A secret letter to God.............. my heartfelt gratitude to Him.

 

 Dear God,

With more than what

That makes one’s life happy

I thank thee, dear God

For generously blessing me.

 

With loving parents

And a superb bro

You nurtured me

Gushing my heart, with love, to flow.

You filled my life with dedicated teachers

You placed them as stars in the night sky

Yet within reach, which was frequent

You guided me, showed me the path to LOVE LIFE

 

Then you gave me the grace to hear your call

And with the greatest blessing of Our Wondrous Queen

Loving and firm; Mother and Warrior,

You both held my hand and made me a Man.

Interspersed with water vapor, as in a rainbow

Invisible, yet with the sole reason, for the magic of light

Just as the same for my meaningful life

Are the formators who gave me their precious effort and time.

An encouraging pat, a loving smile

A funny name that comes straight from the heart

Makes me feel so alive, and happy, and love lost

Grateful indeed for friends, whom I sincerely trust.

Silly things, that we might laugh on

Being there, especially in times of need

Like salt and spice that makes food tasty

Thanks God, for this fantabulous community

You gave me life on this special day

At the start of the novena for your coming

To prepare the Way for you dear Lord

May with many hearts, my mission be.

Thanks indeed for your many blessings,

Heart-touching encounters with people

with many soul-raising experiences

And especially for this wondrous life

Yes, life – L I F E

Love In Full-on Experience

ANGEL...............Waiting for one

                                                    Hiiiiiiiiiii !!!!!!! It’s nice to see YOU here….

I had written this poem when I was at a stage where I had to make a firm decision. I was a little bit confused. Writing your feelings do help, so I did the same. I am posting this poem, because it makes me look back on life and sets me thinking and thus renews my life. It can help someone………
Who knows how God works!!!!  So here is the poem for you………

    Angel....... waiting for one

To come into my life

And lighten it with all that she has

The Power, the Smile,

And most of all – Love

That only She can provide.

 Love and not lust, that I seek,

To express

And in this beautiful process

Bare out my heart, my feelings,

My whole self, all that I am.

I know, somehow I just know

That there is THE ONE waiting for me

Is it a game?

Do I have two lives?

Commitment !!! This word loaded with meanings

Haunts me, for I have already given

Myself to THE GREATEST ONE

Yet I believe that HE knows my heart

That I want to spread HIS love

To the whole world.

To see the radiating happiness in people’s faces

Is my wish. I hope that will be

My battery to continue HIS work.

But I long to experience love, first.

I know that THE GREATEST ONE  loves me

But I – a normal human being

Want to feel it in a tangible way.

Could it be possible that I am

Mixing up the two?

Immature though my wish be

I am happy that I could atleast bring it out.

Words!!! Can you do this for me?

To express what I really feel?

Religious Life, so holy, so family like

This was my previous presumption

I guess that no one can escape the jungle.

Man is an animal, the intelligent animal

But yet an animal after all

You fend for yourself,

Remember your stomach is yours,

Your life is yours,

Your heart is yours, not someone else’s.

Happiness, like a magnet, attracts many.

Am I a tissue paper? Use and Throw?

Where and how doesn’t matter.

You have value only when you are of use.

‘We don’t need a human being,’

That’s the feeling I receive.

 A human being who has feelings, emotions

Who can spread happiness by simply being.

But what People need

Is not a ‘Being’ but a ‘Doer.’

They seem to give worth or rather weigh

A person by the many things he can DO.

God, my Love, THE GREATEST ONE,

Send down your Angel

Or teach me to look into the Heart

And help many to do the same.

I’ll wait, till I die,

Atleast then will I be assured of meeting YOU,

My GF......

MY GREATEST FRIEND,

THE ONE,

THE GREATEST ONE.

What is it to be Holy???

“You’ve got to find what you love,” said Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios. Joining the Seminary, wanting to serve the Lord by spreading His love to all people, I wanted to taste holiness. Within some weeks, I was lost because my idea of holiness was taking a roller coaster ride, visiting areas which I never dreamed of.

Well, what do you say? What is holiness according to you? Will you consider a person holy, who sits in the church all day, mesmerized in his conversation with God? Or will you call a person holy, who has a heart for all people? Yes, I do want to become holy. But how, that was the question pricking my mind.

