Grateful By Ketaki S. Vaidya

 The people who love you have always been there with heart full of love and mind full of care In the search of the solace you travel very far but within every heart there is a guiding star So live this moment and later do not resent All you need to do is just be present Your baby is taking her first step to start to walk she is saying her first word to start to talk So put your work aside and join the fun because time does not stop it is always on a run So live this moment and later do not resent All you need to do is just be present The seed you planted last month has grown into a sprout The universe beholds miracles, there is no doubt The fragrance of the soil on the arrival of the first rains The snow covered mountains and the lush green plains So live this moment and later do not resent All you need to do is just be present There is a magnificent world even in a blade of a grass you can find the whole universe in moment that you pass so live every moment and put away your sorro...

Thanks for the places  where I can be a child again  for making life easy and for keeping me sane.  Thanks to mom and dad where I can still get mad for not picking up my phone and for not being there when I was sad.  Thanks to big brother where I can still be a princess where I can get all the guidance with unlimited access Thanks to childhood friends where I can talk without filter when the routine starts taking over I can look there for a shelter Thanks to that school friend where I can sing my heart out like no one is listening and with a heart without any doubt Thanks to my kids where I can run and play silly where I can scream out loud and an walk and dance freely Thanks to your world where mistakes are allowed where you love me without a judgment and accept me and be proud

The shower of grace  every moment, now and then I feel the gratitude when the mind is sane I wonder what nice things I might have done to deserve this love and to be the lucky one The mind is miserly it wants to hold on It fears many times that the happiness will be gone So I thank the universe for all the beautiful grace I pray for the strength and the ability to embrace I pray for the intelligence  to trust what is chosen to let go the things and to be free not frozen The prayers will be heard I am pretty sure 'cause I have always seen the light within during the moments of deep fear  

I saw people chasing after goals new goals after meeting old ones never satisfied with their accomplishments stuck between nine to five office timings waiting for the jail break of weekend I thought this is not freedom.  Then I saw birds flying so high soaring in the sky with wings wide open I wonder is this the freedom?  Then I saw the birds constantly looking down looking for the food worrying about predators stuck in their nine to five "office work" just like humans trying to fly over weekends I thought this is not freedom Then I saw little kids listening to their parents going to the school nine to five following all the rules there working on their tests learning life hard ways Though, I saw them laughing happy with their little world running, falling, crying and laughing doing everything to its fullest they had many restrictions if you see broadly but they never cared about what tomorrow will look like and I knew what is freedom!    

It all comes down to  What your eyes want to see The colorful fallen leaves Or the deciduous tree It’s up to you to see If the glass is  half full If you feel happy to enjoy the order Or feel upset to follow the rule To be thankful to count  Thousands blessings Or to get stressed over Difficulties you are facing It depends upon What you are tapping a person for A very pleasant relationship  Or a life long scar It may not be under your control The way the things go But you can be the way you want In times of high and low

The weather is changing like our maturing love both you and Autumn  are the grace from above I wake up in the mornings which are dreamy and pretty is this fog or your love that is covering my city? The colors of the leaves some deep some bright like our moments together of some laughter and some fight The cold Autumn nights' under the cozy, warm rugs bring the fondest memories of your loving, bear hugs Now do not blame me if I miss you so bad it is a conspiracy against me which you and Autumn had!   

सांभाळ स्वतःला हे मना  हरवून तू जाऊ नको  परक्या पुन्हा गावामध्ये  हरवून ते जाणे नको  मृगजळी आहेत ते  सुखद जे भासती झरे  कल्पना असती तुझ्या  हे बंध नाही रे खरे  तुज आपले जे वाटते  फसवेच मायाजाल हे  मग कसे इथे  मिळावे तुला  शाश्वत जे तुजला हवे  चालणे अनिवार्य आहे  पण तोल सावर रे तुझा  गुंतू नको गुंत्यात ह्या  तू पाय ठेवी मोकळा