i only wanna be with you

It doesn't matter where we go or what we do...
I wanna spend each moment of the day with you.
It happens to be true....
I only wanna be with you !!

rustling of leaves

to understand the written word and to actually experience it...hear the rustling of leaves.....aah what a world of difference.....the chirping of sparrows.....the smell of grass....the croaking of frogs....flowers so fragile that you cannot even hold them in your hand without perspiration marring their delicate softness.

nature...ever beautiful....ever changing....God's gift to us every single day

Rapture and Ecstasy

way back when i was in college had told a friend that these are two of my favourite words.....imagine my surprise when i came across these words in a book on Ramana Maharshi.....

"in rapture or ecstasy, the mind is momentarily absorbed and stilled in a fragmentary experience of the bliss that is its true nature. The very words indicate the transcending of the individuality, since 'rapture' means etymologically being carried away and 'ecstasy' standing outside oneself."

checked out the net...figuratively used
rapture.....carried away in an ecstatic trance
ecstasy.....a state of rapture that stupified the body while the soul contemplated divine things

the same two beautiful words.........

may you know rapture and ecstasy in this lifetime......

stuck inside these four walls

yes...the beatles....isn't it amazing how much time we spend surrounded by four walls ...be it home or the office....meanwhile the great outdoors beckon.....sun on your head, wind in your hair, sand at your feet......breathing the crisp air atop a mountain........resolve to spend as much time as possible with nature....foot loose and fancy free.....

food

recently was tucking in on a buffet breakfast.........what an obscene amount of food on display.....how is it that one person gets so much to eat while just down the road there are those who dont even have one square meal....

a life gone by

what can you say when someone is snatched in the prime of his life ....leaving behind a wife and young son.....bereaved parents.....and friends.....here today ....gone tomorrow.....suddenly and with no warning....yet we do not value the urgency of each day.....wrapped up in so many mundane things.....not giving our best and loveliest.....not treasuring the loved ones in our lives......life goes on and this whole world will keep on turning.....

Crossroads of life

how many times do we find ourselves at a crossroads in life....suddenly lost and without focus.....not knowing which path to follow....and equally suddenly we take a decision....and life is wonderful again...

Robert Frost's words come to mind
"Two roads diverged in a wood,
And I....I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference"
(apologies for any errors but i write it from memory
as it is one of my favourite poems...)

i think the secret is to take a decision ...right or wrong....but go forward in action....ready to embrace whatever life may bring...