"Feel GOOD" Memories...

Yesterday, I was late to leave from work. Not wanting to miss my fast train, I and a friend walking with quite some speed.
Subconsciously, I started finding triangles in the traffic and turnings on the road & slopes. I would picture the triangle, and walk on the hypotenuse! When my friend didnt follow my path, I said it aloud, "Dont you know the 'Pythagoras theorm'. Its best to apply it here. We walk less this ways". With that I started grinning, glimpsed proud faces of all my MATH teachers, right there :)

Well the story doesn't end here!

We reached the station and found a train on the platform. Hardly 1 min difference, but I couldnt reach the platform in time. Once, last week, similar situation, and lost in my thoughts, I ended up catching a train for the wrong destination. Never realised till I "felt" train was heading in the wrong direction. Phew! it had cost me another 30 mins! :)
Anyways, so yesterday I luckily saw another fast train due in 2 mins. I dashed to the regular platform, only to find that train on another. Grumpy in my mood, I was looking absently at the slow train coming on my platform. Tried to cheer myself, that there must be a spl reason to why I missed it. And there stood my spl reason :))
An old lady, all white hair, 1 tooth missing and big frown lines was standing at the compartment door. She saw me, and her face lit up with a cute "Thank-heavens" half-smile! The door step was at some reasonable height, and she wanted me to lend her a hand of support.
Her firm grip, lovely smile, just made up my mood. Though she would have sought help from someone or the other, the fact that it was me, brightened my heart.

These tiny things are what I call my "Feel GOOD" memories... subtle actions with big ear-to-ear grins :)))

A Day Full of Smiles...

Its one of my favourite gifts
those contended faces, twinkling eyes...
.. big big grins or tiny half-smiles

The day would always remain hectic
To remove those frown lines...smile definitely is the best antiseptic!

Think about those monotonous days
All work... only work...serious - sarcastic puns...
it seemed dreadful to even mention fun!

Glum faces, tired eyes..
Drooping shoulders, suffocating ties...
Agreed the walk lasted miles, but doesnt mean its a ban on smiles!

Few laughter gags or giggling spurts..
Girls and guys, loosen you belts for the "say cheese" bursts!

Mellow down a lil in your formal attire
Greet everyone with a wishful smile..not satire!

Fill ur days full of smiles :))))
happy or sad..smile it away..take it in your stride..
Live this unique life, the smiling stylE!

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Semicolons ";" I face :)

These days the frequency of semicolons in my life keeps high! Today, I sat down to analyse.. what is it after all...

Sometimes, rather most of the times, we lose out on what we bank on the most!So many times, we excuse ourselves as adults! The kids get scoldings, punishments while the adults are excused. Practically its the adults who make bigger mistakes, who rather not learn from their mistakes, who risk more than necessary to repeat the cause of the mistake.

Why is it that we do not follow that strict regime that we were advised to, as kids! Why most of our time is spent in just temporary stitch ups, and we miss to take those wisest decisions in time!
Finally, we realise we are in a big time soup and its rather difficult a task to gather ourselves together and start afresh.

The good thing is, we know we have done it as kids, and would be able to do it time and again.
Its that sturdy faith that adulthood bestows on us :)

For those of you, who think this isn't your life that I'm speaking about.. do pat your back and keep checking yourself that you never fall into this puddle.For the rest of us, yes.. we know its a puddle! Why is it that we aren't ready to admit it.. lets just take our first step out of the puddle.. and Faith will do the rest. Amen! :)