life is beautiful

25th January 2022

Calvin & Hobbes : 1

Clavin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Recreated in watercolors 😊

19th January 202225th January 2022

We have so much to be thankful for

My seven years old daughter – Mishika wrote something in my s-notes today… not to show me or anybody… but just for herself…

For us

I hope everybody be happy

We all ways be not in trouble and ane hurt

We all ways be happy

This is so so beautiful… and so is life… I am not sure there are any better words in the world that can be compared to this pure and sweet prayer of a seven year old.

What we have is what matters

An awesome Guajarati poet Krushna Dave wrote a beautiful poem yesterday : saying in bold and italic : forget what you dont have and cherish what you have to the fullest.

લિસ્ટ બનાવો (Make a list of what you have)

સીધું સાદું સરળ જીવન છે એને કાં ભાઈ ટ્વિસ્ટ બનાવો ?
નથી,નથી ની વાતો છોડો, છે,છે,છે નું લિસ્ટ બનાવો

કડવા ઘૂંટ ઉતાર્યા કરતાં એક વખત બસ થૂંકી નાંખો
અંધારાને તો અબઘડિએ ભરી ચલમમાં ફૂંકી નાંખો
દસે દિશે પ્રગટાવો સૂરજ, દશે દિશાને ઈસ્ટ બનાવો

નથી,નથી ની વાતો છોડો, છે,છે,છે નું લિસ્ટ બનાવો

લાચારી અંજળ ડ્હોળે ને એ પહેલા જ ઉલેચી નાંખો
માંડ આછર્યો છે આ વીરડો ખોબે ખોબે વ્હેચી નાંખો
છાતી કાઢી સુખ દુખ ઉજવો પળપળને ગર્વિષ્ઠ બનાવો

નથી,નથી ની વાતો છોડો, છે,છે,છે નું લિસ્ટ બનાવો

ક્ષણને સાચવતા જે શીખ્યા છેવટ એ તો સદી થયા છે
કાળમીંઢ પથ્થરને તોડી સતત વહ્યાં તે નદી થયા છે
હાર જીતને તડકે મૂકી પ્રયાસને સંનિષ્ઠ બનાવો

નથી,નથી ની વાતો છોડો,છે,છે,છે નું લિસ્ટ બનાવો

કૃષ્ણ દવે (Krushna Dave)

1st January 202225th January 2022

happy 2022

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘it will be happier.’

ऐसा कोई सपना जागे
साथ मिरे इक दुनिया जागे

वो जागे जिसे नींद न आये
या कोई मेरे जैसा जागे

हवा चली तो जागे जंगल
नाव चले तो नदिया जागे

रातों में ये रात अमर है
कल जागे तो फिर क्या जागे

दाता की नगरी में ‘नासिर’
मैं जागूँ या दाता जागे I

: नासिर काज़मी

27th December 2021

on Ghalib’s birthday

On the birth anniversary of the greatest poet ever,
Mirza Ghalib – a man who has a verse for every feeling, every situation in the world…

…………………………………………………….

और बाजार से ले आए अगर तूट गया,
सागर-ए-जम से मेरा जाम-ए-सीफाल अच्छा है।

( I will get another one from the market if it broke, my cup of clay is better than Jamshed’s goblet – a magical cup.

Ghalib reasons that sometimes the easier things are the better things and humbleness has advantages that splendid and majestic can not buy. )

……………………………………………………………..

આ શેર ને મળતી એક સરસ વાત શહાબુદ્દિન રાઠોડે કહી છે :

જરૂરીયાત પૂરતી સંપત્તિ હોય ત્યાં સુધી તે માણસ ને સાચવે

અને જરૂરીયાત કરતા વધારે સંપત્તિ હોય તો માણસ એને સાચવતો થઈ જાય … 😊😊

……………………………………………………………………………

12th December 202121st January 2022

Be happy on purpose.
Go outside.
Stretch.
Read a book.
Call a friend.
Meditate.
Write in a journal.
Drink water.
Eat good food.
Breathe.
Learn something new.
Express gratitude.
Chase the sun.
Dance.
Create magic.

Be proud of how far you have come.
Sure, you might have more to heal, more to accept, more to learn. But take a moment today to remember the stroms you have survived and the mountains you have overcome.

It’s easy to lose sight of that when you’re constantly looking towards the next thing – when you’re ticking your goals off like a to-do list.

Take a moment today to remember where you were and where you are now. You have grown. You have fought battles, some silent and some loud, and you won.

Be proud of how far you have come. Settle into that feeling. Take a moment today and be proud of yourself.

It’s the little things.

The first cup of coffee in the morning.
The warmth of the sun as it soaks into your skin.
The kindness of a stranger.
The laughter of a friend.
The leaves falling.
The birds chirping.
The ocean crashing.
The lone wildflower blooming in a sea of concrete.
The billions of stars that pepper the night sky.
The bunny shaped cloud shiftly floating past.
The moon shining no matter what phase she’s in.
The music that seeps into your soul.
The books you can’t put down.
The days that feel too good to be true and the nights you pray will last forever.

Author : ALYSHA WAGHORN

All above writeups are from a girl with a little magic : Australian blogger Alysha Waghorn and I am so happy that I stumbled uopn these at this time of the year. These are the best gift for me from me on my birthday tomorrow.

It’s been almost one and half years and here I am starting this lovely blog again on my birthday…