Faith

A Bud blossoms and turns into Flower...
  It has faith in its Fragrance
A River flows and merges into Ocean...
  It has faith in its Love
A Bird chirps and learns to Fly..
  It has faith in its Wings
The Sun rises and spreads its Rays..
  It has faith in its Light
The Moon shines and decorates the Sky...
  It has faith in its Glow

I Love You!

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.' - Ayn Rand in The Fountainhead.

Pune Monsoon!

No matter what mood you are in, the city's monsoon is sure to get your spirits lifted :)
Last 2-3 days it felt as if every creature every plant every tree every bird is awaiting the arrival of their beloved.. The monsoon! :)

Yesterday I noticed an usual sight... A group of doves (some 15-20 of them) flying in circles in the sky. They were not very high up.. Unusually low I felt. And the way they were flying... continuously flapping their wings. It made me little curious,.. What are they up to? There didn't seem to be anything usual on the ground that they were circling.. no grains, no piece of meat.. absolutely nothing.. I returned to my desk wondering about them.

A couple of hours later on my juice break on the terrace I noticed them doing the same thing. This time they were joined by another smaller group of 10 or so doves circling in similar fashion few feet away from the original ones. And this puzzled me even more. :) And the continuous smooth movement of theirs made be believe they have been doing this relentlessly for last 2 hours.

And a few minutes later, there were rains... not heavy rains..a small drizzle .. and the flapping of the wings got even more faster.. probably expressing their joy :) After few mins of getting their wings wet in the rain, these birds disappeared into the thin air.. (err.. in the sky! :))
And the mystery was solved... they were inviting the rain gods with their rhythmic circular dance for almost 2 hours ... :) :)

Nice Readings.. :)

There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking...It was growing by itself...enjoying every day...and saying to the sun "When shall I be grown up"? And the sun would say "Be patient"---Each time I touch you, you grow a little"...And she was so pleased. Because she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand...And this is all she wanted to do---bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
One day the hunter came by---and stepped on her.---She was going to die---and she felt so sad. Not because she was dying ---but because she would not have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.
The great spirit saw her, and was listening.---Indeed, he said ...She should be living...And he reached down and touched her---and gave her life.
And she grew up to be a beautiful flower...and this corner of the desert became so beautiful because of her.
If aim of life is divine …every thing else in life is being taken care of!!!

Have a trust , have a faith …. Carry on being a part of divine’s work ..rest everything will be taken care of!!

Don’t be a product of your environment …..develop your environment as your Product .

Breath free & be Free !!

Some nice lines recently read somewhere..
People say they love Rain; but when it rains, they use umbrella..
People say they love Sun; but when it shines, they look for shade..
People say they love wind; but when its windy, they close their windows..
Thats why I get scared when people say They Love Me!

As the kids' in the nearby houses were busy preparing for their exams in the last 2 weeks, one of the neighborhood aunties was a little too enthusiastic (and too) about her 6 years old sons' studies! 4 days before the exams, she would get him to the terrace every evening and make him study for about 2 hours. Their terrace being at just the same height as that of my room, I can easily see and hear whats happening there. One of the evenings, I was doing some work on the computer and suddenly heard the aunty shouting at the poor kid probably for not being attentive to what she was teaching. He was busy watching the birds flying back home while aunty was having trouble teaching some history (or social sciences probably) to him. My ears turned towards the terrace! It was a History class the chapter described something related to 'aadivaasi's. Aunty was having tough time explaining things (or should I say the kid was having tough time understanding what his mother was trying to explain ;) )
The kid asked some doubt related to languages spoken by different people
Aunty: Every community has its own language. Like Marathi people speak Marathi (wow!), Marwadi people speak Marwadi. (This much was understood) ... Like that, wadari people have wadari language.
The last stmt appeared difficult for the small kid. After a pause of about 30 seconds of deep thinking in silence, the kid asked 'mummy what is 'wadari'?
And the aunty bursted out 'You idiot! Dont act too smart! Just do as is being told to you! Just learn it! Don't eat my head'

Poor kid! The aunty in the first place is using words that he is hearing first time in his life and he is not even allowed to ask questions! Little did he know asking questions to gain knowledge was such a big mistake!
And we say our education system is not taking us nowhere! :)

Another story recently read in a book... :)
There was a beggar who sat outside a mandir everyday but would hardly get any money. One night when it was time for him to go, he picked up the chaddar and found he had got only one 1o paisa coin on it inspite of sitting there the whole day!!
He was feeling very low and thinking what he would answer his wife after returning home. On his way he saw a 'sharaab-khana'. Though he had lost all his hopes, he thought of sitting outside it and trying his luck. As soon as he sat there spreading his chaddar, a drunkard came out and stopped by him. He took out two 10 rupees notes and giving them to the beggar said, 'maaf karna bhai.. aaj itna hi hain.. kal aur doonga'.
Seeing this the beggar looked upto sky and said to God, 'Kya bhagwaan! Aap rehte kahi ho aur pata kahi aur ka dete ho!'