This is me!

I love to stay in bed all day,
I love to roam in pajamas all day,
I love to read, especially fairytales,
I love to have things happen my way.

I love to curl up in my cozy bed,
With my teddy bear and hot chocolate,
I love winter, summer, spring and fall,
I love fall and winter best of all.

I love to get wet and dance in the rain,
I love to feel snow flakes on my face,
I love to crunch on fallen leaves in my way,
I love to catch fire flies on a warm summer day.

I love the colors black and white,
I love to care and give my love,
I love to wish upon the stars,
I love to just believe in God.

I love to sing when I'm in the shower,
I love to dress up with make up and flowers,
I love to dance in front of my mirror,
I love living for the moment, always and forever.

I always wear my heart on my sleeve,
That's my strength and my weakness, I feel,
I cry when I'm happy, more so when I'm sad,
I laugh and I blush, to me thats natural.

I worry that I don't look my age,
I worry I don't have a pretty face,
I worry that I'll never gain weight,
I worry that I'll say short always.

I worry what people will think of me,
I worry I'm not worth anything,
I worry no one will love me for me,
I worry too much about everything.

Sometimes I hate the way I am,
Sometimes I wish I could be better,
Sometimes I wish I could say whatever,
Sometimes I wish I could live forever.

Sometimes I daydream about the future,
Sometimes I prefer to wait and see,
Sometimes I wish I expressed myself better,
Sometimes I wish I could be someone's forever.

Sometimes I care a little too much,
Sometimes I worry a little too much,
Sometimes I love a little too much,
Sometimes I think I'm me, A little too much.

[well the pic obviously isn't me :P]

Touched by an Angel

I believe that Angels do exist.
In fact I believe they walk among us every day.
Thousands of nameless Angels, God’s silent gift to us.
I mentioned in my earlier post (Friend) that friends are Angels in disguise. What I didn’t mention was that there are so many other Angels among us, not just our friends or family but also complete strangers.
How could a complete stranger be an Angel?
To answer that I want to define what an Angel is.
‘Wikipedia’ states that “Angels are spiritual beings found in many religious traditions. They are broadly viewed as messengers of God, sent to do God's tasks.”
‘Dictionary.com’ states that Angels are “A typically benevolent celestial being that acts as an intermediary between heaven and earth.”
These definitions apply very well when concerned to religion or mythology but that’s not what I have in mind.
I don’t want to go into religion or mythology or their influences and beliefs over the centuries.
Instead, I want to write about a more simple idea that appeals to me.
I don’t believe an Angel has to be a divine, glowing entity with wings and a golden harp.
My definition of an Angel is more consistent with these definitions I found on ‘dictionary.com’.
“A guardian spirit or guiding influence”
“A kind and lovable person; one who manifests goodness, purity, and selflessness.”
According to me an Angel is anyone (stranger, friends or family) who shows love and kindness. An Angel is someone who is there when you need them and at the time feel like you've seen a small piece of God on earth.
Now back to how even a stranger can be an Angel.
A year ago when I had to travel home by bus at night I was more than nervous. I had never travelled by bus alone anywhere in the daytime, let alone at night. In fact I had never travelled alone anywhere by myself. I didn’t even know how close to home the bus would drop me. Bad decision on my part, I know. Anyway, I didn’t even know which ticket to buy and I just silently prayed to God to get me home. A lady who was sitting behind me saw the way I was nervously fumbling with the ticket I had bought and asked “Where is your stop?” I told her where it was and she told me not to worry and that she was getting off at the stop after mine. When it came time for my stop she alerted me and asked the bus driver to stop. Then she also told me which bus I should take next to get home. I reached home safely that night thanks to that stranger.
Maybe this story won’t seem as big a deal but to me in that situation she was my heaven-send. It was only due to her that I managed to calm down and reach home. At that point I could only think of her as an Angel. I was a stranger to her and yet she helped me.
Lots of things like this happen every day. The help doesn’t always have to be huge and life-changing. Just a small act of kindness goes a long way.
Kindness doesn’t only have to be to humans alone.
A friend of mine loves animals, especially dogs. In fact the reason I was able to overcome my fear of dogs a little (not completely) was because of her. I remember once when we were walking down the street, we saw a stray dog in a very pathetic and sad condition. She looked at it and she took her snack from her bag and gave it to the dog. The dog ate it gratefully and wagging its tail followed us around for sometime (much to my dismay). This was just a simple act of kindness. I never would have given a second thought to the dog but she did. And that act of kindness even to the dog made me realize how goodness can be spread in little ways.
And isn’t that what Angels do? Spread goodness and kindness?
Goodness and Kindness can be spread by thoughts too.
Before leaving to church one day I decided to ask my friends if they wanted me to pray for anything. All my friends immediately replied asking me to pray for something or the other for them (absolutely nothing wrong with that), all except for one friend. He asked me to pray for everyone’s health and happiness, not just for himself. It really touched my heart that he thought of others and wanted to pray for them. It made me realize that goodness and love can even be spread through our thoughts and prayers.
I’ve been blessed with so many Angels in my life. I don’t know what I’d do without them. I’m extremely thankful for them.
They have taught me that Angels exist everywhere. That an Angel doesn’t have to have wings but rather the goodness and love bring them their radiant glow and halo.
They have taught me that kindness, no matter how small, goes a long way.
That goodness comes from the heart and not just from the actions.
That purity of heart shows in the way you think and talk.
That love is unconditional and does not have to be reserved for some alone.
And that anyone can be Angel.
Your kindness or love may not be repaid or returned but surely you would have earned the postion of an Angel in the hearts that you touch and in the eyes of God.
"Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you."

