The Kaleidoscope called Life
Posted 21st September 2008 at 11:31 PM by Chitvish
Have you not seen……
The flowers that look charming though in a graveyard?
Babies who roll laughing around mourners as if it is a play ground?
The dragonflies buzzing across busy roads?
The “fire-flies” that flock around a bright light?
River with no water, but still called river?
A slain cow’s skin creating some wonderful rhythm?
The dead goat’s skin coming alive in a lovely leather bag?
Oh, what wonderful patterns the Kaleidoscope called Life weaves!
Have you ever wondered…….
Which way to turn in a four-road crossing?
Why there is a single slipper lying without pair on the road?
When there is a mild drizzle while the sun is still warm and sunny?
Why parents lose their cherished babies In festival crowds?
Why you read an interesting novel even
When the last pages are torn in tatters?
Well, my friends, if so, that is life!!
The flowers that look charming though in a graveyard?
Babies who roll laughing around mourners as if it is a play ground?
The dragonflies buzzing across busy roads?
The “fire-flies” that flock around a bright light?
River with no water, but still called river?
A slain cow’s skin creating some wonderful rhythm?
The dead goat’s skin coming alive in a lovely leather bag?
Oh, what wonderful patterns the Kaleidoscope called Life weaves!
Have you ever wondered…….
Which way to turn in a four-road crossing?
Why there is a single slipper lying without pair on the road?
When there is a mild drizzle while the sun is still warm and sunny?
Why parents lose their cherished babies In festival crowds?
Why you read an interesting novel even
When the last pages are torn in tatters?
Well, my friends, if so, that is life!!
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 |  Dear Mami, I know you would have a rolling time in Sing. Welcome back to base. But I know your thoughts are still in SPore. I only hope you do remember us here   Idhuvum oru Kaledioscope dhane? What you said is perfectly true a child laughing amng mourners........I could relate this very much to my cousin's dh's death and his child was totally unaware and was laughing and playing. Idhuvellam irundha dhane LIFE nu sollarum illatta oru montonous journey aiydadha. That is the reason life is more interesting, challenging and makes you more strong. Like the iron when heated and beaten only gets the required shape. |
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| | Dear Chithra This post led me into a mood of contemplation. How true that in life both happiness and sadness seem to coexist at the same time and we are unaware of this ! And many times, it depends on our own perspectives. For example, in an airport, one can see passengers getting ready to board a flight / are coming back after a journey. In the same flight, each person has a different set of emotions - may be there is one, who is going to meet someone dear; may be there is another one, who has just left someone dear behind and is in tears; may be there is another one who enjoys being in the sky and escaping the commotions in the ground, even if it is for just a few hours. Referring back to your Gita posts, these emotional disturbances are what provide that 'challenge' element to life and test on us on how well we are at balancing our emotions and thoughts. Thanks and love Pavithra PS: There is one common emotion on a Monday morning at work though - "Alas...a weekend is over...and a week needs to be worked through" ...hahahahaha |
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| |  Dear Chitra Wonderful write up. Life is only a journey to death. It is a great bundle of little things. We spend our years as a tale that is told. Our days on the earth are as a shadow. Every man's life is fairy tale written by God's fingers. with love viji |
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| |  Chithu, lovely, profoud lines.Live life to the fullest is the best way.We hardly have nay time to thing of all these in our daily bread-winning battle.When we realise the real "life" -lo it ends abruptly without a warning.Just read and re-read your blog ....its just amazing that you come up with lines like this!  |
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| |  Life is beautiful!...Chithumma, My dear Adharsha Mangai, Welcome back... You have portrayed life very beautifully... Life is a mixture of feelings, sometimes extreme feelings, sometimes confusions, sometimes happiness etc... It is always a wonderful experience if we see it with clear eyes... |
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| |  Dear Chithraji, Hope you are rested after your tour of Singapore. Hope to see you soon in Melbourne. Just a question, what prompted this poem? First a write up that activated a dormant volcano & now the contrasts of life. Your writings are as varied as the topography of Australia. As an old Dilip Kumar Song goes," Jahan bhajti hai shehnai, wahan maatam bhi hote hain." When my cousin got married, the priest needed twigs for Havan. When I went to the shop to get some, another group of people came in asking for the same twigs. Mine was for a wedding they required it for a funeral. When my MIL (Bless her soul) passed away, hubby was telling me there was a 10 yr old who had come to perform his mother's funeral. He was laughing all along & did not know the gravity of the situation. It was only after the priest told him to have an "Antim Darshan" of his mother & explained the significance, the child's cries could have melted hearts of stone. "Dust thou art & dust thou return est" say the scriptures. Too bad we fall prey to minor irritants and miss the big picture (me included). As for the cross roads, just do what you feel is right & leave the result to nature. Time is the biggest healer & life is the best teacher say our elders. How true! As for me, Chithraji, this poem opened up a box of memories. Will retain the good & delete the bad! Regards, Corallux |
