Woke up to a lovely misty day...

Woke up to a lovely misty day... and it feels so amazing to see the sun rays passing thru the mist; passing on its golden hue to everything around it..


Its just one of those days when I can keep staring out of the window and escape into my dream-world, where I am free.. free to do the things that make me feel at peace..

roaming arnd in the lush green mountains..

listening to the waves crashing onto the shore..      

watching a sunrise (most unlikely) or a sunset(more likely)..

feel the falling snow on my face..

listening to the calmness of a lake..

lying on a hammock and star gazing..

watching a goat-kid prance about his/her mother..

looking at the sky and watching the shapes of the clouds..

and the list never ends.....

Musings of the devil's workshop.....

Another day wasted (wallowing in self-pity) : oblivious to the world around me.




It was just one of those days when all I thought of was.....

  all the things I failed at;

  all the decisions I made only because someone else wanted things to happen that way and I blindly followed       that path only coz I didn't have the courage to voice out my opinions or follow them;

  all the (WRONG) decisions I stood by and accepted without reasoning it out;

  all that i had to face or listen to only coz I kept quiet when I shouldn't have;

  the person I had dreamt of becoming and the person I am today!

It was just one of those days when i wished I cud put the blame for all this on someone else... but deep inside knew that irrespective of whom i put the blame on.. i am the sole reason for it!


Now that I think of all the blunders (small or big) I committed over the years.. I just wish that I had a remote control with the rewind button on it.. atleast i cud have un-done a few if not all.. Everyone gets a second chance to change things or do it in a different way (atleast thats wat they say).. Will I get mine? Or did I just miss that while wallowing in self pity;

Socho zara kya hota...

सोचो ज़रा क्या होता, अगर दुनिया में कहीं गम का निशाँ न होता..

खुशियाँ कितनी अनमोल हैं,  इसपर शायद किसी का यकीन न होता..

क्या सुबह की किरणों का इंतज़ार कोई करता?

अगर दिन के बाद रात का अँधेरा न होता?

प्यास न होती दुनिया में,  तो क्या कीमत होती पानी की?

आस न होती दुनिया में, तो क्या कीमत होती पाने की?

बिछड़ने का गम जब होता है, तभी कदर रिश्तों की होती है..

वरना एक ही छत के नीचे हों, तो भी कोई किसीको पूछता नहीं..

इसीलिए शायद सच ही कहा है किसीने,

"गुलशन  की  फ़क़त  फूलों  से  नहीं,

 काँटों  से  भी  ज़ीनत  होती  है..

 जीने  के  लिए  दुनिया  में,

 गम  की  भी  ज़रूरत  होती  है.."

These are a few of my favourite things...............

..sitting on the window, with a steaming mug of coffee and watching the rains.


..getting a looooong letter from someone!


..seeing a baby smile.


..a message (sms) from someone when I'm least expecting it!


..waking up and realizing that I can sleep for some more time; yippee!


..spending a lazy sunday afternoon in bed.. with my favourite book :)


..on a long drive with my better half!


..sitting n watching Tom n Jerry together :))


..waking up wih a smile (after effects of a lovely dream).


..playing with a pup/kitten.


..crying with joy!


..digging into a delicious chocolate cake; and fighting over who gets the bigger peice - (which is the hubby of course!!)


..a live band playing my favourite number!

Tryst wid Shayari

दिल दे दिया उन्हें,

और अब वो हमसे कहते हैं, उनका दिल किसी और का था,

हमारी हर धड़कन पर सिर्फ उनका नाम है,

और उनके दिल की हर दुआ में किसी और का नाम था....


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सितम पर सितम वो किये जा रहे हैं,
हम सिर्फ आँसू पिए जा रहे हैं,
अनजान हैं वोह हमारी तड़प से,
अनजान हैं वोह हर एक गम से,
शिकवे तो हैं लेकिन कह न सकेंगे,
उन्ही से मोहब्बत किये जा रहे हैं...


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चाह कर भी हाले दिल बयान न कर सके,
उम्र भर डरते रहे कहीं वो इनकार न कर दे,
जब ज़िन्दगी का आखरी मोड़ आया,
तब दिल थाम कर इज़हार किया अपनी मोहब्बत का.
और तब पता चला की,
वो भी अब तक खामोश उसी इंकार के दर से थे..


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सिर्फ इतना ही चाहा  था हमेशा,
खुशियाँ ही खुशियाँ हों अज़ीज़ के दामन में,
क्या पता था किसी रोज़ गम भी दस्तक दे जायेगी,
पेहन कर हमारा ही नकाब..


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"It's easier said than done!"

"It's easier said than done!"

I for one, was never really fond of this phrase. And yet, every now and then, I would find
someone near me using this phrase. May be over the years, even I realized the truth behind
this phrase. But I very conveniently turned a blind eye towards this little "self realization".


Finally, when I could ignore it no longer, I set upon myself, the herculean task of proving this phrase wrong. At first I tried real hard to prove that this phrase does not always hold true; or at least for me it doesn't. But alas! this wasn't to be.


Soon I found myself blaming circumstances or people for the things that I said I WOULD DO
but JUST COULDN'T.


EASIER SAID THAN DONE????


For days together I wondered how could this be?


And then, one fine day I had the answer to my misery. Today, in this fast-paced world, we are so afraid of failing, that at the first sight of a road block or stumble, we start looking for a scapegoat, whom we can blame for our failure (be it a person or circumstance). And once we have found our scapegoat, do we really care if we manage to finish the task we had set out for? Don't think so...


Knowingly or unknowingly, I've become a part of the same vicious cycle.


So finally, today, though I'm still not that fond of this phrase, but I at least have the courage to accept the fact that YES, sometimes it is indeed easier said than done!!