I, Me & Myself

I Dream...

I Am...

I Aspire...

I Love...

I Want...

I Hope...

And

I Wait...

Note: Sorry for my brief absence from all your blogs, i shall be around soon!

Sonnet CXVI

Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. 
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests 
and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
- William Shakespeare

Wednesday Wisdom

Life Happens....

Sorry for the brief absence from Blogville. Lot of things happening in my life at the moment. Just moved in to a new house, will be going to see my in-laws in 2 days, back from there and i am off to UK, where i truly belong to. Off for now!! *poof*

Blend In

"Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become."

"Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes. "

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

What's your Philosophy?

1. In 25 words or less, what's your philosophy on life?

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

2. Which country is your spiritual home? Why?

India. And that would be coz of the values and beliefs that have been instilled in me since childhood, i doubt if i would get them had i been born in some other country.

3. Tell us something about the oldest living member of your family. We mean as opposed to the oldest dead one.

My grandmom (dad's mom) is 82 and the only gradnparent that i have alive right now.

4. Tell us something about the youngest member of your family.

Well, i am the youngest in my family. What more do i say? :)

5. Now we�ll do random. Have you ever had a negative experience at a gym (with other patrons, equipment, trainer) or with the gym themselves?

Apart from having a pesky (read irritating) trainer nothing else.

6. If you could go back and change one friendship in your past, who would it have been, and why?

I wouldn't  have wanted to meet a certain woman during my 1st job, coz she changed my whole perspective on friendship.

7. If you could make a wish and it be guaranteed to come true (and not to get more wishes), what would it be, and why?

There are too many wishes which i'd want to come true...but right now, the most guaranteed one seems to be me joining my hubby in the UK.

8. What were you doing 1 year ago?

Was working n living with my parents.

9. Time to belly up to the bar. What drink can I getcha?

A Strawberry Daiquiri/Green Apple Martini

10. What's the furthest you've traveled to visit (or vacation with, etc.) a friend?

Will be travelling to UK soon! :)

You are Unique

If you want something you never had, do something that you never have.

Note: Love the fact that its a bank holiday tomorrow. Will be going to watch Tanu Weds Manu with mom. :) Time for some mother daughter bonding.

What I Need Right Now...

Enlightened Souls

�People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out,

but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed, only if there is a light within.�

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?I leave you with this thought this weekend. Have you come across such a person? If yes, please say a few lines on that person. Would love to know what do you have to say on this quote.

Here's wishing you all an enlightened weekend!! :)

Complete & Finished

Some People Say That There Is No Difference Between COMPLETE & FINISHED But There Is:

When You Marry The Right One, You Are COMPLETE.

But If You Marry The Wrong One, You Are FINISHED.

And When The Right One Catches You With The Wrong One, You Are COMPLETELY FINISHED.

I Dream Of....

I am a bit out of words for the day so i am expressing myself through these pics. Hope u like them. Wish you all a great week ahead. :)

Much Love,
Ria

LATERAL vs. LOGICAL THINKING

Sorry for my absence from the blog world. Grand mom's death has left a deep chasm in our lives and i guess it will take a while for us to recover from the loss. Anyways, i don't think i have much to write, but i am putting up an interesting write up which i had got on mail. Hope all of u like it. Its mid-week already so i wish u all a gr8 week ahead!!

Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village money lender. The money lender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer�s beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.

He said he would forgo the farmer�s debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning money lender suggested that they let providence decide the matter.

He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father�s debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father�s debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path near the farmer�s field. As they talked, the money lender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.

He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. Now, imagine if you were standing in the field. What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you tell her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The girl�s dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.

What would you recommend to the girl? Well, here is what she did....
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

�Oh, how clumsy of me,� she said. �But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked.�

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had earlier picked the white one, which was accidentally dropped. And since the money lender dared not to admit his dishonesty, the girl transformed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY: The most complex of the problems do have a solution. It's only that we don�t attempt to think.
 

What a Wonderful World

I have been in love with this song ever since i heard it in the film 'Guzaarish'. I really fail to understand how could a film like this flop!? I hadn't expected anything from this movie, given the last couple of flops given by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. But when i stepped out from the theatre i was in a spell. Anyways, coming back to the point, here's the song that i am talking about:

I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you

And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do

They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow

They'll learn much more than I'll ever know

And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Love,