Seven decades of life


My challenges


My challenges


The above paintings are the challenges I faced and conquered.


 Seven decades of a roller coaster ride on this planet.Memories flash back and forth like a movie. Some good,some not so good.After all this is life.

Thankful to have come a long way,carrying flowers and thorns of life,along the journey.

Now is the time of respite,of self analysis,of self reliance,of spending time in solitude,of going into a retreat.

Memories of my childhood,teenage,adulthood years have been bombarding my mind.Tomorrow,I will be completing 70 long years of life.Did I ever think that I would live this long?

Its going to be a different sort of a birthday for me.I want to be an observer,welcome the left over years with a smile. I want to spend my time with gratitude,patience,understanding and want to give a lot of love to the people who are already there in my life and even to whosoever comes into my life in future.

God,grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

Many things have filled my heart with happiness,broken my heart with pain all these years.I will live the rest of my life with memories and will welcome only things that make me happy.



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