The Walk Together

After walking for almost 2 decades in different directions, the roads seem to have magically merged and brought us face to face.

For a couple of meters, the road may have been ruff, with speed breakers and potholes; but at no point ever did we rethink of the path chosen…..

Whether the road was bumpy or a smooth ride, we only began to enjoy the journey…….

Seasons past, climates changed……. Days turned into weeks, weeks into months and months into years…. Least did we take notice of any….!!!!!!

From arguing about choices and having difference in opinions,

We now share the same opinions….

From trying to understand each other and know our likes and dislikes,

The information is now by the tip of our fingers……

The bond is magical, the understanding is beyond imagination….

The support system is incredible…..

We are so totally inseparable….

And our relationship is only full of love….

My love for you is eternal…..

Only yours….

That is Just Me!!!

All about being yourself....

Sometimes it s better to remain ignorant...

Sometimes its better not to grow up...

Sometimes its better not to analyse situations....

Sometimes it feels so much more better to remain yourselves....

Most importantly, it is such a great feeling to live life your way!!!!

From almost childhood, we are taught what we should do to keep others happy...

But we always forget  about our happiness and what we want from life...

This might be the precise reason why, we grow up trying to please others...

And in the process ‘mask’ our identity!!

The big question is till when will we be fake?

For some people the answer might be simple and easy- ‘Throughout’!!!!!

For the rest, they might not even remember their true selves and wonder what am talking about..

Life can get really complicated sometimes.... and many must have experienced the same...

But somewhere down the line.... if one gives it a thought... we may realise that ‘We’ as individuals have complicated our life....

Things can be so much more simpler if we start listening to ourselves first... and keep ourselves happy.

When times get ruff, and you are in a tough!!

Just stop thinking too much.....and ask that little voice in your head to SHUT UP!!!

Take it easy.....

That Is Just Me!

Pandoras Box

Rare are the moments when we don’t have complaints. Either with ourselves, our neighbors, Family, friends …. The list goes on and on...
There comes a point when we begin to believe that it is just ‘ME’ and no one else in this whole wide world with a big issue/problem...
 It has indeed become a rare sight today to see people happy from their heart and soul.... On the outside…. We make our best possible attempt to convince the world, more than ourselves that we are satisfied and happy indeed...
Some may have a whiny spouse, cribbing child or an annoying neighborhood, while some sit all day and critique themselves on aspects of live, happiness, satisfaction, achievement and most importantly Failure!!!!!!!
We get affected by the pettiest issues…… and consider it to be the biggest of all….. The way people are giving in to life and quit so easily, really makes me think about many  things…

Is this called patience, is this called fighting back?
For those who think they have tried their best, or given enough chances to life or for the situations to change….. And for those who curse Pandora to have ever opened the box of troubles……. I would like to invite you all to re think and always look at the bigger picture!!!

If you are cribbing about how hot or cold it is, or how u hate the place u live in (by choice), then think about the soldiers in Army Navy and Air force. Think about the situations they get to live in, in extreme climatic conditions, with only one aim- to safeguard their country and its people, so that ‘WE- the one’s who complain all day’ can sleep in peace.
If you are complaining about how each part of your body hurts, think about the differently abled and crippled, who wake up every morning with the zeal to live life as normally as possible…..
If you are complaining about your family and friends and how you don’t get along with any of them, think about the homeless, orphans and old age homes, who have no family of their own!!
Though at the end of the day they form their own family and give life a new meaning…..

Why have we all narrowed down our vision so much, that we almost see only our selves and no one else. Why cant we acknowledge the blind who also try to cross the road along with us, while we cross the road;  almost blindly preoccupied by our thoughts?
Why don’t we see that if we consider ourselves as middle class or not with a great standard of living, there are people who live their entire life on the roads. On the contrary if we are among the creme of the creme, there are definitely people who are richer than us. So whats the point in just showing off to the world about your status and money, while you don’t have the heart to help the one’s who need it!

The day we do start seeing the bigger picture….. is when we will pursue Happiness and peace of mind!

In the Pursuit of Happiness.......
That is Just Me!!!

FAMILY!!!

Miss your presence, miss your talks, miss ur annoying interrogation over other peoples’ lives…
Miss ur hands that were always up, to bless me… miss ur warm wishes….
Miss all ur motivation …… miss u taking the update from me of my complete day!!!!
Who ever said that every gal is a daddy’s daughter and he is her favorite!!!! Is so true….
Now that I am leading my new life…. Is when I realize… how important all ur annoying questions were…
Each question that u wud ask… wud teach me a new thing for the day!!!
Now that I am here… I realize how nice it feels when someone asks u what u did all day and what new u learnt in the day….
Now that I am here and leading a new life, I realize how important each and every member of the family is…
Now is when I realize why mom used to emphasize on the fact that we all should have our meal together… I understand how important each meal that we had together was!
Now that I am away I realize what it was that kept us bonded as a family!!
Now is when I realized what an important role u both played in order to balance our lives…
U both knew when exactly to be parents and when exactly to be good friends with your daughters!!
Now is when I realize what exactly FAMILY means!!!
Whether it is irritating my little sister or advising her, whether it is sharing my experiences with you all or asking you for suggestions….. I realize that even before I could ask for anything we all did really understand what was going thru each of our minds!!!!
F- ather A-nd M-other I L-ove Y-ou!!!!!!
Love u Mom Dad and my Lil sis!!!!

