Pure happiness

That's what I found today. And I have to call it A divine intervention as I could have gone through life blissfully unaware of the fact that at the end of the rainbow...(ok so not quite that!) is my pot of gold... lord help me if it is the only pot.....

this puts life into perspective. so good things can happen. like one day you open up a neglected email and find that the powers that be have taken it upon themeselves to award you with a large sum of money to be used to any effect....

woah! hold it.... am not talking about the limitless capabilities of the female mind to look at every rupee or paise or cent or dollar with the gleeful expression akin to some hungry and expectant animal(can't seem to think of one which would be womanly or elegant enough) and imagine onself to be one step closer(in the limit!) to getting that oh! so gorgeous dress hanging on the racks!

i am talking real geek stuff... the incredible rush of feeling that accompanies those few words.... you have money, for books, software or a conference....

how cool is that... gosh! it sounds disturbing in black and white!!!! whatever it is, my mind is grappling with the fact that a free lunch, actually multiple free lunches and a trip to the beach..... with a conference thrown in for good measure(remember grad student!), came my way when I least expected it.

hark! oh dear lord, but you hath showered upon me the great gift of thy bounty....
and after this cry of gratitude will come the very timid prayer.... could I gave some more please....

A night under the stars

I think of myself as an old woman, sitting tired and complete in a chair with a book in my hand and thoughts in my head of one starry night a long time ago. There have been many night with stars after that but that one is special. Dont know why. Just magical it was. I think that I had received some tidings from someone who was dear to me then. And that was the day I took a turn to run outside down a side road which went winding down, behind beautiful houses and through small fields, transporting me to a different world where nothing existed except the silence, the silken touch of the cool wind, the twilight and the sound of my ragged breathing in tandem with every step of my feet on the asphalt......

I ran and I ran and there was no end. The road came to an end but still I ran. I was running for me, for what time I had, stolen away from work to indulge in this guilty pleasure. As I ran I felt cut loose.... Did my feet leave the ground? No they did not but my heart surely did. It flew out into the clear night sky to be with the stars and the full moon which all tanned and golden glowed down on me covering me in cool light of the far away and of the great beyond........ I heard rustling leaves and a few lines of poetry. I found myself on the ground gazing into the night....

And there was a fellow soul, snatching a few moments from life to enjoy the moment, for what it was. A small warp in time where nothing existed but the elements and the self. Where everything was lost and everything gained. Where nothing belonged but one felt the richest. Where everything ended.... and began again.