If Only...

It's crowded in the cafe,

He's sitting across from me,

Holding my hands and

Telling my about his day.

I'm nodding my head,

Trying hard to concentrate,

The crowd is getting hazy,

I can only see his face.

And if only he knew what I was thinkin',

He'd know that,

His eyes hold a powerful magic over me,

When he talks his voice just mesmerizes me,

When he holds my hands I feel like I'm home,

And when he smiles, he leaves me breathless,

With tears in my eyes,

And if I could only tell him,
I never wanna lose him,

If only I could find the words to say...

If only...

He's asking me something now,

He's waving his hands,

Trying to get my attention.

I realize he's stopped talkin',

And I am still starin',

He's asking me whats wrong,

All I can do is blush and say nothin'.

If only he knew what I was thinkin',

He'd know that,

His presence makes me forget everything else on my mind,

When he's around everyone else just fade into the background,

Just seein' his name on my cell phone is enough to brighten my day,

And if only I could tell him,
I'd do anything for him,

If only I could find the words to say...

If only...

"Come back down to earth" he says'

"You've had your head in the clouds all day"

And I'm thinkin',

Oh, If only you knew,

You mean more to me than all this world can offer,

You turn my world upside down when you hold me in your arms,

You drive me to the edge of sanity, and I don't really mind the fall,

And if I could only tell you,

Just how much I love you,

If I could only find the words to say...

If only...

Because of you / The reasons why

I never thought I'd see you again,

I was fine, I'd moved on,

But here you are,

Standing right in front of me.

You're talking and smiling,

Playing with my hair,

You're charms, they don't work anymore,

I see you for who you are now.

All the emotions I'd buried,

All the pain and lies,

Everthing I'd tried to forget,

I'm starting to remember now.

The reasons why I left you,

The reasons why I wanna run and hide,

The reasons why I cried so many nights,

The reasons why I ran away from myself,

The reasons why I never wanted to trust another man,

The reasons why I never wanted to love,

All the reasons why I locked my heart up

...and threw the key away.

You're trying to hold my hands again,

Just like old times, you tell me,

But I just wanna pull away.

You say that I look beautiful,

You say you want to start over,

But this time I won't falter.

All the tears I'd controlled,

All the hurt I'd kept down,

Everything I thought was gone,

I'm starting to feel again.

The reasons why I'm standin' in the cold,

The reasons why the tears won't stop falling,

The reasons why I hated your touch,

The reaons why I hate looking in the mirror,

The reasons why I can't get close to anyone,

The reasons why I feel lost and alone,

All the reasons why I locked my heart up

... and threw the key away.

