The Best Friend

Once there was a very rich businessman. He visited the temple and prayed there everyday. He carried on with this schedule for 20 years after which he died.

By chance his servant also passed away the same day. Both reached the doors of God's place at the same time. The rich man saw God coming to the gate bare-footed. He was happy and thought,"I was a true follower of God. So he will welcome me personally." But to his surprise, God welcomed the servant and did not even look at the rich man. Then God ordered his soldiers to take them both to heaven.

A little upset, the rich man went up to God and said,"I used to go to temple daily and worship you. I have not committed any sin. Do you agree with me?"

"Yes, I do," God replied. "That's why I am sending you to heaven."

The rich man continued,"But I never saw my servant praying. So why the grand welcome for him?"

God replied,"I agree that you prayed for long hours. But you always took me as a 'giver' and 'defender'. You looked upon me as a supreme power that lives in temple. I fulfilled all your expectations and always stood besides you. Your servant never went to any temple and never prayed. But he thought that I was always with him and used to share everything with me. Like, whenever any guest came to your house, he would say,'Oh God, now I'll have to make another cup of tea.' In this way, he became my best friend. A best friend is the one who shares each and every thought and feeling with you. That's why I gave him Sudama welcome."

Thus we need to take a lesson for this story. The businessman gave God the respect and prayed to Him daily. But the servant endeared himself to God with his whole-hearted acceptance of God's presence every moment in his life. God values true relationships and such friends are always welcome into his abode.

P.S. - This story was published in a newspaper 3-4 years back. The cutting is still available with me. Just thought to share it with all of you.

The Last Page of My Diary...!

Deepak

HAPPY DIWALI!!!

Dieting goes way out of the window when tempted with a variety of
Indian sweets that are placed in front of you at the
Workplace, sweet shops and when invited to
An Indian home during Diwali,the festival of lights.Not only Sweets&
Lights,but also Fire Crackers makes this day Wonderful.
In this Special Occasion, I wish All a Colourful Diwali :)

An 'Undefined' Friendship!

An 'undefined' friendship defines you,
A non existing love symbolizes you,
Two lovers gone aloof represent us,
Two complicated friends legalizes us!

A time existed which made a fairytale,
A scenario existed which defined a dreamland,
A prince existed who captured the princess,
A princess existed who idealized the love!

Then time changed and the dream conflicted with reality,
Reality seemed to vaporize the love,
Reality seemed to vaporize the care,
But then reality couldn’t vaporize the relation!

Lovers parted ways, friends made way,
Dependency made way, space created a vacuum,
Distances crept in, void started getting large,
But expectations still reigned as ‘we’ still existed!

Finally the head gave heed to the heart,
And heart let egos fly away, accepting its feelings,
Nothing could stop the care, denial made way to acceptance,
Acceptance of need, the need of the relation, the need of the person!

The friendship made a new start, start without a baggage,
A realization of the need, resolve to the friendship,
A feeling without name, a relation without demands,
A something which was unnamed, a thing which was incomprehensible!

The compressed feeling still existed in the undefined friendship,
The care still existed as the form of love in the sail ship,
The small forms of expectations still made way in the indefinite,
The unnamed definition made us but that is what still keeps us,
The weirdness surrounds us, no one can understand our togetherness,
The hopeless hope still exists, and ‘undefined’ friendship is what I still love!

FRIENDSHIP GALLORES - 1

CHORDS OF MY GUITAR trying to PLAY....
"yaaron dosti badi hi haseen hai....
ye na ho toh kya phir...
bolo ye zindagi hai....."

What
is
friendship?
A bond of
Trust purely divine
Two sitting on with a glass each
But still fighting to have a sip from the other's wine
dimming one's self for other to shine
a sincere effort
of making
the other
yours
“mine”

Hear me sing this for each one of you.....My new friends here at louge!

Knowin' you can always count on me
for sure
that's what friends are for...........In good times
And bad times.............I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for


(pic from the diary)(February - 2007, School ended two years ago but still It seems like a couple of days gone by..
this Is me and Sahil on our farewell )

-
(POETIC CRIES)

The Parting Words!

We met, joined hands

shared our lives,

became a part of them,

and now its time, to bid adieu.

We made memories,

filled the photo albums,

shared our darkest secrets,

giggled over cups of coffee,

exchanged friendship bands,

laughed and cried together,

and now its time, to bid adieu.

We held hands,

cuddled beside each other,

wiped each other's tears,

brought smiles to our lives,

made them all the more,beautiful

and now its time, to bid adieu.

