To Do List of its kind...

My last post got a little heavier than I expected it to be. See, expectations rule the world. I actually don’t like myself for writing that post. And I want to make up for it.

People relate to thoughts the way they see them, which is fair..sometimes you don’t realize that the way you see things and read them is so different from how the other person reads it. That’s called perspective. What plays on your mind the most gets related to what you see or read. I have encountered that myself very many times. Okay…so like I said…I want to make up for it…here goes a post am glad to cherish here. I am sure it touches your heart somewhere too, like it touched mine. All ye fellas in love – god bless. At the cost of not repeating myself, any idea/thought with resemblance to any real life….and you know what I mean. Cheers.

Before I begin, a toast: You have not truly lived your life until you live the depth of it with someone you love! Live it and feel it. While you would have done so much, there is always room for more in love...

To Do List of a KIND:

Be your best friend.
Get caught with you in the rain.
Dance with you in the rain.
Stargaze on a clear night.
Watch the sunset together.
Spend all day with you doing nothing.
Walk on a beach on a Moonlit night.
Be proud of you than I already am.
Go on a carriage ride through the park.
Do a crossword together.
Have a disagreement and debate it out.
Go for a twilight horseback ride.
Spend my life with you.
Have our picture taken together.
Eat ice cream with you.
Go to a museum together.
Talk to each other using only body language.
Give you space when you need it.
Accept you totally and completely – with flaws.
Sing with you and Sing a song for you, playing the guitar
Discuss current events in a heated debate.
Have you see the error of your ways from aforementioned heated debate and make up to it in my own ways.
Carve our names into a tree/table.
Paint with you.

Go for a walk at dusk together.

Be one with you.

Spend all night thinking of 101 sweet things to do for you and with youHold you and gaze into your eyes and realize how much I love you and tell you.

Blindfold you and take you somewhere romantic.

Hear your heartbeat.
Give you a butterfly touch.Go roller/ice skating together.

Go hiking/camping together.

Go for a car rally with you as my navigator.

Have a fight, real fight.
Make up to you in my own way.
Share a plate of food everyday.

Build a beautiful home and decorate it with you.
Shop for you the way I want to.

Go on a road trip across mountains, beaches... far away into out dreamland

Count Thunders together during a thunderstorm.

Envelop you in my soul.

Cook your favorite meal/meals.
Drink that first cup of tea with you.
Look at the first ray of sun together and the last one.
Make a house in the sand together.
Write your name on the sand.
Whisper to you in the middle of the night.
Get drunk and sloshed with you.
Drive to an unknown land with you.
Shout your name across valleys, in mist and fog. (!!)
Cuddle up to you in cold and shiver.
Get wet in rain with you again and again.
Run with you to a mountain top. And on a beach side.
Gaze at you and let eyes do the talking.
Know you better than you know yourself.

Plant a tree in a yard together.
Dedicate a song for you in the middle of the crowd on a stage.
Look over at you during an office/military/family/friendly party and have you know without me saying a word - that I love you.

Say 'I love you' in 89 different ways - in 89 different countries, 89 times.

Hold you when you're at your saddest and comfort you when you need it the most.

Be the one you come to for that comfort and holding.

Wipe away the days' stresses and issues, with just one hug.
Go to an orphanage with you.
Picture capture you away to glory.
Write a book on you. (!!)
Write a poem for you.
Make a poster for you out of your pictures. (!!)
Surprise you with what you never expect.
Teach you what you know the best.
Count the wrinkles on your face.
Give you a rose every day.
Count the salt and pepper on your hair.
Go to all the places we would have visited over and over again.
Grow old with you.

Concluding: Even if a day should go by when I don't say "I Love You" May there never be a moment go by without you knowing that I do. Amen.

My Papa

When I was just a tiny kid,
Do you remember when,
The time you kissed my bruises,
Or cleaned by soiled chin?
You scrambled for the balls I hit,
(Short-winded more than not,)
Yet, every time we'd play a game,
You praised the "outs" I caught. (:-) I remember still)
It seems like only yesterday,
You wiped away my tears, (When I missed the championship in 88')
And late at night I called your name,
To chase away my fears.
Though time has changed your handsome grip,
Your hair is snowy white,
You gait's a little slower now,
Thick glasses help your sight. (How I love you in those glasses Pa)
Oh, do I thirst for years gone by,
To be that growing girl,
Re-living all of the memories,
Of growing with my dad.

Popsy, Pa, Dad - God Bless You. Amen. Cheers to your entering SMART SEVENTY, today.


Love you Pa and miss the times I have spent with you...most of them being the playful times...stadium, tennis court, short sprint tracks...the first pair of spikes you got for me...how passionate I was about them...

A bEaUtiFuL MiNd...

From the moment I have known you,
There was something about you I knew,
I knew that you were once in a lifetime
A treasure near impossible to find
And I know how lucky I am to have you
I've seen rainbows that could take you by surprisen
The beauty of the setting sun, on any given day
And when it comes to shooting stars I have seen a few
But I've never seen anything as beautiful, as your mind.
There may be times when the world seems so cold
And times when I cannot rest in peace
But I don't complain
Cause I know inside that...
I am so blessed
Because I have a friend like YOU.

God Bless You! Happy Birthday!

Have I told you Lately?

days back someone said something about change in a way that I really liked....she was mentioning about the circumstances/events/state - 'Wo nahi raha tou ye bhi nahi rahega". When we are completely bogged down by difficult times,I think we should find peace in the thought that circumstances, state of mind, phases change - they can't be the same forever for anyone. It is only how you handle yourself in times of adversity that actually counts. Good thought. Wonder why I never think about it when I am in not-so-good times. It is a very optimistic way of looking at life and sometimes that's all you really need.hen you know that the days ahead are going to be the way you had always wanted to, you feel everything is in place.

When I was alone in a foreign land, all by myself, with no one to speak to, I often got terribly upset. During those times, if I had taken one day at a time, and had looked forward to the days I would spend once in India, maybe my plight would have been better. When you can't do much about the things that are happening in the present, you can always find some time, amidst the present time, to think of how you can make your furture times better. Wow, not a bad thought - I got to work accordingly too. Everybody needs a holiday and everybody needs to be happy.

Talking about happiness, I got that aplenty when this song was dedicated to me yesterday by a friend - he dedicated it first to his wife and then to me. Isn't it awesome? Life is all about goodies, when and only when you have the will to see and cherish them. Thanks dear friend - you always make me smile. Even when you don't say it, I can feel the warmth. There is another thought in my mind which I shall talk about later..for now, let me again have the pleasure of reading the song and feel good.

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you theres no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you do

For the morning sun in all its glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
You fill my life with laughter
And somehow you make it better
Ease my troubles thats what you do
Theres a love thats divine
And its yours and its mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray
To the one, to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you theres no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you do

Theres a love thats divine
And its yours and its mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray
To the one, to the one

And have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you theres no one else above you
You fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles thats what you do
Take away all my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles thats what you do
Take away all my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles thats what you do

Sometimes it is good to express. Let me also follow this in my life for sometime.

And oh yes, guess I did a good thing by being home yesterday with Little Mishi - though I was working from home, I managed to spend some time with her coloring and playing and talking.The not so good back too got some rest.

You are a star!

Who? You, ~Riju~

...and I mean it.

Why? Well...I have been thinking of writing this for a long time....not finding the time and the right words to express. And apologize for pushing it to a later time again. But someday, I will. For now just know that and trust me when I say that.

You are a star!