In the first quarter of this year, I have been fortunate or whatever enough to have 2 drives from point A to point B with two of my grandfathers. In February this year, I had gone to Chandigarh for a friends wedding and was all set to catch a taxi and head to my family house in sector 16. I was called and told that I need to wait at the station and that I would be getting picked up by my grandfather.
Not thinking twice about anything, since I know my dada (grandfather) drives around everywhere, I met him outside, we headed to the car, loaded it and off we were. As we drove out of the parking, I realised that my heart was making its way to my throat way too often for the 2 minutes from the parking to the main road. He has been driving on the road of Chandigarh for definitely over some 60 years so at some level, I reckon, he's driving on auto pilot! Like his mind can be tantric travelling in Timbuktu for all we know! Imagine this, my grandad, parked high up on the seat, peering over the steering wheel, both hands at 11 'o' clock and 1 'o'clock, cutting through traffic as though he is in a race, and driving between 60 - 80 without using a break. Every time we turn somewhere I can imagine him in my head going, 'wheeeeeee', 'weehheeeeee'! Missing scooter guys, rickshaw guys and cutting anything possible... Just about waiting at red lights and not looking while turning or shifting lanes or anything... That 15 minute car ride back seemed to be one of the longest drives back for me! :)
And then there is the other extreme... My mother and I recently visited family in Mumbai. We had an afternoon flight on a week day so we had my mother's aunt (nani) and uncle (nana) pick us up. Another set of grandparents. Nani was waiting for us outside while nana had gone to go and get the car. Now we called him and told him to stay in the parking and that we would come to him. In a little while we realised that nana had forgotten where he parked the car! So I left my mom and nani on the road while I went to search for my nana... He is about 6'2" so that kind of helps me spot him in the huge parking. Then I take the parking ticket and off we go looking for the car. I found the car alright, now we had to drive out to where mom and nani were. From the exit till where they were standing was less that 2 minutes in the car and I KNEW that this was going to be an interesting car ride back.
The first extreme was my dada, driving like a carefree child on a video game :) My nana on the other hand was driving like a fresh new driver who was so nervous that changing gears was a problem. :) The jerks and the car stalling was so funny, because it happened ever so often. My mother and I looked at each other and shared a chuckle. She knew my views on grandparents driving and knew exactly what I was thinking. My nana is growing old and has trouble remembering things, bless him, so it was an automatic reaction to want to drive to his own house... which is the opposite direction of his son's house, which is where we were going! :) Finally on course after realising, we end up going back towards Colaba, which took us 2.5 hours since there was a cricket match on. bumper to bumper traffic and a very jerky and stalling kinda car ride back... We arrived and were happy to be out of a moving vehicle! :)
Anyway, not to be mean or anything, I love them all, its just that I couldn't help but look at the funny side of it... the header I've given this post always reminds me of these drives and I ALWAYS chuckle! :) What cute grandparents I have... :) They need to let us start taking care of them! :)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
... Bring it on?... yaahhh, BRING IT ON!!!
So... here's the thing... finally, one feels like life is settling in. You stop, take a step back, look around and find yourself smiling! Things are looking good, you are happy, you are clear on what you want from yourself and what you want from life...
Certain phases in life start changing and everything is a new experience all over again. Sometimes you know how to handle things, from the experience we call 'life', and sometimes because of the newness of the situations, you're a little lost. So, you think of right and wrong, use your head and heart... ask the ones you trust for their views and go right ahead with what you think is right.
One might feel scared a little to start with, but you need to scream out loud and say, "BRING IT ON!" See each day as it comes... enjoy each day as it comes and cherish each though and feeling that you feel!
I'm living it as I write and am in the 'BRING IT ON' mode already! :)
Certain phases in life start changing and everything is a new experience all over again. Sometimes you know how to handle things, from the experience we call 'life', and sometimes because of the newness of the situations, you're a little lost. So, you think of right and wrong, use your head and heart... ask the ones you trust for their views and go right ahead with what you think is right.
One might feel scared a little to start with, but you need to scream out loud and say, "BRING IT ON!" See each day as it comes... enjoy each day as it comes and cherish each though and feeling that you feel!
I'm living it as I write and am in the 'BRING IT ON' mode already! :)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Going with the flow...
