Vacation time ! :)

Knock, knock….  I’m back here at my lovely space. 

I’ve been absent from the blogosphere for a long time now, and I know it isn’t fair.

Though I’ve been reading blogs, I have not at all been active in writing over the past one month, and it doesn’t sound good, even to me.

After all, this is the world I chose for myself ; this is the blog I gave birth to with so much love; how could I ignore it for so long ?

No, I’m not giving any excuses for not having written for this long . It is my mistake and I take the responsibility for the same :(

As I said, the hiatus has been a long one, and one that made me think a lot.I thought , thought and thought and ideas developed inside my head.I put them on paper and got back to thinking :D

Now they wait on my notepad, expecting me to carve them into stories, or poems or anything that I might feel they are worth.

And yes, I will do that.

Slowly, steadily.

But, after my long awaited vacation.

Yippieeeeeeeee ! I said it ;)

I’m leaving on vacation tomorrow, that is , the 15^th.

 

A  month-and-a-little-more long trip to Kerala.

So much to do there !

A wedding to attend, in all flamboyant colours .

Visiting temples, and bringing back holy, sweet memories for the next year……

Meeting friends !

Catching up with relatives over filter kaapi :)

Spending some relaxing days at Vynika, the new home which we built last year at Palakkad….

I may not have net connectivity, so I’m not sure about being able to post updates. But I promise to update as and when I find it possible to :)

So , see you all after a break :)

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And Freely We Write :)

The very word “Write” triggers so many thoughts in my mind.

I personally feel that the ability to give life to your thoughts as words is an admirable quality, and I think we all possess that kind of creativity in some measure, even though most of us don’t explore that.

I admire people who can put into words all that they think, feel, personify or stand for. If there were no such people, how would readers like you and me quench our thirst for words ?

Imagine a world where there were no writers and consequently, no books. Wouldn’t it be the worst thing ever ?

Blessed are those who set the wheels of your thoughts in motion by speaking out to you through words. Words have a power to love, to heal, to encourage, to make you dream, to give you wings, to transport you to worlds unseen, to heighten your imagination, to give you the emotional high. The adverse is true sometimes, but then you know what to read and what to listen to, to get the best of benefits :) And precisely that’s why we all love words :)

Back at school and college, I used to participate in Essay Writing and Extempore Contests and win prizes in some. Yet, I was never a creative person. No stories, or poetries came out of my pen. I just knew blogging as a new medium of writing that was set to rock the world, nothing more. Writing took a back seat as times changed , but reading continued. I discovered my love for blogging when family life brought me to an alien land ,bringing some free time with it for me to befriend the Internet to satiate my ever growing hunger for the words. And suddenly, one fine morning, the Alter Ego was born.

I realized ,to my surprise, I could narrate my thoughts as stories and poems, but first I had to listen to my inner voice and respond to it.

I personally feel that is the case with most of us; that we all have many stories to share with the world, just that the words fall into place when the time is ripe and the cosmic waves are favourable :)

When I had to take up a Free Write challenge for the Write Tribe , this is what first came to my mind as I sat down to type. I’m thankful and happy to be here as a part of the blog world, how much ever tiny a drop I might be in this vast ocean :) :)

With all the gratitude to the world, I’m suddenly reminded of a lovely prayer, which I think I should share here.  This is a free write and the prayer below doesn’t have any tangible relation to what has been written above.  But there’s no harm in spreading some love, is there ? ;)

“ Father , we thank thee, for the night

  And for the pleasant morning light;

   For rest and food, and loving care,

  And all that makes this world so fair….

  Help us to do the things we should,

  To be to others, kind and good;

  In all we do, in all we say,

  To grow more loving everyday !”

Stay blessed, all of you !!
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The Write Tribe Festival of Words- 3 has begun ! Join us as we journey through a maze of words till the 8th of March, weaving our way out with a fresh challenge each day :)

Linking this to the post for Day 3, the challenge being a "Free Write".

Check out some awesome entries here.