A Cup of Coffee

A group of highly educated student visited their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering them coffee,Professor returned from kitchen with a pot of coffee and an assortment of cups -porcelain,glass,crystal,some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all had a cup of coffee in hand,the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plaing ones. While it's but normal for you to want only the best, that's also the source of your stress. What you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you still went for the best cups and were eyeing on each other cups!."

id life is coffee,then jobs, money and status in society are the cups. they are just tools to hold and contain Life. Dont let the cups drive you.

Enjoy the coffee....!!

Days we once had!!

i will never forget the days we once had

the days when you were everything to me

my mind used to tell me we would be together forever

but now i realised that was all a big dream

the feelings i have for you will never go

i wish i could take back that one regretful day

The day when i willingly let you slide from my arms

Never did i think of the astonishing pain of regrets

That sight of you in someone else’s arms

Makes my heart shatter into million pieces

i sometimes wonder if you still think of me

Of if to you, i m just a face in the crowd

i wish so very much that one day

We can have it all back

But for now, I’ll sit here silently

Remembering all the memories we once shared

Everyday my love grows much stronger

Hoping that one day you will feel the same

And put back the pieces of my broken heart

I never ever forget the day we will be having

And till then i will never forget the days we once had!!!

I will never forget the days we once had!!

Days we once had!!

Days we once had

Journey to the Valley of Flowers

The previous night I was roaming in the my past and recalled my last journey with Sim; a couple of years back and since then I have a wish that she’ll come back from the House of Angels and be with me once again.

That was a chilly morning. The weather in the hills after the incessant rain was a little too cold for comfort. I tried to close the window to switch the air-conditioner but she stopped me and said,

”Let me feel the natural air”.

“Isn’t it uncomfortable?”

“Does it really matter now?” That was enough to end the conversation.

She went on nonchalantly with the morning chores. But I did not know why she was cleaning up the room. I switched on the TV and tuned the news channel and muted the sound.

Her eyes were red and swollen while I saw her arranging the clothes. They didn’t wear a pitiable look; albeit I could see rage in them. I could not muster any courage to touch the open wounds. The phone batteries were discharged after so many calls from family and friends for the past 2 days were unanswered. We could have easily switched it off, but didn’t.

The day before was bright and it was drizzling all day. We got up and enjoyed the freshly grounded coffee in the balcony overlooking the valley. The monsoon meant it was lush with different hues of blues & green. The start of the day couldn’t have been more pleasant.

By the time we got ready; the cab driver had arrived and was waiting at the lobby. She got dressed and wore the matching ear-rings. She had applied the lip-gloss & eye-liner and confessed, “I can apply only these things myself; so I am done.” She wanted to change the ear-rings but I liked the ones she had put on and didn’t let her change.

We went to the restaurant at the ground floor where fresh and soft Paranthaas awaited us. The home-grown spices as mentioned in the menu gave a very nice taste to the cholle masala. We started for the day. Visited the beautiful valley of flowers where each flower was smiling a different color. Next in the route was a small garden on top of the hill overlooking the valley where the king used to come in the evenings.  The whole garden was covered with clouds and things 10 feet away were hardly visible. As we strolled, the moist clouds were making their presence felt like a light cushion in the air. I got a bit mischievous when I hid behind a tree and didn’t come out until she went hysterical. We also had a nice ride in the round bamboo boat at the lake. The water currents felt through the soft bamboo was a different feeling altogether. She tried to sprinkle water but the boat went unstable much to the frustration of the old “captain” and we laughed it off hiding our faces.

By the time we came back we had a small nap and we got ready for a candle-lit dinner. The live music at the restaurant was very pleasant and two green apple margaritas were just enough to make it a perfect evening. Time went back to the days when we didn’t need a great topic for an interesting discussion. An incident was recalled of fourth semester of my engineering, when she had kept her jacket in my bag and a college mate happened to unearth it when trying to fetch a pen. He had flashed the ladies jacket out to all my college mates in the canteen; no wonder I was carted all around the park even without bowling a single ball at the nets that evening.

We wanted a perfect picture but the margaritas didn’t let me locate the flash and the night mode and it was only after 3 attempts we figured out the flash. We sighed as the flash lit; but after the waiter went away, we discovered the photo was shaken.

