New Year 2014 Hymns

Happy New Year 2014 :)

New Year Hymns

To all my friends both dormant and alive

A very Happy New Year to you all...

May this year be the best year of your journey yet.

May you discover what you had sought for so long

May you travel wide and far 

May you grow both in spirit and entity

May your dreams become true 

and your nightmares wash away

May you have new dreams 

May you get new passions

May you be what you want

May you be happiest of what you can...

May you find new people this year

May you find new relations this year

May you build new friends this year

But may you cement the bond of the yester golden years

May you remember your forgotten friends

May you bump into your long lost past

Let the shield  that you stood by in past

come out of its rustic past

To all my near and dear

whom I might not remember so often

I wish that our paths do cross so more often..

and for the new ones whom I am yet to discover

let me hope that we meet soon in future

May this year be the year of great heights

yet it keep you attached to your roots

May you shine like the sun, 

but it keeps you warm enough to be a star always.

May you walk the path with renewed spirit

with love and support of everyone wherever

Let you be in my thoughts forever even when 

I might not see for the next few seasons..

May you forgive and forget the wrongs in last year

and reach out to all this year

may you be presented by a smile every day

and let you be the sunshine for many...

With these few lines

I wish you all a very Happy New Year.

Watch Out

Infallible structures rumbles          
Before it crumbles...
So Hear the rumbling and
Prevent the crumbling

Before things go bad
It sends out signals.
Interpret the signals
And prevent the bad

Twilight enters
Before Darkness spreads
Search for a torch in twilight
So that light is there when it is dark

Failure knocks your door many times
Before it greets you..
Hear the knocks..
Before it gets to you

One shouts in despair
Before he gives up on hope
Hear those shouts
And save that hope
As hope is the reason to live
and its absence is the cause to die

Life cries
Before it dies
Notice the tears
And save life

Bad ending
Raises lots of omens
Read the omens and
Act to prevent an unwanted end.....

THOUGHTS of a Travelling Mendicant

If you are born poor 
it is not your mistake,     
However If you die poor 
it is your mistake...

Born with personality is an accident, 
but Dying with a personality 
is an achievement....

Follow none, but learn from everyone

Practice like a devil and 
play like an angel


LIKE ALL but Trust Few, 
LEARN From all and FOLLOW NONE


Inspiring thoughts from "THOUGHTS of a Travelling Mendicant", edited and posted with the blessings of the author...the one who shall not be named ...

Hiding in the Shadows...

Hiding in the shadows

Escaping the gallows

Till i see you again

I bid you goodbye till then...

 

If I survive

I shall revive

A butterfly will fly

from the cocoon in which I hide 

 

 

My pain is so immense

As if there is no end

I stand till when i can bear

but when I can't, I shall be no more

 

I will still survive

As a tear in your eye

As a picture in your mind

I will revive

 

One day you will look back

and may not find me there

But then do not loose heart

as i still shall be somewhere near

 

Only hidden from your eyes

Still residing in your mind

I will visit you in your dreams

As then i need not run in the dark

 

Hiding in the shadows

Escaping the gallows

Till I see you again

I bid you goodbye till then...

A Dog's Life

A butcher watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside the shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back again. So, he goes over to the dog and notices it has a note in its mouth.

He takes the note and it reads "Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please". The dog has money in its mouth, as well. The butcherlooks inside and, lo and behold, there is a ten dollar note there. So he takes the money and puts the sausages and lamb in a bag, placing it in the dog's mouth.

The butcher is so impressed, and since it's about closing time, he decides to shut the shop and follow the dog. So off he goes. The dog is walking down the street, when it comes to a level crossing; the dog puts down the bag, jumps up and presses the button.

Then it waits patiently, bag in mouth, for the lights to turn. They do, and it walks across the road, with he butcher following him all the way. The dog then comes to a bus stop, and starts looking at the timetable.

The butcher is in awe as the dog stops a bus by pulling its left leg up and gets in it. The butcher follows the dog into the bus. Then the dog shows a ticket which is tied to its belt to the bus conductor. The butcher is nearly fainting at this sight, so are the other passengers in the bus.

The dog then sits near the driver's seat looking outside waiting for the bus stop to come. As soon as the stop is in sight, the dog stands and wags its tail to inform the conductor. Then, without waiting for the bus to stop completely, it jumps out of the bus and runs to a house very close to the stop. It opens the big Iron Gate and rushes inside towards the door.