Now that is what I call a FAMILY!!!!

That is Just Me!!!

YOU behind the mask!!

Life takes you through different phases in order to teach you many lessons…
At one point you reach such a stage; where you need to lead two different lives..
One that you are expected to and one that you want to lead….
In the beginning the difference is distinct and clear.. but with time… this difference becomes hazy……
You push yourself to be what you are expected to be… but how long can one hold themselves back??
At any given point of time…. We all have two distinct identities within us….
There is a ‘YOU’ behind all the masks that you wear … those masks that you put on so you can make everyone else around you smile… those masks that define you as a person in the ‘OUTSIDE WORLD’…
But why do we forget with time that there were few other aspirations and few other dreams that we as an individual had at some point in life….
Don’t ever let the masks mask “YOU”…..
Shred the masks, pull out the curtains and bring ‘YOU’ to the fore!!!

Dream Aspire Achieve!!!

ME to the fore!!!!

That is Just Me!!!!

Life is a Theater!!!

Every phase of life, we play a character…
Every milestone we achieve, we reach a new pedestal.
From being a baby- child- teenager- minor to major…..
We play new roles in new situations with new people…
We may have enjoyed every little phase until we are under the guidance of our loved ones..
All characters known, dialogues delivered without fear of being misunderstood…..
All within the warm shell and cocoon that we would have been brought up in.

But…. There also comes one phase when the mother bird leaves her baby birds in the nest and let them spread their wings on their own and fly!!!!
Though she knows that they wont be able to fly on their own in their first attempt… at the back of her mind… she prays and knows for sure that after a few failed attempts…. Her babies will fly and fly high!!!!

There comes a similar situation in life, a phase when u are assumed to have grown up and take care of your own responsibilities …. Not just yours but a complete family’s!!!!
Where nothing is told, understood or agreed upon…
Characters are new and unknown…. Dialogues not known….
Neither are you familiar with the situations that you get into…
A whole new role and character needs to be played and its not just one role you play…
It is almost like a single individual playing the role of many characters…
And guess what you are not exempted from any of the mentioned roles….
One has to do justice to each and every role….

"Life is a Theater" definitely; with drama, emotions, excitement and agony!!!!
But I would say… “Life is a Teacher”

Leaving you with this!!!
That is Just Me!!

Rewind << !

Just as the season for the unpredictable rain sets in….
Just as I see the colorful umbrellas coming out….
Just as I see fewer people on the streets; and more so with the missing faces of the people, by and large taken over by the retro style umbrellas.
Polka dots, bright colors, more motifs while some stick to the traditional Black colored umbrellas…

I have seen many people crib about the rains..
But obviously because its ‘Dirty, Filthy, Annoying’ and what not….

As I return home riding two wheeler, in the heavy rains; enjoying the splash of the water hitting hard on my face. The streets bare an isolated look, no soul is seen enjoying the rains…..

While I am still on the roads; my mind hit the Rewind button <<
Where I was on the streets and would wait for it to rain so the street gets clogged and I run along with my friends so that we can jump in the slush and actually get drenched in the rains….

Those were the days when we used to play with the paper boats and build stories around them…
Those were the days when we never thought that getting drenched in the rain was tacky..
As I recall…. All my friends would come running out of their houses just as it would begin to rain and we would deny to go back home even after a lot of persuasion from our respective parents…..

Gone are the days… Now I only see parents scaring their children about all possible diseases they may get prone to due to the rains….
Gone are the days when children were children…. When they used to be spontaneous… when they had no inhibitions…..

Really miss all those moments…..

Re living every moment!
That is Just Me!!

Grass is not always greener on the other side!

Lately I have been coming across a lot of people who carry an “Air” about themselves
This struck a string of thoughts in my mind…..
It almost feels as though they live in a completely different planet altogether…
So ignorant and indifferent to things happening around…
As though the entire world is built around them.
They call it “Hot” just when the Air conditioner is running on a moderate temperature, whilst they forget that there are people who strive hard all day in the hot sun just to earn a meal.
They crib about the Traffic, sitting in their cars pretty much in their comforts and ignore the person knocking on their window trying to peek into their car begging for alms.
Just as they hold a senior position in a company, they begin to think that they hold the most important position in the world……
I really begin to wonder how narrow their thinking must be to actually begin to believe that they are “The important” people in the world….
How can people be so distant with reality…
If one is the MD/ ED/ VP or what so ever in a company, it is just the designation given to you by the company; now that position does not entitle you to rule the world or even be under the impression that you hold the same importance to the world as you step out of the company.
Their world revolves around their luxury cars, business class tickets and Business Hotels…..

