On this land, there is that what's worth living for. ~Mahmoud Darwish

This poem is so beautiful...
Its what it is... We all have this around us, the beauty, the love, the compassion and it all...
We need to take the time of day and acknowledge, appreciate, cherish, love and be happy with what all we have around...
This beautiful world and life we have of our own.


On this land, there is that what's worth living for
~ Mahmoud Darwish

There’s on this land,
what is worth living,
The recurring of April,
The smell of bread at dawn,
A woman’s amulet for men,
Aeschylus’s writings,
The beginning of love,
Grass on a stone,
Mothers standing on the thread of a flute,
and the invaders fear of memories.
There’s on this land what is worth living,
The end of September,
A lady leaving the forties
with all its apricot,
The hour of sunlight in prison,
Clouds imitating a flock of creatures,
A people’s cheers for those going up
to their doom, smiling
and the tyrants fear of songs.
There’s on this land what is worth living,
There’s on this land,
the lady of lands,
the mother of the beginnings
and of the ends.
It was called Palestine
Its name later became Palestine
My lady: I deserve,
since you’re my lady,
I deserve life.

All the love...

Life has taught me many things in the past few years...
But one thing is for sure... Never to take my loved ones for granted...
Recent events have led me to realize the amount of love that surrounds me... Not only me, every one of us.
We just need to be able to take the time and acknowledge its presence.
Just hearing about my illness I have had everyone write in or call! I'm am truly blessed to be in everyone's thoughts even.

Take the time and make sure you spend time with everyone in your life that matters.
Call and be in touch with the ones far away, make sure you write in every now and then and be updated.
Don't feel like being connect on social platforms is being in touch.
Take the extra step. Write to people, pick up that phone and call them.
Reach out and meet your friends and family who matter...
Miss them? Tell them...
Love them? Hug and kiss them...
Make sure you don't let go...

Share the love in your heart... with your family and friends... Make sure they know how you feel and be grateful for all the love and support that you have! I know I am! :)

Reach out...

Something that I have heard about only... But since I know some of my friends... and other people around, I also know that what I am going to write down, is true and needs to be heard and shared.

There are many a times in our lives when we leave people behind, move on in life etc etc... There are true friends of ours who we lost touch with, miss out on, and then life brings us to positions when we find ourselves all alone. This is when we need to realize people who are close to us and true to us and reach out to them! No matter what transpired... whether we did someone wrong or hurt them. If they mean the world to us and they understand us... we MUST reach out to them! Our friends might be upset or in a different frame... but that one action from the person who needs the help and support... Just a phone call is enough... Is all that it takes for the friends to leave the world behind and be there for you... No matter how upset I am with certain people/a certain person in my life... one call for help, just to know that we too are needed in those people's lives is all that it will take.

I know that if I were to see a name flash on my phone even... everything else will be forgiven and I'll be there for some people in my life...! Because I know them, They were my friend, I know the state they are in and how they might be feeling...
But I will not make the first move because this is also their journey and learning. That HAS to be made. The minute they set foot on that journey, they will realize the truth of it... Then they must gather the guts to just reach out... Whether one apologizes for things in the past or clears air etc is step two! Step one is to take that step and reach out! The personal/emotional path/journey that one needs to make to grow spiritually is a tough one, and walking alone on it can throw you off your path too! This is when people start behaving in strange manners to hide true feelings. Act like the others who had been influences in life previously etc... Therefore it is very important to reach out to your true friends when it is the hour of need!

Reaching out doesn't make you a weak person... or smaller in any way... If anything... it makes you stronger and better!

I don't want to ramble more... This is a thought that was passing my mind... My heart is going out to someone on my mind... I hope and pray that this post is read and understood by all and makes a difference to everyone who reads it...
And hope and pray this post is read by someone I really at some level want to reach out to, but cannot as of now...

Are you reading? Hope you are!

Jeena hai aaj... Felani hai khushi!

Aane waala aayega...
Jaane waala jayega...
Apni zindagi kaise jeena hai...
Yeh to waqt hi batayega...

Logon ka aana ya jaana...
Zindagi ki seekho ke liye hai ek seedi...
Hum kya karte hai, kaise karte hai...
Woh dekhna hai zyada zaroori...

Kal jo beet gaya hai, usse jaane do...
Kal jo aana hai, usse aane do...
Agar aaj main tum na jiye...
Sab bekaar ho jayega, phir sab jaane do...