We stood by each other,

through the sickest of circumstances,

sailed through the rough times holding hands,

arrived at the threshold of womanhood,

and now its time, to bid adieu.

We stumbled over at times,

nursed each other's words,

learnt from such mistakes,

made silent moves together,

towards a better tomorrow,

and now its time, to bid adieu.

We weaved dreams,

rectified our faults,

mended the broken hearts,

meant the world to each other,

celebrated the times of our togetherness,

and now its time, to bid adieu!

Big Hug to all my family members here!!

Friends Forever. That's what we are. All of us here. Friendship is like birds shit. You have to be lucky enough and blessed for it to land on you :-). And with so many birds out here, its hard to miss out.

Thanks and a big flying salute to all my fellow birdies for this rain which has whitewashed me and ensured that I am the luckiest out there.

A big hug to all of you for accepting the theme based days. It's just an experiment to ensure that we all challenge ourselves to write on themes we are not comfortable with and grow as writers. We all are impulsive writers and like to go with the flow, but we at the lounge write at the drop of a hat...we challenge our writing abilities....we help out others who are not strong enough in one area and grow as writers....the intent is that. And to see you all participate in the friendship day with full vigour has left me speechless. Love you all. And yaa....nothing is constant at our lounge. Change is what we believe in, and change is what we will give you. Each month will see something new @ our lounge, apart from the contests.

Theme based days is just one of the many experiments here friends. No two minds think alike. That what was expected out of different writers churning out their own flavour of the theme of the day. Seeing different takes on friendship has ignited my curiosity to find out what all shades of other days we will see here from different pens here. Phew....we do have some talented bunch here, no doubts on that. Honoured to have you all here. Friends forever!

*Hugsssssss*

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I Blaaaaaaaaag at: yeM Bee yAe

Friendship - our bond....

Since todays theme at WL is Friendship, i decided to post this poem, my friend and i wrote some days back...

My friend and i have shared a very strong and close bond ever since childhood. We had to part ways when we were young but thanks to facebook that we meet again and we are friends now...He has grown and so have i but still our friendship remains strong...

We do fight, argue but at the end of it...we're back together joking and smiling..This poem isnt rhyming..its just written to describe or tell u about our friendship in some lines... Some people even teased us....(abt u knw what) but it never affected our friendship as we knew what we were to each other! After all boys and girls can be friends! Cant they? I consider him my bade bhaiya now! (hes not my age!)

I see a boy walking across the path with a school bag
he has a lovely smile on his face
And that makes me feel great
I say hello

He says it too

And sooner than you know

We are the best of friends in town

We play board games

And scoring ones too

and all this we do together

The next day too we play again

Laughing and chattering

But one day we both say bye

As time has come to go different ways

After some years she gets a message

On her email

That her friend has found her

They meet again but only through chats and not in person

He is there with her when she is sad

also when she's smiling away

She consoles him when he's fought with a friend

They're there for each other all along...

Even though time has passed

and people have changed

one thing just isnt affected by it

Of course its their lovely friendship....

Oh what a sweet blend!

Do tell me how it was....we wrote it for our friendship...

Thank you! :)

When I was alone

Engulfed by the darkness

You came

As a fresh ray of happiness!

You held my hand

And took me with you

You gave me the strength

To start it anew!

What I owe to you

Has no measure

But having you with me

Is no less than a treasure!

Be with me

Is all I can ask you

With a heart pure and true

A simple message - I LOVE YOU!!

With tonnes of Love,

Aarthi! :)

Thank you for Being here..

Your Smile that always cheer me up

The thoughtful things you do

Those helping hands you're glad to lend

Or hear a problem through

Our Special times together

I pray will never end

God gave me such a blessing

When you became my friend..

Thanks you for being here

YOU ARE MY WORLD..!!!

You are so special I found
From the day one, we met
We share a special bond
World named it FRIENDSHIP

You mean a lot to me
You shared my inner truth
You make me stronger
You fill in me the desire to live

Dear Friend, the bond of love
everlasting till this world ends
I would give up anything for you
To let you know, you are my best friend...!!!

Friend...

Friend, I promise you

I shall be with you always

In heat of summer

Or snowy winter

Whenever you need my support

Just give a shout friend

Like the autumn wind

I will fly to your side fast

And be there beside

Like the fragrance of

A rose in your spring garden

Never leaving your side

Just for You...

Our friendship is so true,

I know that and so do you,

So what if we sometimes fight?

You and I know we’ll soon be alright.

We’ve been there for each other,

When no one was by our side,

When I had so much fear one day,

In your heart you had let me hide.

