GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #308

Anything is possible….

♥Good morning friends,

Can a fish, on earth, walk?
Can an elephant actually fly?
Can you make a dumb talk?
Can a blind see with his eye?

Can a cripple be made to run,
Can a pauper become a king?
Can storm give way to sun?
Can a sad man suddenly sing?

Anything is possible through God,
He can change, in a jiffy, your situation.
None of this can look odd,
He has for these things a reputation.

Have faith and don’t ever give up,
If you’re passing through a tough patch.
Look cheerful and prepare to live up,
You can restart from a scratch.

For God nothing is ever impossible*,
It should be the same with you.
Just say: “Yes, it is possible,
There is nothing that He can’t do.”

….if God wants.

*In Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji this passage about the powers of God (eg “Prabh bhaave tanh….) occurs repeatedly. We ought to believe in it.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #307

Will God make distinction of my colour, caste or creed….

♥Good morning friends,

Should I be a Christian, Muslim, Sikh or Hindu,
O God, so as to be nearest to you?
What should be my colour, caste or creed,
So that in being your best devotee I can succeed?

Each faith and religion believes in just one God,
Which is its own whilst that of others is flawed.
In such a scenario ’tis difficult for me to make a choice,
Hence, so as to choose right, can you lend me your voice?

And lo and behold, this voice actually spoke.
And cleared all my doubts in just one stroke:
“All I want from you is to believe in me and love,
No faith or religion is below nor one is above.”

“Even those are close to me who have no religion at all,
But when they speak to me from their heart, I do hear their call.
I made people and they divided themselves in sects,
To me all are same in all ways and respects.”

“I loved my children even before Religion was born,
Fot those who divide people I only have scorn.
You were meant to love one another without bias of any kind,
No one should feel greater, no one should feel maligned.”

Thank you, God, for clearing one more of my doubts,
I would never be taken in by the priests and their clouts.
They like to add to their numbers as if it is a race,
The way they go about doing it is nothing less than disgrace.

Thank you, God, for letting me know, I am one to one with you,
I don’t require those who divide people with tricks old and new.
In the end I belong to just one religion that you gave me:
I love you and I love, without bias, all humanity.

….or will He just love me as I am?

ANJU

My sister Anju, in Kandaghat, left us suddenly and at a very young age on Wednesday, 23 Apr 19. Even though much younger to me, I always addressed her as ‘Deedi’. I penned the following after attending her funeral on 24th:

एक दीपक था जो बुझ गया,
एक सांस थी जो थम गई।
चलते चलते राही रुक गया,
एक आंख थी जो नम हुई।

अंजू था नाम मेरी बहिन का,
हजारों थे उसमें गुण।
होटल* चलाना बहुत कठिन था,
कभी इसकी कभी उसकी सुन।

पर उसने क्या संभाला समां,
याद आती है उसकी मुस्कान।
हर किसी से हंस हंस के मिलना,
चेहरे पे ना आने देना थकान।

इतना कुछ करने के बाद,
फिर घर को भी चलाना।
साईं बाबा की करना फरियाद,
और कीरतन में सबको नचाना।

कई बार ऐसा लगता था,
दर्जनों होंगी अंजू की बाहें।
हर काम उसे जचता था,
हर तरफ थी उसकी निगाहें।

पर जबसे गया था समीर**,
तबसे थी अंजू बहुत उदास,
क्या खूब था उसका ज़मीर,
जा पहुंची वह उसी के पास।

खोया है हम सब ने मिल के,
एक इतनी प्यारी हस्ती को।
मेरी तो बहिन थी दिल से,
पर दुख पहुंचा है सारी बस्ती को।

साईं करे उन्हें रखे प्यार से,
पूरे परिवार को संग हो यादों का,
सनी और कुनाल ना हों बेकरार से,
अंजू चिन्ह बने उनके इरादों का।

हम तुम्हें कभी न भूल पाएंगे,
तुमसे ही कंडाघाट की शान थी।
दिन और साल बदल जायेंगे,
कहेंगे हमारी बहन हमारी जान थी।

*She ran the restaurant ‘Sunny’s Full Stop together with her husband Sunny.

