Perfect Time To Invest

With the current situation of lockdown going on, most of us are enclosed in the boundaries of our respective homes. It becomes a question sometimes how to pass the time. But, this is the perfect time to invest in one thing so as to ripe huge benefits in future. That thing is “Relationships”.

Due to our busy routines and hectic schedules it has been rather difficult to manage the time for our relationships in the modern era. The cost of upgradation of our lifestyles and monetary status is somewhere paid by our dear ones.

We being at home can now manage and maintain this genre in a refined manner. But, not all are living together under one roof. Broadly speaking there are two types of relationships:

People living together

  1. Parents and their children:

The young parents are sometimes unable to give proper time to their child. This results in complicated child psychology viz growing feeling of loneliness, agression, anger, lack of adjustment, possessive nature and increasing intolerance.

Spend time with your kids, be a part of their lives this time. It is good for elders also to become childlike again. Know your child, be his or her friend, guide the little one with love, brush up his or her skills etc. This will help them to be a sorted out person. Also it will relax you and will lit innocent joy inside you again. Let your children spend more time with real people than virtual humans or friends in mobiles and televisions.

Often the time spent between parents and their children reduces as we age due to complexities of life. Our parents become alone when they need us the most. They suffer from extreme loneliness and sadness and thus become old early. They miss their children and want an ear to listen their meaningful or not so meaningful talks, a helping hand in their activities, a support to feel safe during illness, a cushion to absorb their increasing rigidity and stubbornness.

Also we, the children living miles apart due to our studies and work, miss living with the dear parents. This void can be filled today.

2. Relationship between couples:

In a similar scenario of busy schedules, the partners (husband wife or live-in couples) are unable to spend the precious loving time with each other. The plans are missed, so the memorable dates. The relationship becomes boring and dull. There is no freshness left. This results in increasing stress, quarrels and negativity, replacing the love and positivity between them.

To retain that spark it’s necessary to know the other person. And this learning is a continuous process, the moods, manners and likings are continuously modifying. Thus, spend time to know the partner in their respective spaces, learn to adapt with few things which you may not personally like, give surprises sometimes doing what your partner likes, understand how to manage the differences in the best possible manner and the best thing is just talk, talk, listen, listen, listen, this is the remedy to remain happy, just talk less and listen more.

Tenporary long distance relationships (due to present scenario)

Not all are living together under one roof during this time. There are few couples and lovebirds (boyfriends and girlfriends) not by the side of each other. They are not able to spend time together. Time is not the same for them as earlier. But, this time and distance is also letting you to check the depth of your relation and what’s the role of other person in your life. This situation will perfectly measure the trust and dedication of partners when not together. Living distance apart allows the partner to know whether they are bound by serious thread of love.

Also, each one of us have our individual lives. Living together or meeting frequently often makes the partners to loose this individuality. It is necessary to live both the individual as well as mutual life simultaneously, and not to invade the personal space every time. Agree, that this relation is a special one but not at the cost of other relationships. Each relation has a special role and place in a person’s life. When this is understood, there is more sync and harmony between the partners. But here also, there is a key. The advent of technology is a boon here. Be connected just like real but virtually. Give space and better learn about other person.

So in a way for all, there is a way to improvise any relationship. If you see positive, you will get positive. Live, laugh, learn and buy this time to earn more in your respective relationships.

All the best!

कोरे कागज़ पर लिखी, वो अधूरी कहानी।

सुबह सुबह की चाय की प्याली,
डायरी के कुछ पुराने पन्ने,
दिल के करीब एक कोरा कागज़,
जिसमें थी एक अधूरी कहानी।

दो अधूरे अजनबी परिंदे,
और उनकी अधूरी यादें।
शर्माती, झुकती हुई निगाहें,
उनके काजल की वो अधूरी कशिश।

वो किसी की उंगलियां गिटार के तारों को छेड़ती हुई,
मानो कानों में कहे कुछ लफ्ज़ अनकहे।
ये जानते हुए की कोई मरता है,
इतराते हुए वो बालों को अधूरा सहलाना।

कभी ना खत्म होने वाली,
कुछ अधूरी खूबसूरत लम्बी बातें।
एक साथ कहीं बैठ कर,
वो अधूरे से ख्वाब बुनना।

किसी कॉफी टेबल की इर्द गिर्द,
दो शक्स और उनकी अधूरी स्ट्रॉन्ग कॉफी।
पनीर की वो सब्ज़ी किसी को खिलाना,
दूसरे का पेट अधूरा होते हुए भी भर जाना।

कुछ खाली सड़कों का लम्बा सफर,
बाईक के पहियों का वो अधूरा मकसद।
किसी एक के चोट लगना या गिर जाना,
और दूसरे की अधूरी सी तकलीफ।

चेहरे की वो हल्की शिकंद पढ़कर,
किसी का अधूरे लफ्ज़ सुन लेना।
परेशानी में झुझते हुए देख कर,
अधूरा "में हूं ना" का सुकून दे जाना।

अधूरी ख्वाहिशें, वो अधूरी बहस,
अधूरी लाचारी, अधूरे झगड़े,
अधूरा रूठना, अधूरा मनाना,
अधूरे तीन अन्मोल लफ्ज़, अधूरा गले लगाना।

सच में, अधूरी ही थी ये दास्तां,
तभी तो कोरे कागज़ पर उकेरी है।
अधूरी ज़रूर है मगर सच्ची भी है,
तभी तो अधूरे से पूरे तक का सफर अभी बाकी है।

स्नेहा

Cherish Each Moment!

My life’s philosophy:

Cherish all moments of your life starting from the minutest to the biggest one. Not everyone gets a chance to have all the good times. We often lament for what we don’t have in our lives, ignoring the tiny happy moments or successes. This results in our dual loss- one repenting for what we never had and two loosing out the present happiness.

Often, we compare our lives with others. We find that other person is having all good in his or her life in comparison to ours.

Try and understand that even that person may be having the downside in his or her life. It may be the case that the person doesn’t show or the other side isn’t visible.

Remember, you are unique. You are one personality on this earth. The fact that you are born as a human being on this earth is in itself a great blessing. You are special firstly for yourself, then for your creator and lastly for those who care for you. Identify yourself, be grateful for the life and its good parts or times.

May be the happiness or good moments which you are living and taking for granted, someone might not be getting!

So if you are having one good moment in your life, feel blessed and the most luckiest person to get it. Just enjoy that moment with the open heart to its fullest like a child.

This lifestyle will have one more benefit for the person. Living this way will in turn be your lifetime memory and act like a healer in your lows. You can remind and motivate yourself by remembering the good moments. An instant inner hope and love inside your heart at that very moment of grief will overpower the suffering. This feeling will elevate and uplift you drastically by giving strength to regain and confidently saying again to yourself, “I am back!”

The Precious Life

Life is uncertain and small. We humans just run behind materialistic and lifeless aims and objects such as money, status, power, luxury, assets, high profiled work etc. The reality is all this doesn’t worth in front of relationships and inbuilt happiness.
We in this mad race have forgotten the real virtues such as smile, joy, care, sharing, ethics, respect, fun and taste of all types of emotions.
We don’t know what’s next then why to take stress, worry about unknown and get depressed. Come let’s start living our life. Let’s spread the most precious gifts like smile, love and happiness with all our open hearts.