Friendship is when we forgive,

For those little mistakes that we do,

It kills me too when I sometimes

Pierce those needles into you

Friendship is when we love,

Each other for what we are,

It is when we know that love,

Even when hate becomes scar

Friendship is when we know,

That reason one cannot say,

Still we understand that silence,

And love more every single day.

I know we are those friends,

Because the heart is just true,

I know that love is immortal,

That binds together me and you

 

MY FIRST EXPRESSION !!

PULKIT TIWARI( 1st post! 13 april.... happy baisakhi to all of you,firstly)

“A journey is known not by the amount of miles one covers, But by the way in which you trespass them!”

expression and thoughts are so connected, yet so so different... which one commands the other its always a quest to wonder!

Hi everyone! This is me Pulkit... something within me willing to be someone here soon!

In the words of Iceman describing the relation close to what we would share soon...I quote!

“You hold a place within my life,
unusual and unique;
We share ideals and special dreams,
and still, we do not speak.”

this thus concludes my first post here at WL! Have just joined in!

Had a stupid senseless mess here a few days back... looking for a fresh start!

“With a desire to hold hands
for those who would join by me..
with a search in eyes!

On the unknown lanes
that all leads to you and me
and A search for a support!

Thats all to start for...
thats all to say!
Let words come by
before I end in grays!”

- (6:40,13 April,2009)

{ original Links for the pics used - 1) and 2)}

True Friends Never Say Goodbye.

If you are the shore sand,

I am the water from the sea,

There always by your side,

Listening to your every plea

Every time you looked away,

I saw the pain in your eyes,

I followed you, to make you smile,

No other joy can to me suffice.

Every time you hurt me,

I never did feel the pain,

For I knew your love for me,

Will soon calm you again

Ignorance is bliss sometimes,

I knew you meant it not,

Your love was selfless once,

That love I haven’t forgot

Look beside you once again,

I am there beside once more,

In the lovely warm heart you have,

Where I stayed forever before

If I am not there in times tough,

By your side always, to defend,

It is no use being your brother,

For a brother should be a true friend.

I know you are there beside me,

As I travel down paths unknown,

I have no fear, for I know in heart,

You’re always there, I’m not alone.

May be I din't Realise.!!

May be, I din't realise,

When love was around,

with you by my side,

all the while.

May be I din't pay heed,

when feelings transcended words,

smiles conveyed treasured hopes,

and gestures painted the canvas

of life with love.

May be I never saw through your eyes,

that sparkled with true admiration for me,

and were always on a lookout

for my anticipated presence.

May be I missed that love,

that could have been mine,

all mine.

May be I fret over it in the coming years,

shedding silent tears,

and heaving painful sighs.

May be I missed that love,

that could have been mine,

all mine!

And the nostalgia sets in!

This one goes for a former friend, who somehow,din't make it to my present and would never be allowed to pry into my future. This one's for you, Smriti!

Sieving your face in the crowd,
I seem loosing control
over my senses,
and the nostalgia sets in!
Moments of those celebrated times,
take control of my mind,
rekindling the ashes of
the leftover love and hatred.
Life seems witty,
throwing one of its
filthy challenges at me.
It shatters my heart to
accept your hatred coated abuses,
killing me over and over again,
with intensifying anger and pain.
May be, in a corner of my heart,
I still long for
mutual love and peace,
nurturing dwindling hopes of,
reliving those unforgettable times,
when time had almost
lost count and become one with us.
May be I still wish to
bury the mutual differences
and move one step ahead,
call out for you,
with a clear heart,
and open arms,
and embrace you in a tight hug.
May be ,its just a dream,
that might never come true,
leaving behind a trail of,
wounded memories and unfulfilled desires,
leaving me in the lurch,
the mercy of dwindling hopes,
till the time,
I again sieve your face in the crowd,
loose control over my senses,
and let the Nostalgia set in!