**She lost her son Sameer within three days of his marriage last year. She never fully recovered from the tragic loss.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #306

Thank God there is God….

♥Good morning friends,

One fact of life we must applaud,
Anywhere you go, there is always God.
Whenever and if you feel sad and alone,
You always have near you someone who’s your own.

I thank you, God, that you are always there,
Every moment in time and everywhere.
Whenever I call you, you are never, from me, far,
Of your kindness and love there is endless reservoir.

The best thing about your Creation is You, my God,
You are the only Reality, rest all is facade.
Let me all the time sing of your glory and praise,
Let me see you in everything, everywhere and always.

….everywhere and always.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #305

You are never alone on this earth….

♥Good morning friends,

How our actions affect others is not entirely known,
All that we need to remember that in this world we ain’t alone.
Both in Time and Space,
We don’t fully know the interface.
There are many variables that are unknown.

We should, hence, for others be considerate,
Whenever any action we contemplate.
Even if we feel it affects only us,
And others have no right to discuss,
There is no harm, with others, to deliberate.

….so always think of others.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #304

Humour is the salt of life….

♥Good morning friends,

In life, for Humour always have a place,
In most situations it gives you adequate grace.
You can lower your stress,
And clear your way to success,
And it lends colour and glow to your face

Your ability to take things in your stride,
Is better received than if you had cried.
Your humane touch,
Is appreciated much,
And shows you possess a lighter side.

You get into the habit of seeing the silver lining,
And cut out from your repertoire the whining.
When you don’t take yourself seriously,
Your problems vanish mysteriously,
And your future? Well, it is always shining.

….it actually heals.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #303

Live every minute of life…

♥Good morning friends,

We tend to take those things for granted,
That occur with some regularity.
By their occurrence we are so enchanted,
That we actually lose the required clarity:
Nothing in this world is definite or sure,
We should never fall prey to the lure.

What’ll happen the next moment we don’t know,
Any moment can actually be our last.
Messenger of Death can deal a final blow,
And live and kicking can become past.
We should be guided by Life and not death,
Live it up, friends, until the last breath.

Death is for dying but Life is for living,
Life is the one that we should be focused at.
It should never lead to any misgiving,
To the Joy of Living we should raise our hat.
One day, we all have to leave,
But in Life, not in Death, we ought to believe.

….and don’t die before you do.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #302

Love other human beings….

♥Good morning friends,

God made human beings to love one another,
As if the other one is our own sister or brother.
Everything on earth points to this simple fact,
Between us and other human beings there is a pact.

If God wanted us by ourselves to live alone,
The benefits of togetherness He won’t have shown.
If we go back in times to beginning of life human,
Each one of us is related to being born to same man and woman.

Love is between human beings the natural feeling,
Hatred destroys but Love is always healing.
Love other human beings as if your own,
Everyone has similar blood, flesh and bone.

….as if your own.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #301

Don’t let go of the child completely….

♥Good morning friends,

Why do we love children so much?
Whether strangers or our own.
Innocent to look at, having the soft touch,
They’re more pleasant than anything we’ve known.

They may not appear to be worldly wise,
They tackle each task with a fresh approach.
Their innocence is a blessing in disguise,
Most things that they do are beyond reproach.

They’re enthusiastic about trying new things,
They don’t think twice before talking to strangers.
They take in their stride all mood swings,
They’re not deterred by obstacles and dangers.

Isn’t there a lesson in this for all of us?
We need to be childlike even when growing old.
Wisdom and knowledge are just superfluous,
We need to go beyond rules and break the mould.

A child is innovative and questions tradition,
A child doesn’t hold grudges for long.
A child does things for others without precondition,
A child accepts it quickly when it is in the wrong.

Whilst growing if we let go of the child,
We gain a little but lose much more.
Yes, to growing old we’ve to be reconciled,
But the need to be childlike we shouldn’t ignore.

….whilst growing old.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #300

Congratulations!

♥Good morning friends,

Today is the day to celebrate,
These messages are three hundred days old.
I hope I have been able to communicate,
Lessons that needed to be retold.
Thank you for staying with me this long,
Thank you for making me and these strong.

