Stop to Live a Little

There is so much life has to offer but do we have the time to stop and live a little? Little things that can give us great joy...simple things like blowing bubbles to watch your child play with them. Nature and closeness to her is healing like nothing else. Do we have the time? Stop to live a little! Click

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Time flees on motored wheels

And I flirt on trivia surfeit

Wheels fitted firm underfoot

Breezily whizzing through time

Out of breath, out of my depth

No time to stop to live a little.

Will there be time another time

To behold clouds fold unfold

And offer the blue or darken up

To lay awake under open skies

And catch a wishfilled falling star

Will there be time another time?

Will there be time another time

To watch weaver ants sew the leaf

Or the tailor bird start from scratch

To sit with feet in a shallow stream

And let fingerlings nip my toes

Will there be time another time?

Will there be time another time

To hide behind a sheer rain curtain

And eavesdrop on songs of frogs

To coax the koel to coo and tut

And chortle in joy as others join

Will there be time another time?

The Pandora box spilt wide open

Lament the regret that falls out alien

Life not meant to be lived swindled

Break out, cut loose, fettered soul!

Nature beckons you sweet and true

Into her welcome arms amorous run.

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The Slippery World of Fate

Life is quite like walking on a slippery floor. You try to hold on to something to stop you ending up face down on the floor. You grab opportunities you find along the way and take them quite quickly, before they disappear from your sight. You stop the falling but have you made a good choice? You will find out only when you reach the end. Would we like what we see, what we chose, how we lived?

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Every single moment

of those waking moments,

And moments spent in dreamland,

Dreaming for better or for worse,

Bombarded are we every moment

with choices a zillion,

Zipping past nonchalant

As if they make not a difference.

Every single choice

whines an urgent note,

Demanding speedy decisions,

in splits of a second.

Miss and none remain 

for snappy decision to be made,

Rather like an eel slippery

just slips into the past.

Of zillion choices offered,

only a few hundred stick,

Decided in split seconds

while the choice still hot,

Years have to go by

To hear the verdict of fate,

You did good! Or

You ruined your life!

Those made you ‘you’ today,

'You' moulded by those choices

and those instant decisions.

Bombarded by reflective moments

of satisfaction, bliss

of regret, remorse.

On and on we travel

on a journey called life,

Slipping and failing,

choosing and rejoicing.

Like a finger on a button

that chooses an answer,

We chart our future path,

hitting a few buttons right

of a zillion choices floating

out there for the taking.

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Today Unplugged

 Happiness and the search for it can leave you baffled. It is not a commodity that can be bought, nor is it something permanent. It is but a state of mind so flimsy and ephemeral that it needs to be handled with care. 'Today'...that's were happiness dwells...and it takes very little to live in 'today' without a thought of tomorrow or yesterday. Do everything you do 'today' as if there is no tomorrow! 

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An issue often to mind revisits

So nebulous and uncertain.

Always stirring deepest beliefs

Leaving me baffled in its wake.

Happiness comes from liberation,

Unattached to any form of possession,

Power, status, name and money,

Person, praise, comfort and property?

It seems an easy thing to apply,

Since I already all things enjoy,

And in my custody they will stay,

Going no place in a flurry.

Is it not human nature to protect,

All in the world that I possess?

Will I know liberation only if I lost

All in the world that I possess?

So stirred up was I, so stirred up,

Till like bulb it suddenly lit up,

Do all you have to do on this planet

But exist only for this very instant!

Like there is no tomorrow coming

Today! Take care of all your possessions.

Live every wakeful moment loving

Today! Enjoy the fruits of your labours.

When into future you do not look

Today! A pleasant time to be in.

This simple truth has me so shook

Today! A time to smile and be happy in.

Unattached to possession

Today! Liberated from attachment.

Not worrying for a better tomorrow

Today! Living in blissful contentment.

Love, give, catch a tear or two

Smile and the world smiles for you.

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Life Goes On…

Life is full of disappointments and numerous moments of feeling that you want to just sleep and forget the goings-on, but suddenly the cloud cover is lifted and the sun shines warmly on our lives. I think it pays to understand that the sun cannot shine for you for ever. Unless the rain clouds bring the rain and the snow, earth cannot prepare itself for a hot summer.

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Step by step

On the white chalk line

Walk on, sojourner!

Life moves on

And waits for none,

No time to linger

With regrets in the heart,

No time to ponder

On words said harsh.

Along the way

A hand is held

With promise pledged

Sealed and taken,

No time to linger

With regrets in the heart,

No time to ponder

On words said harsh.

Close bonds may grate

And repair a must,

All things need fixing

For friction wears,

No time to linger

With regrets in the heart,

No time to ponder

On words said harsh.

The seeds well sown

Have borne the fruit,

Sit back, unwind!

Kind wind, fill the sail

On smooth satin waters

To the horizon sail!

No time to linger

On life lived well

No time to ponder

On life after death!

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