New year......

New year is here, bringing in newer hopes, newer dreams, newer joys.

2011 had lots of lessons to teach.....i think i was a good student, learning things from it.

Wonder what 2012 has in store?

No matter what, Iam working on my goals for each year......because i believe if we know our destination, we could well try to make our paths.

So are u making yours?

FOR MY LITTLE ANGEL

A POEM THAT I CAME ACROSS AND FOUND IT VERY

NICE.....

An Angel Left Her Wings

© Tina M. Marascia

I have this little angel. For me she left her wings.
She has no idea how much happiness she truly brings.
She brightens up my days with her smiles and her laughs.
She helps me to remember all the blessings that I have.

Her face, it is so perfect, she's sweet and soft and pure.
Sometimes she can be willful and sometimes she is demure.
She tries her very hardest to please and do what's right.
She gives the greatest hugs from morning until night.

Every person that has known her sees this light within her soul
I know that in this whole great world, she has a special role.
She's helpful and considerate to everyone she knows
This light in her shines brighter as my angel grows.

When she sees someone is sad, it opens up her heart.
She wants to do all that she can; she wants to do her part.
She'll squeeze away the sorrow and make me forget about my pain.
She shows me where the sun is when we're hiding from the rain.

I know that God must love me, He showed me with His Grace
I knew just how completely when I saw my angel's face.
And in that very moment when she came into my world,
I knew that she was so much more than just my baby girl.

She would be my sunshine, with a sweetness that won't end.
And when she grows up one day she would be my closest friend.
She would be the reason I would always try my best.
For my little angel baby girl would be my greatest test.

When God entrusts to you an angel, who has left her wings for you.
Encircle her with love with everything you do.
Let her know God made her, and that He trusts you with her care.
Be sure to make time for special moments with her to share.

And when at night she finally says her prayers and goes to sleep
I Thank Him for my angel, and ask for him to always keep
A watchful eye and hand to protect her from this world.
Protect my little angel; protect my baby girl.

Source: An Angel Left Her Wings, Daughter Poem, 32 Stories http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/an-angel-left-her-wings#ixzz1gFSajzbG
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MOTTO

LIVE, LOVE AND CELEBRATE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!

REFLECTIONS ON CASTE, RELATIONSHIPS ETC....

A Friend of mine asked me few questions which i have tried to reflect upon here....

Caste???? I really dont know what it means because i dont believe in one...however i understand it to be man made long long years ago for the smooth functioning of the economy and society....who knew that one day it will enter turbulent waters....

How can one differentiate???? I really dont know because i dont believe in one....I have never discriminated friends or relatives based on caste....I also believe that on the last day of our life all we need is that 6x3 piece of land for us to reduce to ash...which again later we have no claim to....then no one would ask whether he or she were a brahman, kshatriya, vaishya or shudra?????

No one questions about caste when one recieves blood in case of emergency.....whether it was brahman blood or shudra blood or to take a step further ,whether it was a hindu, christian or muslim who donated the blood......because it is a matter of saving a life.

When it comes to marriage, it is upon the two individuals to adjust.....in case of vast difference in lifestyles or rituals...finally everything is done by human and undone by human.

Mother and child attachment.......it is unexplainable....how can one not love part of oneself..the most sacred of all relationship is that of a mother and child..... i could keep writing on this....so would comment later.

Why are we close to one and not to the other????? As far as my understanding goes about the bonds in my life, i feel they are facilitative in nature.....there woukd be some commonalities between them.... be it interest, thoughts and goals...both the individuals contribute to each other's life and so on..

Here again, i could keep writing on this topic....may be some day.. i could post a blog only on this....i.e. relationships.

LET ME CONCLUDE HERE.

MUMBAI

Its been long time since i have written...well, right now iam on holiday....where? aamchi Mumbai...everytime i land in Mumbai, Iam amazed looking at the city....sights and sounds of the city...and of course the spirit of the city....it is rightly called the city that never sleeps. The city is on the go.....and has that never give up spirit, which gets imbibed in its people. It accepts people from every strata in its fold...and vice versa, every person who sets his foot here makes it his or her home..

These thoughts come to me when i have to make few decisions...

MARRIAGE

Marriage, it is said, is made in heaven but lived out on earth...between two individuals....two souls. Success of this institution depends on these individuals wherein if they know to celebrate their similarities and respect their differences...... there is nothing like it. I have read a quote some where which said" A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person" No relationship on earth can be taken for granted....every one of them needs some working at......they need time to time recharge for it to have life time validity. Well, it is my own experience that makes me so positive of relationships....... i believe in creation of bonds.....building bridges...It is one life that we have here and as mentioned in my earlier blog....life is to celebrate......not grieve over. SO LIVE,LOVE AND ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ON BEING ONESELF

Is it hard to be the YOU? We spend our lives being the OTHER... How genuine are we to ourselves? We deny our own existence....we grow up being strangers to ourselves.....what is it that scares us from going along the untreaded path.....Is it fear or a need?

CELEBRATE LIFE

It is impermanence that gives meaning to our lives. The fact that we are not here to stay long eludes us. We are mortal beings, who do not realise that life is just a stop over. 'Ego' in an individual does not allow him to see that....he is blinded....and binded( If i may use this term for being bound). We fail to understand that life is to live and not grieve over...LIVE, LOVE AND CELEBRATE LIFE.

BIRTH AND DEATH

FRIENDS
WHAT IS BIRTH AND DEATH ALL ABOUT?

FOR A YOUNG FRIEND

One of the best quotes on success i received was from my young friend who always keeps saying- "Ma'am, the road to success is always under construction."
So true...having asked earlier as to what my friends had to opine about success.........i received only few responses.
I would like to quote ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON here:
"That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children;who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul;who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it;who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had."
Whenever i think of success, R.L.Stevenson's quote always comes to my mind and i think whether is it also world's notion of success. Is SUCCESS=HAPPINESS?
Prati

friends,

the 9th and 10th line is as follows:

"they drive away all care

smile they always wear"

friend

Are they so rare?

True friends are rare,
yet not so rare.
For in life, we may find
some, who's really kind.
They brighten your way
like a golden ray.
To them, so much to say;
confide in them, we ,may.
They drive away all cares;
smile, they always wears.
They help and advice;
they love and care.
At your side they remain;
in your heart, they retain.
Through the gloomy days;
through the sunny days
to support, they always stay
and help us through life's way.
Friends, true at heart and
true at mind- are they so rare?
-Prati

SUCCESS

WHAT IS SUCCESS???? MY FRIENDS WHO ARE READING THIS BLOG......WILL U KINDLY REPLY.....YOUR NOTION OF ''SUCCESS''.

HAVE BEEN PONDERING OVER THIS FOR A WHILE.

JOY FOREVER?

Life is a Stage wide
with no part or role to hide.
Every second, we enjoy
and our heartis filled with everlasting joy.
Joy,forever it'd stay
and nothing ,need we pay
Blood of life, it is
withut which, life is amiss.
In love, it exists
in smile, persists.
In kindness, it remains
in heart, it retains.
Life is a spring
joy, the greenery
For if green disappear,
barren, life would appear.
Joy, it will remain till end
in life,with nothing to amend.
Everything minute, every second
with every thing, we are contended.