Zindagi deti hai hume bahut ishare...
Samajhdar ho to woh ban jaye humare sahare...
Aapne aage peeche dekho...
Kitna pyaar hai humare aaju baaju, usse seekho...

Main roz upar waale ke samne sar jhukati hun...
Mujhe itna kuch diya aur sikhaya...
Zindagi jeena dikhaya...
Usse zyada main aur kya chahti hun...

Aage peeche hain mere chahne waale...
Mera kaam hai bas itna sa...
Sab main bhala hi dekhu...
Sabka bhala chahun... Aur khushiyan felati jaun...
Bas khushiyan felati jaun...
Bas khushiyan felati jaun...

A New View

"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans"
~ John Lennon

I have truly come to understand the meaning of this with a recent turn of events that had taken place in my very own life.

Till now, we used this line lightly, when superficial plan didn't go as per our liking, or we had to make peace with things we didn't get etc etc. But recently, I thought that I had finally overcome a few hurdles in life. Mentally, emotionally, physically and otherwise... Felt like things were finally getting back on track. I was joining back work, something I was unsure of in my journey for so long. Longing to be back in the company of people I enjoyed being around. Working, learning, doing so much more. Friends getting married! Weddings to attend. So much travel on my agenda...! :) So much good coming my way. I was truly at peace to see hose my life seemed to looking more and more perfect on paper! :) And I for one, jumped in head first! Over excited about work! :) Happy to be back! Attended the first friends wedding! Super excited...

Till the day I had a series of blackouts. A week of trying to figure out what went wrong and a zillion tests later, we came to know that I had a few things off inside of me, most importantly, that the lining of my heart has some inflammation, causing some restriction of space from time to time. Nothing too serious, nothing to worry about. Nothing some LONG term medication wont solve. However... I am going to need to take rest for 3 months (if not more) and live a calm normal stress free life till I'm better.

For anyone who knows me, even a little, can understand the meaning of the last line of the previous paragraph...

Anyway... There are many ways I can approach this. Be upset and angry about it. Because all my plans in life have been thrown off course... OR be grateful! Grateful that I'm alive, didn't drop dead. Grateful that no matter the seriousness, I have something that is curable and fixable with some serious heavy duty meds... Grateful that maybe something worse was meant to happen and this is just a smaller form of repentance.

Another way of looking at it... A friend told me... "Rhea, God saved your life this year. There has to be something in return done for that. This is maybe what you need to go through for him saving your life" That too can be so true. They say, 'kuch paane ke liye kuch khone padta hai"

Another thing was, that God is recharging me battery. I am one of his lucky few he does this to. :) Duracel batteries in me are getting recharged! :) So I will be up and running as soon as they finish charging. Hopefully they dont take too long. I'll be all ready as new and good to go! ;)

I have family and friends who love me dearly, some of which are even angry at God. For putting me through this. And I beg them to look at it differently. Never be angry at God. If he puts you to it, he will ensure that he will see you through it. There is a reason for everything that happens in life. No matter how much we feel like we make our own destiny and our own life, people need to understand that what is written is what will happen. The earlier we learn to accept this the better.

There is no better way to explain this. My situation is a perfect example. After contemplating going back to work, everything was sitting perfectly for me to go back to work. Everything is ready and set. And this has now changed course for me.
I had planned to travel to New Zealand for over a year. Tickets were bought a year ago, itineraries had been planned for the past 6 months or more now... No one knew I'd be cancelling my tickets 3 DAYS before the date I had to fly out...
A load of my closest friends are getting married. One after the other. I was to attend all weddings... In my very own city... and now... I cannot attend even one of them...

I am not upset, or angry. I know everything happens for a reason, and I am meant to go through this for whatever reason... But it sure has changed my view on certain things. More so to prove, what is meant to happen, destined to happen... will happen. And there is nothing you or I will be able to do about it. Life is so much easier to accept and live happily if you start understand these codes of life and the universe. The earlier the better... :)

With all my love, to all who read what I write! :)
Rhea*

MaKeS SeNsE!

I recently read this:
"Stay Calm, Do Kaam"
I have another one...
"Don't be snappy, Be Happy!"

Go where the tide takes you,
Be what you want to be,
Dream any dream you want,
And see anything you want to see.

Don't take time for granted,
We don't know what tomorrow has in store,
Make sure you are happy and playful,
Don't let you life be a bore.

