Mother........... A precious Gift by god

God sent beautiful angels to the earth to take care of us and we named them mothers. Yes since god cannot be with us always he created mothers for us. Nothing in this world can be compared to a mother’s love which is so pure and selfless. A mother never thinks about her happiness and she is ever ready to sacrifice anything for her child’s sake, that’s the nature of a mother :)

A mother is born when she gives birth to her child. A woman existed but not a mother before she gave birth to her child…. From baby talks to stories and gossips mothers are there, my mother taught me how to walk and talk and soon i was tired and sat back looked at her and learnt.
Mothers generally want their children to be a learned person and be well versed in everything or most of the things, as a kid I was joined to Indian classical music(Well rest of the time I was in school so didn’t get time for other things :) ) My mom was interested in singing and when she discovered that I had a good voice(Ok, an average voice) insisted that I learn music, though I was interested in learning music, initially I did because I felt the pressure to learn, and I couldn’t enjoy the learning, and slowly learning music became like learning another subject for me in school, which I didn’t enjoy nor liked… It had become a routine for me to attend my music class, and every day I would have an area of improvement, which would continue, things went on and then I told to myself, I have to learn music for myself and to know about it, not to sing in front of others and get an applause or a win concert.
When this thought grew in me, I enjoyed going to my classes, and I thanked my mother within my heart for having joined me to the class.

Recently I met a mother who like any other mother is very possessive and protective about her child, and it was a treat for my eyes to watch this mother cuddling her lovely little angel.. This cute angel is a source of wonderful happiness to anyone around her. When her bundle of joy was engrossed in playing and enjoying herself, here comes the mom to advice the child that she needs to win and come first. I was puzzled because, when the child was actually playing, why should she win in that? Why pressurize the child while playing….. I agree that it’s a pride and as a matter of fact happiness to see our kids doing well in academics, and learning many things and always winning, but pressurizing the children while playing isn’t a right thing…

This mother whom I met even ended up giving a lecture to her 4yr old child, about winning in the game, poor child had no option but to nod her head and put a fake smile on her face.
This left me wondering if the mother was right in comparing the child with another child of her age and creating a competitive atmosphere while playing and wanting the child to win.

It’s a mother’s duty to make the child understand the value of life and give the undying love and affection, appreciate small and good things done by the child and correct him/her in a nice way, well I am not describing how a mother should be, on the other hand I was thinking these are few things which a mother does and these are few things which needs to be done always.

Every child on the earth yearns for his/ her mother’s love, irrespective of age, because as the saying goes ‘A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
Happy Mother’s day to u mom :)

My Cute Surprise

Last night myself and my hubby darling went to buy the provision as we had invited few guests over the weekend to have a fun time together.
I have this habit of buying chocolates whenever we go out for shopping, though I still have at home. Last night I was engrossed myself in buying things which I really wanted for my kitchen and I did not bother to go near the chocolates or even take a glance at them..
My hubby was helping me in buying things and in between fidgeting his blackberry and replying to his official mails….
When I was done with the shopping and was about to pay and leave , my hubby came to me with a big choco in his hand and told me, ‘This is for you for conserving and maintaining the home properly’. Well what do I say now, I was really surprised as I had least expected that I would be getting a chocolate and that too for a wonderful reason which my hubby had observed in me all these days.
Till last night I used to feel that my hubby isn’t appreciating me enough or observing the work I do at home, but later I realized that even amidst his office tensions he continuously strives to give his time for me and makes me feel special about myself….
My hubby gave me a pleasant surprise not just by giving the choco to me but by bringing a smile on my face and happiness to my heart, and this was a cute surprise which I will cherish for the rest of my life

Life and its ways

Determination

Many times I have sat and thought to myself what does this thing ‘Determination’ mean or what does it do to me, I had been clueless until one day there came a time when my hubby dear proved the importance of determination to me….

My husband and myself had bought the pebbles from Bangalore to keep as a showpiece, and I had completely forgotten about that and the days went by but not until one night my hubby woke up from his sleep and asked me about the pebbles, initially I was clueless what my hubby was asking me about and all I wanted to do was SLEEP sleep and just sleep that time..
MY hubby figured out my laziness he woke up from the bed, and searched for the pebbles himself in all possible places, but to his dismay he couldn’t find the pebbles anywhere, that’s when I thought my hubby requires my help in searching however that didn’t lead to any good…
Our search for the pebbles continued until we realized it was too late for us to go back to sleep again, I wanted to give up the search and thought of buying new pebbles, but my hubby wanted the same pebbles which we had bought..

He did not wanted to give up the search and he continued and guess what? He finally figured out the pebbles and now it’s a part of a show piece in my home, I was really touched buy the immense effort and determination my hubby had put in to figure out the pebbles….

That’s when I realized when we are really determined to achieve something, we should never ever give up until we get it, obstacles on our way to success is obvious but turning them into success and having a determined mind definitely leads to success….
My hubby was happy since he found the pebbles and I was happy since I learnt an important lesson from my hubby, this reminds me of a quote which I had read several years ago, ‘Life teaches lessons in several ways but its upto you to take it’ .

Malgudi Days With My Husband

Last night I was watching the unforgettable serial The Malgudi Days with my husband, I simply loved the character swamy played by master manjunath, and his innocence is at its peak… I had heard a lot about this serial but watched it for the first time and was amazed by the simplicity of the serial.
Malgudi is described as a small town in South India and I am under an impression that it could be any town, anywhere, for
its truths are universal. When I Look in to the small streets I see interesting characters like beggars, servants,
masters and their world. There are personalities at special moment in their lives or at the time of the crisis of spirit. Rich
and the poor, they too love Malgudi and worship and believe with hope and dream and so it reflects all human nature
that is bestowed on them. The best part of this serial is it’s not a story about any kings or demons it’s about ordinary people, but it takes an author like R K Narayan to find such stories from these characters and a director like Shankar Nag to direct it as told in the story, which touches the heart and remains there..
I enjoyed the scene where our hero, swamy fears to sleep alone and does all sorts of pranks to escape from the situation, well all these reminds me of my childhood days, when life was very simple and easy and when everything and everyone seemed to be happy…. Honestly speaking each scene in Malgudi appeals to me and makes me feel like visiting the simple village Malgudi once in my lifetime… Most of us were like Swamy during our childhood, having our own fears, enjoying life with friends and did not know life much and mainly didn’t have tension or worry about future…
As a kid my main fear was the mathematics test conducted by Mrs. James whom I hated to the core of my heart.. Poor lady she ensured that I solve the problems on my own… But do we find such good hearted teachers even now, who are concerned about the student’s future, I am not sure……
Those were the simple days when we did not play with the I-Pods, video games and computer, we went out to play with our friends, of all hide and seek was the most played game as we all enjoyed it very much. Gone are the days when life was filled with simplicity and fun.
Well I’m not against the technology or people using it, I myself am sitting and blogging this through my laptop, which was once upon a time a luxury for me. Technology has become a necessity in today’s world no doubt about that….

One small thought which came to my mind was in the name of technology and acquiring name, fame and wealth are we enjoying ourselves without hurting others like how we used to in our childhood days? I don’t have answers to this question…. Maybe I will write about that some other day when I get answer for that 
Forgot to mention the music of Malgudi Days, the ‘Ta Na Na… composed by L Vaidyanathan its just soothing to ears and feels like a first rain of the monsoon, Couldn’t help but ended the last phrase with my heartfelt admiration for Malgudi again and again, now watching Malgudi days before i go to bed has become my daily routine, good and simple things touch our heart like this....