GRATITUDE

Going by “The Secret”, the chapter of Gratitude is my most favorite one. Thinking of my life till date I feel

1. Thank God for giving me higher education …. Today I know how it was a sole foundation to improve my life in all aspects.
2. Thank God for showing me both the corporate life as well as life of a house-wife…. Today I understand the emotional side of every woman.
3. Thank God for giving me elders who shared their good and bad experiences with me…. Today I know how much I learned from them.
4. Thank God for a hand to mouth childhood and a better off today…. Today I know the value of Money
5. Thank God for showing gloomy and sad days in life…. Today I know the value of staying happy under any circumstances.
6. Thank God for surrounding me with people whom I didn’t gel with…. Today I know to value the relationships.
7. Thank God for giving me friends who turned their backs on me…. Today I know the importance of taking the initiative and helping when a friend is in need.
8. Thank God for giving me anger and short temper…. Today I know the value of silence and staying cool.
9. Thank God for giving me ill health and a stupid life style at some points in my life…. Today I know the value of good health and fitness.
10. Thank God for giving me a strict parent…. Today I know the value of freedom and the responsibilities that come along.

Poem written by me

Thinking of you - After decades elapsed
Your blue eyes - Still churning my heart

When you looked at me - Can I call it a “look”?
Or was it a glare? - No, almost a stare. Why?

Your eyes fixed on me - A stolen privilege
Burning with a desire - Staying put

They churned me from within - Mine no longer matched them
Shyly gazed down - A mysterious emotion born

Never spoken in past - Only eyes were the path
Were two souls connecting? - Two hearts longing to be one

Stole another look - And yours remained fixed
My gaze turned around - Seconds passed in ages

The gape carved on my heart - For eons to come
The mysterious emotion lives - Within me in my heart

Today, my heart goes out for you - Touching your soul so known
Peace envelops my being - Oh Time! Just Standstill!