Beauty

i have always wanted to share my thoughts about beauty.

Does beauty lie in the eyes of the beholder?

hmmm, let us see.......i can say that i have an eye for beauty.......i look around and observe and appreciate beauty.........

beauty of the first golden ray of the sun filtering thru my window..........
beauty of a child's innocent smile........
beauty of a tear drop........
beauty of the dew drops on freshly bloomed roses........
beauty of the multi coloured wings of a gorgeous butterfly.....
beauty of a long stretch of road, during autumn, covered with brown leaves.......leaving the trees bare......

and the list goes on.........

I was sitting under the shade of a big tree near my university........trying to read materials to get my essay started......and my mind started wandering......

nature is so beautiful......i was surrounded by green trees in full bloom, beds of violet, pink and yellow flowers.......breathing in the fresh air........we take so little notice of these things.......we are always in a hurry......hurry to catch the bus, hurry to finish eating.......hurry to finish our degrees, hurry to start working, hurry to acquire the materialistic pleasures which we feel will make our life a much better place.......chasing some elusive dream and never quite knowing when we are or will be satisfied.......

in this process, we lose sight of things which really matter.........maybe i am generalising but i see a trend.......fast life.....work hard, play hard cultures.....

anyway......if we just stop to look around us and appreciate these little things, i think our lives will be much better and we will gain that fulfillment of having lived a meaningful life.......of course this does not mean that we shouldnt have a goal and work towards it.....but what i am saying is, we should not lose focus and be self absorbed to the extent that we forget there is a life beyond...........

i drifted apart from my topic.......but will get back to it soon................

a big welcome

heyyy u all.......thanx for visiting my blog.......well, anyone and everyone is having a blog these days.......so i thought 'why the hell not' and decided to give it a shot......i have been putting it off and off but finally, i roused myself enough to type a few lines.....

just a week back i purchased a journal....with a beautiful embossing of the word ''thoughts''.......it was a soft velvet material in a pleasing sky blue colour......i was all hyped up about writing my own journal....hmm.......i have never been the diary keeping sort.......too secretive for that.....but nevertheless wanted to have the experience.......as with all my ''projects'' i was more interested in starting.......i wrote for the first two days and got bored (how typical).....oh well, hope the blog keeps me interested for a bit long.......

so here goes......

thoughts and emotions (my first page in the journal which i am gonna transfer thru and then will continue updating here itself).....what a waste of 20 bucks......

what are thoughts? are they feelings, emotions or is it just a product of an idle brain?

i feel thoughts are the fodder for our feelings....a springboard from which we experience our emotions.......it is very vital that we share our thoughts.....it could be with a friend, spouse, partner, parents, brother, sister or anyone.......but if u have trust issues, it could be just a simple matter of writing it on a piece of paper.........but share we must.......this sharing gives u an incredible sense of freedom.....it brings the person with whom u are sharing undeniably closer.....the word intimate could also be used, i suppose.......

u dont know how powerful/effective just jotting down ur thoughts can be......its not just about expressing, it is a chance to be ourselves.....even if for just 2 mins while we ramble on either on a piece of paper......or a blog.....or to someone..........it is about experiencing the real us.....our dreams, aspirations.....stripped of everything else but just our naked souls........

so......let the journey begin..........thru this incredible world of internet.....which has made the world smaller than ever before........................................

until my next post...........ciao..........