New Year Cheers 2009

Another year whizzes past ... where did it go ??? pata hi nahin chala ...

 

A year which came in with its trials n tribulations & zipped along with a whole load of sense , sensibility & patience , with a wisdom of one who has seen umpteen years go by , just like the old man with white flowing white hair, long beard n robes , who symbolizes Time!

 

Retirement has taken a complete new meaning for me .... retirement means Time flies & Thats that!!! And I love this pace which is so Brisk at its slowest best !!!

 

A year which left a few loved ones behind & gained new ones. A year of Facebook which connects me in one way or another & linked me to friends who had become more than a distant memory. A year where a school reunion reminded me of what euphoria really means when u reconnect with your long lost friends.A year, which again reinforced, the strength & love ,yr family & friends bestow upon you.

 

Wish you all Unconditional Love, Fortitude to Forgive , Strength to bear the loss of a loved one , Health & Happiness.

 

2009 will turn another page in our lives .... The Best is still to Happen!!!

 

Cheers & Best Wishes for another year which brings with it, its own puzzle waiting to be solved!!!

 

Love always!

 

 

 

 

 

Yadein,its a Date .....

Yadein, Yadein, bas Yadein reh jati hain .....

 

In Life there is Death & in Death there is Life!

 

All is a question of one's own perception of Life & Death!!!

 

Life, beyond Compare , a world full of its own Endeavors.

 

Death, a Reality, which always hits us with its Abruptness.

 

In Life we create Relationships & Memories. The true essence shall come forth , once you leave this life. One person , or a few , reminiscing about You, shall still have the capacity to touch their Lives, who shall think of you with love, repect & memory, which brings a Smile in their Heart !!!!

 

It's a date ... It's a date with birth, death .... a date with its own significance, a date that shall not let you forget......

 

At Birth, celebration is a reminder , of another passing year , which has been full of expereince and wisdom. A festivity , which contiues to establish memoirs.

 

In Death, celebrations , which honor a Lifetime of Recollections.

 

Dates shall always be Memento's, with every date , a new memory shall emerge, leaving the past behind to be taken over by the present.

 

Make me live in your Memories..... after all ,It is a Date!!!!

 

And a perfect rejoinder to this is a Poem by an Aunt, Jeenoma ( as i promised , yr poem is a part of my blog!!:-)

 

If there is Peace within yourself ..........There is room for another Mind.
Like a child you have Innocence.....
You have a Smile....

You have an Enthusiasm ..........
You have the Spirit......
You have the Honesty......
and a Child lives in You ............
Live that Child hidden in you today.......... 

 

People Change, Friendship Remains

Read this lovely piece and here are the lines that i felt were so true to what we all go through ..... trying times with friends ... however, one has to just Move On.

 

It's about Memories , about what Friendship once meant to Us,It's about ... Friendship Remains .... a few friends shall stay with us forever, a few shall fade away, a few shall never acknowledge the friendship, but,  at the end of it all......People change , Friendship remains, just keep the doors open, one just never knows who walks through that door, into our Life , once again!!!! ( And the same , methinks, holds so true for any relationship!!! )

People Change but Friendships Remain From Chicken Soup for the Soul: By Jiseon Choi

 

I went through a confusing time with my friends when we got to junior high. I had known these friends since kindergarten, and when we began junior high it seemed like some of them began to change. We slowly drifted apart and started hanging out with different groups. When we were going through this "transition," I felt confused and hurt. It was as if we had never been friends in the first place, we had grown so far apart.

People change, but that doesn't mean we have to lose the friendships we once shared. My friends and I still spend time together when we can and care about each other a lot. Just because things are different doesn't mean that I have to forget about all the good times we had. I will always keep the memories in a safe place in my heart. This story taught me that we will go through many different changes throughout our lives. The best thing to do is to move on and let go of the past—and leave the rest in God's hands.