तेरे दोस्त हैं यहीं

In Response to Karmasura's Poem

अपनी ज़हेन में झांक के देख
तेरे दोस्त हैं यहीं

अपने आप में ढून्द्के देख
तेरे दोस्त हैं यहीं

हवायों में देख
फिजाओं में देख
हर वो आइना, जो टूट चूका है
हर वो पल, जो बीत चूका है
उन लम्हों में देख
तेरे दोस्त हैं यहीं

अपने उम्मीदों से पूछ
अपने दिल की गहराईयों से पूछ
हर वो धड़कन, जो धड़क चूका है
हर वो जाम, जो छलक चूका है
उन खाली पय्मानो से पूछ
तेरे दोस्त हैं यहीं

और अगर फिरभी ना मिले कोई
तो ए यार मेरे
मेरे पास आ, तेरा भुला हुआ वो दोस्त
यहाँ है... यहीं पर है

---

(The above in English Script)

Apni zahen me jhank ke dekh
Tere dost hain yehin

Apni aap me dhoondke dekh
Tere dost hain yehin

Hawayon me dekh
Phizaon me dekh
Har wo aina, jo tut chuka hai
Har wo pal, jo beet chuka hai
Un lamho me dekh
Tere dost hain yehin

Apne ummedon se pooch
Apne dil ki gehraiyon se pooch
Har wo dharkan, jo dharak chuka hai
Har wo jaam, jo chhalak chuka hai
Un khaali paymaano se pooch
Tere dost hain yehin

Aur agar phirbhi na mile koi
To aye yaar mere
Mere paas aa. Tera bhula hua wo dost
Yahan hai... yehin pe hai!

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A Friendship Forever

Winter rain falling,

I saw her waiting nearby,

A friendship began.

Rainfall became snow,

Our relation prospered,

Hearts uniting slow.

Miles separate us,

Yet our friendship blossoms,

A blooming spring rose.

 

Dedicated to my friendship with Rashi.

Attempt at a poem of haiku's. Hope you like it Raash! 

Pic Courtesy : Deviantart.

I Could Visualize You!

Sitting in an gloomy setting,

With eyes closed and body wrapped up,

Unattended to the world outside,

And engrossed in the turmoil inside,

With too many questions and as many voices,

And yet not a word to say or someone to hear,

I could easily visualize you.

With all the moment playing across the mind,

And all the helplessness killing you inside,

So many introspections and yet no answers,

So many people and yet not one familiar,

You had so much to wonder and so much to decipher,

Life seemed ended and yet you were living,

Eyes wet and yet the tears were frozen,

You wanted that one face to relieve you,

Yet there was no one,

And I could easily visualize you.

There was one outstretched hand wanting to reach you,

It was the hand among the millions of hands,

It wasn’t a stranger yet it was helpless,

It wanted to reach to that face which was miles away,

It wanted to catch those helpless arms and wipe those frozen tears,

It wanted to embrace that sullen body and vigor it up,

It wanted to sit beside and just let the tears flows and words come forth,

It wanted to be just make the presence to ward off the loneliness,

It wanted to be the Guardian of my own Angel,

I wanted to do all I could as,

I could easily visualize you

Visualize and visualizing was all that was done,

Minds telling the Minds of “Being there”,

Heart feeling the heart beats,

And eyes could easily see the pains,

Spirits from inside were flying across the miles,

Floating outside the windows and protecting her,

Like the ways she comforted me forever,

Those angels and spirits were perpetual like the prayers,

Telling her let the gloominess away and there is a shred of light waiting outside,

That light wanted to take her and make her all cherry,

And make her feel treasured even in her loneliness,

As she still sits in that gloominess all I could do is pray,

Even though I could easily visualize her.

P.S. This poem is dedicated to My Bestest Friend. Through this poem i just want to Tell her that I love you a lot and I am here for you forever waiting for that outstretched hand!

Encumbrance of a curtailed friendship...

This one was composed way back...while i was in my school ....for my one of my best friends,Tanvi.!!
Friendship, indeed is the BEST inspiration for life.


"It's sad to see your dreams meeting a miserable end,
,specially those related to your Bestest friend,,
when the heaven resembles close to hell,,
despite all my strenuous efforts to tell,,
wanting you to recognise my true sincerity,,
that which you mistakened to be my impropriety,,
it's hard to see the two of us with anyone else,
not with each other,but amidst everyone else,,
but,was this the only way to make each other incalculably sad..?
do we acknowledge our faults as so immaculately bad,,
Regardless of all our efforts n' imploring deeds,,
and all our pending bashes n' treats,,
regardless of all those moments that we wished to spend,
those that we regrettably never got to spend,,
despite, all the sufferings that we've faced,,
so intense,that would nevar wished to be retraced,,
regardless of all those feelings taht could never be unfolded,,
despite all those tears that we've been shedding for each other,,
and all those cards that had never been regrettably given,,
and all our mistakes,,which i know,,would never be forgiven,,
I still hope,,that an exquisite moment would come some day,,
which would shine through the divine ray,,
when we'll actually realise the depth of of our Friendship,,
and would blissfully revitalize our relationship..!!!

And it really really Did Happen.....!!!!!