Miles Apart

What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart.

Absence makes thy heart grow fonder.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

The simple lack of him is more to me than others' presence.

You don't need to be on the same wavelength to succeed in marriage. You just need to be able to ride each other's waves.

Miss you...

Conquer Your Weakness

This is a story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.

The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move.

“Sensei,” the boy finally said, “Shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”

“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the Sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.

Several months later, the Sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals.

This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the Sensei intervened. “No,” the Sensei insisted, “Let him continue.”

Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.

On the way home, the boy and Sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. “Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”

“You won for two reasons,” the Sensei answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defence for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”

The boy’s greatest weakness had become his greatest strength.

Embracing Imperfection

A story by a girl. "When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember Watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!

When I got Up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad For burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said: 'Baby, I love burned toast.'

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if He really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides-a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!' You know, life is full of imperfect things.....and imperfect people. I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to celebrate each other's differences - is the one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good,the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of GOD. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where burnt toast isn't a deal-breaker! We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!! "

Love - Lost & Found

“Only Love” – Erich Segal - I was reading this book and was inspired to write on it. A very touching love story – about love; lost & found.

1978
A group of idealistic young doctors join a mission of mercy to Africa. Two of them, Mathew and Silvia, fall in love. They have one year together, before they are swept apart by bloodshed and violence. Mathew Hiller has been in mourning ever since.
The Present
A pioneer in genetic therapy at the very top of his field, Mathew is appealed to by a rich man whose wife’s brain tumor has been declared inoperable by every other surgeon. When she walks through the door he sees that it is Silvia, as beautiful as ever – still his “only love”. It’s as if the years have never passed.
He must save her life. And if he does... what then?

I am sure everybody in life has their own first love and it is indeed very special. Few of the lucky lot, are fortunate enough to spend the rest of their lives with them. But rest of them; need to move on with life and hence at some point or the other need to settle down and get married. They too lead a happy life with their better half.
But what happens, if you get to meet your first love once again? And even worse, you get to know that your first love shares the same feelings for you; even now; as you do?

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there.
- Otomo No Yakamochi

If the alarm goes off, don’t run downstairs.. wait and watch !!

XYZ Office ->

A fire alarm rang at 6 PM when almost all shift employees are in office(approx 5000). As usual entire office was evacuated within 3 mins & every employee gathered outside office. 10 mins passed..................................5 more mins passed.
Security Officer started Announcement: "Dear Employees - With melting heart I am making this announcement that for many of you it will be a last evacuation drill, as we are laying off almost 80% employees. While moving in who-so-ever ID card won't work are laid off & all their belongings will be couriered to them tomorrow. We followed this approach as we don't want to fill email box size with layoff email in thousands & also to avoid any fight inside office. Hope you have nice career ahead. Please move in & try your luck".

The Curse of being a Girl - An Interesting Article

ONCE, IN a candid conversation with my two kin – one of them was elder, while the other was of same age – we started discussing about the love affairs and stuff, which was not a big thing in such a modern time. My elder brother told me, “I will break your legs if I find you moving around with any guy!”

I was totally flabbergasted by such a chauvinistic statement counter questioned him, “What if you find him (my other brother) roaming around with any girl?” There on followed moments of lull, no body spoke for a while…how could they? They had no possible answer for my question. The talk ended with a giddy smiles and the topic changed.

As the day followed I discussed about the whole thing with my mother at the end of which she said, “Beta, tu ladki hai na!”

And that was when I realised that I am still considered inferior to my brothers. He has more freedom than me. It kind of condemned me with a tag of helplessness. In the modern era, no matter how things have changed, no matter how much people would say that sons and daughters are equal, in the back of their minds they know that sharp differences exist.

Recently I read John Milton’s Paradise Lost. God created the world in seven days. But there was nobody to appreciate his creation, so he created man in his own image and christened him Adam, he was supreme amongst all the creatures in the world. But, he was all alone. God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept. He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh thereof and he made a woman from the rib and brought her unto the men. She was christened Eve.

Adam says, “This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh, she shall be called woman because she was taken out of man”. If a woman is supposed to be formed out of man, does that give him the right to own her? Does she become subservient to him? After all she is born as an individual, with her free will. Eve was born to be a companion of Adam not his servant or slave. Even God did not create any bias between them.

I observed that women are always considered inferior to men. I do not know the reason. From the conversation with my brother, I noticed that I do not possess the same amount of freedom (social or sexual) that my brother has. If he could go out and do whatever he wants, why should I be discriminated against? Why there is so much pressure on a girl whereas guys could go around freely? A girl is termed as characterless for seeing boys but guys remain unblemished even if he were to flirt around with girls. Why? Just because he is a guy!

Dont hate anyone