We've all heard the whole story on going with the flow... Sometimes we want to just jump the gun and get a heads up or a clue at an earlier stage...
The sooner we get/understand that its not needed... the better for us.
People need to slow down from their busy lives and see the world around and live a little... The people around them, the lives they are living, the stress levels going hay-wire! As long as you know your bigger picture, and are kind of working towards it, then have faith and know that everything else will fall into place...
Hope and faith is what keeps us going... the minute we put a negative spin on our thinking, live becomes just that much harder. The minute we stop questioning why, life becomes that much simpler. Its the hardest thing to do, but look at it this way... When good things happen to us, and we live through good times... we dont question why its happening... so why do the same when you're going through tough times? :)
Anyhow... point being, one needs to go with the flow and not against it... the rest will follow.
Felt this today after sharing a little of what's on my mind with someone so wanted to share... Dont over think things and life... Enjoy it! :) Go with the flow!
The sooner we get/understand that its not needed... the better for us.
People need to slow down from their busy lives and see the world around and live a little... The people around them, the lives they are living, the stress levels going hay-wire! As long as you know your bigger picture, and are kind of working towards it, then have faith and know that everything else will fall into place...
Hope and faith is what keeps us going... the minute we put a negative spin on our thinking, live becomes just that much harder. The minute we stop questioning why, life becomes that much simpler. Its the hardest thing to do, but look at it this way... When good things happen to us, and we live through good times... we dont question why its happening... so why do the same when you're going through tough times? :)
Anyhow... point being, one needs to go with the flow and not against it... the rest will follow.
Felt this today after sharing a little of what's on my mind with someone so wanted to share... Dont over think things and life... Enjoy it! :) Go with the flow!
Friday, April 1, 2011
The way I see, the world around me! :)
There once was a girl,
Who lived in her own world,
Where people were happy and true,
And nothing was done or said to make anyone blue.
Good times or bad,
Everyone was together,
STonger and bolder than ever,
To take on whatever came their way.
The happiness was true,
Spreading and sticking to all, like glue,
She brought about the change she wanted to see,
And was just plain happy, the way to be.
Knowing that there is nothing but the best,
Instore for her and the rest,
She goes on about living in her bubble,
Making sure there is a lot of good trouble. :)
The ones she loves, know through and through,
There is nothing, for them that she will not do,
The ones she is learning of new, what is in store for them,
They have not a clue.
The ones who have been out of touch,
Need not worry so much, her love is there forever more...
So kinda like glue, she is stuck to you.
Who lived in her own world,
Where people were happy and true,
And nothing was done or said to make anyone blue.
Good times or bad,
Everyone was together,
STonger and bolder than ever,
To take on whatever came their way.
The happiness was true,
Spreading and sticking to all, like glue,
She brought about the change she wanted to see,
And was just plain happy, the way to be.
Knowing that there is nothing but the best,
Instore for her and the rest,
She goes on about living in her bubble,
Making sure there is a lot of good trouble. :)
The ones she loves, know through and through,
There is nothing, for them that she will not do,
The ones she is learning of new, what is in store for them,
They have not a clue.
The ones who have been out of touch,
Need not worry so much, her love is there forever more...
So kinda like glue, she is stuck to you.
Inner Smile
It is a different feeling altogether when you are at peace with yourself... Your surroundings... Your thoughts...
At the end of the day, when you know that you're walking down the right path and making the right choices, at that moment in life, there is nothing that can stop you from feeling good and smiling.
Ever noticed anyone walking by you with a smile on their face? Not as much as we'd like right? I remember times when I'm walking, lost in my thoughts with a big smile on my face. Slowly you realise that people are looking at you, smiling back and probably thinking, 'what a nut'! :) But the thing is... a smile in infectious. Wouldn't the world be a better place if we had more smiling faces?
In times like now, the world is soo engrossed in making money to get by, living by a certain standard of life, living up to social obligations, trying to make ends meet etc etc, I seem to think that everyone is slowly forgetting the smaller things in life. Spending time with people that matter, doing small things to make your loved ones smile, helping a total stranger maybe to get their good wishes, giving out warm hugs to those you love, and making sure your loved ones KNOW that you love them... Not by things you do... but by telling them or showering them with hugs and kisses... These are a few of the things we as families, friends are forgetting... The world is a happier place with just a tight hug... Why do we tend to forget that?