General Musings

Folders:
 
PC/ notebook main Folders banate banate , decided to make folders in my head too!!!
Different situation , different moods, different friends/family ..... a different folder for just about everything happening in my Life!
Only one folder is opened at a given time , work done on that , and as need be , work continues or folder is closed. No folder is allowed to overlap another, warna confusion ke chances jyada ho jate hain!!! 
As things get taken care of , they are sent to the Recycle bin depending on their utility factor. It is the deleting the folders from the Recycle bin of the mind , which is not the easiest..... takes its time & effort!! Working on that , these days!!!:-)
 
 
Music is Food for the Soul:
 
Music , Music & more music. Music for every occasion. It is a therapy for the soul. Brings a smile , no matter what!
 
 
Dance your Blues away:
 
Whoever coined this term, knew exactly what he/she was talking about. Just the love for good music & dancing, puts such amazing stillness , to be able to let your energy be released in the mist of music, which clearly begins my moving your being , to foot tapping , let your hair loose & just enjoy that moment of total freedom & bliss. Let yourself flow with the music , coz , u gotta shake shake shake .... & let the blues away!!! Body & Mind , totally spent !
 
 
Walk, the best Stress Buster: This is how I feel , maybe coz I love to walk!!
 
Some believe in retail therapy , or shopping , or vigorous excersice , yoga , meditation , chanting , and am sure a whole lot more ...
 
However, when i walk, its an amalgamation of sorts. Listening to my own heartbeat or the beats of my shoes on a rough surface , singing or chanting in my mind ... all of this. And, in more than one ways , always helps me think straight , to remove the clutter which is there , slowly & steadily, with every brisk step I take, the Mind gets a clarity. And after a while, it is just listening to the stillness around!!!
 
 
Sleep Easy:
 
Growing up , we always listened to music while studying. We would hum the song and read. However, in some time , the music would engulf us, trap us in its cocoon, filtering any other noise that might distract us. Music would become a hummm in the background with our total Focus on what we were studying. Thats how we cleared all our exams ... & very well too , if i might add!! ;-)
 
Even today , my Focus on the task at hand is so much better if music is playing in the background.
 
When I am tired & need that Power Nap , which could be from 5 minutes to about half hour, I switch on the TV, or play music...... the sound is like a lullaby which puts me in the slumber in seconds, Up in a short while , totally relaxed and ready to take on the world!!! ( maybe that why my dear sister said she would pull this chapter from my book on relaxed sleeping while totally stressed!! ... She tried it , kept the TV on & tells me slept like a baby through the night!!! :-))

 

There are a lot of things that shall touch your Mind, it is the moments that touch your Heart that shall Remain with you Forever!

Reunion

Watched Rock On & thought Reunion.

Daly College, batch of 83 is going to have their reunion since they want to recreate the magic of school after 25 years. The enthusiasm with which a select group has been going about organizing this event has swept me too .... its as if i am truly a part of this batch of 83. Its taken 25 years, but now i feel a part of this batch, where the boys ( except for the een meen sade teen) never spoke with me!!! A city girl, who lived by her rules, was like a sore thumb in an establishment which was so tuned to their age old traditions, a complete flip to what i was all about!! Girls will be girls, we all got to be friends, with approx 30 girls to a strength of approx 300 boys in senior school, what do you expect !!! Girls Ruled!!! :-)

Just 2 years, however, the memories are like the strobe lights at the dance floor, flashes jo thamne ka naam nahin lete, and when recollections fails, I do have friends with memories of an elephant, who remind me of the nonsensical mayhem one was capable off ?????!!!! Ailaa !!! Was so sure about the Halo on my Head !!!!

Officially I am not their batch , but since i did study with this batch for 2 years, they were sweet enough to include me ( or is it some hidden agenda of Badla taking!!!??? ) & a few other batch mates like me for the reunion.

Agar hum, the chosen few, jo 2 years main itni behtareen memories ke shikar the, then needless to say, that the rest of the gang who were class mates for 4,5,10,12 years , their memorabilia would be astounding.

Rock On, got 4 boys together, here it is more than 60 classmates , a humungous task, to say the least!!!

