Me and my roomie wanted to do some grocery shopping. Our regular near by shop was not enough for that. We decided to go to departmental chain. We called up our friends asking for direction. None of them was of any help. We decided to go on ourselves. I switched on GPS in my phone. All ready set go. We decided to walk. Well, GPS showed that it is less than a km to the store.

We started walking. GPS telling us the way. She(GPS has a lady voice) told us take right we took right… It was all right till a junction. We got confused which left should we take? And where to go? Is it this right or is it this left? Actually we panicked. Then we called up our dear friend, she did not pick our call. We thought we better ask somebody for way. We were panic stricken and started moving here and there and GPS started confusing(rerouting) itself. Then I saw we are standing in front of the departmental store looking for it here and there
phew!!! atlast we reached.

We still use GPS(still confuse) after all girls sucks with direction. Ever wondered why did they give GPS a lady’s voice if girls sucks with direction????

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This scene never changes except for holidays Yeah I do enjoy looking at the same scene all over again everyday.. NO, I dont love monotonous in any way.. if you look at this scene each day you will find it is different from yesterday yet its the same.. Here early morning is 7 o’clock.. Even temples will be opened at 8, if you go before 8, its just you and God inside the temple…

And it is during these mornings I read books also.. I recently read 34 bubblegums and candies by preeti shenoy.. Loved it.. I realized I too have candies and bubblegums in my life.. It made me realize so many things infact.. It made me realize that you still love a person though they have changed.. You still cling to hope.. And hope is a never ending emotion.. You fight, get angry and  just think you hate somebody because you love them beyond any imagination. You try to avoid them, ignore, blame, hurt and do what ever just to get rid of them but the baseline is you are madly in love Or even worse you try to block them from your life but they are everywhere.. And you just think this is it, you can never go beyond this level, may be you cannot bear the pain, you are wrong… You just broke your own record   Sometimes everything around you are strange coincidence.. Just like hearing your loved ones, favorite (or one of the fav) song out of blue at the exact moment you were thinking of him/her(especially when you have had a fight). Or looking around and seeing thing which remind you of him/her. You can either consider it as coincidence or some sign. I consider them as signs

People behave strange sometimes, you and me included. We defend ourselves in every possible way. Hey!! I started writing about mornings and now I am writing something entirely different. Okay, let me continue with this now. We try to be nice to everyone around. And still we defend ourselves even if deep down in heart we know we are wrong. We forget in one sec that defending ourselves is hurting the person you love more. We try to hide our mistakes by blaming it on others or even by reminding others of their mistakes. Its like “hey, I did not do anything wrong, its you who did the biggest mistake, I am actually good ” This is a way to defend yourselves. Or even better, “you did a mistakes, now don’t give me those looks”.

People do change, but love don’t. It remains the same. I have seen a couple coming to a restaurant every weekend. They were talking a lot at first. Slowly they sopped talking. It doesn’t mean that love ceased between them, it just means that they are comfortable in their silence too or they are listening to each other in silence. It might be their work pressure or new friends or even personal problems made them silent. But the warmth in their smile, the way they hold hands reminds them that they still love each other how much ever they have changed. It just that people think love also change.

I recently read a story, would like to share it with you :

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A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She then pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, “Tell me, what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

The daughter then asked, “What does it mean, Mother?”

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity — boiling water — but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

“Which are you?” she asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

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I guess I am carrot, I am weakened.. No I am like egg, I toughens, naah… I am not sure which one I am. But I know for sure I am not coffee.

Yet another morning is here with colorful and scattered people just like the things I have scribbled in. Let me stop this post for now. Will be back soon with mad and crazy thoughts