherness. That's the blessed feeling I experienced when I heard my friend share her biggest joyful moment:-) Today, I dedicate my prayers to their new beginning and wish them immense love, happiness and togetherness for a lifetime:-)
May be its time to ask yourself - When was the last time you prayed for someone else's happiness?? Today?? Yesterday?? or the day before?? If you taking more than few seconds to recollect, perhaps its your moment to begin right now:-)
May love, peace and happiness always be with you:-)
At some point in our life, we all desire to feel important.. Sometimes by friends, sometimes by families, sometimes by colleagues, sometimes by boss, many a times by the ones we love.. We smile and laugh when they are happy and we get irritable when they frown.. There are times when I sit back and wonder, why should anyone give me this importance? What did I do to get this special love from so many people? And then a thought comes to me.. May be at some point in life, I made them feel important.. may be just at the moment when they truly needed it.. I comforted them.. Just how I would have wanted someone to comfort me in that situation.. Its strange how from nowhere sometimes there are these people (angels in disguise I say) come into our life and sit right next to us.. Witnessing the whole drama and trying their best to be empathetic and assuring that ‘life has better things in store’ and that ‘everything will be allright’. Even though there are times when you feel like slapping anyone and everyone for saying these things to you, it feels nice to be loved by someone even in that messy exasperating state. There are times when we recognize these angels and there are times when we don’t and continue to blame God for not coming at our rescue.. Look into your lives and you will find at least one such incident where you needed that hand to comfort you and you found it right then.. Amongst known and unknown faces.. Amongst stranger and familiar faces.. These are the ones who have made your life beautiful in some way or the other.. And these are the ones to whom I am most grateful for in life.. If you have recognized these angels in your life by now, ask yourself... When was the last time you became this angel for someone else? When was the last time you made someone else’s life beautiful?? When was the last time someone else was equally grateful to you??
Life is rocky and we all need a hand to help us walk through the shaky path.. Be someone else’s hand and make this world a beautiful place to live in:-) You are the most wonderful creation of God.. And I am blessed to have you in my life:-) Now it’s your turn to go out and make someone else feel special about themselves:-)
