Death Rebirth and a Prayer

She was in a posture which would melt anyone’s heart upon sight. Her eyes were gazing into nothingness, tears rolling down her cheeks, no expressions on her face. One almost felt she was a sculpture, but for the tears constantly rolling down.

The tears were her only connection with a world outside her and her breathing, the only connection with life. She was detached from this world’s commotion and her eyes were the proof of a bigger turmoil within her.

She closed her eyes. Tears had stopped falling. Her soft, almost non existent breathing stopped as well. She was dead.

The posture changed. She opened her eyes and breathed deep. The eyes were moist but determined. She knew that her connection with life was beyond tears and breathing. She now knew that the betrayals and pains were there to make her dead once in a while to be born renewed.

She stirred and then stood up. Her steps were faulty, the first steps generally are. Yet she felt thrilled that she could walk again. She began her new journey with a prayer in her heart


“Let me learn to walk and fly
Let me fall and learn to rise
Let I be My surprise.”

“let me take the giant leaps
But not forget the baby steps
For If I fall again
I should form regain”

“let me learn to heal myself
For wounds I can not save myself from
Let me learn to forgive myself and others
Let me learn every day”

Relationships

People are drawn together by a certain feeling of affinity, of agreement or of attraction between some part of one’s own nature and some part of other’s nature. At first this is only felt; one sees all that is good or pleasant to one in the other’s nature and even attributes, perhaps qualities to him that are not there or not so much as one thinks. But with closer acquaintance other parts of the nature are felt with which ones is not in affinity – perhaps there is a clash of ideas or opposition of feelings or conflict of two egos. If there is a strong love or friendship of a lasting character, then one may overcome these difficulties of contact and arrive at harmonizing or accommodation; but very often this is not there or the disagreement is so acute as to counteract the tendency to accommodate or else the ego gets so hurt as to recoil. Then it is quite possible for one to begin to see too much and exaggerate the faults of the other or to attribute things to him of a bad or unpleasant character that are not there. The whole view can change. The good feeling may change into ill feeling, alienation, even enmity or antipathy. This always happens in human life.


But shouldn’t one try to look calmly at others? And not overstress either virtues or defects, without ill feeling or misunderstanding or injustice? One should be seen at with a calm mind and vision.

Life

The path is tedious. The task is uphill. I have dreams to fulfill.
The heart is devoted. The mind is focused. I have to fit the bill.
The rain drenches. The gloom washes away. Go On I will

life n its lessons!

After a high on some good music played by the Charminar Band at the Underdeck and some Guzzling of beer, the Gang - Sachin, Anil, Sandy, Annie, Ansh, and Deepthi settled for a Tequila shot. It was Deepthi’s Punishment treat for ditching the girls on a girl’s night out.

OK...it was my first ever Tequila. I love food agreed, but drinking is something that I have recently begun to indulge in. The guilty folks are the “gang” to set me on this track. Not that I am complaining. *winks*

Now.
The shot is served. Salt is passed along and so are the lime slices.

And.
I add the dash of lime to my Tequila; Feeling happy about it, until a connoisseur at drinks comes along and tells me the correct way of drinking it.

Well nevertheless I drink my own concoction, but it really taught me a great lesson.

When in doubt, ask or observe!

And also thank the “teacher” … Thanks Raju.


but hey.. I realised yet another thing. I was laughing at "me"! and it didnt feel embarrasing for even a moment.

"when I laughed at myself, others laughed "with" me and not "at" me "

wow aint i getting wise !! Ah the MAgic of Tequila!