Not everything is a Circle !

We know that the world is Round. We also believe that life is too !! I am not so sure about what kind of geometric shape life represents , but I am pretty much sure it isn’t a round. Well the stages of life is sequential , like being born , growing up , learning life’s lessons , growing wise and finally passing on. But that’s not what happens in life is it ? Some of us are not sure How we are born , some not sure Why ??

Every life is a mystery that unfolds little bit every day. We have to patient to clearly see what’s coming because all of us are walking different paths but ultimately that path has to turn and we won’t what’s coming through a blind corner. That doesn’t mean we stop walking altogether or walk on eggshells. It’s not like we are walking blindfolded and trust me visually challenged people have more color in their lives than us , normally challenged folks ! Sometimes the solution is to let loose and  enjoy the walk.

Everyone has dreams and goals but most of us are bound by duties , responsibilities , financially challenged and all other excuses. I am not a perfect person. But I have to walk longer. But some of us are nearing the bench or are already on the bench and still give excuses for not solving the mystery and blame the person Above and curse the one Below. But how in the world are they responsible ? They can only throw us opportunities and chances. It is up to us to catch them or let them slip through.

But be warned ! We don’t have all the years like we think. The path can become a dead end any time. That doesn’t we be terrified of what’s about to come. Sometimes we just have to be brave and make mistakes and take a few wrong turns to end up in the right one ! Like the Horse says ” You can only lead a human to knowledge. You can’t make it think =D “.

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT,

YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT !

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT,

YOU CAN BECOME IT !

– William Arthur Ward

When we look to our elders and mentors for directions, they say ” Life’s not that hard. It’s a piece of cake ! “. They forgot to mention that not all cakes are Round !! 😉

 

~Masha 🙂

Any day !

Remember when you were a kid and it’s friendship day in school !! It was a big deal and the one who got the maximum number of friendship bands on their hand on that day is the most popular person you know ! The next day , you don’t even remember that they exist. =D 

It wasn’t just you. I was like you too and all of us were at one point in our school days. But today , it’s such a cliché to wish someone a happy friendship day or to send a text. If you have , you become a ‘Labelled Loser’ that everyone avoids. It’s a sad practice but it’s the hard truth in this “Social Generation”. It’s more important to update someone on Facebook and whatsapp , but it’s rude to lift your head and wish the person walking or sitting next to you. Don’t rationalize ! You know am right ? 

I am not saying it’s bad to wish your friends on friendship day.  All am asking is why fixate on a particular day and date? Why not tell them everyday or whenever you feel like it instead of letting your ego get the best of you ? Yes , people will look and treat you different initially , but once they realize it’s deeper meaning , they may follow your ways too. Who knows ?

You will never know how your silly words and wishes may cheer up a person and make their day. You are not a daily part in everyone’s life , you can’t be too. You don’t know their battles in life and they yours. But a minute or two spared for them , may make a huge difference !!

So let’s appreciate our loved ones every chance we get. No matter how silly you think your words are. 

Let us make our friends happy every day!

Happy friendship day everyday folks !!

~ Masha ❤

Twinkled by TINKLE !

Remember the summer holidays when you were a kid ? Remember when you counted down the days till which you can play with your friends all day long!!? But you had to go a journey to see your family deity or to some lame waterfalls that had no water flowing. Duh ! It’s summer !! It’s not the waterfalls’ fault. But your family elders stood their ground and left you with no option but to travel to some Hill Station , that was supposed to be cool , but really isn’t due to the hike in tourism. The dreadful day of the travel has arrived and you are pulled from your bed and forced to get ready and threatened to travel naked upon your protest to get ready ! You maintain a grim and dull expression all the way to the train station , to get attention but fail terribly as you are ignored and the luggage take away all your importance !! How dare they !

Ah , how you wish you still had school so that you didn’t have to go through this agony !! All your pain immediately washes away when your eyes fall upon the Magazine stall in the station platform. Your eyes twinkle and brim with happiness when you see a colorful copy of “TINKLE” , clipped to the line at the top of the stall. You approach your parents with “puppy dog” eyes and a “hopeful” heart , and after much fuss and blackmail to jump in the tracks , your parents finally resign and buy you a copy of that month’s issue of “TINKLE”. You jump happily and look at the person in the stall as your “Savior” and hands you a fresh copy of TINKLE. When you feel the magazine in your hands and the NEW smell of it wafts up to your nostrils , you are in Heaven !! If it is a Double Digest , you are in even more luck !

