Child at heart

We are all children at heart, simple and pure, seeking love and willing to love. But some where along the way, the tiny child gets buried beneathe layers of selfishness and desires. We forget the art of giving and the ability to recieve love. Everything is measured by our own preconcieved parameters of 'ought' and 'ought not'. The actual 'is' is lost and we move far away from reality.
Coming back to reality is always painful but everyone has to at some time or the other.
Becoming a child again is easy if we mingle with children and see life through their prism of joy and sorrow. Children forget and forgive easily--- a simple truth we can learn to practise in our life.

Home, sweet home.

Coming home is a beautiful feeling. We often feel restless and uneasy about something we are unclear about. But, on coming home the restlessness vanishes. The niche we call home fulfills our longing to belong somewhere. Each species has its home and we are no different. But the home is a creation of our thoughts, feelings and actions. Home has a boundary, a discipline which binds us with love. We all have love in our hearts, even if it's for a plant or a pet and the home is where the heart is. Caring and sharing for the inmates is the base of the home.

Patience

Time is a great healer. But do we allow Time to heal or are we always in a great hurry to get rid of our angst and start anew ? We feel that the new is better than the old but that is not alwaus the case. Patience is the key to progress in any walk of life.

The right focus

Recently I was disturbed by the natural phenomenon of a dog going bonkers over a bitch in heat. His one track mind registered only one fact, even refusing food and drink. In fact, it set me thinking that if we learn to stay focused on any one thing, everything else ceases to matter. Perserverance is needed to overcome the distractions of the body which deflect the mind from its chosen path of action. Some times one is distracted unknowingly so that the long term goal becomes hazy and short term benefits appear attractive. One needs to be constantly alert to avoid losing sight of what one has set out to accomplish.

marriage

Marriage contains the word mirage. Is it a mirage or do we make it by our rose tinted spectacles, by our expectations and desires ? When reality hits, disappointments follow and some times the entire personality is shaken to the core. Is there a reality check or should one walk in without any preparation? Marry in haste, repent at leisure, the old adage holds true for all time. Only when one is ready should one marry, not before.

marriage

BLAMING OTHERS

It is easy to blame others for our mistakes. We go over our mistakes and on trying to pinpoint the source, we invariably find that someone else is the cause of our problems! But why are we unable to admit our folly ? Why do we find it difficult to admit our fauxpas ? Leave alone open admittance even within our own self we never accept that we are at fault. Unless we do so we cannot possibly overcome our faulty behaviour or attitude. Change from within is possible only in acknowledging , yes, that was my mistake. If this is not done we keep repeating our mistakes over and over again.