tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90390967569318335212024-03-14T15:24:33.773+05:30Beautiful Reminiscences... of moments that make me.A J...ツhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661436873541027002noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039096756931833521.post-59916444969745883432012-07-18T18:50:00.000+05:302012-07-18T20:24:10.090+05:30What makes you different makes you beautiful.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You don’t run with the crowd, you go on your own way, you don’t play after dark, you light up my day. Got your own kind of style that sets you apart. Baby, that’s why you captured my heart.</div>
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I know sometimes you feel like you don’t fit in. And this world doesn’t know what you have within. When I look at you I see something rare: a rose that can grow anywhere, and there’s no one I know that can compare.</div>
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What makes you different makes you beautiful. What’s there inside you shines through me. In your eyes I see all the love I’ll ever need. What makes you different makes you beautiful to me.</div>
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You’ve got something so real, you touched me so deep. The material things don’t matter to me. So come as you are, you’ve got nothing to prove. You won me with all that you do, and I wanna take this chance to say to you:</div>
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You don’t know how you’ve touched my life. Oh, there are so many ways, I just can’t describe. You taught me what love is supposed to be. It’s all the little things that made you beautiful to me.</div>
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Everything in you is beautiful, love you give shines right through me. Everything in you is beautiful to me.</div>
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<i>*Sometimes lyrics can be so meaningful - this one from Backstreet Boys pretty much sums up everything, so here's to you and everything that you've given me! *)</i></div>
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</div>A J...ツhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661436873541027002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039096756931833521.post-34768894347491340392012-05-03T19:33:00.000+05:302012-07-18T20:24:00.323+05:30And life doesn't remain same!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>A J...ツhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661436873541027002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039096756931833521.post-56533651845443890492012-02-09T10:36:00.000+05:302012-07-18T20:23:46.707+05:30Snippet of time...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #453320;">There is an unending circle that surrounds us in our everyday life: one that encompasses our very being and touches our core, a spirit of gratitude that greets us with sunrise and tucks us into bed next to the stars. It also encapsulates the beauty in people, of moments and things unnoticed and untold - a book, warm cup of coffee, warm smile from a passing-by stranger, small butterfly that fluttered by and the scent of summers, the swaying of cold winds that do not want to leave and the stillness of fog, the sound of religious chants in the temple across the street and the anticipation of the events ahead. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #453320;">These and many, many more others are things that are there and need to be accepted with an open and grateful heart - for without them, your day would be at a toss! Then and only then can we experience the true blessings of life.</span><br />
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</div>A J...ツhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661436873541027002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039096756931833521.post-55258547689212485632012-01-24T14:26:00.000+05:302012-07-18T20:23:37.057+05:30Silent Conversations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Experiencing one of those difficult moments when I'd like to spread comfort, hugs, some silence, faith and lots of love around me. For there is absolutely nothing to say to people who have lost their dear ones - mother, father and just two-months old son.<br />
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It becomes all the more difficult when all these people are acquaintances, not close, and I absolutely do not believe in formal condolences. I wish I could share few moments with each one of them - not to ask what happened and why or to say any words that I do not mean from heart, but to tell them they are loved and that I've learned some big lessons of life from them. I hope I get a chance for this later.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t. If you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All I did was say a silent prayer for 2012 to be great on all counts - Give me the strength to own my slippers. Discard the ones that are ugly or do not fit. Accept gracefully the fact that the ones I like but don't fit, aren't meant for me. Unconditionally love the slippers that are mine! In short, make the good, better. Make the bad, good. And make the ugly, beautiful!</span></div>
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Yesterday evening was beautiful.<br />
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Not because I had one free evening after days of stretched work. Not because I was feeling fresh after an evening shower or because the weather was perfect for a hazy wintery walk. Infact, the streets were crowded and horns were honking, people were hurrying to get home and rest seemed busy with their own lives. </div>
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It was perfect because I could observe the bizzareness round. The breeze, the honking of cars, the whooshing of the wind in my ears, the way a dog scampered away across the walk, the chuckle of the kid when I smiled at him, maddening traffic, the cycle that went by, the playground and yellow lights.</div>
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Not realizing the time, I asked an old man passing by, <i><b>"What time is it?"</b></i></div>
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He smiled and said,<b> <i>"Time?! Why, it's Now! It's always the 'Now'!"</i></b></div>
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</div>A J...ツhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661436873541027002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039096756931833521.post-21333733436585129592011-08-24T18:24:00.001+05:302012-07-18T20:22:58.529+05:30Those pieces of your life...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Those pieces of your life, the ones you call 'friends' are mysterious.<br />
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Sometimes they stick with you forever, but mostly they fade out. Exactly, like the way seasons fade, making room for fresh. There are some you know for a long time, growing closer only little by little and enriching every moment of it, with whom we find a strong and necessary connection - like our own life. Then may be those too who just pass by. </div>
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What's that one quality that connects me to any person, I think. I know it's something deeper and more meaningful than just being hardworking, caring, honest, witty or may be serious. There is definitely something more enriching that I seek. </div>
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My best friends are people who know who they are. They have faced challenges and are thankful for that. They are courageous to take risks and are proud of it. They celebrate the bad stuff equally as they celebrate the good. Like everyone else, they too get frustated and stand up again. They crib and make our life hell. But no, they won't let anyone else do the same!</div>
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Isn't this same thing that makes the best characters in books? We cry when they fall. We cheer when they succeed. We watch them evolve and grow, and yet they remain steadfast. They work and we get bored. They move away from us, yet we know they are the closest. They laugh and we are happy. They pray and we feel blessed. They want life to get better and more radiant. For themselves and for everyone around. They are joy. </div>
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I think I know what a good friend has to have for me -<b><i> </i>strength of character.</b><br />
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</div>A J...ツhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661436873541027002noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039096756931833521.post-87987621006771448012011-08-16T12:54:00.004+05:302012-07-18T20:23:07.616+05:30For Julie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p>Last Saturday while sipping coffee, one of the usual firangs(or so I thought!) asked me if she could sit with me. She was Julie, a charming air-hostess in Air <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The more we talked, the more I was impressed by her. Thinking that she is another foreigner on a spree to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the super casual question came from my side <b>– </b><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Are you a tourist?</b></span></span></div>
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</div>A J...ツhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661436873541027002noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9039096756931833521.post-74184803431081236742011-07-18T14:08:00.003+05:302012-07-18T20:22:37.712+05:30My butterfly moments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It’s sort of a weekend ritual for me – go to my favorite coffee shop, order my hot frothy coffee and sit down in a quiet corner. The favorite one too, especially when I experience my ‘Butterfly Moments.’</div>
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These moments have become very precious for me - they are moments of reflection, moments of gentle thought towards all things sugar n spice, also the moments of inspiration. The inspiration may be from observing a person, from the lovely, old couple enjoying their coffee together, from love-birds playing footsie, or from a song playing on the radio. I may meet someone and share a smile or a word with them, that conversation may also inspire. </div>
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They are always genuine. Beautiful and graceful, colorful and vibrant, varied and enchanting, small yet approachable, random and so powerful that I always end up smiling. Very much like butterflies that lead you to the sunny side of life. Hence, the name :)</div>
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One of such moments inspired me to write again – for I realized there is so much to share! I’ve realized that life always seems so very busy - if we don’t stop to ponder, so much may pass by unnoticed. I’ve also realized that I would not my want my precious moments to fade into the morning air as I wake up, or that at some point I just can’t hang on to their meanings.</div>
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Here’s to some of those beautiful reminiscences. After all, everyone deserves a little sunshine!<br />
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