My beliefs

Reading Kaya's post today made me remember my much younger days.
My mother had an excellent taste, she liked to buy lovely household stuff, and all used to be kept in a cupboard to be used when some guests would be served. She had lovely sarees, and dresses which were kept neatly hung or folded away, worn for parties or whenever we did go to any ones place formally. Whenever she was told to get rid of some kind of glassware she would not be able to part from it. Over the years these things accumulated to an extremely size able amount and my mother's health deteriorated. I being the only child, when got married, also moved out. Time passed. Then after both of my parents passed away and i had to vacate the house, was sitting amidst a pile of plates and cups and other tremendous amount of glassware and wondering as to all these things which my mother collected, were they worth the effort?
'i was actually giving almost everything away to anyone who wanted something or to some deserving people we knew. Even her clothes many of them not even worn for a solitary time were to be given away, i did keep a few for remembrance sake. I was told that if she had given all these things away in her lifetime she would have earned the blessings but now all the blessings will go to the one who gives for charity.
All this may make someone feel that my mother was a miser who never opted for charity, this was not so. Point being, why do we collect all that we can never use, why not collect friends, blessings, happiness and save a lot of dusting time!
I, on the other hand use as soon as i buy, i do buy lovely dishes and stuff but use it for our daily use, not wait for someone to come, isn't my family special enough! i love good clothes but make as many as required.
Perhaps my mother would not agree but these are my beliefs!

The simple pleasues in life

Life is so busy and a whole lot of times, very depressing. In such a time simple pleasures in life add meaning to life.

Among such pleasures are my biennial date with my husband. We spend a whole day together, go places eat out, we don’t think of the home, children and any other responsibilities. This is not any set day; it can be anytime during the year when we feel we both have the time and then we simply quit every thing and go!

We keep the romance in our lives very much alive.

So near yet so far away

Living in an area in UAE which is bang opposite the Etisalat building, can you imagine that I can not be connected to E vision or a broad band connection!!! Why you would ask? There is no cable in my area. Or if there is some other reason, the dear Etisalat ppl don’t tell us clearly. So frustrating!!

Have been meaning to write for quite some time but really how time flies. The past few days passed like a whirlwind. There was a syllabus to complete, deadlines to meet, at all times the feeling that I can still do a better job at passing my message through and hence extra practice sheets had to be made. And then when all this concluded, came to know that there was a staff meeting, with a question mark in my mind as to the reason of the meeting for now the exams were just round the corner, I was sitting on my chair engrossed in my thoughts, when suddenly we see some certificates being arranged on the table and then it is declared that some awards are being initiated to appreciate the staff, the first was
The Prize for Distinguished Teaching, I say, ok, and Then I look at the projector screen, What! No way! My name is the third one in a list of six names, all being awarded!!

With an expression of dis-belief, I walk up and receive my certificate and cash reward. Back on my seat, I look around, I see people congratulating me, I thank them, the ceremony proceeds, a lot of more certificates of appreciation are given out, then came the worst time of all, I see a lot of tearful faces, people with questions on their face asking why not us???????

I was very happy, just a moment ago and now I am feeling bad, why does this happen to me, I did work very hard, I know I did deserve recognition but then when it upsets other people around me, I get disturbed! Why does this happen to me?