The flock ~

I’m still waiting for that sunshine…I’m looking for it,if you’ll believe me..While I’m on the road,driving ..I’m looking out..When I’m outside,in my balcony-I’m searching for it…Only yesterday,I was waiting for the lights to turn green –and I was looking at the clouds-They are almost there,to that texture ,look and feel which I want them to be..to get in the Puja-mood..It’s almost there,but not quite.Something’s still missing and I’m not satisfied till they are perfect..But something beautiful happened,when I was staring at those beautiful white clouds,spread out like cotton ,when beaten up with a bow..The entire canvas of the sky was full of these fluffy clouds and then suddenly two different flocks of doves , from two parallel overhead wires stirred up…and took a beautiful flight of fantasy…They floated around for quite sometime,in wave-like movements,dancing around in the afternoon sun..I was uncommonly happy that the signal was taking it’s time to turn to green..They made swoops and glides in unison,as if dancing to some beautiful classical music,inaudible to me but audible to the sky,those clouds,the trees,the air..and whole of the big,wide world.. And then they gradually alighted back on those man-made wires..

This beautiful sight made me happy ,although a bit sad because I couldn’t capture this moment in my camera..But I felt refreshed nonetheless…

When I came to think of it,I realised how little things can make you happy and how less you need to be happy,even for a little bit,everyday !!

The Mask

How much do we hide in our daily life ? How much of a mask do we wear ? The people we meet everyday or those we think of as near and dear,confide in,believe to be faithful and trustworthy-how much can we trust them actually ? How much should they trust us  ? Don’t I wear a mask from time to time ? Don’t we feign friendship with people whom we might not like ? Aren’t we,the women-the master artistes ?

Women are taught to be hypocrites-they should mask their feelings-their sorrow,their dissatisfaction,their pain-instead of opining on some matter,they should act dumb-they should act as if everything is well and good-that she’s happy,as long as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west !!
Then how can someone judge a woman for being the hypocrite she is,when the same society teaches her to be so ? On one hand , society wants a woman to wear a mask – only a mask can make a woman perfect in all aspects…No displays of emotions,of any kind is the way to be..And then,when time comes-the same woman can be railed against for being bit of a pretender. Times have changed a lot, but certain norms of society hasn’t !!

As a woman,how much do we judge another of our own sex ?  On one hand,we pretend to be all for feminism..and then,we find faults and shortcoming of others..A woman who have gone through emotional distress and sufferings at the hands of another, eventually behaves the same way when her time comes to take a leading role in the family – I wonder,why not think for minute to reminisce about how she had felt  and find out ways to better the new relations in her life,to be a different person-After all,shouldn’t we all learn from our pains and sufferings ??

Should we continue wearing the mask,for better or for worse ? Should we keep masking our feelings,to bring true happiness for someone else,although we might be as virtually happy as someone can be....And which might in the long run,make all of us terribly unhappy ?!

Pursuit of Happiness !!

We always think that happiness is a faraway thing, something complicated and hard to get.. We look for it in the most tedious manner, drifting from the real path in this process….Yet, what little things can make it up; Have you ever contemplated what small things of life can make you smile and be happy,even for a little while ? Just to be with someone one loves, to think about special moments and days of one’s life when there was a special someone with you…..simple things like a steaming cup of tea when you are really down, a wonderful book to read-outside on a breezy afternoon, a shelter from the sudden downpour during your evening walks…wafting fragrance of an unknown spring bloom…twittering of birds, pitter-patter of raindrops, rippling of the placid lake from a falling twig…..calls of the cuckoo-the advent of spring, suddenly coming across a long-lost object in the most unlikely of places, planning a long-awaited trip, looking at the Maple turning auburn from green, bit by bit… Falling in love, waiting for that phone call in trepidation and excitement…..holding a baby in your arms for the first time, realizing that someone loves you ……All these things and myriad more constitutes the key to happiness…..These things make you happy !!