31 Mar 2008
by amruta
in Blogroll, Feeling Good Good Good!!
Tags: Milestones, Thanks, Wishes
So finally, my blog has been able to register 10000 hits!!
Whoa!!! Amn’t I glad!! It’s been quite some time since I started it, so this event is all the more special to me!
So this is a big ‘Thank You’ note as well to all my readers, and a promise to myself to write more substantial stuff now!
Thanks to you all, and best wishes to me!
Bye for now!!
25 Feb 2008
by amruta
in Blogroll, Feeling Good Good Good!!, What I hear, n what I read........
Tags: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sucess
Another poem I came across and really liked!! Enjoy!
What is Success?
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by
a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed
easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
14 Aug 2007
by amruta
in Blogroll, Feeling Good Good Good!!, Man is a social animal!
This is a world of give-n-take!!! Gifts, as I have lately begun to realize are not meant to express happiness, gratitude, encouragement, or even love. In today’s times, its just business. I, as u must’ve realised, am strongly opposed to this. Anyways, yeah, so receiving gifts these days is no longer an excitement. But it was not so yesterday. We had an Independance day event with the kids of the school where I go to teach.(You must’ve got an idea about what I am talking if you have followed/read my earlier blogs, so won’t dwelve further into it!)I was very tired after the event, and was standing there, lost in my own thoughts.
We had distributed chocolate bars amongst the kids during prize distribution. Suddenly, one of the kids, Ketan, came to me and told me, “Tai he ghya chocolate tumhala majhyakadun, tumhi itkya chhan ahat mhanun!!” Which means, “Here’s a chocolate from me to you, coz u r soo nice!”
I was floored, seriously!!! I didn’t even know what to say!! I didn’t even know what to do!!! Having an under-privileged kid sacrifice his chocolate because he appreciates you and your efforts really gives you a high, doesn’t it?? I went ahead, and took the chocolate, and gave Ketan a bigg hug!! He smiled, spoke a few things wid me, and went away, and I stood there, overcome with so many emotions, one of my most prized <or should I say, priceless> gifts, and the reinstated belief, that the good you do always comes around!!