I was hiding from myself,

But he found me, he restored me,

And I appreciate him more now,

Because of you...

Now the darkness is surrounding me,

And I think there's no escape,

But then I hear his voice pull me back,

And I remember all the reasons why,

The reasons why I opened up again,

The reasons why I trusted again,

The reasons why I believe in all that is good and true,

The reasons why I love his touch,

The reasons why I love him so much,

The reasons I feel so happy and complete,

The reasons why I go to bed with a smile,

The reasons why he means so much to me,

The reasons why I never wanna lose him,

...and it's all because of you.

New Beginning

Dew drops on a leaf,

Whispers in the wind,

A silent message nobody understands.

Pure and innocent like a child,

Taking one step at a time,

My life is just beginning.

I'm just starting to explore,

I'm being born once more

I'm trying to crack the code of life,

Unravel all its mysteries

Everything seems new,

My life is just beginning.

A shooting star,

A twinkle in the night sky,

A silent message nobody understands.

Pretty, fragrant, like a rose

I'm ready to bloom

My life is just beginning.

I'm just starting to explore,

I'm being born once more,

I'm trying to crack the code of life,

Unravel all its mysteries

Everything seems new,

My life is just beginning.

[ My very first song...

A friend of mine was the first one i shared this song with...

He was the one who encouraged me and even put it up on his blog...

I'm always thankful to him...

You know who you are :) ]

Escape

I feel like I'm walking through,

A neverending maze, and

Everytime I turn around

It's just another dead end.

I feel like I'm walking through,

A neverending tunnel, and

Everytime I reach the end,

There's just more darkness.

Take me away, help me escape,

From this prison, this world,

I need some air, I need to fly

I need to get out before it's too late.

I feel like

I'm swimming through a neverending ocean

And everytime I swim for land, there's just more water.

I feel like

I'm falling into a neverending abyss,

And everytime I try to get out,

I just sink in deeper.

Take me away, help me escape,

Open the door and let me out

You hold the key, don't leave me,

Help me escape before it's too late.

[i wrote this when i was going thru some tough times...]

Head Over Heels

There you go again,

With that secretive smile of yours,

You tell me its nothing,

Shake your head and turn away.

My heart skips a beat,

No I can't seem to breathe,

Look what you're doing to me,

I can't even think

My head is back in the clouds again,

And I'm floating in my dreamworld.

Boy you make me crazy about you,

You got me fallin' head over heels for you.

There you go again,

Stealin' looks when you think

I'm not aware

There you go again,

Enjoyin' the effect you have on me,

Makin' me blush and stumble

Whenever you're around.

My heart skips a beat,

No I can't seem to breathe,

Look what you're doing to me,

I can't even speak

My head is back in the clouds again,

You got me floating in my dreamworld again,

Boy you got me goin' crazy about you,

You got me fallin' head over heels for you.

You know how I feel about you,

Everyone knows it, no secret here,

And everytime you look at me,I know you can feel it too.

There you go again,

My heart skips a beat,

Everytime you hold my hands..

There you go again..My heart skips a beat,

No I can't seem to breathe

Look what you're doing to me,

I can't even sleep

My head is back up in the clouds again,

You got me floating in my dreamworld again,

Boy you got me goin' crazy about you

And you got me fallin'

Fallin' head over heels for you.

All I Want

You don't have to buy me roses,

No boxes of chocolates,

No, you don't need to buy me gifts

All I really want

Is for you to

Be there for me when I am crying in the night,

Hold me close, tell me it will be alright,

Hold my hand when we're walking down the street,

Whisper in my ears, secrets only meant for me,

Kiss me gently, make me melt right in your arms,

Protect me and treasure me, and say

That you love me, thats all I want.

You don't have to leave all your friends

Don't have to leave the things

That you love to do,

All I really want

Is for you to..

Keep me warm when its raining outside,

Call me late at night, just to tell me good night,

Introduce me to your friends, be proud of me,

Whisper in my ears, secrets only meant for me,

Kiss me gently, make me melt right in your arms,

Protect me and treasure me, and say..

That you love me, thats all I want.

