balcony gardening...

A few months ago as I was passing through a nursery, on an impulse, I bought a chilli sapling......

I watered it everyday I wanted to see if I had a green finger......and lo! I saw little leaves peeping ..I was so happy.....

I went out and brought 5 containers ......and some more saplings......

3 flowering plants..., mint and curry leaves.....

now, they all seem happy to be living in my home........ Ive brought manure and fertilizer........

I wake up and the first thing I do is look at my plantlings.......they smile at me.....

a few days ago, my neighbor gave me a cutting of bougainvillea....beautiful pink flowers....

I put it up ....and hope that it becomes thick foliage

I learned that she too is an enthusiast.....

nowadays we spend hours discussing how we can make our balcony interesting.......

wow! never thought i would be a gardener..

THE FORT

I stood at the gates with flowers in my ear....

waiting.......

knowing that it would happen....

the walk, with fifteen children....onto a fabled fort....

which was not a fort at all...it was HOPE

and HOPE we had in abundance....

we hitch-hiked, climbed trucks, huddled into unknown vehicles,

on that magical night.......

it was dark but our faces shone...radiant with secrets...

the unbearable excitement made the children sleepy.....

what an adventure!.....

they speak of it loudly even now,your name synonymous with mine!

we speak of it silently in our dreams.......

wats this...???

yes...ive felt it a number of times....the connection...the strong pull.....but can it happen with a person whom u hve never met?u dont even know how he looks like.....but u know he exists.....exists somewhere.... y am i so sure that i will meet him?

a simple question..

r we really free?

To know oneself is to know all. And that is the only thing I emphasize; no belief, no dogma, no creed, no church, no religion. By a simple process of inner observation you come to realize yourself... Truth is within – seek not elsewhere.-osho

love me tender......

Love Me Now
If you are ever going to love me,

Love me now,

while I can know

The sweet and tender feelings,

Which from true affections flow.
Love me now

While I am living.

Do not wait until I'm gone

And then have it chiseled in marble

Sweet words on ice-cold stone.
If you have tender thoughts of me,

Please tell me now.

If you wait until I'm sleeping,

Never to awaken,

There will be death between us,

And I won't hear you then.
So, if you love me,

even a little bit,

Let me know it while I am living

So I can treasure it.

trust!

ive always wondered about trust and how much is too much......

there are some people with whom u can trust your life with.....( hopefully your life is precious to u) for me building trust is of utmost importance....i think its trust that takes a relationship forward.....without that perfect trust in your self and the other im sure the relationship will surely fail...
now, trust in what?

one of my many quirks!

Ive to confess that i hate to receive gifts......Ive become cynical about receiving gifts....Ive become distrustful of people who give me something/or offer to do some favour for me..
I wonder why? I wonder what has made me so silly?
what is it that i really fear?
i feel so obliged to do/give more and even out the favour........
sometimes i give away gifts(that Ive received) to other people....
i feel so terrible.... many a times, the gift....gets damaged...some how..and i don't use it then....i wonder why this happens.....is it an unconscious effort to not use the gift..... ?
i feel happy to use things that Ive bought with my hard earned cash.... and let me tell u, i love to give gifts...
why am i not a good receiver?