There’s nothing called as an end! It’s just that you need to decide to START.

Want to start?? all over again? Is it the toughest thing? or a little simpler now? with all the experiences we have had in our life till now!? :D. If we have landed in this kind of a situation, then certainly something has gone wrong previously, or it is what we generally feel. Isn’t it? But, as per me, is analyzing required? It could have just happened because, it would have happened ‘no matter what‘. Things are not always under our control in life, right? But, why is that, we waste so much time further in only trying to analyze? why blame – be it ourselves or others, or the situations that have occurred…?

In simple words, every single minute that we have got this much for ourselves, that too for free, is of no use…. if we give up, or get frustrated, or blame. Isn’t it? It’s hard…, totally agree. But why give this much of an importance to something that you have not liked?? why fill your heart with this? Please don’t give any space in your heart for such stuff.

One mistake in life we often do, is to give too much of a prominence to bad scenes or topics that don’t deserve this much of a time or space in your heart. This realization is only a big thing. Trust me, to actually begin from there, requires lot of courage, self-confidence, trust in yourself, but most importantly faith in your being, ‘truth’ to out-beat all, if these qualities can accompany you at this crucial hour, then it is definitely, “a start “ which knows no defeat.

With this kind of a mindset, everything can happen through you, effortlessly. For that to happen, your mind for sure has to be free of all past. My kids teach me this!! Day in, day out, their achievements, their failures are of no impact on them. Blessed are all of us, as, as kids that we outgrow these many milestones. What can be better lessons than those?

Now, as we are adults, it’s lots easier that way, to overcome, whatever the situation may be. As we are more matured, we have seen life, we are people to decide are own destiny! So, let’s move one step forward from where we are stuck. Let’s leave it now, anything – that bothers us or disturbs us. Let the thoughts flow. Its natural…but, ” let’s not give any room to it in our heart” for, …they are not worth our time now. 

After all this, ‘it’s a new start now…it’s a fresh beginning’, yay! you are already there…to begin your own beautiful destiny …ahead …that’s just waiting for you!

Born in love… live in lust? Let’s think for ourselves. Has there been any day off late in our lives where we have ended our day without any of these emotions like ego, anger, dissatisfaction over something (could be big or for silliest of the reasons)or greed?All these I think has been a part of our life, whether knowingly or unknowingly – somewhere down the line…isn’t it?

These are the moments of lust.! Could be big or small. But if it rules our routine and life then it surely is, ‘like a pebble in your shoe’. Sounds crazy, right? but it actually is :)). Let me explain. While I was in a morning walk with my friend yesterday,…how much this tiny pebble inside my shoe, bothered me…! My peace to walk happily was ruined, my comfort was gone…I was lazy to bend and remove that tiny pebble… trying to adjust myself, as I felt – how that small pebble could disturb my walk :D, but….

I was wrong 😦

This tiny pebble had a major impact on my walk, my feet, bothered my mind, my peace, my everything at that moment. So, the only solution was, me removing it from inside of my shoe.

Lust I mean – is like a pebble in our mind! We hold on to it, I don’t know why, but definitely we are the ones to suffer. All these unwanted emotions of ego, anger, rage, irritation which I call lust here, are a few pebbles that we have let inside us over a period of time. Obviously, disturbed we are. So, don’t we have the duty to remove them from within?

Let’s try to remove these tiny dusts, to gain freedom and more clarity in our lives from within. I think, actual functionality of our body and brain, actually begin there! Living life in clarity…and… gaining happiness through it, is a much-desired thing! Isn’t it?

Living life in love…. just the way we were born…is the true essence of life! Isn’t it? Choice is OURS!

We often play  this game… ‘who’s the boss?’ keep playing in real life…even without realizing 😀 . There’s some kind of a satisfaction I must say, that we get when the other person listens to us :D! It could be just a conversation, could be an instruction, could be just a normal chai talk…but there is certainly some kind of a contentment we achieve when the other person has a listening ear and finds some sense in what we say or may be, he or she is even ready to follow an instruction from us. The feel is so good when your loved ones understand you, and respond accordingly with utmost respect, you definitely feel on top ‘like a boss’:D .

But what happens to the other person when he or she is actually trying to say something? Do we also listen? Do we have that listening ear? We need to certainly check on ourselves. Matters a lot as it is in these conversations you actually play a very important role of listening to whomever to let them know, that you care and you are also there for them. So very reciprocated it is ….in any relationship for that matter…be it in a husband and wife relationship, be it a maid and a homemaker relationship, be it a relationship with your own sibling, with colleges at your office…anywhere with anybody. As a matter of fact, if we realize, we are surrounded by so many people and we hold some kind of a relationship with each one of them, isn’t it?

Such a super quick routine we all live in… where’s the time really to check on ourselves at any given point of hour during the day? If at all we had time…to sit back …at-least by the end of the day …before going to bed…just to recall… if we have hurt anybody during that day, then, it’s a sure take on, isn’t it? We definitely wouldn’t like to hurt others, but if we have, knowing or unknowingly… then, left to us whether to act bossy or to act humane 😀

We all come empty handed…we also leave empty handed… so doesn’t matter who really the boss is, but, certainly, spreading happiness …helping others and being there for those all those people around us, as a listening ear, ‘is a definite take on’. 

In true heartfelt Gratitude to my Gods in life….”My Parents”…..  

 

In observance of all the blessings we have had in our life, there’s so much to be thankful for. Isn’t it? Like how our breathing happens, in a similar way … this word, ‘bhaavane’ what we use in Kannada, has to be a part of us at every given moment by God.

