Long time no see!

Yes, its been a while since I scribbled in here. But believe me - I have been thinking about things... So there is something to look forward to everyday. A special dinner, a new project, work, a new day! Life moves on and there are subtle yet important things that happen everyday...some remembered for years to come and some forgotten in a heart beat! Isn't this the only life we will know? So why is it that we don't end up treasuring every moment of it. Every second brings with it the mystery of the future and the memories of the past...doesn't it? I will never see myself like this again..! I will never wake up next to my better half on this day again! That has to be special...
So anyway.. now that I have managed to convince you and myself that I have been thinking... long story short.. I haven't really found anything outstanding to write about! So that brought me to think - why can't every moment be special? Why does something extra-ordinary-out-of-this-world have to happen to get my attention! So this weekend my yard gets my attention... small things that go un-noticed and fall in the list of trivial things get my attention. Because nothing is trivial and nothing exists without a reason. So lets all try to give every little thing its due importance!

In Anticipation!

The definition of Anticipation is "in expectation" or "in prediction" - at any given moment our heart and mind expects a million things. But somehow we really anticipate a few of those.
A vacation for example is something we all wait in anticipation for. From the very day we decide on the possibility of a vacation our heart flutters and feels happy at the mention of the "v" word. There are a million things that get planned around the few days of happy carefree life. Bound by the daily, sometimes monotonous, routine of 21st century living - any break big or small is welcomed with arms wide open.
So now I am in the peak of my anticipating self... Vacation is around the corner - which means new places - good food - lots of catching up and all in all a wonderful time with friends. Nothing leaves behind more memories than a good vacation!

To plan or not to plan
Planning the future to every detailed step is probably not possible. Some people leave all the planning to destiny. It is not my place to say if that is correct or not. But all I can think of is - if I don't plan what I want to do tomorrow and the day after long before the possibility of a tomorrow arrives - I will walk around lost and unsure like a zombie!
Everyone plans in their own way - saving money is also planning in a way - putting away the left overs in the refrigerator is also planning. Every thing we do no matter how minuscule the action is - compared to something else is a plan that is leading to the next action.
But again I have met people who are not willing to admit it and plan for what might be - they are probably too scared to leave the "what already is" world and venture out! planning for more than a few hours is terrifying for some people - while planning for anything less than a few weeks ahead is terrifying to some - probably to maintain some sort of unknown balance!
Just goes to show how much planning went into the making of us...so planning "IS" an integral part after all...or not?

Imagine what you can do!

The only strong belief I have held on to for sometime now is "There is nothing I cannot do if I put my heart to it". I have put this belief to test over and over again and it has never let me down.

No one promised me a bed of roses for life - our parents ensure we get one for as long as we are under their wings - but the moment you declare your freedom - you "are" on your own. So when tough times come knocking and you have knocked your head against the wall a million time; then comes a time when you almost give up.

All anyone needs to do then is take a deep breathe and a break for few moments to purge your mind completely. When you return to tackle the task/problem at hand - you will find renewed energy and more determination than ever before to see it to the end. It works like a charm every single time!

Giving up is something we do when we don't want to try enough, when we are unwilling to take those extra steps and see the rewards of our efforts. There is and will never be anything more rewarding than the fruits of real hard work. It could be working out hard at the gym... Ask someone how s/he feels about working hard and losing all the weight they wanted to lose. It is heaven right here on EARTH. So today I will start towards that heaven one little step at a time - by making my way to the Gym which has been beckoning me for the past one year! Keep you posted!

Dreams are probably the most wonderful images of our ambitions and hopes. There is never a moment when one stops dreaming. We dream of our future...tomorrow...how things will be - what turn our life will take. Some predictable some not.
Dreams let us get a glimpse of how it will actually be. Dreams provide us with the much needed push in the right direction sometimes.
Yet somehow you don't have to really go to sleep and have a dream to "have a dream". Gently kindling the hope of being in a state of mind or body in the future...is all we need.
This spark keeps us going from achieving on dream to the other. IF there should come a day when we have no more dreams...this life that we live so dearly will be one monotonous journey, where we count every minute towards the inevitable end. And then...by all possibility the end will become a dream!