In the beginning even I doubted,
Whether I would be able to go this far.
But then, each day, when a new one sprouted,
I started seeing them as they are.
These have been thus a lesson to me too:
‘One step at a time can see me through.’

You and I have formed a great association,
In devouring these ditties one day at a time.
Both of us have together savoured the sensation,
Of accessing wisdom through reason and rhyme.
Please stay with me in the coming days,
A new trail we’ve been able to blaze.

….our partnership here is three hundred not out!

JAYIYE, AAP KAHAN JAYENGE?

शुक्रिया दोस्तो आपने बनाया मुझे प्यार के काबिल,
सारे जहान की खुशियां मुझे हो गईं हासिल।

बस गए हो आप मेरी ज़िन्दगी में इस तरह,
मेरी खुशियों में हर वक़्त आप ही हो शामिल।

आप मेरे साथ हो तो ऐसा लगता है मुझे,
कोई भी काम या इरादा नहीं है मुश्किल।

आप है तो ज़िन्दगी है, प्यार है, मौसकी है,
जैसे तूफानी रात में किसी को मिल गया हो साहिल।

अब जब वापिस आप जा रहे हो मिलने के बाद,
आंख से ही हो, दिल ओ दिमाग से नहीं बोझिल।

जाइए अब मिलन की यादें ले जाइए,
संभाल के रखिए साथ ले जा रहे हो मेरा दिल।

रहेगा इंतज़ार मुझे आपके फिर आने का यूं, रवि,
मेरे वीराने में फिर से फूल जाएंगे खिल।

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #299

Happy Easter…

♥Good morning friends,

Easter, for us serves as a reminder,
That God can and will never die.
If at all, He emerges more loving and kinder.
You can never, to Good, bid good-bye.
Again and again Good over Evil prevails,
No matter, in the cross, you drive many nails.

Jesus demonstrated to us as a man,
The power of Good over Evil.
Good was, is and will be God’s plan,
He demonstrated it in times mediaeval.
This Easter let’s celebrate this fact,
God and Goodness shall stay intact.

….let’s celebrate the Risen Lord.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #298

Listen to the songs of silence….

♥Good morning friends,

Sometimes silence can convey more than words,
Please watch even animal and birds.
They sit far but appear to have nearness,
Without anything spoken there appears to be clearness.
When they are alone and not in flocks or herds.

Silence as a language conveys much more,
There is much meaning in it even after or before.
We must be trained to hear,
By the heart and not the ear,
What silence conveys to us from its endless store.

….through the medium of your heart.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #297

Storm is not the way of Life….

♥Good morning friends,

Every day is followed by dark night,
Nay, every night is followed by daybreak.
It depends upon where you set your sight,
Life can be headache or a piece of cake.
God gives us life as a clean slate,
We can make it drab or make it great.

There are two ways of looking at most things,
The positive people look at the brighter side,
Whereas the optimist can dance as his hear sings,
The pessimist expects and prepares for landslide.
God gives us life as a clean slate,
We can make it drab or make it great.

Yesterday was stormy, but that day is past,
Today is sunny and tomorrow will be better.
There is never a reason to be downcast,
No one gains if you are a fretter.
God gives us life as a clean slate,
We can make it drab or make it great.

Sunbyanyname promises you sunnier days ahead,
God actually wants us to have a wonderful time.
This God’s word, please help me spread.
This fact is, of God’s Creation, the real paradigm:
God gives us life as a clean slate,
We can make it drab or make it great.

….there are always sunnier days ahead.

GOOD MORNING MESSAGE #296

A little humility can achieve much more….

♥Good morning friends,

Laws of interactions don’t follow geometry,
So, when you bend, you actually emerge taller.
That’s really a strange thing about humility,
You bow but you are nowhere near being smaller.
You decide to lose but actually gain.
Your simple act never goes in vain.

The greater a man is the more humility he has,
This too is against plain geometry.
That’s why a humble man is sometimes known as,
The one blessed with great civility.
Everyone is made by the same God,
How can His creations be flawed.

Sometimes in anger or in rage,
When you have an urge to show the other down.
From the immediate situation just disengage,
And let humility replace your frown.
And lo, you suddenly emerge on top,
How long the madness can go on nonstop?

….than heaps of anger and arguments.

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