Whom to thank? Whom all to thank? What all to thank for? When all to thank? Where all to thank? These lines may look funny … but have a lot of depth in them.

There’s so much to be thankful for… our every scene in life, every second, every minute, every hour in our life is a gift given by our Creator. It all starts from the air he has given us in plenty to breathe … to the heartbeat he has set in our heart permanently to beat for us … day and night … to all the organs that keep functioning endlessly – to the elements of nature surviving today just to ensure we exist! 🙂 Isn’t it?

On a deeper note… to the family we have had for us… to the people we have had as our supporters all through …first and foremost to our parents who have been there for us…no matter what!…

List goes endlessly … amidst this much of a reason to thank …. takes place in our heart … our anger … our greed … our jealousy … our selfishness… isn’t it? should there actually be any room to these unwanted things ?? 😦 …really??

This much of a blessing … in one life, that too. Let’s be grateful. Let’s be thankful! I think, one form of giving back all the love received – be it from nature or from people …is Gratitude!

 SERENE, NATURE, BLOOM, BLISS, MAGICAL, PURE, SELFLESS.

Ultimate happiness in our life, whatever our definition of happiness may be…all lies within us. Seeking for happiness elsewhere is the easiest thing, or sometimes it can be the toughest thing. It can be either ways, right? So, that explains, happiness is not a guaranteed thing! Sadly. Isn’t it?

How easy life can be… for ourselves if we could just blindly believe, like as in, a child believes in his /her mother, doesn’t have anything to think of…to regret upon or to complain of…its minimal…that simple our life can be. God has given the same life be it to a child or an adult. It just requires that simplicity of acceptance of who we are… as basic as that.

If u observe… a baby by your sight…or around your space or could be even a little distant away… has so much to offer. They are meant to be center of attraction be it in a crowd, be it if they are cute babies or not, they have lots to offer even without one single trace of speech…it could be just through their smile… which is most mesmerizing – or could be through their actions …could be whatever … we just get dragged…any reasons, why?

It’s because of that constant pure state of mind, that presence of mind they are blessed with! With no thoughts in them…what so ever. Love is in such natural form …in abundance! Something that’s this natural from birth… becomes so tough to be with. Why is that? When do we lose this? No answers…

Focus …is on being that…to reach out there …where there’s just, NOTHING …but for this minute…and a world of just that …! Wide open your eyes and heart to see and feel love…beautiful you can be…. beautiful u r…..!! IMMERSE IN THAT SERENITY…for a life time of guaranteed happiness :))

Embrace life each minute with this kind of a love and power… a blissful life can be the only outcome! All in us! Lucky we are!

Life is just like an ice cream… before it melts…lets taste all flavors’, for it has its own kick to offer us…. just, by living in this minute, to enjoy life to its fullest!!

It is only then, you can see or make every other person around u, happy!! And that’s, in our hands too, to bring in a moment of joy in others’ lives … life is so beautiful!!

This phrase,“my two eyes” I often use, to tell my two little boys, what they mean to me!!

Parenting!!! not an easy task at all…it does take plenty of patience, your own self, your time, your routine, your everything! For what? I often ask this question to myself. The reason being, we all raise kids, we enjoy, we complain, we get stressed, we feel we have no time for anything else… are the kind of emotions we often go through.. but.. but we feel satisfied by the end of the night for the work done, for feeding our child, for utmost attention given, for making our baby smile. For seeing our baby face by the end of the night is all so worth – soo calm, soo pleasant, soo innocent to see him/ her sleeping by the end of the day .

The very next day doesn’t promise anything new … its the same work, the same duty, the same everything .

This day on a bright sunny morning , I woke up to a nice coffee, husband at home to help me pack for our US trip. I decided to take my time off for a while to hit the gym as i had almost gone mad packing for four of us all by myself for forty five days ..may be 13 bags all put together.

Now..am working out in the gym , me on a tread mill, but my thoughts kept on flowing. It was then I realized the true meaning of “Up Bringing”

Something that I would like to definitely share with u all…

All these days, I thought, upbringing means …the values we imbibe in a child through out his / her growing years. But, today, for the first time I felt ,

“I was the child here” ! It was actually my upbringing that was happening here !!!!!

My kids were teaching me everyday, every minute, how easily I could smile, how easily I could cry. Yes, really, my sons had by then brought in a whole new person in me , a person , whom I have never met before !

It was always an effort for me before to take care of 2 small kids, but without me knowing this had become so much fun and came so naturally to me,  with no effort. It was not even tiresome anymore. I was just another child to play, to cry, to explore, to see my new world each day with the same curiosity !!!!

Felt happy, happier each day with this beautiful feel as it was me here who was growing deeper and cleaner each day. There is soo much of learning every single moment where in my upbringing was happening on its own!!

So , who’s the parent here? Am I the parent, or my sons? who are just 7 and 5 year old?? I wonder the same…..since then….till date.

I was never like this, to what I am today. I never knew I love to write!!! I have never read novels in my entire life. I feel now , its my sons who has made me realize my passion , my openness towards every single thing , the happiness I feel without even judging anything that is good or bad. Do u believe? Recently I started Bharatanatyam , at the age of 36 !!! I always knew it was my all time favorite but did not know I could also pursue.!!

Slowly …with all these true discoveries within myself …I had started to love my routine.. thoroughly.. and now I never felt it “same old ” anymore!!!

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton