Let us celebrate!

Posted 23rd March 2008 at 09:27 PM by Chitvish

Let us celebrate everyday that we wake up alive !
That we are hopeful of enjoying yet another day,
Though beaten in various walks of life, we are still here.

Let us celebrate the sunshine the morning brings us.
We are hearing the birds chirp joyfully.
The spring is in the air and the breeze is enjoyable.

Let us celebrate the rain that came last night.
The roads we walk on are wiped clean.
The weather is lovely that we break into music !

Let us celebrate walking through the garden.
The bud that was yesterday has bloomed into a rose.
Oh, the rain helped it break through
And the scent is very much in the air.

Let us celebrate but not remember
All humiliations we have gone through
Forgetting all unpleasantness that happened
Forgiving all those who caused them, too !

Let us celebrate that we did cry many times
The grief is no more in our mind !
The wind carries a message of hope
That we are going to feel happy today.

Let us celebrate that we are remembered
We also do remember whom we love
There is more in love than we ever thought
Love makes everyday worth living on earth!

Let us remember we are human
We are incomplete as well
But laughter breaks through tears
To celebrate our being now here !

Love,
Chithra.

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Let us celebrate us meeting over the net
Let us celebrate there is a forum to
learn to cook even if I dont cook as much
Let us celebrate there is a thread for me
to learn Vedanta and ask silly questions
Let us celebrate there are friends here
who are patient and still put up with me...

Dear Chithra
You have written so well on all the things that we ought to celebrate in life..each and every line is worthy of being celebrated..thanks ..

Posted 23rd March 2008 at 09:42 PM by Anandchitra Anandchitra is offline

	Dear Mrs. Chith, As AC has pointed out, let us celebrate as this forum brings us all together... very good approach to life, which is very positive and gives hope as there is always a tomorrow.. and enjoy this day and value it too... sriniketan
	Posted 23rd March 2008 at 09:59 PM by Sriniketan

	AC, I really celebrate that you are always there to post a prompt feedback. AC, I have reached an age & a stage in life that I must learn not to "celebrate all the unpleasantness" we encounter in our daily life, but just count the blessings. Thankyou. Love, Chithra.
	Posted 23rd March 2008 at 10:40 PM by Chitvish

	Bhargavi, I nomore wait for tomorrow! The past is gone Tomorrow, I know not, if I will live NOW IS A GIFT TO ME ! Thanks. Love, Chithra.
	Posted 23rd March 2008 at 10:42 PM by Chitvish

chithmam,

Let us celebrate is an beautiful phrase with so many meanings and each of us can relate to lot of celebrations.
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Let us celebrate the togetherness, the bonding, everything that has come across ..

For me it is let me celebrate all the blessings I have got as I have learnt the value of each minute and blessing..

Let me celebrate the spirit of strength that is a being a woman...

Celebrate Life as it comes......

Posted 23rd March 2008 at 10:52 PM by Shanvy Shanvy is offline

	Shan, if only we follow.... all that we write here! Though we want to, we end up doing the opposite, atleast a few times !! Having gone through life, with all ups & downs, celebrating today is the choice, I have arrived at ! Love, Chith.
	Posted 23rd March 2008 at 11:17 PM by Chitvish

Dear Chith

Celebrating this moment is a choice. Eventhough we wish we tend to forget it. As life moves it makes us understand the importance of now. There was a recent one week hospital stay which again strengthened this belief. Sitting there I actually thought of all the blessings. We should celebrate that we are able to move around. Only when we are denied that we understand the importance of many things which we often take them for granted.

Love
Vidhi

Posted 24th March 2008 at 01:14 AM by vidhi vidhi is offline

Dear Mami,

A Very good one indeed !

Life is full of celebrations and it depends on each person how they celebrate the same. With age & maturity we should learn to balance and enjoy life's each moment whether good or bad. Though as you said so many times we do the opposite, but there should always be a conscious effort from our end to enjoy life to the fullest & celebrate them. Who Knows whether tomorrow will come or not !

