अपनी तो जब अखियों से, बेह चले धार सि,
खिल पड़े वही एक हँसि, पिया तेरे प्यार की,
मैं जो नही हारी, सजन जरा सोचो,
किस लिए?
किस लिए?

('When tears start rolling down from my eyes, there is this smile that comes out of your love!
Oh, my dear.......What do you think is the reason that I haven't given up!'

Its a pathetic translation for the awesome original, but hopefully it won't leave people who don't understand hindi in the dark!)


A stanza from a beautifully written song and even more beautifully sung by lataji. Thought that it relates to my last post! :)

Lucky me!

Its amazing how an ounce of positive attitude changes the world around you. In fact I should say its amazing how your attitude changes the world around you. This leads to the question of how ones attitude, either a positive one or a not so positive one, is developed. I think that every one of is born the same and the attitude we develop depends on various factors like the environment one has grown in, the principles one has been taught etc etc. Probably I may not be right, probably its because of all the chemical reactions in the brain and the genes one has got. But anyways,as I said earlier it never ceases to surprise me, how the attitude changes the whole world around you (I know that I have used this a lot already, but pardon my poor writing skills for not coming up something else that is good). What amazes me even more is the fact the small things that tip the scales from positive to negative and vice versa. When everything is almost perfectly fine, when I have got no reason to worry or to be sad, I still at times feel very low and devoid of life. Half of the times it just passes away after a period of self pity or frustration. But sometimes I get lucky. I mean something happens that turns my mood immediately. It could be anything, probably seeing a bunch of clouds moving at their own slow pace in the blue sky on a sunny afternoon, or a squirrel running around trying to get some food(I am guessing it, I am not sure :p), or a heavy rain, or listening to a good old hindi song,or some good food or just the realization that I am lucky in a way that I have got people who care for me(family and friends) and that I have got no reason to be low!

I guess the last reason is the most important one, I mean the fact there is someone who cares for you, who loves you gives you the strength to fight against all the odds, small or big, in one's life.

You are lucky if you have got such people in your life!
You are luckier if you are that someone for somebody!


P.S: I have been lucky all my life and I am trying to get luckier! :D