Cherish All Moments

I've seen castles made out of sand,
Met people who believe destiny is engraved on the palm of their hands,

I've seen people change their faith,
Experienced love change into hate,

I've seen people grow younger with age,
And a bird who wouldn't fly out of an open cage,

I've seen love sold for money,
People who are devastated inside but outside they're smiling,

I've seen the unicorn fall in love with the toad,
People who owned half the city have now hit the road,

I've learned to expect the unexpected,
Perfection doesn't exist, we're all defected,

Everyone cries,some just hide their tears,
They say coal turns diamond over a thousand years,

Someone may believe you are one in a million,
For others you are just another nobody in the billion.

So live life with all that you have, cherish all your moments Happy or Sad!

Reality bites ... enjoy

Late night with friends and late night coffee always makes u wonder

25-30 is not a nice age for a man
Your ex-Girlfriend is getting married
Your career has just started
Elders treat you as unproven theorems
College guys feel that you are too old to have in their group
You seem to enjoy both cartoon and news
You can no longer eat whatever you wish without putting on weight
You look like an ape if you don’t shave daily
You are not invited for weekend cricket matches
Every silly Aunty you meet ask “Shaadi kab kar rahe ho beta?
Every unknown Uncle asks “Career ka kya socha hai beta…”

When the reality is that you are just riding the wave and going with the flow
You have all the confidence in the world but little achievements to show
You already have the first hand experience of the life
You know whatever you have been taught about the world in schools has been sheer waste of time You can be denied a job even after passing the test
And you could be given a job if you know someone placed high enough
Politics till now was a dirty word but now you feel it everywhere
You know now love is not that blind and that friendship has its terms and conditions
You know there is nothing for granted and free lunches are not free
Your overconfidence is now making way for a humble conscience

. . You now know it is not exactly what we thought it would be…

My role.....

Someone asked me what is the Role of a Landscape Architect and how does he contribute... was thinking for so many days and the nearest I came is..........


"Jab tum paida hua, jiss jhule mein lori suri woh banaya meri lakdi se

Sambhal ke chalna sekhe woh scooter tha meri lakdi se

Paathshale mein padne baithe woh bench bana meri lakdi se

Bade hue aur khelna seekha woh gulli dunda tha meri lakdi se

Bhagkar run banaye woh balla tha meri lakdi se

Shaadi ke raat jo phool pehlaye woh palang bana meri lakdi se

Zindagi gusre, chaddhi hath mein hai woh bana meri lakdi se

Aaj tume lete ho chita par use dhak hua hai meri lakdi se.....

Asthiya visarjan karne ja rahe ho woh nav bani hai meri lakdi se"..............

LIFE.... Smile always....

After all the turmoil and hiccups in life
I had fully settled don’t know if it was still called life?
Lived every day to its fullest
Laughed , giggled and made most of the time

One fine day LIFE walked in
Changed the way I lived life as in
Spending time became the mantra of life
Was wondering till now did I have a life?

Waiting from morning to evening
Time was moving so slowly and I was wondering
When time was less to do work and always asked for extensions
How did I manage time with life every day be it day or night

My call bills and sms shot up
Sometimes blank sms said so much
A smily or a giggle made my day
Was wondering did I have a life till date?

Something went wrong somewhere
People around create more mess and stress
Spoiling someone’s relation is the easiest thing to do
but did they get what they wanted to?

I miss my LIFE so much
I always hope it is smiling and happy
Life yells at me sometimes
I still smile and say it’s a misunderstanding which will resolve one day

Don’t know when the day will come
I hope life will understand me someday
Realising that what happened was because of someone
Who actually wanted to create scenes just for fun

God only knows who stole my share of sms’s
Wiping my tear and telling god you enjoy playing this life and death game so much
I am back to square one
Trying to fully settle don’t know if it is still called LIFE

Objectives

We go to a restaurant. We are presented a feedback form. We visit a webpage. We are encouraged to post our comments about it. We listen to a song and we can rate that song and express our views on it. We watch a serial and our opinions are presented as a valuable tool to make a difference in the participant’s life.

Unknowingly, it has become our need to give a feedback (good or bad) on things, people and events. We have made it the major shareholder of the mind, emotions and intelligence.

We can no more enjoy a flower for it is a flower, now we need to judge its beauty in comparison to the one we saw last. Most of us have lost the ability to simply enjoy a paani puri; we compare it with the one place where we relish the taste. We make sure everyone present hears our expert opinion. As much as we have developed a craving to give a feedback, we have also become over sensitive to the opinion of others.

