Life

The unconscious is the key to all of life's pursuits.

-Carl Jung

Food

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating !
- Luciano Pavarotti

Divine Intervention

Sometimes we are forced into directions which we should have chosen ourselves, because sometimes we need that push to make tough decisions in Life.

-Poppy

Complicated Love

I met this really awesome guy, so great that he’s everything I could have wished for and more. But you know, life, it’s complicated. You would think that when someone so amazing comes into your life then things would just fall into place, well, no such luck, that happens only in the movies. So instead of the universe conspiring to help, it does exactly the opposite, it makes every single thing harder!

I think we spend our whole lives planning; there is always a grand plan. But how many of those plans actually work out? I mean really, how many? For, as far as, I can remember none of my plans have worked out till date. If there is an award for that, I’m getting it for sure. So instead of spending our time planning, we should spend our time planning to be surprised, so that when things don’t go our way, we are able to handle it better.

And love; well it’s an irrational feeling, when you feel happy and sad at the same time. It is one of the best and worst things that can happen to you. Definitely not recommended by me, but then who am I?

So then why do people bother falling in love, well I think love is like a light house, it keeps us on course when we cannot see anything else. And love can never be planned, it just happens, even when you don’t want it to. So even if you try your best to be aloof and assume that love will pass you by, when you least expect it, it will happen and then there is no escaping it.

I been trying to ignore it for a while thinking that the feeling would go away, because like I said, it’s complicated. But somehow the feeling keeps getting stronger and stronger. And then I see him and suddenly for the first time in weeks, I don’t feel like crying and I ask myself, what are we doing?? Life’s too short! What are we doing??!

-Poppy

Life

When your young your whole life is about the pursuit of fun, then you grow up and learn to be cautious because you could break a bone or a heart. You start to look before you leap and some times you don't leap at all because there isn't anyone to catch you. In life there is no safety net, but when did life stop being fun and start being scary ?!

-Paraphrased from "Sex in the City"

Passion

There would be no passion in this world if we never had to fight for what we love.
-Susie Switzer

Choices

When we make choices, we also choose the consequences !

Love

I just realised that being with someone you love is like eating an icecream. You just know that you don't want to be anywhere else doing anything else right then!

Favorite Songs for the month of May

• I Feel You -Schiller
• I hope you dance - Lee Ann Womack
• Heart of Mine - Peter Sallet
• Come Back to Me -David Cook
• By your Side -Sade
• Gotta Be Somebody -Nickelback

Change

I’ve realised in life that sometimes everything has to change in order for it to be the same. We need to move, grow and if we are lucky the people we love are moving and growing too so that at some point in the future we’ll all find ourselves right back at the start.

- Paraphrased from the Book , “You are Here” by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

Mothers

All that I am or hope to be , I owe to my mother.

Happy Mothers Day Mommie !

Dad

Any man can be a Father. It takes someone special to be a Dad.

-Dedicated in Memory of the Most Important Man in my Life

Moving On

There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go.

-Author Unknown

Memories

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

-From the television show, "The Wonder Years"

Life

Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.

-Poppy

Understanding a Relationship

What ultimately defines a relationship, is another relationship.

-Poppy

Thought for the Day

Sometimes we are so busy helping others with their lives that we save our lives for later.

-Poppy

How do you know when it's right ?!!!

In matters of the heart how does one know when it’s right? Is being comfortable with someone a sign that they are right for you or is it a sign that there is no chemistry? Is liking someone a good enough reason to marry them or should you feel passionately about them? Is being able to talk to someone important for a marriage or is it more important to be with someone whom you find it difficult to stop talking to? Is having a well educated mate more important that having a considerate one? Is having the same interests important or is it opposites which attract? Is it more important to find someone you can live with or someone you can’t live without? Is it better to be with someone who never disagrees with you or someone whom you fight with regularly? Is coming from the same type of family background and value system important enough for you to marry someone for those reasons or is it just a pre-requisite? Is a relationship which looks good on paper as good in real life? Is hesitation a sign that this is not the right person for you or is it a sign that you are just not ready for commitment?

I’ve thought about it a lot and I think maybe there are no right answers, right moments or right guys. Maybe you just have to go with your heart….

-Poppy

Relationships

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and I feel that at the end of the day all that anyone really wants, is to be close to someone. So while most of us who have been hurt make appearances about keeping our distance it’s all an eye wash. For at some point you have to make a decision, because making boundaries doesn’t really keep other people out, it just fences you in.

So instead of wasting your life drawing lines and making up excuses to keep people out, it’s just easier to go out there and meet new people. And as you get to know people better, you’ll find that there are certain people who stick by you no matter what happens and those are the people you need to identify and hold on to. Those are the ones worth keeping.

And yes, there is the chance that you will get hurt. But maybe we all need some pain, maybe we are just made that way. Otherwise we wouldn’t know a good thing when we saw it.

So at the end of the day, there are some relationships which we would sooner forget, some which we can’t keep silent about, some which we keep to ourselves, but every now and then there comes one which just speaks for itself!

-Poppy

Love

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

-Agatha Christie