When your parents move away, but you stand you ground and look up and point to the copies of CHANDAMAMA , CHAMPAK and AMAR CHITHRA KATHA , they sigh and get you those copies as well but is warned that those magazines are final and for the entire journey. Those words don’t reach your ears as you look at the magazines that you are holding with eyes of hearts !! <3<3

When you are a kid of the late 90’s and early 20’s , and a kid who loves to read comics and stories , you will understand the feeling that i am talking about.

As soon as the train arrives , you pester your father to make your berth. In India , if you are big enough for either of your parents to share your berth with you, you get your own !! If you feel as Royalty if at all you are traveling in A/C coach , as you get a light and curtain for your berth separately. Once you climb on the berth, close the curtains and switch on the lamp and settle down with your magazines , the outside world dissolves away !!

You don’t need water,food. You do not have a care in the world , even if lightning struck outside your curtain ! 😉 All you need is “Suppandi” , “Shikari Shambu” and “Tantri the Mantri” and your characters from The Mahabharatha , The Ramayana , Panchatantra , the ever favourite Akbar & Birbal and the stories from Champak.

You worship those magazines throughout the journey and preserve them cause you need them on your journey back home. Unless your trip lasts more than 15 days cause TINKLE and other magazines are fort-nightly or monthly issues.

These Magazines have made or broke our childhood but are a definite and fond memory of our childhood.

It’s sad that those magazines have lost the thrill and popularity in today’s generation. They are published even now. But they were the Golden Eggs to us, geese back in the ol’ days ! <3<3 

Thank you Uncle Pai for twinkling our childhood with TINKLE ❤ 

~Masha

P.S. If you wanna see the reason for our twinkles and also want to be TINKLEd !

Love you or love her ??

What are we really after in life? Money? Happiness? Recognition? Adventure? 

While all of them are valid reasons , there is one hidden reason that sometimes we aren’t even aware about. Its love ! 

Love has become such a cliché these days. It’s become more of a status than a feeling when two hearts are united. 

When we love someone or when somebody loves us , we expect them to be the same and love us with the same level of emotions. Is that possible? You can ask your lover or husband or fiancé or ur friend with benefits or any person whom you trust in this world. Everyone will give the same answer in one form or other , i.e Yes . But as human beings , you can’t love someone with the same intensity that you had for them initially for the entire span of your lives. Because we love ourselves more than we love anyone else. In know it may be contradictory and your heart may refuse to accept this. But let it sink in and your brain may agree with you. 

This hoax that someone will love us forever or lifelong has been cultivated by media as they have hooked onto the most important component of life ,  Hope ! 

We can never stop hoping and so we always hope that there is someone who can love us till we meet our makers. It’s true. There is someone out there for each and every one of us and they may love us too but even though they may say , they can never love us with the same intensity forever. 

We are humans and we do constantly change , even more than the climate. We have seen couples , even our parents fight. It’s because we disagree on certain topics and refuse to relent control of our likes and attitude and behavior just for the sake of pleasing our better half. When we want to avoid such fights and lead a peaceful, happy life , we lie. That’s the next natural thing that we know as humans other than love. 

Love is like an ocean. You may never know it’s vastness when you are standing on the shore. And an ocean isn’t formed just like that. It’s a mere collection of water flowing from many rivers and seas. Love is the same. It’s an emotion that flows like a river. It’s course is never constant. You drop a rock in it , it creates a ripple in it. Those ripples are like the arguments we have in our lives with the ones we love. It’s created but fades away over the flow.

And an river of love can’t be created by loving one person all your life. Sharing your life with a another human being and loving is completely different. When you share your life , you accept them and they you. You work around your flaws , you don’t erase them. 

As Einstein once said , if you are driving a car safely while kissing a girl , you are not giving the girl the attention she deserves !!

So Love all you can and as much as you can !! ❤  Cause you can’t see the ocean if your focused on avoiding ripples the river. 

Love   ~ Masha 😉