I don't expect much from you,

Just show me that you'll care, that

You'll cherish me and treat me right,

'Cos all I want from you, is love.

So be there for me when I'm crying in the night,

Hold me close, tell me it will be alright,

Keep me warm when it's raining outside,

Call me late at night, just to tell me good night,

Hold my hand when we're walking down the street,

Introduce me to your friends, be proud of me,

Whisper in my ears, secrets only meant for me,

Kiss me gently and make me melt right in your arms,

Protect me and treasure me, and sayThat you love me, thats all I want.

Oh, be there for me, hold me close

Keep me warm, just tell me it will be alright,

Cos all I really want, is to hear those three words,

And I'll give you my life and my everything,

'Cos all I really want is for you to say..

That you love me.

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints,

I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life!

and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

[My absolute favorite poem...

I love the lines "I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. "

Brings tears to my eyes...it's such beautiful poem]

JUST SMILE :D :D

Happiness is like a butterfly...the more you chase it,the more it will elude you...but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder..
Everyone wants to be happy. It is basic human desire and longing. We ,humans, often spend our lives searching for happiness in our relationships, careers and other material things, often forgetting the true meaning of happiness. We forget that life is not a destination but a journey and it is this journey that makes living worthwhile.
All of us are faced with hardships. Many a time we focus all our time,energy and attention on our problems that we forget what it feels like to be happy and miss out on so many good things in life and end up feeling sad.
If this is true then how are so many people so happy all the time? You'd think their life was all flowers and rainbows...
They too have problems the only difference is... their attitude...
Here are a few things i've learnt...
The best way to be happy is the most simplest five letter word... SMILE :D
It takes only 3 muscles to smile but 72 to frown... Not only is smiling healthier but it also makes you good company for those around you...
Next, forget all your past mistakes and regrets...what's done is done and you can't change that. Rather that brood about what could have been done think of what can be done now. Learn from your mistakes, don't hold grudges. Whatever decision you make, stick to it and be happy with it...don't regret the choices you make. Hold on to all the good memories and let go of all the bad ones...enjoy today because it is all you can be sure of.
Remember to always be thankful for everything that you have. Appreciate the small things around you. Never take anything for granted. Always appreciate the people in your life...they aren't perfect, love them for who they are and you won't have a reason to grumble :) Appreciate, compliment and encourage those around you...but be genuine...their happiness will become yours:)
Give to others, share and your happiness will multiply :)
Finally, place your happiness into your own hands. When you expect something or someone to make you happy they will be sure to fail you. Don't let this limit you. Love, care, work and live with all your heart...don't expect anything in return.

We are all given one life and it is too short to be spent with a gloomy face.
So Smile :), Be Happy and Don't Worry! :D

The Magic Of A Compelling Dream...

