When the Going Gets Tough..

Know that song?? Heard it when I was a kid from the Boyzone album...hardly understood it in the naive ages, but had it memorized to keep up with the 'happening' crowd back then....

I think the words are apt for every walk of life... When the going gets tough, the tough get going...  Ever had to deal with situations calling you to stretch to your max that had you almost snap into two like a rubber band? Or even deal with people for that matter who are absolutely closed nutshells? Friends, parents, kids, relatives, people you care about...Yeah, it can be real tough. Especially when one starts to work at the situation for betterment of the same, it suddenly seems to clam up tight and seem to be a tough nut to crack! The door is all of a sudden bolted tight from the inside as if it has a mind of it's own and is determined not to let you in! And then...and then, what course of action would you take chérie ?

Forgiving and Forgetting

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
                                                                                                                 - Mark Twain

"Uh-oh I think I know what she's going to be writing about..the title says it all.." Is that what is going on in your head? Well, I'm no one to beat around the bush so yes, in a way my post title does say it all... How many of you have actually experienced both? Are you stuck in anyone of them? i.e, trying to forgive or trying to forget? Well, just read along then.. You might enjoy the post after all...

Forgiving those who wronged us is hard... is really hard sometimes... but ever realized how hard you are making it for yourself?

Make Way!!!

With an out burst of an extended monsoon season here in Bangalore, 2010 bids us all farewell almost as

though unwilling to exit the stage...

Another year gone down the memory lane... Achieved your goals, dreams, desires? Fulfilled your resolutions?? Got a few tears, few bouquets of happiness or both? hahaha... I don't know about you, but I'm thinking I'm in between.. :)

The Road Back Home..

 "Hilda!! Mole(daughter).. wake up...Hilda "  "mm...Amma....Amma, which morning is this? School morning or TV morning?"  The most beautiful face looking at me breaks into a smile and says " it's time for Tom and Jerry... Ettan(Big brother) has switched the TV on already..come on..." A pair of small hands go up in the air, only to be lifted up with a lot of love and I slump back drowsily on to warm, familiar shoulders...Shoulders which will never let me fall,  never let anything harm me, shoulders of my dear mom..

Twilight Moments

It's the midnight hour....

And I'm still awake

Causing me to pause and think

Of what lies at stake

The stars mock me silently

From above and beyond

Like all those shadows passing by

Though not twinkling , their smirks can be found.

My friend's wedding

It's 11:15 am on Sunday the 8th of May 2010.... I m sitting with a cup of coffee in front of me(which is empty already!!!???) and thinking of my dear friend who is in church right now getting married... Are you wondering what am I doing here then? Good question...can't say I don't share that doubt... Was it really the unavailability of tickets that hindered my trip...or was it just the plain fact that I'd hate to see her go in a sense...? Maybe a little bit of both...(I'd say quite a bit more helping of the latter!!!)

I have known her for almost 9 years now and it's been a very close and memorable friendship... Like they say, the older the friendship, the better it gets...just like old wine...

It's that time of the year again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games....... "

Aah!!!! the lovely warm music, food and the inexpressible lovely feeling of this time of the year!!! It s absolutely beautiful!!!!