A POCKETFUL OF HAPPINESS

Stars in my eyes and sun in my hair
I fly, I waltz, I smile with no care.
The birds are singing a melody so sweet
I can sense their mood, its so upbeat.

The winds hug me tight and won't let me go
It messes my hair in a playful mood, i know.
The trees are dancing to a half forgotten tune
"Its spring", they say, but how come so soon?

There's a rainbow in sky thats only for me
The clouds laugh, as I dance with glee.
The mood is so festive, its hard to believe
Everyone's so happy and its not even Christmas eve

Who could have filled so much happiness in me?
Wondering and beaming I can only think of thee.
I put my hands in my pocket and what do I see?
A pocketful of happiness you had left there for me.

GO FLY!!

Want to have your feet on the ground? Go Fly. Life is pulling you down? Go fly!

"Are you out of your mind?" You have all the liberty to ask. Please give me a chance to explain my point of view. "Point of view " is what it is all about.

Well, if you feel the need of having your feet firmly on ground, means you have arrived in life. You must have achieved your dreams and then you start feeling as if you are suddenly floating in the air. Understanding fully well, how fleeting and transitory things are, you tell yourself," I can't let success go to my head, I have to have my feet firmly on ground."

Let us imagine another scenario. Life has been tough and you feel nothing is going right for you. You have issues with friends, family, your bosses and in general with life. The chip on your shoulders is getting heavier by the day

My solution for both the cases-Go fly!!

"Fly? Huh? Certainly one can't grow wings overnight. And what's so special about flying on an airplane, anyway? We have been doing that since ages. So what will I achieve by flying?."

You will, you will. You need to fly with open eyes and an open mind, and ask for a window seat, please.

As the plane takes off, look at the city beneath. The tall skyscrapers gradually starts shrinking and they start looking like your Child’s toy. Very soon, they are just tiny dots in the entire canvas. The same way, all your troubles will become insignificant, once you just change your horizon. You just need to Look down on your problems from above. Just ask yourself, will I remember this fight with my wife, the next month? Will my child's marks matter the next year? Will this increment make such a difference to me five years hence.? When you change the horizon of time, they will cease to be as scary and stressful.Just look down from above. There goes your problems and worries.

As your plane cruises along the amongst the clouds, you are technically not on the earth. But even in your absence, heavens have not fallen. Even in your absence, the earth will take 24 hrs for a rotation and the sun will always rise from the east. If you had any feeling of being Atlas and that the Earth rested on your shoulders, you can safely let it go. See, you are flying in the air but the dooms day has not arrived. So let go of all the self importance you always carried as an extra baggage. Life would become so much easier.

Take another look. The city which is actually a giant looks like a dwarf. Millions of tiny dots, those dots are building, every building has many flats, every flats have on an average 3 to 4 people. You can't even see them even if they stood on the rooftops. How insignificant people are!!! They are mere specks , tiny, insignificant little specks in the whole universe .And what big egos these specks carry!!

There you are, I am sure your feet will be firmly on the ground, once you understand how insignificant you are in the vast canvas called universe.

So next time, you are feeling low, or you need to be brought down to earth. Just Fly. No, you need not buy that expensive ticket , you need not board that plane at all. Now you know the trick. Just let your mind do that flying. There is no limit to where you can go. Soar high, fly ,but keep your eyes on the ground. When you come back, I promise you , you will have the perfect balance, your feet on the ground and your spirits soaring high.

A MOUNTAIN'S PERSON..THATS ME

A misty morning on a hillside,
I smile and push the blankets away.
The dawn is just breaking 
Morning is tip toeing softly to lay a claim on the day
Holding my breath I move towards the balcony,
opening my eyes in anticipation of the sight,
sight of the sun kissed mountain touches me
With its ethereal beauty and majestic might

Its always been love at first sight,
Though falling in love was never my intention
Its a bond that has no reason..no logic
Its a pull that's beyond comprehension

I was never a daughter of the mountain
Nor a bride of the hill
But they are a part of my life
And till my grave, they will

I can pass my days looking at them
Day in and day out
Their silence speaks to me
Love is what its all about

They stand a mute witness in history
To dynasties rising and falling
They have seen heroism and treachery
In their laps many a men found their calling

Now as i look at them
I am very sure that they know me
There she is, in this life too , they think
Starting at us unashamedly

For ever since my birth in this universe
I am bound in love, never to be free
I love their strength,their silence, their serenity
Yes....a mountain's person....that's me..

STRESS FREE SUNDAYS

The alarm doesn't ring
Its the noon sun that wakes you
The tea is sipped with half closed eyes
With a favorite biscuit or two

You slip back between the sheets
For another short nap till brunch
But you do devour the paper before
And have a little something to munch

Breakfast in bed was the cliche
brunch in bed is the new in
With a tall glass of wine you plan
A beautiful day which is yet to begin

The weekdays are for work
A man has to earn his bread!
But this day is for pure leisure
For family, friends and lazing in bed

As the sun goes down to sleep
You dress for the party in town
Or the movie in theater perhaps
Where all your worries you drown

You have to recharge you batteries
For the demanding week ahead
Its only the sundays that you live
Other days you are dead...

ETERNAL HOPE

As the day slowly melts into nothingness
The dusk shyly hides behind the day
The night is dark and all mighty 
For its feels is here to stay

Night does seem sinister
Hope for some time it does sway
But then Sun starts peeking from the clouds
Rays of sunshine come your way

This is how it always is
Hope always follows despair
Light always follow darkness
Life is nothing, if not fair.

CRY WOMAN, CRY!

It started as a mist, gradually the vision was marred and then slowly a single tear trickled down the eyes making way for the others to follow. No, I was not sad. Nor was I in pain. No one had broken my heart. There was no reason for me to cry. But, I was crying. It was watching a movie and the scene was such that i could not control my tears. I am sure this is the case with most of the women.

Tears make me feel alive, tears make me feel relieved, tears make feel thankful. Thankful that I still have a heart that can feel. Thankful that I still have the courage to show my emotion. Thankful, that there is still hope and I am still alive.

As a child and a teenager tears were a tool to get what I wanted. There were other times too. I remember crying every time we returned from summer holiday at my grandmother's. I remember crying every time dad got transferred and we had to say goodbye to friends. I remember crying for my siblings when they fell sick. I can say that I truly understood what "crying a bucketful of tears "meant when I read the book "Thorn birds" by Colleen McCullough.

Growing up, who can claim to have loved and not cried? Well, they say, love is happiness. It may be true, but to get there you sure have to swim through a river of tears. No one can claim to have loved without crying at least once!

Like any other Indian bride I too had a tearful send off. I cried when I had my miscarriage and I cried when I had my baby in my arms a couple of years later.

Tears have different flavors. Tears when you are happy, tears when you are sad, tears when you are in pain, tears when you miss someone, tears when you are mad at someone, tears when you are seething with anger and tears when you are just feeling helpless.

So, whenever you are feeling like it, go ahead, cry your heart's content. Trust me, you will feel so much better.

When God made a woman, he gave her many extra responsibilities. To fulfill all these, she needed extra strength. So God gave her a weapon, her tears.

Never ever think that a woman who cries is weak. You may laugh at her if you see her crying over some stupid movie, you may call her unprofessional, when she is trying to hide her tears as her boss is firing her. You may call her a sentimental fool, when her eyes water as she is applying dettol on her child's grazed knee. Call her all that. But never call her weak. For a woman's strength lies in her tears. A woman, when she is crying is just recharging her batteries and she will come out twice as strong.