I was one who always made sure to say 'I love you' or express how I've missed someone and constantly shower them with hugs cause that was me... Some where in the recent past I got caught up in the rat race exactly the way most of us are... I'm back to being at peace and have had a lot of time to think of how I went off course in certain parts of my life and now how I have to bring myself back to being the same old bubbly me! :)
Let us not forget that its the smallest of things, like a hug, or a kinda word at the right time, that can change the world for some people... :)
So this post is from me to all of you... My humble attempt to spread my infectious smile ;) My inner smiling self too!!! I am going to make sure to hug everyone, tell them how I missed them (if I missed them :)) and make sure they know that I love them! Back to simpler less complex ways of life... :)
From me to you... With all my heart!
At the end of the day, when you know that you're walking down the right path and making the right choices, at that moment in life, there is nothing that can stop you from feeling good and smiling.
Ever noticed anyone walking by you with a smile on their face? Not as much as we'd like right? I remember times when I'm walking, lost in my thoughts with a big smile on my face. Slowly you realise that people are looking at you, smiling back and probably thinking, 'what a nut'! :) But the thing is... a smile in infectious. Wouldn't the world be a better place if we had more smiling faces?
In times like now, the world is soo engrossed in making money to get by, living by a certain standard of life, living up to social obligations, trying to make ends meet etc etc, I seem to think that everyone is slowly forgetting the smaller things in life. Spending time with people that matter, doing small things to make your loved ones smile, helping a total stranger maybe to get their good wishes, giving out warm hugs to those you love, and making sure your loved ones KNOW that you love them... Not by things you do... but by telling them or showering them with hugs and kisses... These are a few of the things we as families, friends are forgetting... The world is a happier place with just a tight hug... Why do we tend to forget that?
I was one who always made sure to say 'I love you' or express how I've missed someone and constantly shower them with hugs cause that was me... Some where in the recent past I got caught up in the rat race exactly the way most of us are... I'm back to being at peace and have had a lot of time to think of how I went off course in certain parts of my life and now how I have to bring myself back to being the same old bubbly me! :)
Let us not forget that its the smallest of things, like a hug, or a kinda word at the right time, that can change the world for some people... :)
So this post is from me to all of you... My humble attempt to spread my infectious smile ;) My inner smiling self too!!! I am going to make sure to hug everyone, tell them how I missed them (if I missed them :)) and make sure they know that I love them! Back to simpler less complex ways of life... :)
From me to you... With all my heart!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
For the first time...
For the first time...
... I saw and was intrigued
... I didn't want to know, just felt nice
... I felt like it was meant to be
... I thought there was a random connect
... I enjoyed the little childish flirting
... in a long time... I enjoyed the company
Then...
... over time I got comfortable
... started to see things fit
... really liked what I saw
... realized that I was done for
... felt like a complete fool
... enjoyed the feeling
Now...
... I don't know what tomorrow has in store
... I only live in the moment and hope for the best
... I wish things would go how I see them
... I kind of live by hope and faith and hope it sees me through.
... I saw and was intrigued
... I didn't want to know, just felt nice
... I felt like it was meant to be
... I thought there was a random connect
... I enjoyed the little childish flirting
... in a long time... I enjoyed the company
Then...
... over time I got comfortable
... started to see things fit
... really liked what I saw
... realized that I was done for
... felt like a complete fool
... enjoyed the feeling
Now...
... I don't know what tomorrow has in store
... I only live in the moment and hope for the best
... I wish things would go how I see them
... I kind of live by hope and faith and hope it sees me through.
Just like riding a bike... :)
Drawing and painting is something that once you learn it... You can't seem to forget...
Its like riding a bike. You think you might have forgotten, but once you get down to it... it all just comes rushing back to you.
I keep scribbling and painting off and on, but when I look back at some of the work I've done over the years, I really wonder how I did it and if I'd be able to do it over again... Rest assured when you start you know you can do it and so much more... As long as you're not afraid of it, or messing it up, you can manage to create wonders...
