Star gazing

 I live as a paying guest in one of those many PG's in Bangalore. This day I had come back early from office in one of my best moods. Dad had called to let me know that tonight there were gonna be some different planetary alignments in the sky and we could watch it with bare eyes(4 planets could be seen just like the stars) . . . I decided to pull one of my best PG mate along with me for star gazing cos she was the only one who would put up with my crazyness and madness. Another buddy also offered to put up with the same and came along.  11.00 pm on the terrace I was trying to figure out which one of those million stars seemed brighter and different so that I can call them to be planets !! My Pg mates were trying hard ....I mean to control their giggles looking at my star gazing act. To my relief we did spot those unique stars or what were supposed to be the planets and suddenly there was a shooting star I screamed there goes a SHOOTING STAR MAKE A WISH !! Each of us had our own wishes... A sudden silence prevailed . . for once the loneliness in life had embraced us. . each wanted something in life but one common thought for everyone at that moment was missing our family and home. We sat there and suddenly talked about star gazing and sleeping under the sky as kids. A sparkle in the eye, a smile on every lip and those flooding memories of childhood flowed... I don't know what prompted me to ask but I did ask " hey guys what did you wish for?" and then one realized omg I forgot !! can I have another star that will fall now .... LOL .. I was sure she was gonna go on a star hunt for the next one week ;-)

    As I lie on my bed this night I realized one thing ~ Most often we never know the difference between our various needs and what we really feel about them . .We usually have a big list of WANTS but how many times have we attempted to stay aware of the ONLY thing we yearn for ?what it really means to us and then decide if it would be better for us to stay there to get it or just move on...  We always fail to realize this don't we ~ " Life is a change . Growth is optional. Choose wilsely ..."

    Even though we fail to understand certain things there is that mysterious SOMETHING in life that makes you realize truth in a moment just like that Shooting star had done for us :-)



One last thing .. I must thank priyanka and prats for putting up with my craziness that night (^_^)

Extension of enthusiasm

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep
-Scott Adams


I'm not sure if Scott Adams was right but this was attempted after a long time . . a very simple piece yet it made me smile and relaxed after work :-)

INVICTUS

The title means “Unconquered” or "Undefeated" in Latin. For the warriors out there who are battling with their lives here’s some inspiration to keep you going. This is a wonderful poem by William Ernest Henley written in 1875. If this poem had the power to keep Nelson Mandela alive and going during his 27 years of  jail term it can also inspire everyone of us to battle out better !!

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.