Month of February have always been a very special month for me...month of love..colors..spring..flowers...n yea my Birthday..:))

I love to celebrate small occasions in life as I believe these small celebrations really make big differences in life and make life beautiful and colorful...In today's fast pace life where we hardly get time to even sit and talk to our family...I feel occasions like Valentines Day is a great opportunity to express our love and feelings with our loved ones...is not important that only if you have someone special like your girl friend/boy friend or hubby/wife then only you can celebrate Valentines Day..even you can celebrate it with your family..friends..n whoever you feel for...its just a day to express your love for whoever you hold in your heart...so come on...avail the opportunity..n get ready to surprise your loved ones by making small efforts to make them feel your love...your small gifts..cards..celebrations can make a difference not only for people you are planning all this for but also for your own self too...

So get ready to celebrate n express your love...do as much as u can n you will definitely feel the difference n so much color n positive energy in your life... :)))

Take a step ahead to spread love n peace around...:)

Lotsa Love,
Samrina

Our names on that old tree;

Still keep us together...

Best Regards,

Samrina..

Learnings of life...

With all the due respect...I am sharing this here that one of my blog friend Umair have shared in response to one of my previous post..first I typed my reply to this comment in the comment box then I thought its worth sharing with the other readers as well..as this incident of this friend of mine will definitely make us learn something in life that might can change our thinking n perspective too..so here it is..

It was the second day of Eid. Everyone was making merry at their places on that festive occasion as it was a public holiday too. I was refueling my car on a gas station. I saw this old man passing by on road on his bicycle. Suddenly the bicycle flipped over and the old man came down. I didn't see any apparent reason of why that bicycle flipped over except that there was something wrong with the old man. Sadly no body stopped for the old man. I quickly rushed towards him, gave him a hand, helped him stand and rescued him to a chair in the gas station. Old man was constantly fumbling his pockets for something and he was just too feeble to utter even a single word. I tried to rub his chest and I felt there was something in his front pocket. I took it out and it turned out to be an inhaler. He quickly took some puffs and felt a little better. He asked for some sugar as he was also diabetic and probably the reason for him flipping over was that his sugar level went dangerously low. I asked him where hes coming from and whats his destination. He told me that he's a carpenter and he worked on a daily wage and that he didn't have any kids. He was going to the factory to see if its open and if he could get to work to earn his daily wage of 300 rupees. He further told me that he had to pay the electricity bill, rent and other utility bills. He wouldn't be able to feed his wife and himself if he didn't have work that day. Imagine a man aging 80,diabetic and asthmatic, traveling 14 miles on a bicycle on one of the biggest festive occasion of the year, looking for his daily wage. I was in two minds whether to help him financially or some other means. I took a currency note of 1000 Rs from my pocket and offered him. The old man with a big self esteem refused to take that amount saying that he was not a beggar and that he works with his bare hands to earn and off he went to his bicycle and disappeared.

That incident left a very huge mark on my life. I started to compare my myseries with the old and I found out that the comparison is not even possible except that my little daughter passed away at the age of 2 months. I couldn't sleep well a number of nights after that incident. I started to feel guilty whether I'm just another selfish human? What's the purpose of my life? Is my life, my dreams, my wishes more important than others? Do I have the right to be happy when others are not? How important is my own life? I pondered and pondered and pondered. Extremely depressed and low and then I came to a resolution and told myself that everybody lives for himself/herself in this world, you;re no different. There has to be a purpose of my life, running after material well being is surely not the purpose of this life and people around me are more important than my ownself.

I know people would disagree to that but thats how I have started to percieve things after that incident.

Umair...firstly thanks for sharing such a touching real life incident of your life here...definitely whoever will read it out here will learn something though that learning might be different then yours as different people perceive same thing in a different way as per their priorities..level of sensitivity..experiences in life so far n different other factors..

It might be just words for you that you might have heard from many but from my depth of heart I am so sorry to hear about your young daughter..you know this is where we see God n believe that yes there is someone who is driving us..taking decisions for our life..n time to time with different incidents in life telling us that He exist and He holds all the power..

We all have some gains n losses in life...n that's all life is all about..nothing but just an EXAM...what i have learned so far in my life is..limit your expectations from this world..as life after death is the real life..whatever we gain or loose in this life its just to test us by God..n in our life after death we ll be no doubt rewarded for our good deeds n will meet again all the loved ones that unfortunately we all have to loose at some point in this life..sooner or later..

I would just say it is right n good that you value others and think about them that deeply and find your happiness in their happiness but with that its not advisable that you start ignoring yourself..your own happiness n sorrows..Allah(God) have gifted you this life..so you also have a right to be happy and fulfill your desires and needs at least to an extend you can do..otherwise you will loose yourself one day or will be tired..which obviously is not healthy..just believe in God..if He takes something from you then He gifts you many things as well..I know there are so many happiness waiting for you in your life a head..Cheers!!

Peace!
Samrina

White walls;

dark inside...

Best Regards,

Samrina

Long winter nights;
Me n my cup of coffee...

Best Regards,
Samrina

You're Important...

Many of us spend most of our time in doing things what others want or expect us to do as our duties or responsibilities. It is true that it feels really great to do things for others and their happiness but with this most of the times we forget our own self...our desires..our wishes..our dreams..our happiness..and that ultimately lead us to depressions..lack of satisfaction..and can also make us feel as we are caught in an undertow of survival...

While fulfilling your responsibilities and making others happy we shouldn't forget that WE'RE IMPORTANT too...we also need our own time..our attention..and sometimes we also need to pamper our self and make our self happy..it is very important to know our self..our desires..our dreams..our true happiness n peace..

So just spare few minutes in your routine for your own self...look into your heart..explore yourself..your dreams..your desires..define your true happiness and peace..and then go for it!

Peace!

Samrina