A gift to someone special

FEBRUARY, the month of LOVE....

14th February, Valentine's Day - the day of LOVE celebrated worldwide where we show feelings of LOVE, EMOTIONS & FRIENDSHIP.

Preparations for this day starts right from the beginning of the month. We use to spend hours in selecting gifts for the special one. Every year we wanted to gift something special for the special person on this special day.

Now, my questions is who else on earth are more special than our PARENTS ???.. Those parents who have worked hard, working hard to make our dreams come true, those parents who have spend sleepless nights for us, those parents who loves us unconditionally. How many of us have wished their parents "Happy Valentine's Day."

Valentine's Day is the day of Love- Love for Parents, Love for Friends, Love for the person we love.
Our parents need nothing from us but some sweet words from us. They share their happiness with us but don't share their sorrows or tensions. Can't we gift them a RED ROSE showing them how much they are special for us.

I have done it. Though I couldn't wish them physically but after wishing my better-half I have immediately called them and wished them over phone and gave lots and lots of kisses. I can't express in words how happy they were. Seeing them happy I too was happy and satisfied.

Let us do something special for our parents - to make them feel that they are the most important person of our lives.

  

MAA

Maa- Mom-Amma-Mummy-Mother
A relationship full of LOVE, full of sacrifices, full of emotions.

Maa, the most precious gift of Almighty. The most important person of our life.

The only person who use to get up early for us, prepared food for us, tries her best possible ways to keep us happy, who always keep a smile on her face even if she is crying from inside.

Words are nothing to describe the love and affection of you MAA....

Let's start our day thanking Almighty for gifting us with such a lovely relation called MAA and such lovely parents.

See opportunities through difficulties....

A Helping Hand

Friends today I am going to share an incident with you which I suddenly remembered and I felt so happy and satisfied remembering that day.
It goes back to my MBA days. One fine sunny Sunday I came down to town for some shopping as I used to stay in University hostel and my University was 25 kms from the main town.

Morning I didn't had my breakfast as it was a very boring one so I planned to have it in the town. As I reached, I tried to find a good restaurant for breakfast but as it was 10.00 am in the morning the restaurants were just opening for the day.

Ah, I was very hungry. Suddenly a nice bakery shop caught my eye. I entered the shop, sat on a table and ordered for a coffee and a sandwich. I ordered for whatever was available at that moment. The shop was full with other customers also. Some were having tea, some were packing biscuits for their family.

Then I saw a sweet little girl sitting right beside me. She came with her grandfather and mother. I talked with that sweet little girl until the coffee and sandwich reached my table. While I was enjoying my super-hot coffee and delicious sandwich I noticed an old lady peeping inside the bakery. Her clothes were dirty and worn off and she had a little dirty bag with her. Her hairs were messy and she had no shoes to wear. It seems she had no house to live in.

The way she was carrying her eyes through all the items displayed in the food chamber, it seems she was hungry for days. No one cared to give something to that old lady. She went invisible to everyone. Seeing this it strucked my heart and I asked myself "Is this what Mom and Dad had taught me. Am I not in a position to help that poor lady with some food."

I stood up and left my food half eaten and went to that old lady to offer A HELPING HAND. I approached her and asked her to seat in the staircase of the shop and started talking to that lady. I came to know how hungry she was and she had no house to live in. I felt so pathetic. I stood up and thought for a minute what could I do for that poor lady. As a student I couldn't do much but at least I had that much of capacity to buy some food for her.

I immediately went inside the shop and bought some food for her along with a cup of tea. When I handed over the food to her I just can't explain the expression of happiness in her face. Tears rolled down her dirty cheeks. Without wasting much time she started having her food and tea with a sweet smile on her face.

Seeing my gesture towards her, the people that were present in that bakery also offered food to her. I sat beside her until she finished her food. I was observing her movement, she was having one bite, looking up to the sky and murmuring something as if she was talking to the Almighty.

I left my half-eaten food on the table. I forgot that I too was hungry. Happiness and a sense of satisfaction filled my stomach. I could see the happiness in her eyes. After she had finished I also offered her some money. At least she could have some food for the next three four days with that money. She accepted the money and placed her hand on my head and prayed for me and wished for me for my future and she went away.

That moment for me was the best moment. A moment of happiness, a moment of satisfaction, a moment of pride in my own eyes, a moment of success, a moment of fulfilment, a moment of pleasure, a moment of gratitude.

After this I left with a small amount of money in my hand and I lay my way off to my hostel with a sense of satisfaction and contentment in my heart.

It was a very small act but "This small act of kindness brings big difference in the future." Today whatever I am might be because of her small wish.

A Positive Wind

Depression and Frustration was what surrounding around me making my mind paralysed by some negative thoughts. I was broken from inside. A constant fear of failure was following me like a shadow. I don't know why am I afraid but I was afraid of something invisible. Everyday I wake up I find a reason to smile, a reason to be happy, a reason to laugh out loudly and wholeheartedly. But..... the thought of the next moment makes me feel scared.

I was a completely changed person with lots of doubt and fear in my heart although there was a constant smile in my face. My life has become nothing but a black and white portrait. Then I asked myself, " Is this the gift life has gifted me. Is this the way I will lead my life with full of negative emotions."

Enough of this. Why will I allow anyone else on Earth to rule on me and my emotions. Its my life and and I will live the way I want. I myself will colour my black and white portrait with beautiful and lively colours. Yes, it's me who can change the whole picture. "Yes I can," I said to myself. 

"A POSITIVE WIND" was flowing inside me. This positivity allowed me to smile, stay happy and laugh wholeheartedly. I then realised it's all in your mind and soul that allows you to react accordingly. I have allowed my negative thoughts to capture me of which I was unknown. Now I know the real me. If you have it from inside, you can conquer any obstacle in your path and show it to the world "Who are you" and "What you can do."

I understood that I have allowed negative thoughts to empower me. Its only me. Now no more of these negativity and all. A POSITIVE WIND is all that I have inside and outside me.