The knock at the door from the room-service brought me back to my senses. I asked him to pour the coffee in the mugs. A paranoid looking reporter was saying something. The sky was dark and the atmosphere was heavy. She had come out from a bath and changed into casuals. She had gone quiet from the chirpy self in the morning. Even I couldn’t conjure up much. By the time we had our coffee; it had gone cold. I tilted the cup and found that I had finished my coffee while I kept glancing at her uncombed hair.

It was time for us to leave. We paid the bills and got hold of an auto-rickshaw to drop us to the hill-top garden. The clouds were thicker, darker as if they sensed what were in our minds; while we walked towards the valley, she held on to me tightly, trying not to break-down she gathered her composure and loosened her grip. We reached the barricades at the tip. We hugged each other tightly closing our eyes, and said each other that we’ll be together till we grew to eternity.

Then What...........

I don’t know why i always stuck up with this kind of unusual topics. Like other hundreds of thoughts which comes across my mind, this also stuck me few days back. Was talking to one of my good friend who is in regular touch, after talking for 10 minutes i asked ‘Then what?’.. Other person also has the same question as he fell silent for some time.

How many of us end up in a situation like this where we don’t know what to talk next or how to continue conversation. Be it with a close friend, relative or someone whom you had met after long time. We usually start each conversation with so much energy and interest but as the conversation goes on topics will be dried up or you no longer interested in talking to that person. I have personally experienced this in many occasions, even though i wanted to continue conversation i was helpless because i couldn’t fine anything to speak. I am sure it happens with everyone, and what you do in such situation? You just can’t cutoff the conversation as other person feels bad about it nor you can excuse yourself by giving any reason. Also you just can’t pick some stupid topic just for the sake.

I think this ‘Then what?’ question is most difficult to answer, especially when you are getting in to an relationship. Sometimes it really makes you feel annoying in front of others, leaves you wondering what next!!!

Its Just Over;)

There was a good friend of mine. Yes, she “was” and is not anymore. So I used to call her every single day to tell her what happened that day and she listens to everything I say very patiently. She was with me through my bad times watching me cry and giving me her shoulders while I wanted one. Times rolled off and our friendship grew. She had a job change where she got new friends. Slowly, Calls reduced, we stopped texting each other. Whenever I asked her she said she was busy and I understood that she’s got her own world and I cannot force her to stay with me anymore. But we humans tend to hold onto the one who wants to leave us don’t we? I did the same thing.
I would call her daily and my calls used to be unattended, she rarely responds my messages. I wouldn’t blame her at all because she had to work in grave shifts and getting accustomed to it is not a very easy thing! Finally, calls got limited to a week, bi-weekly, a month. There came a day when I told him, “Ish, I really miss you a lot. I guess we get our old times back and you spend as much time as you could with me.”
She immediately called me. That was our ritual if either one of us say “I miss you” the other calls. But to my surprise, we did not have much to talk! I had to hang up the call because we did not have anything to talk! This girl once spent hours together with me on phone! We had so many things to talk and now we were pondering over the topics to talk and that made me wonder, “What! I don’t have anything to talk to her?” and she was sensible enough and told me, “Hey buddy, I think we have got our own world and the hard fact is they are two different worlds! And that should make us talk for a long time but on the other hand we have nothing to talk! Strange” my reply was, “oh Yeah! I guess so!” And you know what I don’t talk to this friend at all and we have no issues about it these days!
Have there been times when you have wondered, “What happened to the relationship that was so strong?” The person who loved you for every silly thing you did the person who stood by you through thick and thin, the person with whom you shared your secrets and the silliest thing you did for the day leaves you over time and you are able to realize that; The person is also letting you know that he/she wants to move and cannot spend time with you as they used to. This person could be your friend, your love, sometimes they can be a relative of yours whom you loved the most! What do you do during these times? You go behind them and make them understand that they mean a lot to you, they wouldn’t listen, You can cry to them, they wouldn’t heed, you try to explain them how much you miss them they don’t care. What else can you do? You have to understand that it’s just over! Time changes every human; sometimes it is cruel enough to take away the intimacy between the loved ones. And you wake up one day only to know that it’s all over and they are not going to come back and all you have that would remind you of them are those beautiful memories.
Sometimes we have to learn to let people go when they want to go away and understand the fact that the relationship, the love and the intimacy is still there but they have got their own world and they cannot spend as much time as they did! A rare hi to say that you are still there, a simple poke on FB would suffice. Never try to think why it got over, just accept it and move on! Coz while going back, you are making things more worse. After all, not all questions in life are to be answered!
And that’s when I say,
“Do not cry coz it’s over, smile coz it happened.”

