smile anyway...:-)

because i'm doing evening shift these days, i sleep till afternoon 3.30....day sleep already isn't as satisfying as night sleep.... and today my neighbours were boisterous. slept for hardly three hours... woke up to the noisy turbulent from the adjacent balcony... and i got mad.

sales rep who took my laptop order just wouldn't reply to emails... and i got mad. cause i needed the order number... to track the order online.

was dressing up for work... and to my dismay, i found my heels broken...and i got mad. i had bought a silver chain from fab india a couple days ago.... planned to wear it today, with my favourite dolphin pendant... guess what, the colours don't match. seriously! both silver... pure silver... but not the same colour...!! so, i got mad.

in the car, on my way to the office, the driver turned the radio on too loud, and in to some... god knows what kind of a channel... that irritated my ears to the core... so i got mad. very predictable traffic... just as i psyched, was jammed almost every fifty meters. oh what a day... i got really mad.

at work, i look at him (one of my colleagues).... and just a distant sight of him was enough to make me mad!...i tried avoiding him in all possible ways i can... unfortunately i bumped into him during dinner break... sat on the same table. and i really got mad when he picked a piece of chicken from my plate.... and ate it!!

strange isn't it?... everything seemed to get on my nerves... and i was literally slipping and sinking deep... suffocated by strings of crazy and unpleasant circumstances. i was getting mad at these circumstances... thought i didn't deserve them... until finally it occurred to me, that, getting mad did absolutely nothing but ruin my day.

this anger zone of mine wasn't doing anything to change the circumstances... so... i said i don't care what happened, what got me mad... i'm gonna smile anyway. and i chose not to let these crazy stuff ruin my day. i knew, though i couldn't change the things that happened... i can decide whether or not i'm gonna smile... whether or not i'm gonna let my day be ruined. and i decided i won't let the situations win... that they won't defeat my day... that they won't get me down again.

then i predicted it's gonna be a beautiful day... and simply turn the corners of my mouth and SMILE... heaviness lifted, anger banished... head lifted above the clouds... i felt great!

what i wanted to say... is, most of the times.... it only takes just a self reminder that, because one bad thing happened it doesn't mean your day is ruined, to bring back a smile on your face.... to make your day a beautiful one!!

let anything happens... we can choose to smile anyway.....:-)

God bless you all!! Have a beautiful day.... i'm gonna go get my dose of day sleep now...

for a change...

change is good. i love changes. so i decided to change my blog layout!!!....:))

its a lovely Saturday morning... i'm just done with my morning's prayer. i was led to Matt 6:33 - seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you... and.... Matt 6:22 - if thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light... now, i do not understand the later... by the end of the day, i hope to be enlightened.

Anyways,

i'm going to wash... re-arrange my house... plant a flower... visit Gideon and have lunch at his place. oh yeah, he promised to prepare meat and bamboo shoots.... and eromba... slurp slurp slurp... I'm going to have a great weekend!

you all too... have a great weekend!!!

who defines beauty?

this thing has been in my mind for quite some time... just wanted to share.

the bible tells us that we are created in the likeness of God whose nature is beauty. if His nature is beauty and we are created in His likeness, then we... you and I are beautiful. there's no way we can't be!

and that means... my face is just as its supposed to be, and yours too... my eyes and yours.. my smile and yours... the way we walk... the way we move around. we are perfectly created to be just as we are. for His very own hands have knit us together in our mothers womb.

how could we, then, be so narrow-minded to think only certain looks are beauty? how long would we carry this grudge against ourselves for not looking as beautiful as someone else we think is...? how long would we be oblivious to the fact that we are special...? each one of us... we are fearfully and wonderfully made... fashioned and created after the most beautiful ONE! who defines our beauty? who decides whether or not we feel beautiful?

we are loved.. we are special to the point of a violent love dying for us... on the cross. we are thought of... cared for... longed for... always. there is someone who loves us just the way we are... someone who is always reaching out... always running towards us... calling out to us... waiting, longing, hoping, that we would take a moment to look his way. his heart aches and desires for us to have a relationship with him. his arms ache to hold us. his deepest desire is that we see ourselves the way he sees us... for us to know him.

if there is no one, in the world, to tell you how beautiful... how special... how loved... you are. there is always one who is. always loving, always caring, always longing for you... forever.
so look at yourself in the mirror and... tell yourself you're beautiful... you're special... you're loved... by Father who created us.

his arms are open... always open. for you and me.

Blessings!!!

clouds and clouds and clouds!!

i couldn't just wait any longer to tell you....,

that, Sunday morning we went to Lamb's rock... it was bright when we came. within a few minutes clouds enveloped the hills... oh 'twas an amazing sight!!

as i watch the clouds... famous quotes came to mind...

"Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover"

“May the friendships you make be those which endure and all of your grey clouds be small ones for sure. And trusting in Him to Whom we all pray, may a song fill your heart every step of the way.”

"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars."

"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

.... and i knew God was talking to me!! i had a blessed time there, up on the hill. more picture updates later.....:-))

its friday...yay!!!

at last friday is here! weekend is almost here too! whats so special about it you may ask... and i shall tell you why...its friday...yay!!!

a few of my friends and i have decided to go on a week-end trip to Ooty. we're leaving today...

because,

all works and no play makes jack a dull boy!

we've all been working hard... very hard for the past few weeks... its time we give ourselves a break. in view of the present economic climate it seems almost inappropriate to talk about week-end trips or vacations. but we just need to leave home and go to a place where nothing reminds us of the mundane routine activities... to ward off stress or de-stress our tired system... and let our eyes feast on a new surroundings. our mental and physical health needs pampering too.

yes we are backpacking and taking off for a few days... leaving our regular, boring activities behind... to simply enjoy the benefits of being together... to enjoy the rewards of our hard work... to splurge and pamper ourselves...

will bring back many pictures of places we visit... until then,
may all have a blessed week-end ahead!!