
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Love - Swami Vivekananda

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
What is LOVE & Who is the RIGHT PERSON


You'll always end up disappointed when you set standards and define a "right person" for you...
and don't rush things....coz somewhere somehow God is preparing somebody for you." You can never be perfect...the person you love can never be perfect...but both of you can be perfect through love and prayers, and your love can be perfect through the both of you. But, no relationship is complete without God.....that's why we have marriage it's a bond not only between you and your loved one....but also with God.
Our relationships fail not because (s)he's not the right person....it's because we expected too much and we decided on our own.
Let God do the work...you may call it waiting time....but while you are waiting...pray. Let God guide you always...He knows better. No, He knows best. Love is not what you think it is....Sometimes we mistakenly feel that our first relationship will be our last.
Because we are overwhelmed with joy and romance, we forget to learn the meaning of true love. Some are saying that love is unselfish, blind, unconditional or simply denying oneself for the sake of someone very important in our life.
Others are saying love is immortal and can never be defined. When we think we're in love the first thing we almost wanted the whole world to know is that our love for someone very special can never be taken away from us.
We say this phrase "You are the most wonderful gift from GOD I have ever received..." And after a terrible fight or sometimes even a petty quarrel we then say "
You are the biggest mistake I've ever made for my entire life...!!!!". Now, how do you say and spell the word L-O-V-E? Are you really deeply into it?
Nobody can tell what love really is until experience speaks and whispers right into our ears.
Most of the time, these love promises like "Forever, till Death do us apart, etc." would end up "Never" and "We should part ways, I'm no longer happy with you! My love for you is DEAD!!!".
Many times we thought after having committed to someone and your trust to one another freezes down to zero degree "She/He ain't the right one."
But the big question anyone could not answer is "Is she/he the right one?" and "When is the right time?"
That made us stick to whom we are with. Will you always be waiting for the right person to come and the right time to commit?
A big YES is the answer. Don't be in a hurry to get into a relationship because you can never find love if you insist that you are already into it.
Try to find time to really understand your real feelings, to know who you really are, and what you really want in a relationship.
You're right, There is no such thing as a perfect relationship, but there's a compatible partnership that goes along with it.
If you already knew that you're too big to fit into a small sized t-shirt, don't give it a try. You'll probably break it and pay for the damages you have made.
If you knew and felt that the relationship will not last, don't go deeper into it. You'll just suffer the consequences and live like hell the rest of your life.
It's really hard to say goodbye though, but you can't make it any better by just pretending you still have the same feelings.
Try to let go and give yourself a chance to live life to the fullest. Give yourself a chance to grow and give your heart a much needed attention.
Then you will find that you have made the right decision and you made it all by yourself. More frequently than not, we all act in a hypocritical manner for some reason.
We call it love when we can't leave someone and see them crying as we try to let go. We are wrong, it's just pity.
We call it love when we're too attached and think that losing the one we love will somehow make us weak and unable to face the storms of life.
We misunderstood, its just that we're too much dependent to them. We call it love when we give our whole life to them, the wholeness of us and imagined that if they leave no one would accept us and our past.
We are mistaken, its just insecurity. But no matter what the definition is, the truth still remains that love isn't something you can buy nor beg.
It is real and existing. You can't touch it but you can feel it in your heart. You can't find it, but it will knock before you when you least expect it to come.
It can make you the happiest soul in heaven, but don't forget that it also can make you the most miserable person in the whole galaxy.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Selfless, Innocent Love
I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter Sindu looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl filled to its brim with curd rice. Sindu is a nice child, quite intelligent for her age.
I cleared my throat, and picked up the bowl. 'Sindu, darling, why don't you take a few mouthful of this curd rice? Just for Dad's sake, dear.
Sindu softened a bit, and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. "Ok, Dad. I will eat - not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should...' Sindu hesitated. 'Dad, if I eat this entire curd Rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?''Promise".
I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal. Now I became a bit anxious. 'Sindu dear, you shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?''
No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive'. Slowly and painfully, she finished eating the whole quantity.
I was silently angry with my wife and my mother for forcing my child to eat something that she detested.
After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide with expectation. All our attention was on her.'Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!' was her demand.'Atrocious!' shouted my wife, 'A girl child having her head shaved off? Impossible!' 'Never in our family!' My mother rasped. 'She has been watching too much of television. Our culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV programs!''Sindu darling, why don't you ask for something else? We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head.
''Please, Sindu, why don't you try to understand our feelings?' I tried to plead with her.'Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that Curd Rice'. Sindu was in tears. 'And you promised to grant me whatever I ask for. Now, you are going back on your words. Was it not you who told me the story of King Harishchandra, and its moral that we should honor our promises no matter what?'It was time for me to call the shots. 'Our promise must be kept.''
Are you out of your mind?' chorused my mother and wife.'No. If we go back on our promises, she will never learn to honor her own. Sindu, your wish will be fulfilled.'With her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes looked big and beautiful.
On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. It was a sight to watch my hairless Sindu walking towards her classroom. She turned around and waved. I waved back with a smile.
Just then, a boy alighted from a car, and shouted, 'Sinduja, please wait for me!' What struck me was the hairless head of that boy. 'May be, that is the in-stuff', I thought.'Sir, your daughter Sinduja is great indeed!' Without introducing herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued,' that boy who is walking along with your daughter is my son Harish.
He is suffering from... leukemia.' She paused to muffle her sobs. Harish could not attend the school for the whole of the last month. He lost all his hair due to the side effects of the chemotherapy.. He refused to come back to school fearing the unintentional but cruel teasing of the schoolmates. 'Sinduja visited him last week, and promised him that she will take care of the teasing issue.
But, I never imagined she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as your daughter.'I stood transfixed and then, I wept. 'My little Angel, you are teaching me how self-less real love is!'
Saturday, July 12, 2008
An Incredible Love Story

