Year End Memories

We are almost at the end of the year. How do you feel? I know it's sad that we are leaving behind our 2016 memories, but we are glad that a new year is beginning. 

Before few months, I was doing my regular mundane work of taking care of my home and family like everyone else. Slowly, the corporate dream within myself emerged wanting me to work as the boys grew up. When I started searching for jobs, I got few lucrative offers. When I was about to sign one of the offers, I asked myself, is this what I wanted to do on a long run. 

After a long thought process for a week, I realized my interest or my passion was somewhere else. I found I liked myself to spend time with the children. I like being with them, talking and discussing anything under the sun. So I thought, why not to choose the same as my passion. 

Hence the birth of 'Story Carpet". I don't look at this as a company or brand, instead of a mission to achieve greater transformation for children and parents including myself. It has been a great year by conducting "Story Carpet " programs in Schools and Corporates with various sessions and transformed around 2000 children. Apart from these, we have released 50 Audio Stories through WhatsApp every week. We also have plans to include various programs to benefit children.

At the end of the day, I always get to hear an appreciation from a parent or teacher. Personally, I know many children don't go to sleep without listening stories from Story Carpet. It is very fulfilling when a parent calls and enquire about the delay in posting the audio story. 

I was only a homemaker before a couple of months. Now, you all know the story of Story Carpet. Every one of you has a dream or passion. It is not necessary to do the same work every day if you don't like it. As the New Year is going to dawn within few days, let the New you begin a new vibe with a new dream or passion. 

Hunt your passion in the darkest hour.Figuring out the right substance for you will prolong your energy for lifelong and emerge as a star of the universe and emerge as a star of the universe.  You can always reach out to me if you need anything for your children or yourself. 

Wishing you a Happy New Year. A year to dream, work hard and achieve the goal with lots of fun and energy. May you find your biggest passion and reach heights in your life.

You can view the details of "Story Carpet" in the below link:
https://www.facebook.com/StoryCarpet/ 

Ramadan Realizations

Sometimes being away from social media gives a lot of time for other priorities in life. I completely enjoyed the month of fasting and Ramadan.  Fasting, if we adhere properly brings out the best for all of us. Patience and Perseverance has been restored during the final days of fasting. The best thing is that my elder son got the hang of it and his fasting rate has improved drastically from the last year. 

When we follow the rituals as like the way it has to be followed, there will be a sense of completeness after the finish. When we value and nurture the same aroma of childhood like ours, we can expect the same from our children. As a whole I am completely satisfied with the way fasting started and ended. I feel a complete finish. I wish and pray the Almighty to give us all the same feelings and goodness to follow year after year for us as well as the future generation. 

Love

Love expressed at the right time will bring memories of ecstasy. After watching this video, I felt more loving and caring. 

Also I remembered these lines from Kahlil Gibran 

"Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you"

This video speaks all about love. No wonder you will be in tears after watching this. Let the love overflow from within and make a difference to your loved ones. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SMpx-1dV24

Linking to 15th day of UBC

Journey with my Father

Tiny little fingers holding very tight,
They embarked on a journey as a moving light.
Months passed, Years rolled,
Every little moment was a precious delight!

Love wrapped in dhoti,
And all great values as virtue,
A simple man among the ordinary,
Life was a breeze, but more than merry.

He was with me in every travel,
He walked with me in all the gravel.
 Life was a thorn in many occasions,
But, he withstood strong as the ocean.

He is my father alias ‘Mother’,
His care is beyond compare.
I have grown tall and my world is big,
Still, I am always his tiny twig.

Mood Swings

Last week was full of festive mood being Diwali as the occasion. Sweets and Savories were at home in large number and the kids had so much fun eating them. I had to keep an eye on all the intake they were about to consume for the day. Even if I don't buy it comes from neighbors and well wishers. My sons after having spicy treats they ask for sweets then they ask for Spicy treats. This was a routine and it was kept going on for few days. This made me think that even in life too we are like those little kids, when some events make us upset, we always look forward for the sweet happenings in our life. Eventually life takes its turns and most of the times it is topsy-turvy. If we can start enjoying all the moments what life can bring across, definitely we will be able to enjoy the platter in front of us may be it is spicy at times and too sweet in the other times. All moments in the virtue of shaping us for a better tomorrow.

Movie time

We had a complete Black Out for few days and even the internet is gone for a while. Chennai's weather made me to indulge in a movie after a very long time. Only I had the DVD "Lord of the Rings". Usually kids won't be there when I watch a movie. This time my younger son around 4.5 years stayed for sometime to watch with me. I was observing him while watching the same. In the late night when we went to bed together he asked me "Can we discuss something about the movie". I was ...totally surprised when he asked me that question. With a surprising smile I said "Yes honey we can discuss". He told me "The moral of the movie is that, Always good sustains at the end and Bad will always get punished". If I look at it deeply because we enforce being good, intake good and speak good all the time, this has deeply enrooted in him to think that way. I am glad that he picked only the goal of the movie and not the process.

Lasting Memories

Roaring Storm
Gusting winds
Swaying tree branches

Well lit moonlight
Feathery clouds
Came together,
To make an
ever lasting memory
I am submerged
Completely in their lovely warmth
I expect them to return
Again in high spirit and full speed
To spread the warmth, joy and peace
In Tis' momentum of life

#Memories #Rain