Today is my birthday! So yeyy..Hapy birthday to me! I've lived through 21 very beautiful years of life. And every single birthday was special. But this time around something has changed. The childish joy with which I waited for October 13, is no longer there. Maybe its because I've grown too much. ;) What is age but a mere number and birthday, a reminder that you are one step closer to death.. Very pessimistic,I know.
Wish I could freeze time, or better still, go back in time. I remember when I was a kid, all my friends wanted to grow up and go to college. But even then, I just wanted to remain a kid. Always playing, laughing, running to parents when something hurt, crying shamelessly, being silly, not trying hard to be politically right, not bogged down by responsibilities, not worrying incessantly about future.. I guess I knew then itself that life can't get any better.
But we still live with the hope that next year will be better and that better things are yet to come. Of course, lot of good things happened in my life. I can say with confidence that I have lived 21 years to the fullest. But I wish I din't mature this fast. I wish I could be that kid again without worrying about people staring at me and asking, "Are you crazy?". I wish people could all forget living right and live by their heart. I wish everyone could just go back to being kids in their heart.. I wish everyone could throw away the garb of false pretenses and twisted notions about right and wrong and just be themselves.
There is an interesting story about an African tribe that I heard from my friend. When a lady of the tribe gets pregnant, all the ladies go into deep forest and meditate.They meditate till the pregnant lady can tune herself to the heartbeat of her yet to be born child. Then as she listens, she can hear a song from the heart of the child. She sings the song and all the women sing along. That song becomes the song of the child. When the child grows up and commits any mistake, everyone in the tribe sit together and sing that song to him, to remind him who he really is. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that the way we all should be? Connected to our hearts, always remembering our true selves?
So, here is my birthday wish,
Let everyone listen and understand the song of their heart and never loose themselves in the madness of this world! :)
Wish I could freeze time, or better still, go back in time. I remember when I was a kid, all my friends wanted to grow up and go to college. But even then, I just wanted to remain a kid. Always playing, laughing, running to parents when something hurt, crying shamelessly, being silly, not trying hard to be politically right, not bogged down by responsibilities, not worrying incessantly about future.. I guess I knew then itself that life can't get any better.
But we still live with the hope that next year will be better and that better things are yet to come. Of course, lot of good things happened in my life. I can say with confidence that I have lived 21 years to the fullest. But I wish I din't mature this fast. I wish I could be that kid again without worrying about people staring at me and asking, "Are you crazy?". I wish people could all forget living right and live by their heart. I wish everyone could just go back to being kids in their heart.. I wish everyone could throw away the garb of false pretenses and twisted notions about right and wrong and just be themselves.
There is an interesting story about an African tribe that I heard from my friend. When a lady of the tribe gets pregnant, all the ladies go into deep forest and meditate.They meditate till the pregnant lady can tune herself to the heartbeat of her yet to be born child. Then as she listens, she can hear a song from the heart of the child. She sings the song and all the women sing along. That song becomes the song of the child. When the child grows up and commits any mistake, everyone in the tribe sit together and sing that song to him, to remind him who he really is. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that the way we all should be? Connected to our hearts, always remembering our true selves?
So, here is my birthday wish,
Let everyone listen and understand the song of their heart and never loose themselves in the madness of this world! :)
Awwww..........that was a cute post ....and wishing you a very happyyyyyy bithdayyyyyyyyyyyyy :) :) have fun
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vinishashah.. :) Its always a pleasure to hear from you.. :)
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ReplyDeleteThat is really flattering.. :) Thanx a lot..
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