I Am Happy When …….

It is true that happiness is elusive. Neither does it last forever nor can we hold on to it eternally.

A Welcome Change!

The other day I was at the billing counter of the local horticulture shop, when someone rushed ahead with, “Hey brother, give me one packet of ….”

I gave a typical ‘irritated old woman’ look and the stocky, bespectacled youth returned an apologetic smile, “You see, I had finished my purchases and left the shop, but then I remembered ginger-garlic paste….” I moved aside and he bought his spices.

Amazing Craft!

Just have a look around — so many amazing things! Be it a delicate web woven by a tiny spider or the huge arch of a rainbow spanning the entire sky; or a dainty flower spreading its beauty and scent around or take the case of a minuscule plantlet sprouting out of a seed. Yes, I know, each and every thing has a scientific explanation —-

But still, sometimes, doesn’t it appear like some magic? As if some invisible magician has waved his wand and ….Presto! Must say, our dear Mother Nature knows her craft truly well!

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Written for the Daily Post Prompt: Craft

The Deluge (II)

Hello once again! So, we were talking about the ‘Whatsapp forwards’ (I am not sure about you all, but at least I was). The variety available here is simply mind-boggling, to say the least! And the speed with which they proliferate! If you read one message or a video in one group, within a few minutes the same thing pops out of multiple other groups!

The Deluge (I)

You start your day and the first thing you do in the morning is to check your phone. (Who says I am addicted to social media or the phone? No please, …..it is only to check my mails, you see). And what do you find in your phone? Many many colourful flowers (or babies or puppies or kittens or….some such cutie cutie things) popping out of each ‘group’ to wish you a happy day. 

Gone …. or have they?

Gone are the moments, never to come back again

and so have gone the days, months and years!

But every moment has its own memory,

and each  day weaves a different story.

The months and years bestow their experience

too valuable are they in their own place.

 

So, all these moments, days, years

are inseparable  part of ours.

They stay with us always…..always;

become a part of our being…….

So, in all honesty, ………… have they truly gone?

 

Written for Daily Post Prompt: Gone

Year

What is a year ? Is it a calendar full of days, dates, weeks and months? In my view, a year is nothing but a collection of moments. Various good moments, not-so-good moments, okay moments, bad moments, sad moments, happy moments — they all gather together in a motley crowd and that is our year.

Need Of The Day – Relax.

Relax – the word brings to mind many images; something calm, serene, something that conveys peace.

No two opinions about the fact that, of late, the world as a whole has turned into a great roller coaster ride. With too much of competition in every walk of life, in every field imaginable, each person is busy running a mad rat-race — and trying to be the fastest of them all.

The result, as expected, is tremendous stress. And that is when one needs stress-busters and means of relaxation.

Joy of Creativity

When the God created and sent us on this earth, he bestowed some special quality upon each one of us. It may be evident in some while it could be dormant or hidden in some others. He has left it to us to look for it, use it or develop it.

My Almond Tree

Yes, I do know that there is nothing mine about the tree, it is a community property, growing in the garden of the co-op housing society. However, this is the first thing that I see as soon as I open the curtains in the morning. And then, the entire day it stands there right outside my window – like a part of my family.