Wake Up, Heart!

Sometimes I just wade through the days, like a mash-up, no distinctiveness to each. Sheer mundaneness like a well-programmed robot. Off Goes Alarm. Snooze. Again. Up. Brush. Bathe. Coffee. Check Mails. Breakfast. Dress Up. Work. Lunch break. Work. Back. Cook. Clean. Sleep. 


In this madness, I take no note of the date or day. Or the happenings. Sometimes days are recongnized by the meeting invites. Time just goes by. Office Work gets done. Month end payroll processing does its job. 


Nothing passionate accomplished in the process. Moments not savored. Or saved to be relished later. 


Nostalgic recollection tells me that I have indulged in passionate pursuits which have rewarded my inner core and I have made the most efficient usage of my time and resources when I was doing multiple things that 'interested' me. And I did each of those activities well. 


I find it surprising to even think it was me doing all that and still enjoying every moment of my life. Even then I have been like a robot but a robot that followed and lived its heart. 


Now, the heart is missing from the equation. Need to resuscitate it to glory!

Giving Thanks

There's no real day to celebrate a sense of Thankfulness... Here I am calling out to myself all those things I am really Thankful for and to realize how a lot of things can be not-so-granted for many others walking the earth.


I am extremely thankful (without being emotional or mushy) for -


* My wonderful parents. Over some rough and tough waves, I've come to realize how I've inherited so much from them - for example, character and values. What I envision out of my life has all been influenced greatly by them, by their words and action. 


* A beautiful family, in my husband and his parents. A set of people who will take me as I am, with virtues and vices alike. 


* All my grand parents who have passed on excellent qualities through their progeny to me. Even if I have only an iota of some.


* A handful of genuine friends, who I know will accept and help me in whatever material or mental state I knock on them.


* A bounty of parent-like-friends (friends' parents) who consider me their own kid.


* A good education, ably crafted by my parents & sister.


* A job, that pays me for what I need and even more.


* A good three meals a day. 


* A treasure of cousins who love me. Unconditionally.


* A sea of relatives - who have been teaching me, things that cannot be taught in classes or learnt through a degree.


* A small sense of wisdom, My beacon-light-within.


* A mind that gets satisfied easily.


* All those happy, sad, easy, tough, extremely tough situations in life, that have help me hone myself in different ways, adapt and grow stronger.


* All those places that I have seen and all those places that remain to be seen.


* The beauty of nature that I am able to enjoy, appreciate, drink and relish.


* The music all around, natural and man-made, listening to which sometimes makes me transcend this material plane and delve into a higher state of tranquil.


* All those mysteries of life that I realize, regardless of whether I am able to solve them or not. There's a beauty in mystery.


Ah.. there.. I can keep going on and on. The list seems endless, to write it all here may trivialize the essence each holds in my life. 


So, on those days when things really hit me and I feel oh-so-blue and start cribbing, I'd like to come here and take a look at this list so it'll put my senses back in place. 


Thank You, Life. I Love You!

Magic

There’s no need to go on an outing, or to stay cozy at home. No movie or entertainment show necessary. Even a long sleep will fail…. That in the midst of a mad, hectic day, a simple meal with you would magically rejuvenate me.

Amusing

Home Internet Account Online -
" Dear Customer, 
Do you know that XX number of trees are destroyed for making one Y size sheet of paper... 
You will be saving XX number of trees by opting to not receive paper bills.....Would you like to stop your paper bills right away? "


"YES".


After few days, in the USPS Mailbox, a letter from the Internet Provider:
"Dear Customer, You are receiving this letter because you have made important changes to your account as mentioned below:


You have requested to stop receiving paper bills.


If this was done in error......"


Duh?!

Music

It is so inexplicably wonderful how music could just so turn your mood around - sad to happy, happy to sober, dull to dance-y, serene to thoughtful etc. No matter how much science can explain the nature, characteristics or effect of music on us, no explanation can justify what music makes one feel or experience - certain emotions that are felt soulfully can never be fully explained by words. Or words will always fall short & make you feel helpless. Yet, I believe there's a beauty in letting certain things go unexplained. 

Music... There's music that we can hear and there's music that we cannot hear. There's music that tranquilizes you and yet there's music that also revs you up. There's music in the East & there's music in the West. There's music that I understand and there's music that I don't. In spite of the so many variations, you are most likely to enjoy an inner exhilaration in the woven magic. According to me, Music is the second language every heart knows & feels & experiences in the cosmos, second only to the all pervading Love. 

Love and Music, make the world go round & round!