Destiny......?

Do you believe in destiny?
If yes,then is the intense pain we go through,those moments of ecstasy are already defined?Written out there,somewhere ????And we are just mere creatures playing the parts of this drama which is been scripted long ago. Long ago when we didn’t even have the slightest idea of what life really is? (** Oh this reminds me of As you Like It**). Sometimes we put our whole soul for achieving something and in the end to our sheer disappointment we end up empty handed.Just because we were not destined for it?Come on!!! What about try again and again until you succeed?Failures have never stopped the achievers(take Edison for example).And then there are something’s which we never even dreamed of and it seems like a fairytale and we can’t find ourselves lucky enough to get it so easily.And then people say again(and again and …) because you were destined for this.So what exactly is this destiny doing in our lives??If everything is already defined then why am I doing anything?If I was destined to be an engineer then even if I would have not went for schooling or higher education in a country like India would I have ended up being one?People say you need to work to achieve your destiny..Oh really???If I need to work to achieve my destiny then why not I get what I desire whole heartedly and work hard for and wish for?Why we keep on blaming things to destiny,just because it makes us feel lighter?And if I am really “destined” for something which I don’t know how can I work towards it?Whatever I do or I don’t do I should reach close to my destiny.Isn’t it???If your love is successful then everybody says you two were destined for each other and if not then you two were not destined to be together.Destined??? Its all a part of life,its so uncertain,you don’t know what will happen next second.But one thing is for sure,your actions and your decisions shape your destiny(oops,did I just say destiny ??? I meant your life ;)  ).

Luv or Friendship

I am always thankful for people who stay even if I show them the real me, coz I can’t be someone others presume or expect me to be.. It’s nice to know you remain while I can just be me..

Saying I love you doesn’t only mean loving someone coz you like someone, but for friends, it’s the way to show concern and how much you care, so let me send this message saying I’m here for you coz i love you.

It’s unfair to think so much of you when you’re not missing me at all. To cry when you never shed a tear. To love you when you say words that hurt my heart… and to live when you breathe for someone else.

I loved someone before, I took the risk in loving her even if I don’t know what will happen… One day I decided to give up. My friend asks, “What happened?” I answered back, “Not much let me be alone for sometime…”

God won’t leave us empty. If something’s been taken away, He replaces it with something better. He asks us to put something down so we can pick up something greater.

I have so many stupid mistakes in my life but sometimes I did right was to have you as my friend and I definitely don’t want to make any stupid mistake again of losing someone like you.

When you are down, I’d be there to cheer you up. When you r tired, I’d be here to lift you up. I’d be your friend no matter what has happened between us.

If I had only one hour to live and I could be with you, I would spend the whole time in your arms... I wouldn’t even tell you I was dying... I would just hug you tight and say: “Just be my friend forever…”

I closed my eyes for a moment and tried to visualize how my life would be without you. Try as I might, I can’t. So just hang on in there. Coz I wouldn't know what I’d do without you.

One day you’ll ask me, “Which is more important to you? Me or your life?” I’ll say, “My life” and you’ll go and leave me without even knowing that you are my life.

Many times in my life I miss someone so much I want to pick him up in my dreams and hug him for real… Many times this someone is you!

Allow me to thank you for all the effort you’ve shown me. The warm company you’ve given me and most of all the friendship I’ve in countered with you! Thank you!

Missing someone is worse than being blind; like paralysis it cripples your mind; like death, it kills your heart; like emptiness, it tears your world apart. Miss you that bad!

Someday, someone will come into your life and love your life you’ve always wanted. If that was yesterday, learn. If that will be tomorrow, wait and if that is today, keep and don’t let go.