Saturday, January 8, 2011

FAMILY

FAMILY
Every person born into this world has a FAMILY .A long lineage of which we may know fairly well only till a few generation of the past - mainly may be till the past of out great great grand parents Unless someone in the family makes a effort to make a Family tree This task is a difficult one as with the years & children growing out & moving out into the wide world makes it difficult to keep each one tied with a thread. Everyone is so busy in their own world makes this difficult.One is mostly involved in the nuclear family Just the own immediate family members .Yet it is so much fun to know as many relatives as possible .Here in India we have a festival called Ganesh chaturthy where all the family members make it a point to come back to their native place-ancestral home & celebrate. Many a times even members living abroad make it a point to come for this festival.This is a good way for the whole extended family older & the younger generation to meet & know each other. Living together for a few days is a good way to know each other. Keeping in touch once a year makes the family bond stronger I am sure this sought of occasion must be there all over the world Like the Thanks Giving in the USA
There are some families who does not want to keep this bond as they have or rather create problems & fight with each other This is mainly over property or money All material things-which we can live without if we have a strong bond of love keeping us tied to each other.

Monday, January 3, 2011

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BIRTHDAY
I will be completing my seven decades on this planet tomorrow. How time goes by. I still remember my happy & carefree childhood in Srilanka. The colours are so vibrant , the sounds are so clear the images so well imprinted in my memory. I feel I can just look back & step into this era so easily& feel so comfortable too !! From this point I can also see my future up to this date & realise what a long path I have travelled
we all have our ups& downs sadness & joy too From this perch from where I am now I can feel only the happy times or rather want to remember the good times. Life is a mixture & enjoyed like the ''Khichdi '' we eat.It is up to us to add spices or some vegetables or any other things close to our heart to make this ''Khichdi'' more palatable
Life has been a calm river or torrential with floods overflowing the banks or a gentle stream or a beautiful water fall.
I am lucky & grateful to all who have made my life so. Mostly to that unseen power above who has written & paved my path for me. Given me directions when in doubt & led me gently over the roughness of life.
Thanks to beautiful life & this planet .

Sunday, January 2, 2011

LIFE

To Be Alive
One do not realise what it is to be alive till the time when we think we have reached the brink & nowhere to go.
I experienced the same about 10 days ago when I underwent a major Surgery I Thought that this is it & I will never comeback.I was awake till I was told that I will be sleeping soon. The last words of the Doctor [Anaesthetic] then I do not know after how long I could see some light & the first thought that came to my mind is -thank GOD I can see daylight & I am still here Oh what a lovely light this was
A few moments later my daughter kavita came & shook me gently & said ''Mummy'' then only I realised that I had not fallen from the brink that I had reached
I must be very grateful to all those prayers from my dear ones & to God to allow me this BONUS for whatever length of time HE wants me to have.