Once you're halfway there and you know things are coming out the way you want them to, there is a smile on your face and half the battle is already won! :)
When you finish it, you need to feel like you've finished it... and you know when its done. It gives you a happiness that only you know of. Over and above that if you have people admiring your work, its like the icing on the cake. There is no better feeling than knowing your work is being appreciated for your vision on paper. Writing and painting/sketching needs to reach out in a certain manner. If that happens, you've been successful.
This is random, but since I'm managing to make time for doing this again, and its bringing me joy, I'd like to share! :)
Its like riding a bike. You think you might have forgotten, but once you get down to it... it all just comes rushing back to you.
I keep scribbling and painting off and on, but when I look back at some of the work I've done over the years, I really wonder how I did it and if I'd be able to do it over again... Rest assured when you start you know you can do it and so much more... As long as you're not afraid of it, or messing it up, you can manage to create wonders...
Once you're halfway there and you know things are coming out the way you want them to, there is a smile on your face and half the battle is already won! :)
When you finish it, you need to feel like you've finished it... and you know when its done. It gives you a happiness that only you know of. Over and above that if you have people admiring your work, its like the icing on the cake. There is no better feeling than knowing your work is being appreciated for your vision on paper. Writing and painting/sketching needs to reach out in a certain manner. If that happens, you've been successful.
This is random, but since I'm managing to make time for doing this again, and its bringing me joy, I'd like to share! :)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Forced Isolation...
Its a funny thing, most people think I'm the kind of person who always has people around me... Which in most cases I do, but when I manage times away and alone, for work or myself... It is so hard for people to understand why or how.
I truly believe that one needs time with themselves to see their lives from a different point of view, see where they stand, what changes they'd like to make... etc etc
My times away have always given me the time and space to disconnect, with most of the world really... Introspection, thoughts on myself, my life, my surroundings... Meditation... Liberation...
Feeling and emoting the difference! :) love and joy to all!
I truly believe that one needs time with themselves to see their lives from a different point of view, see where they stand, what changes they'd like to make... etc etc
My times away have always given me the time and space to disconnect, with most of the world really... Introspection, thoughts on myself, my life, my surroundings... Meditation... Liberation...
Feeling and emoting the difference! :) love and joy to all!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Blessed yet broken...
Blessed... Yet broken...
What is this feeling inside?
I have it all around me, yet the one thing I want the most, is lost...
The more I look around, the more I see it, the more I know I don't have it.
I don't deny, that it's there... But one needs to feel it from time to time if not always...
I know life has been hard, harder than expected, but the least we can do is spread the love...
That doesn't take much does it...
One hug is all I need to face the world...
A few soft words is all I need to keep me strong...
Cuddles and a loving wake up call can make me prove the world wrong...
You are my biggest strength and my biggest weakness...
I don't have it in me to be okay around you...
Distance does us wonders, no matter how bad that sounds.
I don't doubt your love or your efforts, it just works differently for others...
I'm loosing my mind, just because you and I are breaking....
How long do I continue faking?
All its doing is making us drift apart....
And I don't have it in my heart... To be selfish and hurt you for my happiness...
So, I'd much rather stay this way...
Cry my tears away, in my solitude...
And hope and pray for a new start for the both of us...
Here's wishing you the peace and quiet you so desperately need...
And here's wishing me my life, which I so desperately miss...
Bless yet broken is the feeling inside...
Contradictory in nature is that line... But contradiction is becoming the story of my life...
What is this feeling inside?
I have it all around me, yet the one thing I want the most, is lost...
The more I look around, the more I see it, the more I know I don't have it.
I don't deny, that it's there... But one needs to feel it from time to time if not always...
I know life has been hard, harder than expected, but the least we can do is spread the love...
That doesn't take much does it...
One hug is all I need to face the world...
A few soft words is all I need to keep me strong...
Cuddles and a loving wake up call can make me prove the world wrong...
You are my biggest strength and my biggest weakness...
I don't have it in me to be okay around you...
Distance does us wonders, no matter how bad that sounds.
I don't doubt your love or your efforts, it just works differently for others...
I'm loosing my mind, just because you and I are breaking....
How long do I continue faking?
All its doing is making us drift apart....
And I don't have it in my heart... To be selfish and hurt you for my happiness...
So, I'd much rather stay this way...
Cry my tears away, in my solitude...