Look around and see who is there,
All the love that surrounds you

Sketching and Typing... bring it on! :)

The view from my window, has never been like this before,
If nothing else, I know, that my mind will never let me bore...
From the dark tales to happily ever after stories,
My mind wanders with this view, and comes up with a story of glory!

*Mush and Happy* :)

Okay, however mush this post may sound... I have to! :)
I have recently come across a song called 'Hona tha pyaar' by Aatif Aslam and it is soooo nice! Its soft, gentle and just perfect in so many ways! :)

I am going to write out the lyrics... and maybe scribble a few lines after! :)

Hona tha pyaar, hua mere yaar...
Aaye nazar chehre hazaar...
Hona tha pyaar, hua mere yaar...
Tere dil ke sheher main, ghar mera ho gaya,
Sapna dekha jo tumne, woh mera ho gaya,
Doobe to yuh, jaise ho paar...
Hona that pyaar, hua mere yaar...
Thame dilon ki baahein, hum aate saalo mein...
Paye jawab hum ne, Tere sawalo mein...
Khwabon Ki dor, toote na yaar….
Hona tha pyaar, hua mere yaar...


It is funny, how life pans out and teaches us so much along the way. The thing is, its good to know what you what, but it is VERY important to know what you DO NOT want! :)
Our complex situations in life teach us, give us and our souls the opportunity to grow.... :)
We should see our past as tests... some we passed in the first go, some that took us longer to get through...
Once you start looking at life like so, forgive everything gone by... you'll start being a happier person! :)

I have gone back to my dreamy ways... and happy go lucky self! Brighter skies and rose tinted glasses are back on! :)

Bring on a new wave, I am all set to go...
Let the world see and be a part of my new show...
Bringing in the cheer and spreading the joy...
Cause really, there is no point in being all quiet and coy! ;)

Here's to good and happy times... and the bad and sad times... we must except them all and be equanimous to them all! :)
Know and accept that everything changes, everything passes, everything moves on... :)

Just a few lines!

Dare to dream,
Be like that stream,
Making its way down the hill,
Without looking back and enjoying the thrill,
No matter what comes in its way,
Passing it by,
Its the only way to be,
Without which one will never see
What life means to thee... :)

Winds of change :) :) :)

Inspired... :) Thank you LifeScholar, for bringing me back! :)

Inspired by talking to someone very dear to me... I jotted down these lines... :)
Just small reminders of what makes us, 'US' and makes us different...
Not afraid to live, not afraid to love!
Life is interesting when we think with our hearts he said, our brain is not called 'grey matter' for nothing...
*EUREKA* SO true! :)
This post of mine is dedicated to you, LifeScholar, for bringing back my smile this morning, and making me realise, that we are who we are for a reason, and that is exactly what makes us different...
I'm back to making life interesting :) ;) see you soon!


We must have dreams... without them, we are nothing,
Dreams make us want good, want more, want everything!
They make us restless and give us the drive to go get it all,
And that we MUST do, without the fear of having a great fall!

Without desire, life is a little plain and mundane...
Its having that desire, the rush of having it, that makes us go a little insane...
Without these, life passes us by in a jiff...
We look back and say to ourselves, "damm I should have lit that spliff" ;)

We exist because we must, we co-exist, because we trust... :)
We wear our heart on our sleeves, because there is no where else it'd rather be...
We love, through which we explore,
Dare to see sides of ourselves, that otherwise we'd never know!

As we go along, through the highs and lows,
Making our way through the wows and the blows,
We make memories that stay with us for a lifetime,
Our learnings and experiences, that are milestones on our lifeline!

The point to see, is the way to be,
Through it all, for eternity...
Without happiness, faith and love,
There is no grace from anyone up above... :)

Dare to dream, dare to be,
Dare to love and dare to see.
Sing a song in any room,
Skip to a beat, of a catchy tune.

Be funny, be happy,
And the day will no longer seem dappy.
No matter what, have hope and faith,
That love will show you all the ways! :)

Love everything you see,
Being able to love is the only way to be!
Love your parents, Love your car,
Damn, I say, even love a scar!

Love life, love family and friends,
Who comes into your life for what reason and sets what trends,
You'll never know and see,
Yet know, that they have a reason to 'BE'

I can go on and on forever more,
So before I start to be a bore,
I shall say good bye and hope and pray,
For your happiness and the gift of love, for you all in every way! :)