Year(ning)s

I was talking to a someone who has a 6 year old ,
He's been very stressed off late and busy at work . He took an afternoon off to take his kids out to a game . On the way back ..he was preoccupied with work and engrossed in thinking about how things were going to be the next day when his daughter tugged at his hand and said " Dad - You are walking to fast ..you arent even looking at the flowers "

I hope that in the grander scheme - we all remember to look at the flowers too .

I was in Barnes and Noble - yet again on a night that smelt of the wind and moon dust .
On a break from my books I wandered - (not as lonely as a cloud :) ...and noticed a huge section with 2007 calenders and planners !! I'm not ready to let go of 2006 ..not just as yet .

In the last week of 2005 ..I was talking to Tinu ..and I told him that I wanted 3 things in 2006 ..Clarity , Perspective and Tolerance . Not less than 48 hours later ..I woke up on the 1st day of 2006 ..shockingly having lost all perspective with amazing clarity and seemed to have developed a knack to tolerate that as well . The 1st day of 2006 was spent drinking lots of masala chai and reminiscing and reconsidering ...and dinner at the cutest italian restaurant called Italic ....an evening brimming with with friends , fettuchini and familiarity . I can close my eyes and still see the yellow walls and hear our laughter echoing as Tinu asked the poor waiter for some Saunf ..and he replied .."Sir ..yeh italian restaurant hai ..idhar saunf nahi milta ." And from that day - To Today ..whenever things have gotten chaotic ..I've closed my eyes and thought that anything that started that well - has to only get better ..and somehow it has ..

But planners for 2007 - I'm not ready for . Theres much to do in 2006 . We have plans ...this year and me ..and we plan to make the remainder of our trip around the sun as memorable as possible ....so keep away 2007 ..I'll be ready for you in 26 weeks .

A long time ago I read something in Chicken Soup for the Soul ...it was from someone who had turned 80 ..and she said that when she was 5 ..she was dying to be in highschool ..and then when she was in highschool ..she was dying to go to the prom ..and when she was at the prom ..she was dying to be in college ..in college she was dying to get a job ..and then she was dying to get married and have kids ..and now she's 80 years old ..and wondering if she'd forgotten to live somewhere along the way ..

So lets not forget ..as we arm lock with this year ..lets remember ..to live in the present ..to look at the flowers ,laugh at oureslves , make a wish on the moon ...and as someone very wise once said ..try not think of ourselves as human beings having a spiritual experience ..but as spiritual beings ..having a human experience .

Good Night