The reason behind any success story would first and foremost be a dream. A dream for life is to destination for a journey, without which neither of them will be significant. And that dream must a compelling one. By the word compelling, it is meant that every action performed should be intended towards the accomplishment of the goal. Dreams are seedlings of reality. They propel the individual in the direction of success. Dreams compel one to prioritize his activities, which avoid time wasters.
A dream is a wish that a heart makes. Dreaming is the art of seeing things invisible. A dreamer never sees things as they are, but he is futuristic about how they can be. For instance, Walt Disney’s dream, from the beginning, was never to build a company to make cartoons for kids, but it was “to use imagination to bring happiness to millions”. Dreams mysteriously tug people in their direction.
Compelling dreams attract success through three strategies. They allow the use of natural talents to fullest extent. Creation of a compelling dream will help people identify their natural talents and build upon them. The next is that dreams identify the path to be followed. Once there is a vision, automatically the roads for realizing the vision lays down itself in front of the dreamer. There is a clear cut idea as to how to go about to achieve success. The final strategy is that dreams make decision making easier. Boats are not always destined to sail in the direction of winds. In order to reach the proper destination one may have to break through different hardships like the winds for the boats.
There is lot of possibilities that the choices one makes for life on the path to the accomplishment of the dream are not the choices others would make. Beautifully illustrated by Robert Frost, “Two roads diverged in the yellow woods, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference”, that life is full of choices, and one’s destiny is based on the choices he makes. Successful people not only think big, but also differently. It is more likely to make unpopular choices on the roads to success and satisfaction.
Walt Disney shall pose himself as an incredible trendsetter to all the dreamers around the globe. America’s most celebrated amusement park, the Disney land was at first a mere dream. Walt Disney, its creator, was from a mediocre family. He started off from a very humble beginning of imagining cartoon characters relating to many animals in his garden, to becoming the creator of the world’s largest entertainment companies. He never paid heed to those who criticized his talent of imagination, including his teachers, who were not pleased with him. He had his share of failures and successes in his work, but his dream to use imagination to bring happiness to people never died. This was because he believed in his dreams implicitly and unquestionably. Walt Disney created a compelling dream that kept him on the move even at time of hardships.
As a dreamer one need not be realistic, but rather be futuristic. Dreams provide fuel on the roads to success; they get us going even when we are run down. When Walt Disney was humiliated every time he approached some one for approval of the project, he never lost hope as he saw the promise of his dream for the future. But, when Disney Land was created in reality, Walt was never there to see it. At the inaugural function of the amusement park, one of the reporters felt sorry for Walt Disney, and went up to Mr. Roy, Walt’s brother, and said “it’s a tragedy that Walt Disney never got to see the Disney world”, to which Mr. Roy replied that it he was wrong. He said that Walt Disney saw the Disney world in his imagination first, that was why all the others are seeing it physically.
Success requires mental creation succeeded by physical creation. One has to cross the bridge even before others know that there is one.
The greatest achievement was at first and for time a dream.
The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg,
And in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs.
Dreams are seedlings of realities.
Let us aspire to be big thinkers and greater achievers.
- Madhu Gokul

[This great piece of work belongs to my friend C.G.Madhumithah...She's a girl with extraordinary vision and talent and i'm proud to have one of her pieces on my blog :) I often tell her that one day i will walk into a book store and find a book written by her and i'll hold it up saying "This book was written by my friend!" And i'm not just saying that because she's my friend...i truly mean what i say...

Madhu if u read this : "HURRY UP AND PUBLISH THAT BOOK!!!":) ]

Follow ur heart :)

Don’t you wish everything in life was just perfect?
Imagine this- we are all born into the perfect family (full of love, care and laughs), go through a perfect childhood, a perfect adolescence (no growing pains, no heartbreaks), the perfect job (great salary, top position, on top of the game) and the perfect happily-ever-after (loving partner, great kids, just one big happy family)…sounds good right? In fact, too good to be true!
This sounds good for a movie or a fairy tale…but here’s real life – a family where mom and dad fight, too strict, too many rules, school by the time you’re three, get those good grades(or you’re screwed),struggle with exams, why can’t you just get over that new hottie you saw, growing pains, teenage mania, a hundred failed interviews, the boss is such a monster, why can’t your spouse love you more, kids are driving you nuts, don’t start with the in-laws, bills bills bills and finally… you’re just pulling out your hair regretting something or the other in your life…
Every step of the way there are regrets…they keep building up until you finally reach a point where they boil over leaving you frustrated and upset…
Wishing for a perfect life is unrealistic…no one has a perfect life…no one…though people might show a different face in front of others everyone is going though some problem or another…
You might think your friend’s life is perfect but he/she is probably thinking the same about yours.
Life is never perfect, never fair…
Every step of the way you make choices, you choose paths, and sometimes they are the right ones that get you straight where you want to go, other times you choose a path full of diversions, no-entry’s and dead –ends leaving you feeling discouraged, hurt and unhappy…
But here’s the thing – just because you chose a path where you had to face a few obstacles or dead-ends, just because the choice you made was bad doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the world…that you are forever destined to be unhappy…
Don’t you just wish there was a rewind button and you could change your life? But there is no such option…
There are many what if’s in life…
Many uncertainties in life…
You don’t know what the future holds, what’s going to happen…
So instead of living in fear of what’s going to happen, thinking you could have done something, thinking about chances missed, if you feel you have to do something, that you want something don’t wait around and then when you’re 50 years old tell your grandchildren about how you would have done something or had a happier life if you had just done what you felt in your heart…
Live a life without regrets…
After all, life is too short to spend waiting around and regretting what you could have done…
And while you’re looking at your regrets you might miss what great things you have now…
So never hesitate…
The future will come when it comes…
Follow your heart…
And never regret any choices you make…
Have a great day :)

Men are from Mars!

