Money has no memory. Experience has. We will never know what the total cost of our education was, but for a lifetime we will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, we will forget the amount we paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved a life or the life you get to live with the just born. We won't remember the cost of our honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has.
Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where the tomorrow will come... life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full... sometimes even the pocket was empty. There was enough and we still had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and we still had reasons to smile. Today, we can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times we had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times we cried alone. All in all, life filled us with experiences to create a history of our own self, and we alone can remember them all.
The first time we balanced ourself on the cycle without support... The first time she said 'yes' when we proposed... The first cry... the first steps... the first word... the first kiss... The first gift we bought for our parents... The first award... the first public appreciation... the first stage performance... And the list is endless... Experiences, with timeless memory... No denying that anything that's material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.
So, what if it's economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. We can still take your parents out, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Aspects like health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent.
Time will pass... economy will revive... currency will soon be in current... and in all this; I don't want to look back and realize that I did nothing but stayed in gloom. Recession can make us lose out on money. Let it not make us lose out on experiences... If we are not happy with what we have, no matter how much more we have, we will still not be happy.
Make a statement with the way you live your life: How I feel has nothing to do with how much I have..........
Friday, October 23, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Fulfillment......
One word : Fulfillment
Every once in a while we make a special wish.....we see a dream that we want to be real....we want something out of our lives.....and the want is more than a conditioned want.....it is not exhorbitant or unjustified......it is just a simple thing which converts our want into a need.....I too felt that want......the want of fulfillment.....
Every person , no matter whether he is happy or sad , rich or poor , lonely or not in his/her own way creates that want which turns into a need....the variations in the desires of differnt individuals vary with the variations in the individuals themselves but we all irrespective of our vagaries have a couple of things we share in common.....especially feelings .....I choose to single out feelings only based on the fact that a majority of people want to experience the aforesaid feelings.....feelings like love...happiness...care....bliss....belonging.....acceptance.....comapny etc. amongst other things.....I too am no different.....
Over the past couple of days these feelings were greatly aroused in me by my loneliness and unhappiness which were stemming from ma inability to accept the situation......but then something happened.....something which never has happened to me before......something so wonderful that it brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.....Lo and behold.... in front of me stood...my guardian angel....my light....my reason....my life....You....
The sight of you changed the seasons in my head and from the gloom of the dark cloud shone the light so bright that i could see clearly.....in one instant you made me feel loved cared and happy....You showed me that i was not alone and that I had you by my side.....it showed my that wonderful things do exist in the viciousness and materialism that surrounds us....It showed my that my love faith and belief could grow even furthur and the strength I could draw from it would be unmentionable.....You showed me something I had never seen or heard or felt before in my entire life.....For that I am forever obliged and deeply indebted.....
In the time spent.....all the things i saw when i was in my subterrenean subconscious state was brought to life in colors so vivid and clarity such as of a crystal.....that i was overwhelmed .....overwhelmed that how these mystical forces worked in my favour at this given point of time and space.....I felt on top of the world.....There was nothing more i could ask for apart from that i did not want it to end....
These feelings You have given....These feelings you have shared....these feelings will not die down or fade away ....instead they shall rage within me like a river reaching for its end...At the end of time if i stood and with you.....taking into account all that we have shared.....i would think that all i have dreamt of has come true....all we have dreamt of has come true.....so even though we have more to see......i utter one word in your praise......Fulfillment.....
Every once in a while we make a special wish.....we see a dream that we want to be real....we want something out of our lives.....and the want is more than a conditioned want.....it is not exhorbitant or unjustified......it is just a simple thing which converts our want into a need.....I too felt that want......the want of fulfillment.....
Every person , no matter whether he is happy or sad , rich or poor , lonely or not in his/her own way creates that want which turns into a need....the variations in the desires of differnt individuals vary with the variations in the individuals themselves but we all irrespective of our vagaries have a couple of things we share in common.....especially feelings .....I choose to single out feelings only based on the fact that a majority of people want to experience the aforesaid feelings.....feelings like love...happiness...care....bliss....belonging.....acceptance.....comapny etc. amongst other things.....I too am no different.....
