A Beautiful Rainbow

Groucho Marx once said: "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

A good friend of mine sent this ...dedicated to all the wonderful and all the not-so-wonderful people I know...

The most beautiful rainbow

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will.
You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time.
You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because
every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

Loyalty...

I have had various definitions to this word as I was growing up. At one stage of my childhood, it was about having someone as your best friend, then at one point when I was heart-broken with all my friends who didn't turn out to be "loyal" in terms of she didn't play with me today, he didn't lend me this comic to read first etc.,etc.
came in the philosophy - that no humans are worth being trustworthy - I believed in the saying that man's best friend can only be his/her pet etc.

Then came the years of college - and with it the burden of troubled hormones! Every small thing was a big deal! She said this, he said that, Mom frowned, Dad was angry, the neighbor cracked a joke on me, my brother did not think I looked cute in my new skirt and what not. So, everyone who did not make it to my favorites list for the day or even that hour at times, were added to the dis-loyals list :-)simply and brutally...
At time even felt like I had the burden of the whole world on my tiny (well, tiny compared to now :-) shoulders.
Little did I know that I had come hardly any distance in Life, and there was so much more to be seen yet...

The marriage phase set in, and came with it a newer definition of loyalty. Hubby said this, and didn't say that, he loves-me, he loves-me-not, in-laws said something, the sister-in-law was always grumpy, and never was nice to me, and the hubby didn't react to the insults she threw at me - in totality made up the baseline for the favorite people of that week or the month. And, thus evolved the loyals list - yet again. And re-defined!Simply and brutally...

The parenting phase followed. And with it the sleepless nights, and the diaper changes at the oddest places and times, including the teeny toilet of the aircraft, which I bet cannot accommodate beyond a normal sized butt :-) Thank God, I fit in - but changing the baby in that space was a hellish experience. And the chore of coming home from a full day's work and going through the not-so-great experiences with some of the blokes in other teams, only to find the baby in a rotten mood - makes you go with all that you have inside you at least what you have left, and you will want do anything you have to calm things at home. End of the tussle, a happy baby, and a happy husband - things being finally under control, kind of puts your faith back in the bigger force of nature! Yes, there is God, and he is watching and he takes care of you!.
Okay, so when the baby grows, and gives that tight big hug and the cutest smile to the dad - takes his side, after all that was done for her as described above by you, it simply felt like there was no definition what so ever for the term loyalty at all!

Every time I attempted describing it, I thought I had done and had it wrapped up - but had to do it all over again only too quickly..

It sets me thinking - is there anything called loyalty at all? Is it right to expect this in return at all from anyone in this lifetime?

Everyone uses you for something or the other - after all, it is the era of "Use and Throw". But guys, don't let the philosophy that every man's best friend is an animal since it has no expectations etc. bite you - we all are perfectly capable of giving and begetting loyalty in all imaginable forms!.

And also remember, what goes around comes around guys, you don't want to be that piece of Styrofoam... thrown once used, you want to be the piece of China that is preserved in the china cabinet...precious, and forever!

So, ensure that you become that China piece/or the China doll, by making sure not to treat others like Styrofoam. Treat them with utmost care, and lo behold, what do you think you will get in return?

Yes, Loyalty - for life !!!

Life as I see it Today...

I have a Birthday approaching, and I think there is never a better time to share what I'm going through than now...

I went to this music concert last evening, and I came out feeling a million things - happy, soulful, enthusiastic, energetic and most of all Alive!

At this point in my life, I so strongly feel that life is too beautiful to let it slip by - too precious to be wasted, day after day....

Little tiffs, misunderstandings, egos - so totally not worth it, and what a waste of time. Let's move on guys, we have so much to do...

Sorrow? What have you seen till you have lost someone so close to you - there in that moment, and gone forever in the next hour. Ask a mom, a sister, a father, a brother, who has lost someone they loved the most - ask them what sorrow is, and they'll tell you how every song, every book, every piece of clot, a color, a food, a smell, a mood, everything single detail - that reminds them of the person gone.

I sometimes wonder if there exists something like romantasizing death...I don't know - maybe there is....

Happiness? What have seen till you have put a smile on someone's face, or made someone weep out of joy, looked into a child's eyes when you just gave her the most wanted thing, had someone tell you that you are precious to them...

Love? What have you seen till you have been in love with someone who doesn't expect anything in return from you, a child's tight hug, someone who takes care to do those little things for you, someone who loves you even when you aren't your best...

Innocence? what have you seen till you haven't seen the face of a sleeping child...

My next year will be great - because, I will fill it with energy, enthusiasm, appreciation and the greatest of all Love!

Like I said Life is too short to waste it not living it up !!! Go get it guys....live it up !!!