Tears are not always bad

Loads of wishes, conversations, virtual celebrations, food deliveries, gifts, start of a new hobby.... the day was jam packed while in quarantine.

Special people are ones who make you feel special. I am truly blessed to have a few who made the day super enjoyable.

Thanks to everyone who reached out with a hearty wish. Every single wish brightened my day.

As I reminisced the lovely moments of the day, tears were all that was left.

Little else will matter.

On joy and sorrow

Amidst the many happy moments through the day, my thoughts were with the ones who braved through a tough time yet, made me feel loved.

Count every blessing everyday. There are many blessings that I am grateful for. Thank you for the love and laughs.

On Joy and Sorrow
Kahlil Gibran

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.

And how else can it be?

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?

And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. 

A year wiser

Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over dramatize it, or underplay it, exaggerate the wrong parts or ignore the important ones. At any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to.  It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it. 

I’m choosing to leave the words this year because I may not have the eloquence to express my real feelings today.

Thank you for making my day special!

The birthday record

How beautiful, to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

- Khalil Gibran

My 5th of Dec was filled with many such hearts :)

The Big One!

I did not want to break a self created tradition.  So here is the birthday blog!

This year has been so incredible in so many ways that I am not going to elaborate.  All I can say is I had the best weekend of my life.  Everyone who made it this special, I bow to you for loving me unconditionally and for being part of my life.  All the songs from the video in which I ‘starred’ are playing in my mind as I write this.

What I did not expect as I got into this weekend is how bummed I would feel on Sunday when the celebrations came to an end.  The real celebration was indeed the people who were part of it (both in-person & virtual) and I missed everyone as they began to go back to their lives.

Well, until the next celebration and we all know that we don’t need a reason to celebrate because life is awesome with family and friends around.  And….. I got the best bunch of both.

Cheers!!!

For those who make a difference in my life

It's a day when the dearest of people make me realize how lucky I am to have them as part of my life.

Work engulfed the entire day but the wishes that kept coming made things easy.

I want to log a very special wish that came my way from a business associate, which represents the true meaning of a birthday celebration - "Happy Birthday, Arun! Call your mother first today and thank her..Mom's the one who did all the work to get us in the world....My wife reminded me of that. Hope you have a great day."

I thank my family and friends who always make me feel special and wish me well.