And hope and pray for a new start for the both of us...
Here's wishing you the peace and quiet you so desperately need...
And here's wishing me my life, which I so desperately miss...
Bless yet broken is the feeling inside...
Contradictory in nature is that line... But contradiction is becoming the story of my life...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A little bit about me! :0)
However silly this one may sound, its something that has been going on in my head for a while now and just had to come out! So here goes :)
It's that time of year when we feel a little bit older and wiser! I don't know how I'm feeling right now in life but, I know that I'm feeling something. Older and wiser, always ;) there is a reason that I'm called the granny of the group! But now I just think its time for me to do things for ME! At first its sounds selfish, but then I look in, and around and see that without me being a little selfish, I'm loosing myself. Need I do things in a certain manner since that's how the world thinks it should be done? I've always done what I felt right so what is different this time? Why am I not being able to cut the chord? I know why... It is because I've been in a different place, following the trend for way too long! I'm not scared of what life holds! I aspire for bigger and better things in life, all aspects of my life! I was a happy free bird because of my bohimean ways and I need to get back to it! That's what made me happy and in turn helped me make others happy and kept everyone happy! :)
It is the first quarter century for me this year! And I don't want to look back and regret a thing! So here's to a fresh start! Here's to me staring my next quarter century on a different note! Here's to a clean slate, soon enough :) this new quarter starts with a few heartaches and goodbyes, but I hope to have many new beginnings in the years to come!
Lord, let me be my happy chirpy self and be able to spread the joy! :)
A few lines that came to my mind, which I wanted to share! :)
Here I am, all of 25,
All these years,
that have been full of life,
Different worlds, different planes,
With me daring to be different, and living life like its a game... :)
I realised that life has so much to it,
The love, joy, happiness and pain,
Without which we have nothing to gain!
We take the best and leave the rest,
That's what will make us the few amongst the best...
It's upto us,
To keep it moving,
To keep ourselves and everyone else going!
How we do it, and know that we will live through it,
Then there is nothing to fear, since we will all be here,
Together, there for each other, through the good times and the bad!
All of 25,
And looking for new beginnins,
Here's to you and me and the bright blue sea, as that's exactly where I want to be ;)
PS: love u all and thank u for baring this note! Just wanted to say that I'm very grateful to have u in my life! My 25 years would have never been the same without you!
It's that time of year when we feel a little bit older and wiser! I don't know how I'm feeling right now in life but, I know that I'm feeling something. Older and wiser, always ;) there is a reason that I'm called the granny of the group! But now I just think its time for me to do things for ME! At first its sounds selfish, but then I look in, and around and see that without me being a little selfish, I'm loosing myself. Need I do things in a certain manner since that's how the world thinks it should be done? I've always done what I felt right so what is different this time? Why am I not being able to cut the chord? I know why... It is because I've been in a different place, following the trend for way too long! I'm not scared of what life holds! I aspire for bigger and better things in life, all aspects of my life! I was a happy free bird because of my bohimean ways and I need to get back to it! That's what made me happy and in turn helped me make others happy and kept everyone happy! :)
It is the first quarter century for me this year! And I don't want to look back and regret a thing! So here's to a fresh start! Here's to me staring my next quarter century on a different note! Here's to a clean slate, soon enough :) this new quarter starts with a few heartaches and goodbyes, but I hope to have many new beginnings in the years to come!
Lord, let me be my happy chirpy self and be able to spread the joy! :)
A few lines that came to my mind, which I wanted to share! :)
Here I am, all of 25,
All these years,
that have been full of life,
Different worlds, different planes,
With me daring to be different, and living life like its a game... :)
I realised that life has so much to it,
The love, joy, happiness and pain,
Without which we have nothing to gain!
We take the best and leave the rest,
That's what will make us the few amongst the best...
It's upto us,
To keep it moving,
To keep ourselves and everyone else going!
How we do it, and know that we will live through it,
Then there is nothing to fear, since we will all be here,
Together, there for each other, through the good times and the bad!
All of 25,
And looking for new beginnins,
Here's to you and me and the bright blue sea, as that's exactly where I want to be ;)
PS: love u all and thank u for baring this note! Just wanted to say that I'm very grateful to have u in my life! My 25 years would have never been the same without you!
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