Now our confidence level depends largely on others around us. We just need to overhear a negative comment about us, and we crumble down or we get angry and decide to prove a point.

Our peace, our happiness largely depends on what others do to us and say about us. Even worst, the decisions of our life depend on that
In this huge complex web of opinions, what keeps us stable, focussed, and cantered is the awareness of our Objectives.

When we are clear about our objectives, honest feedbacks help us to grow; baseless comments or bad behaviour does not affect us much. Setbacks do not stop us.

Negative comments, beliefs and behaviour have a bearing on us but POSITIVELY for we are clear about our objectives. Our excitement and enthusiasm is no more at the mercy of others. We are strong because focus is on our objectives.

You plan to go on a drive with your loved ones because you want to be with them. The plan changes and it is decided to go for a dinner. When you remember the objective was not the drive but time with your loved one, the dinner is enjoyed to the hilt. Otherwise, there will be sadness in the air even if the dinner is brilliantly tasty. When my objective is to inspire my loved ones, I do not indulge in activities that will give opposite results.

When my objective is to be in the right company to have a meaningful life, I have to drop a few relationships that pull me emotionally and socially down even when it means I am out of ‘the group’.

When my objective is to have good health, nothing in the world can push me towards an unhealthy lifestyle even when people are sarcastic.

When my objective is to be peaceful, I do not nurture painful memories, but, focus on the learnings from those experiences and live a wiser life.

When I am clear about the objective of my life, decision-making no more remains challenging. Even the biggest of decisions are easy to take.

Wise people have said, ‘When our eyes are on the sun, we can no longer see the shadow’. When my objectives are clear I no more blame, complain or give excuses when faced with failures / obstacles.

MY LIFE

I get up and think today is the day,
something will go my way
Soon the day ends
And I realize I am back to where I had begun

Many things have happened in recent past
which are very close to my heart
I wish the dream comes true
and I have a smiling face like all others do

But I guess god realised that I am bold and strong
Who can take all the pain and still go on
I try not to but sometime the tears touch my cheeks
I say to god “Don’t do this please”

He smiles at me and said
you always said “You are an angel”
Angels don’t have feelings
I say God I lied but please give me back “ MY LIFE”

WAITING FOR SMILE....

I cry when alone,
I cry when with people,
No one sees the tears
As it is far within

I miss small joys in life
Which others find it so easily
Today life is at a junction
Where nothing seems fine

Life taught me so many things
Had not thought it would be so unkind
Where every day is living on edge
With no clarity whatsoever to begin with

Hoping that things would be good
still hoping that it happens very soon
The kid in me is dying every passing day
I smile each time hoping the tear says to me " Bye Bye"

Student and Teacher

Two birds on the same tree
Two birds rest on the same tree;
their eyes are bright; they look alike; yet one
is the Teacher; one the Student;
the Student tastes all the many fruits upon that tree;
the Teacher sits, just watches, filled with love and pride;
the eyes of both are bright;
when the Student has tasted all,
the Teacher asks what has been learnt; for only the Teacher knows within their heart:
that now the Student is the teacher;
the Teacher listens as a student;
the Student speaks now as a teacher; who has learned this of themself;
the Teacher’s eyes are bright;
knowing that to live it through
shows the knowledge to be true; the Student is teaching the Teacher now,
of how to teach; the Teacher glows to know
the Student may surpass the Teacher;
knowledge shines from both their eyes; who is the more glorious of these two
who share both the same name now?
who rejoice to need the other;
who rejoice to be the other; now they are silent; now the tree’s rejoicing too;
Its roots above; its fruits below; its leaves, a shelter; its branches, home.

LOVE! happy valentines day

I asked myself Define “ LOVE”, went and checked on the internet and was hit by so many things but something which I personally would not qualify as “ LOVE” . I tried to ask myself is Love any or all of the below:

Is it tears rolling down the eyes of the “hearing impaired” when the hands are together, can’t hear anything in the world except the love of their life?

Is it the touch of the visually impaired, can’t see each other but by moving the hands on hair said all what it matters?

Is it the smile on the “speech impaired” want to say so many things , can’t say a word yet the smile said everything.

Love: Is like WATER having no boundaries, takes the shape you want, changes itself the manner you want, always with you, can’t live without it ever…. Still don’t know if this is true but a beginning for sure.