It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century.The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.
Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin..In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children.At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman..
To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing Municipality.In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or even food.
They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives.Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.'In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily.Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps.
Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.'The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms.
So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away.
'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?'Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks.
In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever.
காதல் என்பது புனிதமானது

*சமீபத்தில் நான் படித்த ஒரு நல்ல கட்டுரை..*
காதலில் நம்பிக்கை

இந்த அளவில்லா நம்பிக்கை காதல் தருதுனா அது தாங்க உண்மை. அந்த நம்பிக்கை தான் எல்லா பிரிச்சனையின் காரணம்.
காதலுக்கும் அம்மாவுக்கும் என்ன சம்மதம் என்றால் - இந்த கால கட்டுத்துல அம்மா மனைவி இவங்க இருண்டு பேரை தவிர வேற யாருமே உண்மை அன்பு தருவதில்லை.
இதுவே நம்ம மனசுல காதலி மட்டும் தாயவிட ஒரு படி மேல போயிட்ட அவ்ளோ தான் அந்த இன்பம், அந்த அன்பு தரும் நம்பிக்கை இருக்கு பாருங்க அது தான் காதல். இந்த நம்பிக்கைக்கு தான் இப்ப எல்லாம் எங்கறோம். இந்த நம்பிக்கை வெளியில இருந்து பார்த்தா பைத்தியகாரத்தனமா இருக்கும், ஆனா இந்த அளவுகடந்த காதல் தான் எல்லோரையும் கட்டி போடுது.
அந்த நம்பிக்கை தெளிவான முழுமையான புரிதலில் மட்டுமே வரும், அப்போ அவன் என்ன பண்ணாலும், எங்க போனாலும் நம்பிக்கை அவன வழி நடத்தும். இதுவே அந்த நம்பிக்கை சின்னதா காதல்ல மட்டும் குறைந்தது அதை விட பெரிய கொடுமை வேற எதுவுமே இல்லை. அவன் பண்ணும் சில சின்ன சின்ன விஷயம் கூட ரும்ப பெரிய சந்தேகத்தை கொடுக்கும். (சும்மா சின்ன mailku கூட குற்றம் கண்டுபிடிக்கரவங்க இருகாங்க நாட்ல).
இந்த சந்தேகம் பற்றி corporate culture என்ற தனி பதிவுல நிறைய பேசுவோம். In this modern culture காதலின் அடித்தளம் எந்த அளவுக்கு அடி வாங்குது என்றத தெளிவா இன்னும் யோசிக்கவேண்டும். இந்த exposure மனநிலை பல சந்தேகத்துக்கு காரணமா இருக்கு. அதனால முழுமையான நம்பிக்கை இல்லனா, காதல்னு சொல்லவே கூடாது. So unconditional love, தாய்மை இல்லாத, நம்பிக்கை இல்லாத காதலை, காதல் என்று சொல்லிதிறிவதில் அர்த்தமே இல்ல. இது எப்பவும் ஒரு insecurity -ஐ கொடுக்கும்.
So நம்பிக்கை என்பது...
Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby when you throw him in the air; he laughs, because he knows you will catch him.................That's Trust.
இப்படி நம்பிக்கை பற்றி சொல்லனும்னா நிறையவே சொல்லலாம், காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் காதல் இப்படி தான் திருப்பி திருப்பி விளக்கம் வரும்.