Men are from Mars. Really. Understanding them and dealing with them is a task in itself. Apparently they are simpler than women. Men complain that women are hard to satisfy and hard to understand. True we are a bit more complex. After all God did create his masterpiece (women) after completing his rough draft (men).Just Kidding! But we aren’t really that hard to satisfy if the guys just paid a little bit more attention. Anyway, back to men:
Men are practical. It’s ingrained in them, just like women are emotional. It’s a good thing, at times. Times like when you need your accounts checked or when you need to organize or manage something in the office. It is not a good thing, however, to be practical when you’re needed to be sensitive and supportive.
Example: I’m lamenting to my friend about my oh-so-sad life and he cuts me off with his hey-you’ve-got-the-wrong-idea-let-me-give-you-solutions speech. What I need right then is for someone to talk to not a solution. Guys look at everything kind of like an equation where you figure out the values of x, y and z, substitute them and you’ve solved it! That was exactly how my friend was talking to me, as if I had just handed him a math equation and he made it sound so easy. This practical nature is so great at other times when I really need those solutions but at times all a girl expects is for the guy to be quiet, listen and just be there for her.
Guys never listen. Especially if they are watching TV, playing on the computer, game cube, PS3, Wii or some other gaming console. Try telling them the sky is falling and they’d look at you, nod and go right back to what they were doing. Guys complain they don’t know what gifts to buy for girls because they are so hard to satisfy. Maybe if they listened more often they would know. Guys also never listen when we tell them where things are, which is why they end up searching the whole house looking for something which is right in front of them. They also complain that girls don’t tell them how they feel – yes we do, a 100 times and still guys don’t listen.
Example 1: My grandpa was looking for the newspaper and asked my mom where it was. My mom told him it was on the bed several times until he found it himself a half hour later. Then he tells my mom I asked you but you never told me!
Example 2: I’m telling my friend that I couldn’t make it to church that morning. He’s on the computer. After he says oh ok and keeps going ’ok’ and ‘yeah’ I ask him if he has any idea what I’m talking about and he says ‘sure, you were telling me what happened when you went to church’
Men are immature at times. If you ever notice how guys play with each other when they are alone it sometimes makes you wonder whether they are human or monkeys on vodka. Except some, not all guys are immature to that extent.
Men also never admit that they are wrong. At least not all men do, I don’t want to generalize. Hurt their pride and they will never come near you again. They like to think they are right all the time. Guys never read the instructions because they are so capable, then they mess something up. There’s always a girl around reading the instructions if you notice. They also hate asking for directions. It is perfectly clear that they are lost but, asking for directions? No way! They have a built in GPS along with a never faltering ego.Guys are frustrating and hard to please but in all fairness to guys there are some really great qualities about them.

And it’s true what they say– “You can’t live with them, can’t live without them

Friend

I believe friends are angels in disguise. I believe they have been sent to each one of us in one form or another, be it a parent, a neighbor, a lover, a classmate, a colleague or that random person you met at that long queue and struck up a conversation with who now happens to be your best friend. Friends are the first ones you go to when you need to talk, when you need a shoulder to cry on. The ones you go to when you think no one else will understand you. They are also the ones who accept you, mood swings, tears, bad days, good days and all. They are the ones who know you in and out, your secrets, your past, that side of you that you’d rather no one saw and still accept you and love you anyway.
If you’re lucky you might find a friend who lasts you a lifetime. Else, you might be like me, trying to cherish all the memories and hold on only to those moments that remain. When you’ve been friends with someone for a while, when you know each other well, you tend to take them for granted. That’s probably the biggest mistake you’ll ever make. Taking this delicate relationship or any other relationship for that matter, which requires nurturing, loving and attention for granted is the reason we lose that relationship. That delicate, beautiful gift. It’s so easy to lose it. I’ve learnt it the hard way.
Sometimes you fight and that only means you care and know that a fight wont break this bond. Sometimes the biggest fights seem so insignificant when you look back on them later. Sonetimes you look back together and laugh at them and other times its just better to forgive and forget. Sometimes a fight ends the relationship and it is better left alone.
I've learnt that not always can you save a friendship. I've learnt that every friendship, however long the duration, changes you and teaches you a few lessons. I've also learnt that the word friend is the most misused word. People sometimes use you in the name of a friend. People take advantage of you in the guise of a friend at times.
Eventhough it is misused at times, friendship is one of the best things in life. I've made many friends, I've lost a few, a few have used me, a few only remain in my memory but i cherish every one of them. Regardless of whether the friendship still exists or not, whether we are still in contact or not, whether we see each other or not i still cherish each and every one of them and i still care the same. Maybe thats a weakness, but i feel its better that way to never hate or forget a friendship because of a few misunderstandings or distance.

