Our lives entered into yet another great year and now it's almost end of first month. Most of us make lots of resolutions for the new year, looking forward for the FUTURE to fulfill our wishes. But how about PAST? Is it completely gone from our life?
Whenever I hear someone saying PAST IS PAST, wonder if that's really true. Past has so many good and bad memories mixed together. What should we do out of it? Good memories set path for success in the future whereas bad memories showcase what went wrong and also set path for success, only if interpreted in a correct way. It's all about the way we think.
Mind accumulates so many memories over time. After a while, feels like we are dreaming into past, vague faces, clear faces with forgotten names etc...etc... But few memories make such great impression on our lives, we never want to forget them, even if we want to, our poor heart doesn't let them go. I still remember my teacher scolding me for not trimming my nails. I was in 3rd grade and really took it to heart...of course who wants to be scolded in front of other kids ;-). But one thing I can never forget is the fact she told "there is so much dirt under your nails, you need to trim them and keep them clean". From that point onwards, even if I want to grow my nails, her words remind me to trim them. Small things, but change the way we live, again depends on how we take it.
Recently I stayed with my friend in Banglore. Almost after 15 years, we still cherish the combined studies, sleep over in each other's place and great meals provided by our parents. These memories have no success or failure tagged to them, but bring a BIG smile on our faces.
And there is this PAST that has memories of innocence and eagerness to compete with others for no reason. Still remember SANKRANTI when my father (not my mother) used to help us in doing Rangoli. The famous Rangoli for us was the beautiful peacock. After I clean and wax the floor with cow dung, my father used to help me in making the designs which were not typical Rangoli patters, but modern art ;-). Then I fill the colors with my brother's help. We used to stay up all night to make it perfect and make sure ours is the best in the colony. We even mixed Upma Rava instead of sand/rangoli to give extra effect to the Peacock, but we had to guard it from ants and other animals ;-). Good lesson learned out of innocence which again brings a BIG smile on our faces.
And there are some memories that inspire us to mimic PAST. One instance is the Bhogi day meals we had at home. Visit my food blog to get a flavor of my PAST. Nevertheless to say, PAST is PAST, but our future is definitely reflection of our PAST. Have a great YEAR ahead and do cherish all those memories you spent with your loves ones.
Whenever I hear someone saying PAST IS PAST, wonder if that's really true. Past has so many good and bad memories mixed together. What should we do out of it? Good memories set path for success in the future whereas bad memories showcase what went wrong and also set path for success, only if interpreted in a correct way. It's all about the way we think.
Mind accumulates so many memories over time. After a while, feels like we are dreaming into past, vague faces, clear faces with forgotten names etc...etc... But few memories make such great impression on our lives, we never want to forget them, even if we want to, our poor heart doesn't let them go. I still remember my teacher scolding me for not trimming my nails. I was in 3rd grade and really took it to heart...of course who wants to be scolded in front of other kids ;-). But one thing I can never forget is the fact she told "there is so much dirt under your nails, you need to trim them and keep them clean". From that point onwards, even if I want to grow my nails, her words remind me to trim them. Small things, but change the way we live, again depends on how we take it.
Recently I stayed with my friend in Banglore. Almost after 15 years, we still cherish the combined studies, sleep over in each other's place and great meals provided by our parents. These memories have no success or failure tagged to them, but bring a BIG smile on our faces.
And there is this PAST that has memories of innocence and eagerness to compete with others for no reason. Still remember SANKRANTI when my father (not my mother) used to help us in doing Rangoli. The famous Rangoli for us was the beautiful peacock. After I clean and wax the floor with cow dung, my father used to help me in making the designs which were not typical Rangoli patters, but modern art ;-). Then I fill the colors with my brother's help. We used to stay up all night to make it perfect and make sure ours is the best in the colony. We even mixed Upma Rava instead of sand/rangoli to give extra effect to the Peacock, but we had to guard it from ants and other animals ;-). Good lesson learned out of innocence which again brings a BIG smile on our faces.
And there are some memories that inspire us to mimic PAST. One instance is the Bhogi day meals we had at home. Visit my food blog to get a flavor of my PAST. Nevertheless to say, PAST is PAST, but our future is definitely reflection of our PAST. Have a great YEAR ahead and do cherish all those memories you spent with your loves ones.
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