On the other hand we have the “Real world” where even today people toil and struggle to manage to get one meal for the day. Don’t know where to run when it rains; don’t understand what the temperature is like while they are dripping in sweat……..
There is absolutely no synergy between the two classes, neither do either of them want to understand what the latter is all about….
Each one lives in their own world and in their own comfort zones, forget that there exists another world where things are not that simple and easy….
Where if one has a chauffer driven car, the other is walking their way to work; where one has variety of cuisines to choose from while the other manages with a morsel…….
Wonder where the world is leading to………..
People need to really realize that we are minuscule’s and less than significant in this universe which is next to infinite…………..
We are here to play our roles…
Let us stick to that and live in harmony with our fellow companions…..!!!
Loads of Philosophy??
That is Just Me!!!

It's been a year now!!!

This is a story of an ordinary girl and an extra- ordinary boy,
This is a story of a girl next door… who is Simple, Straight forward and Frivolous!!
This is a story of a guy who is extremely good looking, open minded and ambitious…….
The way they met was just ordinary……….
(A table placed between two chairs, the guy and the girl not missing any opportunity to take a look at each other, making sure no one catches them doing so)
And one evening….. The extraordinary happened……
A lot had happened over a cup of coffee. (Oops over a peach iced tea)
The ordinary girl and the extra ordinary guy found their life partners in each other (just in 30 minutes- Record time) …………
And they began to walk on the path of an unforgettable fabulous story of Life….
Called Engagement.....

The journey had just begun....
They had just begun to discover each others interests....
They had just started their journey together....
Not even a mile crossed and a year has passed!!!

They are engaged to be married..... Yes....
But yet they have a long long way to go.... Indeed....

Sweet, Cute??!!!

That is Just Me!!!!

I Wonder Why?

Marriage is an institution they say!
May be because, one experiences and learns a lot from this institution.
The situation is like this……
A kid, who is grown up enough to get admitted in a school and its parents, trying hard to get admissions in the best school in town.
The parents have finalized which school they want their kid to study in…. they see a bright future for the kid in that school…..
The future may be colorful and beautiful, but what about the present?
They route taken to make sure the kid had a bright future, is not at all fair….
The parents need to arrange for “Donation” as they call it, and Donation is a lump sum amount which the parents cannot even afford.
Back up plan- admission without donations…..
But the end result of this may not be as colorful as the previous one.
So they decide to go with plan one.
Back to “The institution”
The journey of getting till the institution itself looks so complicated and hassled, that one loses all courage and motivation to be a part of the institution.
The learning of this journey itself has been so immense, wonder what the learning’s would be IN the institution.
Though the end result may essentially be fruitful, the route somehow does not sound appealing!!!
Just waiting to be a part of this institution, so that this learning looks much smaller.
Looking forward to a sun beaming future ……….

Leaving you with a thought!!!
That is Just Me!!!

A Walk down the memory lane!!!!

There was once a time when I used to be little, go to school and look around to make some nice friends. At this point one does not really judge the other person. You just need some company to share your lunch, most importantly because the other person’s lunch box looks much more interesting than yours!!!!

And so just randomly you sit next to a classmate of yours and have lunch for one day. And then gradually in the course of time you know whom to share your lunch with for the rest of years in the school because you certainly make some good friends out there!!!

Life was so much better then. You don’t really have to care about what the other person thinks about you!! The parameters on which you decide to be “say” or “to” (these are terminologies we used when we were in pre kg class) with anyone were too less. You just want your friend to share their lunch and then give you company to play or accompany you for school trips!!!
Now this is how exactly I met my best friends 10 long years back!! Yes it all started with a school trip! I dint have company and these 3 people who were on my list, whom I asked to join me for the trip (out of which two agreed to join me) have walked with me for the last 10 years and we still are together like a bundle of sticks tied together!!!! (touchwood!!)

Hmmm it’s a long way we have traversed!! Those days were so different!! We would be frivolous about everything in our life!!! Not care a damn about anything and just enjoy life like it’s the last day of our life!!!

But here we are today 10 years down the line; a point exactly what we used to talk about in school about where we see each other 10 years down the line!!!
Yes we all are successful today.. each one of us chosen our paths and believe me all extremely different sectors, one is an engineer, one a hotelier, an entrepreneur and another in the media field!!!!

Life has really changed!!! The kind of talks that we have, have completely changed!!! Our lives have changed ……………..

We are all now at the threshold of another new beginning wherein we all become an integral part of someone else’s family!!! We all now talk about marriage and life before and after marriage!!

Suddenly it feels like we have overgrown and skipped a decade.. its next to impossible to believe that we are now grown up and grown up enough to take responsibility of a whole new family altogether!!!

Gosh!!!

Wish I could run back in time!!!
That is just me!!!