Sagar... the Sea..

I went out with my friends for a trip to Kashid beach this weekend... After a completely hectic schedule, finally got some time to relax a bit and I enjoyed a lot being with friends, playing beach volleyball, motor rides n all... The day seemed to pass by quickly.

While sitting on the beach and enjoying the sunset, I felt a inner sense of comfort. A mysterious but quite relaxing feeling occupied my mind.. I don't know why, but whenever I watch the sea, its waves..I feel spiritually connected to it and it happens to me every single time.

It may sound a bit philosophical, but have you ever tried to think.. why your parents have given you that name which everyone use to call you, what thoughts they put while thinking about it? When I was a child, I asked this to my parents to which they replied that they named after the Blockbuster movie that year..Sagar :) funny, isn't it.. It might be a coincidence giving me the name I have, but I always feel connected to the real meaning of it, Sagar..the Sea..

The sea always try to inspire me, sooth me, accept me as I am, I feel as if it understands my inner feelings and listen to them carefully when I talk about them. There are a lot things common in both of us. Even though if it looks calm and stable from outer side, it has many things buried inside. We see only the surface of it, but nobody can tell what's going inside it. Its water may seem salty, use less, from our point of view but the same water provides life to a lot of other small living things residing inside it. It protects them from external intruders, there is a completely different world within it which to a large extent applies to me too..

We blame the sea for all the destruction done, but we don't understand that it was not the sea who was responsible, the source was the trigger which made it unstable. It also teaches me to be firm, it gives me courage to fight against all the odds. It doesn't give up to any obstacles but it has the power to turn big rocks into pebbles, that's determination... Everyone has a source of inspiration and my source of inspiration is the sea. I pray to GOD to bless me with all the positive aspects of the sea, its calmness, caring nature, selflessness, determination and courage...

There is nothing special going on my mind today... just a beautiful song by Celine Dion... feeling like reciting it again n again... Here are the lyrics of this song n they really are inspiring(for me of course... differences in opinion are possible..:) )

That's the way it is - Celine Dion

I can read your mind and I know your story
I see what you're going through
It's an uphill climb, and I'm feeling sorry
But I know it will come to you

Don't surrender 'cause you can win
In this thing called love

When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

When you question me for a simple answer
I don't know what to say, no
But it's plain to see, if you stick together
You're gonna find a way, yeah

So don't surrender 'cause you can win
In this thing called love

When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

When life is empty with no tomorrow
And loneliness starts to call
Baby, don't worry, forget your sorrow
'Cause love's gonna conquer it all, all

When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

That's the way it is
That's the way it is, babe
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is.

Walking down the memory lane....

Today, while chatting with my buddy's and recalling the past times, all the days passed by my mind.. The way we use to have fun, passing comments on others, teasing a few classmates, going to tuitions on bicycles, school recess, sports days, gully cricket...etc etc.. Those were really the best days of my life. Childhood memories are the everlasting memories and when you have the best buddy's in your life, I bet you will never forget them.

Remember the day, when you left the soft n secure company of your parents to face the outer world? I remember the day quite clearly, walking towards the main gate of school holding mom's finger, crying aloud. Mom wiping the tears of my cheeks, trying to calm me and promising to give a chocolate after the school. During my earlier days, Ujjwal was my best friend & our friendship grew deeper with every passing year and by GOD's grace, we are still best friends. A few years later, when I was in 7th standard, I became friends with Prashh, Aks, Nir n Tush... All of them and the bond I share with them is one of the best things happened to me in my life. I treasure them a lot coz its really hard to find such friends and I really mean it.

I have very beautiful memories of that time( I bet everyone has... ) like
1. Having sunday morning breakfast and watching 'Jungle Book' on Doordarshan(we didn't had other channels at that time).
2. Enjoying the rain, dancing madly, playing in mud.
3. Getting 2-3 rs as pocket money and having kismi chocolates(used to come at 25p), jim-jam cookies, bubble-gum(especially containing tattoos)...n many more.
4. Wrestling with Bhaiyya n Didi till mom interferes, n crying when mom used to make us stay outside the house...
5. Irritating papa till he finally agrees to bring ice-cream or snacks...:)

And as we grew up, we had a lot of things to do like bunking school, wandering with friends, fighting, playing games, teasing classmates...;) We made the best group of our class by then & named it PANTS (Prashh, Aks, Nir, Tush, Saggy) and our classmates are still jealous of our friendship(touchwood...). Those were the days when my friends had their first crush....(Nir, Tush n Aks), me n prashh were on a safer side... Then the time passed talking abt the girls, following them, flirting(I told you we were quite mischievous)...:) which finally resulted in all of us failing in our 10th standards first unit test... I still remember mom n dad's expression when they saw my result, I was terrified... But the other genius of my group didn't show their results at home and have still kept those mark sheets as if they were a memento...

This was just a brief part of all the fun we did in our school days....college days were yet to begin.. But I really thank GOD for blessing me with a loving family and such a good bunch of loving & caring friends.... These are the things nobody can ever take from me and I'll stand in between all the odds which try to harm them... I love remebering all those days and the lines from a latest movie come to my mind as if they were written for me...

"Give me some sunshine, give me some rain....
Give me another chance, I wanna grow up once again....." :)

Love you all who have made my life worth living....

A FOOLS April Fool day

On 1st April we all celebrate April fools day.... We try new tricks to make fool of others and when they work, we burst in laughter with a inner sense of accomplishment.... This is quite common with all of us but have you ever come across an instance where unknowingly you made a fool of yourself?? If yes... then my friend, YOU ARE NOT ALONE...;)

This April fool's day, unknowingly I made a fool of myself and when I knew it, I felt very embarrassed.. yet enjoyed it. Sometimes we are in a bad mood, feeling completely annoyed with that one person and it takes only a small trigger to let it out on them..... We scold, curse, blame that person, speak out everything buried inside us and what a relief we get by letting it out..;) But what if the person was not at fault, if only it was your thoughts which made the situation worse enough..

I did the same and felt guilty after that. But I know its never too late to say sorry and accept your mistake. And what else to lighten the mood than a good laugh at it or just a smile :)

I learn a small lesson that day.. Never judge a person, try to be in there shoes before analyzing there actions and the more you think about what wrong they did, the more you go in the negative things.. And if still after all this, you know that he/she is wrong then just show them what you are with a BANG, leaving them completely shocked so that they'll think twice before doing anything wrong to you again.. ;)