As it approaches the wooden door, the dog suddenly changes its mind and heads towards the garden. It goes to the window, and beats its head against it several times, walks back, jumps off, and waits at the door.

The butcher watches as a big guy opens the door, and starts abusing the dog, kicking him and punching him, and swearing at him. The butcher surprised with this, runs up, and stops the guy.

"What in heaven's name are you doing? The dog is a genius. He could be on TV,for the life of me!" to which the guy responds: "YOU CALL THIS CLEVER? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK THAT THIS STUPID DOG'S FORGOTTEN HIS KEY.

"=============Moral of the story:============= "

You may continue to exceed onlooker's expectations but shall always fall short of the boss' expectations. IT's A DOGs LIFE AFTER ALL !!!!

Heaven and Hell

Almost all the religions and civilization in the world has presented mankind with the concept of Heaven and Hell. This was present from the earliest existence of humans, or to the formation of the complex societies of today. This single point of belief was already there as if, we were made with that concept. One other thing predominant with this concept was that, these mythical places are very far far away from here, where no man can go alive.....

Hence we never sought it out. All we knew was that, if you perform good deeds, you will visit heaven, where all your desires will be granted. If you are bad in your life, you go to hell where unthinkable will happen with you....

A perfect carrot/stick guideline for every human to look up to and motivate him to perform good deeds. However there is a catch. "A good deed". What is this good deed? Sometimes a good deed is saving and sometimes it is destroying. An element of human judgment is involved in this.

Also conviently it is also described that "The Good" always wins... So irrespective of two sides, it is the good which wins, which implies, neither side is ever good or bad. It is result of action, which describes it as good or bad... Hence, no action, no person or no deed can be ever good or bad, until it is executed. Its reaction, will label it as good or bad.

So, even if we have a destination, we do not have a clear path. Adding to mayhem, is a simple fact, that none of us have any idea, where this destination lies. We were told from birth, that it exists and generic guidelines have been drawn to go there....

However, if one observe from the definitions defined over the period of time and look for the clues in the course of its mortal existence, we find striking similarities in the destination described and the place we habitat. What we seek our whole lives, lies in front of us all the time....

Yes, in a creepy way, it makes sense. This life, this place, the surrounding we live is the place where heaven or hell also resides.... It is carved out from out actions and its reaction.

You experience heaven, when you fulfill your desires. If that causes harm to others... its reaction will create hell for you.... In case it does not, it will enrich your heavenly experience..

Heaven is where life has value, respect and freedom with responsibilities.
Hell is where it is absent. It is the two sides of coin at same plane.

Birth, its place and time, plays an important role in how close to you are heaven or hell. This mystery is something, which does not make sense. However if we go beyond a lifespan, it appears that it may be decided by actions in some distant past. In my previous blog, I had mentioned that Life is a sequence of choice...

We create heaven from our desires and hell from our misendeavours. There is very less which you can do negate the effect of birth and birthplace. However there is definitely lot, which everyone can do to make heaven in this place and push it boundaries a little far than it exists today. So someone, who takes birth at the new place is never left out... Everyone has a chance.... Everyone can contribute to make this world a heaven.

Without a chance

I do not know. how many times if anyone has felt this, I guess at some point in life, we all feel its unfair. We did not have a chance to do anything about what happened. There is sense of frustration and helpness of which nothing can be done. As in most of these times, we are not in control, someone else or something else is. We may blame god for this and forget this moment and move on as nothing happned.

However, it pricks us time to time, reminding how we did not have a chance to do something. Here the essence is that the victim does not have much in control, its the other person or situation.

Generally, people judge the book by its cover. This is an instinct. However, although it seems to be useful and intelligent, sometimes it might be foolish and dangerous. The best things in life, not always arrive in the most attractive packaging. Sometmes the most unlikely option is the best option. This option will be never known if a fair chance is not given to it.

I agree, we all are short of time and in most cases, we do not have enough time to judge effectively or be fair to all options. However, it is just a mindset. Effective planning and open mindeness can really be helpful in such situations. Just a fair look with an open mind can make a huge difference in the way things appear to us. This could be the key differnce in a choice.

Hence if possible, always try to give atleast one fair chance, as you never know when tables will turn. Moreover, no path is certain, unless it is treaded once. You never know, when the most unlikey choice becomes the best choice.

Most of the wonderful discoveries made by mankind was out of chance. So never let anything go without giving it a chance.