He is the ONE

God is the only person who can satisfy me – no one else
God is the only person who can protect me - no one else
God is the only person who can save me – no one else
God is the only person who can love me for who I am – no one else
God is the only person who can guide me – on one else

God is the only person who will always be there
God is the only person who will be that constant friend for me
God is the only person who will understand me
God is the only person who truly cares for me
God is the only person who can

encourage me, motivate me, and give me strength at all times

God is the only person who will know me
For its him, who created me
He knows me from day one, and also before I came here
He knows where I have been; he also knows where I am going next
He knows every inch of my body, mind and soul
For its him, who created me

I am no secret to him
I am no mystery to him
I am no surprise to him
I am no accident to him
For I am here, only because he wanted me to

and I will stay as long as he wants me to

He will take me in, when I am no longer needed on this earth

I am his Child,
He is my Creator
He is my Guide
He is my eternal Friend
He is my life Partner
He is my Teacher
He is my Savior
He is ALL in ONE
He is ALL I need
And he is the ONE

God is the only person I truly need to have
I have God and I always knew this
Then why am I wasting everyday looking for substitutes?
Why am I wasting my time and energy?
Who am I looking for?
Who am I waiting for?
What am I looking for?
What am I waiting for?

God is with me, right here, right now
He is with me, within me and around me
Just like always
Why do I forget this truth every now and then?
And waste my time?
Get out of track?
Get all confused?
Get all upset?

I want to remember this every single day
Every single day when I wake up in the morning
And just before I go to bed
And also in between
I want to remember this, regardless what kind of day I have
He is the ONE for me

and HE is with me

Have you found the ONE for YOU?

Giving a Hand

Have you ever tried to help someone out of the goodness of your heart and found later that you have fallen in the pit with him or her? Have you tried to give a person a hand whom you think is in a pit and found out that actually the very same person had pulled you inside the pit? And now you are struggling to come out yourself? Help!.. Help!!.. there isn’t anyone to help you. Now it becomes your job to come out.

I have experienced this a few times, where I have tried to help some one come of the tunnel but the very same had pulled me inside.

I am learning to use caution with people I am trying to help. First of all, if a person does not want be helped you really cant help them. Some people become very comfortable living in side the pit or the tunnel. It becomes their comfort zone. And they don’t make any attempts to come out simply because they love it there. You may not see it, but they are there, because most of them want to. They have no intensions of moving out even if there is plenty of help.

If you are in the helping field like I am, we must exercise caution. It’s a noble thing to help others and as humans we must. However, we must also understand the powers we have and we don’t have. A person must open his or her heart to be helped, if they don’t, unfortunately no matter how much we love them or care for them, we cant do much. We surely can pray, and ask God to make an intervention but we can not help them if they don’t want to be helped. Sure! This is not easy, because we want our loved ones to be safe and happy but we must also understand that just because we love or care for a person we cant make the wrong right. We must also be cautious not to fall in the pit. As I mentioned earlier, I have experienced this a few times in my life, where I have tried to pull someone out of the pit and instead, they have pulled me inside. And then, it’s hard for me to come back up, the person inside with me has no interest in coming up, in fact, the person has gotten so comfortable inside that he/she has made a home there, and they are actually happy there, singing their own blue songs, and throwing pity parties, and they are not even missing the sunshine.

This can happen to the best of us. So lets be careful. Of course, we must help others around us, give a person a hand and try to get them back on track, we are trying to do this while we are also struggling to stay on track. But for some reason if the person does not want to come out, then we must pray for them and move on. Make genuine efforts, but know your limits and boundaries. Know what you can and cannot do for a person. Let them know if they need help you are there to help. Getting ourselves burnt is not right. We are individually responsible for our own lives. Staying on track and coming out of the tunnel is our responsibility too. At the end of the day, we are responsible and accountable for us.

In your attempt to help another, do you notice yourself falling in the pit? Please dont.. use caution.

Are you ready for Spring?