Rock On, got me thinking on the sensitivity of a Reunion. A fantastic intention, seems like a piece of cake to organize, but when you get to the actual nitty gritty , one realizes what an arduous & complex task it really is!!

Reminiscing about school days has loads of retrospection. Kuch acchi ,kuch bhulne layak, Friendships that have survived every situation, to Friendships which died a natural death the day one left school, to Friendships which went sour because of an unwarranted situation!!!

A Reunion is just the requisite needed to get back to the same Bond. A Time to rekindle lost friendships, to reintroduce , to revive , to ReEstablish the Fevicol ka jod once again!!! To let bygones be bygones.........

There are no Winners or Losers, just Friends.
There is no Ego, only Friendship.
There are no Regrets only Gratitude, thats Friendship.
There is Trust, there is Faith, thats Friendship.
There is Love, there is Care, thats Friendship.

Life too in a lot of ways is a Reunion, which brings me to my simple, seedha saadha Insight ......

Rock On ...... Don't let the past rule your present!!
Rock On ...... Make your dreams a reality!!!
Rock On ...... Second chance ko haath se jaane na do!!!
Rock On....... Every beat, every rhythm is Life!!!

Live the moment ....

Time Flies

Dad’s friend came visiting for a cup of morning chai. Conversation followed, and came to the most important question of all …. “Rita, what are you doing these days??? Kya kar rahi ho ?? Abhi bhi travel line main hi ho? “

My usual answer followed … “I am on a sabbatical & am actually not doing any work per se! “

Which, totally surprised him. “Impossible, how can you not work, tumara samay kaise guzarta hai?? How does your time pass??”

The most impromptu off replies came …..  “I do not pass time, Time passes me !! Samay kiske liye thama hai jo woh humare liye rukega ???”.

Time is one element that is on a constant move, no stagnation ever. No situation, no emotion, Nothing can make it stop and look back, always looks ahead!!! No remorse, No compromise, Just Move On. You either like the movement of Time or Lump it, your choice, Time shall do its own bidding!!! We truly have no control over time do we???

Pass Time, read the word Pass. Who really passes whom? Am sure you got that!!!Time passes us  & we live under the illusion that we pass time!!! Kya situation hai ye !!

To be doing what you are doing and being happy, content & satisfied is really the call! There isn’t any Moment in our lives that goes unutilized!! After all, Life is as Simple & as Complicated as you make it out to be!!! Sahi ke nahin???? A never ending quest!!! Time gives us the freedom to utilize this passage, where Mind plays a prominent role. After all, everything is in the Mind!!!

Time is always taken for Granted, is for free and also the most perishable, once gone, it shall never come back. The moment is now, Time to give Time its due respect. Not only to give quality time to yourself and others, but also to utilize time to its Optimum.

They say, time heals, time shall conquer all, samay balwan hai, samay se accha marham koi nahin ……. Samay, Time … the ultimate Jetsetter!!!;-)

Holds no Moments in its Palms, Knows how to Let Go, leaving the past behind, learning from memories, moving always to a new moment, a new dimension!!!

And, truly, these days, I really have no clue , how Time is flying past me !!!

Time never stops, Time flies.

A passing Thought ...

Would one have ever figured out the negative without first knowing the positive?

Would one truly have enjoyed beauty without being antagonize by Ugliness.

Would one understand wrong without first apprehending the right.

Would one recognize hate without having acknowledged love.

For every emotion, there is a counter reaction, part of the same coin. Regardless, one has to have experienced the goodness first, to fathom evil !

Similarly,

Discover, wouldn’t have been possible, if there was nothing to remove the cover, off!

Miscommunication wouldn’t have been possible, if there was no scope for communication.

Distrust wouldn’t have been possible, if trust wasn’t a part.

Misunderstanding happens when understanding does not hit bullseye!!!

Every word which has 2 parts , was derived to achieve the main word with its true meaning!!! Sahi ke nahi???

Praise cannot exist without blame; it has no existence without its opposite…… Hazrat Inayat Khan