Whoever is loved is beautiful!

A line that I read today really touched me-
Whoever is loved is beautiful

Whoever is loved is beautiful, but the opposite is not true, that whoever is beautiful is loved.  Real beauty is part of loved-ness, and that loved-ness is primary.  If a being is loved, he or she has beauty, because a part cannot be separate from the whole.

The person who loves sees the real beauty in the most ordinary of persons.He can feel that special fragrance of humanity in a kindred being , while others would go by untouched . But most of all , one who loves does not let sudden reactions and unpleasant situations guide our feelings. Even when these situations do arise, isn't it better to remember the innate goodness of the one we love, rather than delve on the sudden anger generated at that point, and judge them momentarily on a bias.

That is love - seeing the beauty in others and making them feel it, and becoming the most beautiful person for them in the process.

Sparsh's Tribute for Dadu Dadi's 50th Anniversary

This is an Anniversary tribute
To show that we care
To our dear grandparents
Dadi and Dadu, A very special pair

On (Feb 4) in (1961)
Dadi  and Dadu said "I do"
Joined together for all those years
That's mighty powerful glue

How the years from Sixty one to  O eleven flew
That's 50 years all told
If marriage was an Olympic sport
They'd have got themselves a gold

Once wed they soon had troubles
Meenu and Simmi to name but two
Then Ishu and Nidhi quadrupled trouble
So they quit....well wouldn't you?

Seriously though, proud parents to four children
And Grandparents to seven more
Who visit the "(Joshi Restaurant)"
It's Dadi’s cooking they all adore

Dadi likes to breeze through things
While Dadu takes his time
So together they maintain the balance
And their home does always shine

They both take walks together
And lately we all can see
How she massages the pain away
That’s been troubling Dadu’s feet

They both are loving people
It's a match that couldn't be better
While Dadi slogs to keep the place clean
Dadu is happy to let her

We admire how they are so active
And rarely seen apart
Our house feels a home with them
They’re still just kids at heart

We can reveal that Dadu's 76
That's a well known fact
Telling Dadi's age would be a breach
Of the Official Secrets Act

This is a very different tribute
But take it in good heart
Congratulations, Dadu and Dadi
You've achieved Gold with full marks

Words,the best friends

It is wonderful to be able to read , but it is soulful to be able to treat every word as a friend. It sometimes walks past you as though an acquaintance. At other times we see but a brief glimpse  like a memory from long ago. But it is only when we are the most open to feelings, the words surround us as a fragrance , pervading our senses and letting us feel them in their entire sensuality.
That is the time when we will absorb , feel and remember each word as a lifelong friend , and that moment in time will be etched in our memory forever. A precious gem in our treasure vault , to be admired , felt and loved with all the feeling in the world.
Words , the best friends indeed!

POEM - FRAGRANT INVITATION

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 9:03am

---1---

As you arise from the turbulent lake,

I know you are mine through time

To me you'll always be the girl I held in embrace eons ago

The companion whose love flowed like the life giving elixir

The first rapture of the feelings of youth

Each time those feelings return with an even greater swell

And I search for you everywhere

My broken wings flapping against the cage

Someday, somewhere I'll fly again

Alleviate this pain in me of having half lived

The raven darkness inside wells up as tears

Why did I forsake this life?

To always seek you in others

Your fragrance

Your touch and feel

Your body

Your intimacy

I never stopped missing you,

Yet I looked outside

In spite of the knowledge,

That the fragrance was exuded only for me

To complement mine

You were in me

Those moments were unsullied by the plans of future

Or restrained by the promises of a life together

Where was the need to captivate you in binding?

It was just like knowing 'we'll be together forever'

The belongingness encompassing eternity

---2---

Let us choose to live in another lifetime

As children growing up together

The fragrance of my body shall guide you

Just as your eyes will show me

The expression of invitation there unchanged

Yesterday has slipped away from our reach

And today is just a fistful of sand

Once more let us complete

The emotion in your dulcet note

Reciting as I write

The yellow colour of daffodils

As spring meanders through

The duet in the wind

As we ride into oblivion

Once again, we will be at the nadir of happiness

Or at the depth of despair

The way we were eons ago

The wisdom of the mystical poets we lived

When their names were just obscurity

For what is love, but the need

To feel the yearning and the pain

So that we may experience real ecstasy?