Ahhhhh… I feel it.. I feel it..
It’s coming.. Its’s coming.. . Spring is coming…

Spring is my most favorite season.. to me, Spring means there is hope, that things will start to grow back and bloom again.. Its not just weather wise but I think it applies to life too.. to our lives.. to yours and mine… its an opportunity to start again, once again, sometimes, just from scratch.. to perhaps make some wrongs right, to shake off the past, let things go, to step forward with a spring.. Spring… Spring of Life!

Its time to start life again, for some of us, and here is the opportunity.. so lets take it.. Once again God has given us a new season, and perhaps you have a new reason for this new season. May be this is the time. We all have an amazing life, when we are alive we can do wonderful things.. So lets welcome Spring with open arms, and open hearts.. Time to step out once again with joy and hope, here’s another chance.. lets grab it and make it our BEST!

Are you ready? Spring is coming..

What's in your Goody Bag?

I missed writing. I realize how much I have missed it. I have always loved to write, I guess its because it is my favourite method of communication. I still prefer a letter over a phone call or an e-mail or a text mesg. Perhaps I am from the old school. Geez, this shows my age!

When I am writing, I feel I am closer to my true self. Its not that I am a great writer, and personally I don’t care if I am or not, but it makes me happy. Through writing I am able to express my true feelings. If you notice I can write about nothing. I guess this is what I am doing now too.

We each have a few God given gifts and talents in our Goody Bags. And its up to each of us to take a look at our own Goody Bags and utilize what we are given. For some it could be dancing, singing, performing, composing, painting, etc., But we each have something of our own, that makes us true to ourselves and unique. These gifts, one can fine tune it for sure; and some do, and become world class with what they got. But even if you don’t go to that extend you can still make use of it. And when you do, you feel good, even if you know that you are not world class, still there is a greater sense of satisfaction.

So take a look at your Goody Bag today, see what’s inside and pull out a few and try. We tend to look at what others have in their Goody Bags and wish we had what they have. But the creator has been good and kind and fair to all. Because he has put at least one or two in each of our bags. No one is left without!

If you have children, help them to look at their own Goody Bags, before you pick something of your own for them. Help them to do something that they truly love. Help them fine tune something from their own Goody Bag.

When I was a child, as early as 3 or 4, I had the talent to draw, no one really showed me how to draw, it’s a skill the Creator had carved in me. My ability to use colour at a young age was marvelous. I was extremely good at it. However, my father was not very pleased with my passion for the Arts. He wanted me to excel in sports just like my two sisters and brother and also himself. Even at a young age I realized I really didn’t have that in my Goody Bag. But then, when we are young, we don’t have a voice. I had different skills, that I naturally picked up like art, music, writing, etc. But unfortunately my father didn’t know this and perhaps he didn’t know how to explore it too. That was sad. I felt my God given Wings were cut off. I felt like a bird with wings cut. I knew I could fly, but I could not because my wings were cut off. So if you are a parent today, pay attention. Don’t cut their wings, but help them to strengthen them. You will be amazed with what they will do.

Look inside your Goody Bag today.. see what is inside.. you will be amazed!

Hello Again...

Hello it's me, croaking...also trying to come out of this damn well..

Its been a long while since I last wrote. I am so sorry for my absence. And thank you so much for some of your mails, asking me to write again. It sure feels good to be missed, but I wasnt in a state to write, perhaps because I was absent from my own life - just drifting like a stick in mud, or better yet, fallen in the well.. Knock! Knock!.. where is Niroma? down in the bottom of the well...

I noticed, I hadnt written anything for 2010, well, it has been a one-hell-of-a-year for me, but I am glad I survived it. Many ups and downs (more downs than up!)but I survived it. See folks, I have been busy studying at University of Life. I must say I had some pretty hard lessons to learn. Some I failed but the good old universe presented it to me again and again until I got it.. dah! felt like a dummy at times though.. With all those hard lessons learnt, I feel I am now back again, out of the well of darkness for some sunshine. Once again, its that time.. spring time.. so looking forward to spring again.. the spring of my life..

ahhhhh.. let me suck it in... sunshine.. life.. air.. blue sky.. white coulds.. sure feels good.. Thank you God.. for all your help.. who would I be without you.. a frog in the well!

Where have you been Friends? somewhere? anywhere? nowhere? dont have a clue? Its okay.. glad to be back.. Are you!