To all my friends - whether we still see each other, or talk to each other, whether we fought or misunderstood each other...I love you guys :)

Make ur own paper crane

The paper crane is a symbol of peace, hope and good wishes....The person who folds a thousand paper cranes will have their hearts desire according to stories.... :)

A Thousand Paper Cranes

Being the month of august there are so many important events and dates....August 6th and 9th are the Hiroshima and Nagasaki peace days...
The world was on a high of the new technology and weapons...no one knew the destructive power that they so badly seeked to control and conquer...
This is one of the stories that really touched my heart....
It is the story of a girl and a thousand paper cranes....
A story of believing and hoping for a new day even amidst all the horror and pain after the destruction that took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
Sadako Sasaki was only two years old when Hiroshima was destroyed. Her house was only a mile away from the epicenter of the blast. Her mother found her at home and took her to saftely. Everything was fine for this girl who had now turned twelve and loved running and had even won several trophies. Life had started to resume after the disaster but many were suffering. Whaat started out as a fainting spell for Sadako soon followed up with purple bruises all over her legs and body.

She was diagnosed with leukemia and was given a year to live. During one of the hospital visits, one of her friends brought her a square, golden piece of paper and folded into a beautiful paper crane (a symbol of good luck and peace). She saw many others being gifted paper cranes also and became curious as to what these cranes symbolized. According to the story, a person who folded a thousand paper cranes would be granted their hearts desire. Sadako, inspired by the story began to fold paper cranes with whatever little pieces of paper she found such as medicine wrappers, hoping for recovery and to return to her friends and family.

As the days passed her condtion and the condition of those in the hospital just like her worsened and she began to understand that she might not survive. She began to wish instead now for peace and hope to reign in the world so that nothing like this would ever happen again and no one would ever have to suffer again. Some versions of the story say that she indeed completed a thousand cranes and continued to fold more for others. Another version says that she never made it past 644 cranes and that her friends continued making the 1000 paper craned and sealed it in the coffin with her.

After her death her friends and family raised funds to build a memorial for her and in 1958 a statue of Sadako holding a golden paper crane was unveiled at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. She gave hope to many others and every year people gather to make thousands more of the paper cranes and string them around the memorial praying and hoping for peace in the world.

My very 1st blog!!!!

I started this blog because I became interested in blogging after viewing my friend's blog. At first I wasn't sure what kind of blog i would create. It took me a while just staring at the computer and the blank 'compose' screen to realize i could blog about anything i wanted. It didn't have to be anything spectacular, just something i found interesting, something that i loved. What do i love? I love anything poetic, artistic, romantic, inspirational, crazy....anything that makes me feel like - this is a part of me...
I'm one of those people who thrives on living life based on what i feel is right and what i feel is right in my heart. It's not always a good thing, i have been advised, but hey,it's much better than that person out there who hasn't experienced the feeling of choosing to do something they love even though they might fail. Knowing that i choose to do whatever my heart says, what ever i feel at the moment, impulsive and immature as it may sound seems like a much better way to live than to always be practical (even though being practical is a requirement).
Anyway, this blog will hopefully be helpful, inspiring and maybe even i will learn a few things....and as the blog is named- I only believe in this:
"To thine own self be true" - I swear there is no better way to live :)