on this Independence Day...............

This independence day taught me a lot...... I don't know if i had ever felt like this..

Being a member of the school band i had always participated during republic day and independence day parades....but once out of school i don't remember attending these functions.... For the first time after school i attended this year's independence day function in our society. I always felt that u don't need to always show the world what you feel....like..one can hardly find me praying at home . I usually visit the temple only on special occasions like birthdays or if its a festival. It does not mean that i have less belief in god...In fact i am a strong believer....its just that i don't like to show it...for me to pray i don't need to go to temple but i pray in my heart..and i do that often...this made some think that i am an atheist and i don't find a reason to change their view about me...it dint matter to me....But now it does..... and this 60th year taught me.

My father is a usual participant in these events...but this year he could not so he asked me to attend it

pass a smile............

This perticular poem about smile is making rounds on internet. It came to me thrice!!!
I jus loved this one and thought of adding it.

Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today
I started smiling too.

I passed around the corner,
and someone saw my grin.
When he smiled I realized,
I'd passed it on to him.

I thought about that smile,
then I realized its worth.
A single smile just like mine,
could travel round the earth.

So, if you feel a smile begin,
don't leave it undetected.
Let's start an epidemic quick,
and get the world infected!

out of experience...i have jus one thing to say about it......its powerful and its effective.

One more.............

Taken this smile image from flickr.com........a really nice picture with a nice message...

It cost nothing, but creates much.
It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash and the memory of it lasts forever.
None are so rich they can get along without it and none so poor but are richer for its benefits.
It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature's best antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away!
If someone is to tired to give you a smile, leave one of yours.
For, nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none to give.

The special child of GOD!!!

I quit cycling this rainy season.and after so many years i found myself waiting impatinly for bus no 392. I was quite hopeful of reaching office on time.

But as expected 392 came late. It had always been late. I cursed myself through the impatient wait, thinking why I had my hopes on a bus which was never on time and even if it wanted to reach on time the roads or the seasons would jus not let it. Every few minutes of wait i thought of catching an alternate bus from main road which was jus 10min away. but i jus decided to stick to 392.

There were many people at the bus stop sharing my emotion or shud i call it frustration. but i found a child wearing a school uniform quite cheerful, playing around in the rain. His mother was accompanaying him. he reminded me of my school days...he seemed to be so care free..i wish i cud feel that way. Watching him i thought that it would'nt be long before his mother will jus drop him off at the bus stop and then finally he'll manage on his own from home to school....my thoughts were interrupted by 392...and i was more than happy to see it approaching.