Happiness is...

Happiness is...

A hot cup of coffee in the morning...
A cold rush of wind breezing my face when I'm feeling down...
My dad's smile when he greets me home...
My sister's twinkling eyes when she's upto some mischief...
A glass of red wine on a lazy Friday evening...
My favorite pair of red sandals to put a spring in my step...
Finding that one song that says what I cannot put into words...
Catching that sense of wonder in someone's eyes out of nowhere...
Driving to a destination.. With no timelines to meet...
Discovering a hidden stash of To-write notes
Chancing upon the sun twinkling ashore...
Life's made up of such moments galore...   if only we stopped.. Looked around... And waited some more...
 

The "Spring Cleaning"

On a cleaning spree... Home.. Work.. Life and Mind..

Body? Well, apart from the daily routine, this one needs to wait!

Coming back to this year's opening line... If 2013.. And the last one month of 2014 has taught me something.. It is a loong list of Not-to-do's. The NTD's which might have made my life a wee bit easier, had I known them earlier.
But I guess that's another thing about life.. You dont learn until you live it.. Experience it.. Survive it.. 

The NTD's give a resounding slap on my face, and bring me back to reality, everytime I start going haywire. Well, I'm not a very proud planner of my life, even though planning is what I do for a living!

Strangely enough, I still refuse to regret anything I've done. Yes, I could have done a lot of things a lot of different ways, seen people for who they were and what they are capable of.. Known that all good things come to an end, and also that the biggest mistake one could do to themself is put themself aside for "the greater good". Greater Good??? Baaah.. It shits the ass, Mind my french!

I know now that sometimes, life teaches u what you thought you always knew, but strangely enough thought happened in a world removed from your own. I realized that its ok to make mistakes, but important to never ever repeat them. That sometimes, when we run away from the known for the excitement if the unknown, it could prove to be the biggest adventure of your life, but sometimes it could also turn your life upside down.

At the end of it all, I now know that nothing is ever the same - family, friends, love, life, US. Sometimes, things change gradually till one day you realize that there's an entirely new person standing in front of you.. And sometimes all it takes is one moment.

One moment that could change the face of your life. And you... Sometimes for the worse, a lot of times for the better! :)

New Beginnings....

2014 - I am going to start writing. Regularly. About anything. Books/Movies I like. Places I wanna travel to. Films I wanna catch - get dvds/download/go watch with a friend. 

My travels - I realize I have so much to write about! What makes me stop, refrain from writing, I wonder. I need to take myself less seriously and just pen down my thoughts as the words flow. Since that's the best times when my Mind and heart are in perfect harmony, dancing together in the dim light of a glowing candle, casting shadows on the walls of life. 

Sometimes people you have the most confidence in, disappoint you the most. Sometimes knowingly, a lot of times unknowingly. It's on you to know when to walk away....

"Actions Speak Louder Than Words" ; Now I understand the true meaning of this phrase, especially when applied to Self!

LOST

The How's and Why's of Life!

There are some times in our life when we push and push some more. Some times for what we want, some times for what we might think we want, a few times even for things which we might not really want but having those things make us feel good about ourselves.

However, what of those times, when we chase things we might not understand, but know that somehow or the other, they are an integral part of what would become of us, in the near future or afterwards. These things define the very core of our needs and wants, they define what makes us - US, they give us a reason to keep pushing forwards, to keep fighting it out. 

Life is a strange mix of the haves and have nots, what we have we might not want, what we want we might not know, and even if we know we might not get those. Moreover, there are some times when suddenly we get it all and we don't know how to quite handle what we have got, we carry it with shaking hands, afraid to break what we have fought hard to get, for we know that once lost, all the power in the world will not be able to restore it to us. 

And that is what scares us. That is what scares us no end. Its not about getting things which matter, its all about keeping them safe - whether its friendship, or our family, or love; or even life for that matter!