It was only later, in my living the consecrated life that I grasped the concept of holiness and now I am working to embrace it and become one, or rather being open to His Grace and allowing it to work in my life. I am happy to share it with you.

Prayer is important, firstly. That internal connection once established, it will automatically push you to be loving, to be kind to all peoples. Because once tasting the Lord, no one can but want everyone to have the same experience. In the sharing of this wonderful experience, one may feel his energy drained out. It is then, prayer acts as a battery charger. The internal relationship blossoms forth in our external relationships.
Now, here comes the tricky part. We are not all same. We have different genes, different looks, different tastes, different interests and different likings. Why? Because each one of us has a mission to make this world a beautiful place, which no one else but oneself can do.  Just to give an example, in a management crew, each person is trained for a specific work to do. The effectiveness of the whole group depends on each member. 

In the same way, we all have a specific mission by which we can contribute. In doing so one becomes holy. Just look around, people have different interests in which they can blossom to the full. How to fulfill this mission and be holy? 
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. 
They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Be a live bomb, living life!!! Not to destroy and spread hatred but to LOVE  and heal all broken hearts. 
BE A LOVE BOMB !!!

The Challenge to be Human (2)

                    The 21^st century can be rightly called a technocratic era. The uncried theme for this century is – Machines replacing men. 

Look at it from any angle; Work – efficiently done by machines, replacing manual labour; Communication – automated! Even love and friendship are brought under its mantle.

Two lovers (of post-romantic stage) or say friends, even when close to each other would prefer to log onto whatsapp and chat than to hold hands and talk. We all have time to glance over a text sent but no time to look into the eyes of a person crying for your presence. We all have time to read someone’s status but no heart to really ask and be with the person in reality.

See who have become our friends! People wearing masks??? Maybe, because we have more time for gadgets than for real people. Communication makes life easy, right? That’s correct! But what is the use communication without the meeting (atleast the intention of meeting) of two hearts?

Think about it!!!

Do something special today – Smile, shake hands, pat your friend's back and give a tight hug with a genuine and a sincere heart. This assurance will surely uplift that person with the hope that YES! No matter what you are there for him/her.

The Challenge to be Human (1)

In this fast paced world, people tend to be busy all their lives. Love and concern for others find place only in blogs and  books. Profit for oneself has become the guiding principle for all our dealings.

A flower that gives fragrance would lose heart if it gives its fragrance with the sole expectation of having a person enjoying it. In the same way, a person would plunge into depression, when he find no one by his/her side when s/he feels low. EXPECTATIONS – the precursor of the ‘DEATH’ of HAPPINESS.

            What do we do? A flower has no option but to give out its fragrance. But we, fellow Human Beings have a choice. We can make ourselves ‘Human’ to the full sense of the term, and open our heart for people to reside. Give a listening ear (not advice) which is very difficult, since it is non-profit oriented. Give our time to the people who need it. And thus we shall make this planet a better place to live in.

            Let us do something special today – Just let a person know that you are there for that person, right now and in the ages to come.

WAVING HANDS…..WITH HEARTS TO LOVE

Sitting on the terrace of a tall structure

I see plants, trees, birds, nests, buildings, towers, men and women.

A graceful wind blows

Leaves dance, they shimmer

Why? Even the paper on which I write flutters.

The breeze has a cooling effect on me,

Ruffling my hair as it brushes past.

Some leaves fall from their trees,

Birds fly to their nests.

I see humankind, men and women scurrying away in their motors.

BUSY? With what I intend to ask…

No time to enjoy the beauty that’s around

No time to feel the Love that’s always there.

O God what a mess we have here……I complain

But on a second thought, I say

It’s not their fault that this is the situation

And I thank God for bringing me here,

Giving me the opportunity to enjoy and just ‘BE.’

Lost in the enjoyment, with a calming smile on my face

I look, see and feel the caring hands of a Superior Being.

A beautiful little girl maybe of 10 or 11

Spots me high atop the building

With her sweet face, I could make out

That she too wanted to be here

And enjoy this experience.

She waves to me, I reciprocate

and in her innocence

Tugs at her dad’s sleeves and points at me.

Just a second of a glance gifted to me,

He bends down

And with a gentle smile, together with the child

Waves back to me

I thank God for making us

With hearts to love.

They search for me once again

When they are at the turn of the road

And then, are lost into the maze of life.