No Charge!!

A little boy came into the Kitchen one evening when his mom was fixing supper. He handed over a piece of paper he’d been writing on.After wiping her hands on the apron she  read it and it said:

For mowing the grass: Rs.250/-

For making my bed: Rs.250/-

For going to the store: Rs.250/-

For playing with baby brother while u were shopping: Rs.150/-

For cleaning the trash: Rs.50/-

For getting a good report card: Rs.150/-

She looked at him standing there expectantly and a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the paper and turning it over  she wrote:

For nine months I carried u growing inside me: No charge

For the nights I sat up with u doctored u, prayed for u : No charge

For the times and the tears and the cost through the years: No charge

For nights filled with dread and worries ahead : No charge

For advice and knowledge and cost of school: No charge

For toys, clothes, food and wiping ur nose: No charge Son

When u add up all the full cost of my love is No charge

Well, when he finished reading this he had big bold tears in his eyes

And he looked upto her and he said: Mamma I sure do love u…

Then he took the pen and wrote in great big letters: PAID IN FULL

When you add it all up, the cost of real love is “No charge”

Unleashed

What is it?
 rainbow.....colorful and gay,
What are you?
dream...hopeful as a ray,
What am I ?
 pinnacle....just a step away,
What are we?
Ladders....come close and go away,
What is time?
 bird....playful and flying away,
What is Love?<3
Godliness...will stay, stay and stay!!!

ya dil ki suno ya duniya ki.....

या दिल की सुनो  या दुनिया की

या दिल को दो धोखा या दुनिया को 

या  दिल से झूठ बोलो या दुनिया से

या दिल को बहलाओ या दुनिया को

दिल है की झूठ नहीं बोलता

और दुनिया है की सच नहीं सुनती

दिल क्या जाने दुनिया का दिल

और दुनिया क्या जाने दिल की दुनिया

छोटा है बहुत दुनिया का दिल

और बड़ी है बहुत दिल की दुनिया....

या दिल की सुनो या दुनिया की......

  

The Caterpillar

THE CATERPILLAR

A biology teacher was teaching his students how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. He told the students that in the next couple of hours, the butterfly would struggle to come out of the cocoon, but no one should help the butterfly. Then he left.

The students were waiting and it happened. The butterfly struggled to get out of the cocoon and against the advice of the teacher, one of the students took pity on it and decided to help the butterfly out of the cocoon. He broke the cocoon to help the butterfly so it didn't have to struggle anymore. But, shortly afterwards, the butterfly died.

When the teacher returned, he was told what had happened. He explained to the students that it is a law  of nature that the struggle to come out of the cocoon actually helps develop and strengthen the butterfly's wings. By helping the butterfly, the boy had deprived the butterfly of its struggle and the butterfly died.

Apply this same principle to our lives. Nothing worthwhile in life comes without a struggle. As parents we tend to hurt the ones we love most because we don't allow them to struggle to gain strength.

A few quotations from the book 'You Can Win' by Shiv Khera:

1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot enrich the poor by impoverishing the rich
3. You cannot strength the weak by weakening the strong
4. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

Dad’s Letter

Dear child,

Just penning down my thoughts because a few years from now things will be different and I’ve seen lot of changing faces around.

A few years from now…I’ll be an old man  and well then I think you should have some patience for me and try to understand me.

I will ask many questions and keep repeating things…don’t get irritated child……..just remember  your childhood when u were a bundle of questions and I kept answering patiently…and even the fairy tales which I used to repeat and repeat till u slept.

I might not be able to walk properly and would need a cane or support….just hold my hand and help me stand….just remember the days when I taught u to walk…

I know you will be busy with work and assignments and if m not able to use ur hi-tech devices do teach me….will take time  but I’ll learn and  just give me a hug after u return from work as I did when u were small.

A few days from now I might not be able to tie my shoe laces, just remember ur first days"' at school.

With my age ignore my shabby clothes and the food which falls down while eating just remember the days when u used to come home dirty from school and hog over the table.

I might forget things too child ….age as they say makes disappear the facts….so don’t get annoyed while telling me again and again the same thing remember  all the times u used to forget the table of 13.

And finally my habit of asking the same thing again and again don’t just shrug off  but reply every time,  as I always replied ur non-stop questions way back when u were a toddler.

A time comes in life when you stop living and start passing  your time………..you are the answer to my prayers child so be patient and hold me firmly during my fag end of life. Your smile will always make my day. It always did.

It’s a cycle my child……I did it for u and now u are doing it for me, we have just exchanged our roles.

With Love< < <<<

Dad!!

  

Happy Fathers day to all !!!!

Hum-Tum - life reigns

You are a tornado,

I’m  breeze…

You are rapid,

I’m steady…

You are spontaneous,

I’m thoughtful….

You are strong,

I’m fragile….

You are voracious,

I’m docile…

You dare!

I dream…..

You show might,

I’m subtle….

You say hang on,

I say let go….

You have noise,

I have silence…

You winnow,

I reeve….

You sway,

I remain still…

You say say say!!!

I listen listen listen….

We say similar!!

The world says opposites….

But u love - I love!!

Here the peace begins………and Life reigns…!!!

It gives us wings to fly.....

Love is intoxicating,

Love is fascinating,

It give us wings to fly…..

It is a treasure,

It is a pleasure,

It gives us reasons to smile…

It is pure,

It is mature,

It  answers the questions of life….

It is a lesson,

It is a mission,

It gives us knowledge to spread…

It is happiness,

It is livliness,

It gives us patience to deal….

It relishes,

It splurges,

It gives us memories to cherish….

It is genuine,

It is divine,

It gives us honor to live….

Love is intoxicating,

Love is fascinating,

It give us wings to fly…..