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| |  Dear Lali, people say life is full of surprises!I would go one step higher and say that the surprises are contrasting very often. We see the other side of life as we mature. We knowingly do many things in life, but enjoying, which when we did unknowingly when young, but regretted! Well, that is the other side of life! Love, Chithra. |
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| | Pavi, believe me, I have just written a blog based on what you have written! We can never say, of anything, in life "enough is enough". Our interest gets renewed when our perspective changes, with advancing age, call it maturity! I feel, we just need to be able to flow with the tide, ungrudgingly!! Love, Chithra. |
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| | Viji, your feedback is short, sweet and beautiful! But we must educate ourselves that unless we learn to appreciate the other side of life, we can never enjoy many things. We love to jump & complain, but must learn to appreciate the other side of life. Love, Chithra. |
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| | Aishu Babes, why do I call you like this so lovingly? You live the life of a career woman cum homemaker, tightly balancing on a rope! This will be a breeze to you that you have endersed yourself to me like a young girl. These small pleasantries coming our way, are what surprise us & please us in life. Love, Chithra. |
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| | My dear Ms Picturesque, clarity emerges only after utter confusion! In tamil, don't we say Kalasngi theLiyarathu? But I just want to tell myself that clarity & confusion, coexist in all spheres of life. Our outook makes all the difference! Love, Chithra. |
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| | Lux Baby, I can see a difference in my personal outlook on many things in life.Whatever caused me jitters years back, seem to have no effect on me, now! Have I changed or have things changed? No, no, no, my outlook on life has changed!! Lux, after the shower of ILite love on me in S'pore, don't be surprised if I land up as your guest one of these days in Melbourne! Don't we say, love is a many splendoured thing?? Love, Chithra. |
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| |  Dear Mrs.Chith, Nice blog of contrasts..which is life., isn't it! Me too yesterday noticed that even the pencil is a contrast in itself.. on one side, it has to write and on the other., erase.. sriniketan |
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| |  Learn to accept !!Dear chiths I can relate this blog very much to the learn to accept post by you...Life is always a mixture of everything and we get to go ahead only when we learn to balance us between both the extreme sides....Yes life is a kaliedoscope where we see beautiful patterns as our good times and sometime absurd patterns as our bad times....But if not for both life would not be so interesting !!! lov sowmi |
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| | Dear Bhargavi, more than contrasts I would call it the other side of life!! In tamil, we say Vazvin maRu pakkam! Love, Chithra. |
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| | Dear Sowmi, the way we look at life changes first with age and later with situations. Whatever appeared to be fascinating to me when I was young, nomore appeal to me. The reverse is also true! Love, Chithra. |
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| |  beautifuldear chithra the blog is great and so r the Fbs and discussions following it. life is to live and learn time is to twist and turn, that's all i can say  |
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| | Dear Muzna, your two lines are very good and meaningful! Thanks. Love, Chithra. |
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| |  Dear Chiths, It's full of surpises, highs and lows. I would like to say if you can react to both the same way and not get over worked and too emotional about anything it becomes one big joy ride. Outlook does, like you said, change with time. It is goood to make sure that we learn to takwe what is handed to us, both good and bad, with the same attitude. Touch as it may sound once out into practice saves a lot of heartache. |
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| | Dear Janani, wha you have written is all in our own hands! BBu we are more worried about the world's reaction and refuse to accept that it is all a change in perspective!! Love, Chithra. |
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