Swami Sukhabodhananda always says we postpone being happy to a future action or incident, forgetting the present. And only the present is PRESENT.

Posted 24th March 2008 at 02:37 AM by Lalitha Shivaguru Lalitha Shivaguru is online now

Dear Chithu,
Life is to live and celebrate.You have spoken of all the joys that make a difference.I do not agree that with age you will tend to think like this, there are many who are cribbing at your age. You are unique.Your perspective is the best way to look at life too.We tend to breeze past many small things that we are blessed with.Maybe is our rush to reach a destination we don't realise the joy that these can bring. I have become one to admire and accpt what we have today 'The Present'.Let's hope I remain like this as I grow older.

Posted 24th March 2008 at 02:45 AM by Jananikrithsan Jananikrithsan is offline

Vidhi, you said it right !

When all is well, we do not bother to say "thankyou God", but rush to him when something goes amiss !
That is why, I wrote that waking up alive, every morning is the first blessing !
Our life has become so mechanical & fast, we take more things for granted than we should actually !
Sitting in the hospital for a week must have made you go into introspection & made you count your blessings!
Love,
Chithra.

Posted 24th March 2008 at 03:46 AM by Chitvish Chitvish is offline

	Thankyou, Lalitha ! The celebration is more in the mind than in action ! when all negativity like hurt, anger, guilt are all going on in us, we have to identify that inspite of all the negativity, something good is also taking place. We must find that good and be grateful for finding it. I would even say, seeking the good is the greatest good you will find. BEING IS MY REWARD ! Love, Chithu.
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 03:52 AM by Chitvish

	Janani, if anybody says.... that life has been more unfair to them particularly, I would only say that they know not what they are talking. Let us celebrate That though we were beaten, we are here. That we love and are loved. That we are human, after all. Last but not least, let us celebrate our completeness, knowing that we are incomplete ! Love, Chithu.
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 03:58 AM by Chitvish

	Dear Chithra Ma'am, Truly celebration time for all that you've mentioned , for the yesterday,for the existing today and for the anticipation of tomorrow.... Wonderfully written .. absolutely splendid... Devika
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 05:25 AM by Devika Menon

	Beautiful verses...Learning to celebrate today is what i do too..Why worry about the by gone past and yet to cum future...But i dunt fail to remember the memorie of the past and my responsibilities to the future.You made me very thoughful chithu!
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 07:19 AM by aishu22

Thanks, Devika, for joining us here !

Believe me I love the way you write & as soon as you wrote The Stalker, I nominated it for the best post !

Now a days, living in a flat, if a parrot comes to my balcony, I celebrate.
When the setting sun looks mauve and golden umber, I celebrate.
If I am remembered by an old friend, I celebrate.
If I listen to my favourite music, I celebrate.
Sometimes, when I feel low & depressed, I celebrate my laughter breaking through my tears, yes!
Love,
Chithra.

Posted 24th March 2008 at 09:00 AM by Chitvish Chitvish is offline

	You are right, Aish. I wrote this post when I was in a pensive but happy mood ! I had just finished talking to a friend over the mobile. We had a nice, enjoyable chat which made me feel wanted! What better moment than to write Let us celebrate? Love, Chithra.
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 09:03 AM by Chitvish

	Once I again I quote what Oprah Winfrey said in this context. The more you celebrate life, the more there is to celebrate.
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 09:17 AM by MeenLoch

	ML, I would go to the extent of saying that accepting yourself as you are, does call for a celebration too ! I value myself. I know I am good. I celebrate ! Love, Chithra.
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 09:29 AM by Chitvish

	Dear Chithre Ma'am, Now you have given me one more reason to celebrate , You considering me a good writer worthy of a nomination is in itself a celebration. Thankyou so much I am deeply honored . I am at a complete loss of words to tell you that this means so much to me.!! Love, Devika
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 01:13 PM by Devika Menon

	Lets celebrate that if we fail today There is tomorrow to succeed if we fall today there is tomorrow to get up and try again ( modified from Hillary Clinton's speech)
	Posted 24th March 2008 at 05:27 PM by Blondie