Over the past couple of days these feelings were greatly aroused in me by my loneliness and unhappiness which were stemming from ma inability to accept the situation......but then something happened.....something which never has happened to me before......something so wonderful that it brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.....Lo and behold.... in front of me stood...my guardian angel....my light....my reason....my life....You....
The sight of you changed the seasons in my head and from the gloom of the dark cloud shone the light so bright that i could see clearly.....in one instant you made me feel loved cared and happy....You showed me that i was not alone and that I had you by my side.....it showed my that wonderful things do exist in the viciousness and materialism that surrounds us....It showed my that my love faith and belief could grow even furthur and the strength I could draw from it would be unmentionable.....You showed me something I had never seen or heard or felt before in my entire life.....For that I am forever obliged and deeply indebted.....
In the time spent.....all the things i saw when i was in my subterrenean subconscious state was brought to life in colors so vivid and clarity such as of a crystal.....that i was overwhelmed .....overwhelmed that how these mystical forces worked in my favour at this given point of time and space.....I felt on top of the world.....There was nothing more i could ask for apart from that i did not want it to end....
These feelings You have given....These feelings you have shared....these feelings will not die down or fade away ....instead they shall rage within me like a river reaching for its end...At the end of time if i stood and with you.....taking into account all that we have shared.....i would think that all i have dreamt of has come true....all we have dreamt of has come true.....so even though we have more to see......i utter one word in your praise......Fulfillment.....
Sunday, August 23, 2009
You.....
After all the lows.....all the pain.....all the disappointment....it struck me that I am in a trough.....I am in the rut.....and with that dawned of realisation that the sinusoidal curve that is my life will rise and I shall be happy again as I yearn... to be......as i desire to be.....I can say that with a certain surety because the tide has been turned by YOU.....
YOU...yes YOU...with You by my side i know that all those scarlet fantasies I dream of...all those wild imaginings...all those plans i draw...shall become a reality.....You have taught me to feel....taught me to care...taught me to love...taught me t...o experience things i never thought existed....You have widened the spectrum of my imagination to a limitless infinity...to let my thoughts run amok...You make me believe.
And with this belief an aeon shall pass....till i stop feeling the way i do...for You...about You....for 'twas a slight of hand....for 'twas a twist of fate....for which i have to thank ....for it brought me closer to You....
YOU...yes YOU...with You by my side i know that all those scarlet fantasies I dream of...all those wild imaginings...all those plans i draw...shall become a reality.....You have taught me to feel....taught me to care...taught me to love...taught me t...o experience things i never thought existed....You have widened the spectrum of my imagination to a limitless infinity...to let my thoughts run amok...You make me believe.
And with this belief an aeon shall pass....till i stop feeling the way i do...for You...about You....for 'twas a slight of hand....for 'twas a twist of fate....for which i have to thank ....for it brought me closer to You....
Friday, June 26, 2009
a short reflection of me.....
Well here goes nothing.........
After much deliberation and consideration....nt to mention that the idea of posting my thts on a public forum has been doing the rounds of ma mind fer a long time.....this is my sincere and earnest attempt to keep a track of ma random thts ....which are bursting through the seams of ma skull.....the posts following this one shall deal with a plethora of topics and i shall try and delve into them to the extent my mind is capable of.....
I feel there are many things which i would like to share and hope i am able to convey all my thoughts and a lucid manner....any criticism or appreciation to my posts are most welcome and to my fellow bloggers.....i say....i too am one of you.......
Peace out..........
After much deliberation and consideration....nt to mention that the idea of posting my thts on a public forum has been doing the rounds of ma mind fer a long time.....this is my sincere and earnest attempt to keep a track of ma random thts ....which are bursting through the seams of ma skull.....the posts following this one shall deal with a plethora of topics and i shall try and delve into them to the extent my mind is capable of.....
I feel there are many things which i would like to share and hope i am able to convey all my thoughts and a lucid manner....any criticism or appreciation to my posts are most welcome and to my fellow bloggers.....i say....i too am one of you.......
Peace out..........
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