Feel good

I Feel good.

When i started to write, i was hesitant. I did not have the confidence to write, though i wanted to. But now, just 2 posts down i can feel the difference, hesitance being replaced little by little with certainty. That is what we humans are like isn't it?

We are always hesitant to venture into the unknown. It frightens us to think of a situation where we are unsure of what we are doing. We are so happy and satisfied with the monotony of the known world that we forget to acknowledge the frustration that keeps building within us due to the monotony. We hate the word monotony not because we want to change it, but because we are afraid that accepting that word will make us think something different and then we will have to pull ourselves into doing something that we don't know.

But believe me it is a great feeling to learn something that we are not sure of and gradually become aware of how much we enjoy doing it. It will give a satisfaction that will make you happy from inside. It could bring out a part of you which will smile for silly things and make you enjoy small successes which will be dear to you. We will make mistakes. But ultimately we learn and rejoice in it.

I wish to write more and why not, when it makes me happy and brings a sense of relief to me. I wish everyone finds a way to break the monotony at least for sometime.

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Hallowed by deed - Part 1

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I have met few hallowed people in my life. Metaphorically they are "hallowed" due to the positive influence they created in my life. Sometimes a small gesture can go a long way in making you realize the value of the word "kindness" and how much it can touch your life. I have always carried this incident in my mind among other fond memories

This happened in 2005 when I had just joined my first job in Chennai. I used to walk a little distance to my office then. I noticed this boy of about 16 or 17 years sitting on the road side - begging. He was physically disabled. I was sure, that he could not even stand on his own legs. As i passed by I just stared at him. From the next day, it became a routine for me to give him a rupee and he would always smile at me. The smile, I swear was infectious. I used to feel energetic seeing him smile. Then one fine day, when I bent to give him the usual one rupee, with a much wider and brighter smile he offered me a small chocolate. I was surprised. He said, "Akka innakku ennoda Birthday akka"("Akka today is my birthday" - Akka is what you call your elder sister in Tamil). He said it with such happiness that I was dumbstruck. I did not know how to react. I took the chocolate and fumbled with my bag to find something that I could give him. I found a 5 rupee coin which I gave to him with a smile and walked away. I had that chocolate with me for many days as a memento of that event. But that incident and that boy have remained in my memory ever since. I realized that one does not need a reason to smile. Otherwise, that boy sitting there in that condition would never have been able to smile at a stranger like me. His smile taught me to hold myself up and fight, no matter how bad the situation is. His smile taught me to smile, always :-)

I just have one regret about the whole incident. I wish I had talked to him at least once.

Who knows when someone will need an extra dose of energy, so keep smiling and share some energy with others. There is so much to think and worry about. But at this moment, just Smile :-)

P.S. Smiling daily for 5 minutes can reduce heart-related ailments by 50% ;-)

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Grief

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“I Love you” he whispered into her ears while she lay in his arms listening to his heart sing the sweetest song of her life. She hugged him tight and kissed him on his lips, locked together for the eternity. It had been 24 years. He was wearing his wedding suit and she was wearing her white saree. She stood silent longing to hear his heart sing for one last time, as they lowered him into an unknown hollow

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