Count your blessings!

I am blessed... truly blessed! How many of us actually say that? unless something new has happened! We moan over small and silly things but have we ever thanked enough for the countless blessings we have?

From around the time i could recall my thoughts... i have been keen in watching the lives around me, the people i see,their behaviors, the way they talk... and i have not come across anyone who have been truly thankful for all the blessings without any complaint! i have come across people who cry over their shopping mishaps like bad color choice,bad negotiation, poor research... people who are jealous of their friends having a bigger house, much expensive car, or even whose kids have scored better in the exams! Its not about being jealous its about moaning over those silly things... Why cant we, the most intelligent primates, literates...open our eyes and look around and see the world, the real world... the poverty, the distress in families, the crimes against innocent people,kids... the riots... the hurricanes and flood... how can we moan over having a bad hair cut when lil babies die in Palestine? how can we want more variety of food when kids die of malnutrition in somalia? ok what abt in india? how can we want more collections of clothes when there are school kids who cant buy their school uniforms? How can we not be satisfied with our salary when we see many who lost everything in the flood?

Yes... we are humans... and its only human to forget what we read, what we see and hear... but a part of us are purposefully forgetting it! everything that's bad... so that we could just move on... and live our life carefree... and yes we have to move on...we have to do that... but why cry over things we don't have and instead count our blessings? that's what puzzles me! at some point everyone have done this... even the ones who talk about it... even me... i realized this when i was actually sad over something i didn't have... all these pictures came to my mind like an omen! all i could think was 'what an $%#% i am!'

Lets count our blessings for a moment,just for fun... and be happy and content for a while before a new desire creeps into our heart and we cry over not having it! Lets be happy for the lovely world we live in, for the beautiful mornings,every radiant sunset, for the colorful rainbows, for the misty falls,the blooming flowers,the soothing rain, for the fluttering butterflies and every small wonders of nature!

Let us keep smiling for we are blessed in one way or the other!

Copyright 2012 Sajima Azeez - All Rights Reserved

Down the memory lane...

Ok fine, i'll take up blogging...again! Well dont get me wrong... These are my own thoughts... I used to write whn i was a kid... I wrote poems, kept a diary and even wrote a novel... I wonder where those are now!! Well i never saved any of my work, my family sure did read them and only they did :( sigh! I wish i had at least some of them saved in any old books of mine so that i could just go bak to those old days...


My favourite time of my life until now... It was just before i entered my teens... And just after it... Those days were the best days of my life, the freedom i enjoyed before i was considered a 'big girl', being the youngest really helped to add a little extra time to tht 'lil girl' stage... 

My childhood days,The things i learned , the places i explored... Everything was just like a fairy tale or a fairy land to me... I njoyed the pampering of my father, the giggles exchanged between the girls, the green nature, the stories i shared with the birds,the breeze when i held my chin up to feel them, the smile when i saw the red sky during the sunset, the times i counted the stars and wished to see one shooting... I remember the times i used to climb up the ladder at home to reach the top terrace just to njoy the beautiful sunset, to get inspired and jot down a few lines...


Everything and every moment of those days were writing me a story... The stories i'll cherish forever... I didn't realise it then but sure i am glad i have them to remember... 


I was like dora..the explorer! definitely without a backpack... I used to wonder a lot, climb trees or walls! ;) of my own home!☺ yeah i was fast and upbeat almost always during those days... I explored the world around me .. to a good extend, a 9 or 10 year old can... My visits to my father's place( my uncle's) were always filled with new things, things tht were new to me since i lived in the city... The village offered a lot of excitement, the fields, the coir industry, the goats, ducks n chickens, the tamarind trees, most of all the loving people around... I never missed any chance i got to walk around and explore... The lives,the beautiful nature and every time i went... I stumbled across something new and exciting! 

My visits to my maternal grandparents, added an extra spice called 'pranks' to those days... Definitely with my cousins... Together we used to sneak out for our day's adventures to begin... Our strolls through the streets, visits to the river bank... where we had our share of fun, the bicycle rides (which i was scared of), and when we got tired the pennies from my grandma sure did buy us a lot of sip up's! We played and danced... Merely and happily enjoying every moment, the day ends with the echo of our laughter lingering the corridors... I was loving it, every bit of my childhood!


Never going to get those days back, nor our children will have such a time in their life... I feel bad for them,for those who never got a chance to enjoy or missed these small wonders a child could cherish for a lifetime...


Adios until my next visit :)

Copyright  2012 Sajima Azeez - All Rights Reserved

What a wonderful world...

I see trees of green, red roses too...
I see them bloom for me and you.
And I think to myself what a wonderful world...


I see skies of blue and clouds of white.
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.
And I think to myself what a wonderful world...


The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky...
Are also on the faces of people going by...
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do.
They're really saying I love you...


I hear babies crying, I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more than I'll never know...
And I think to myself what a wonderful world...

Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world...

Life is beautiful...!! is it??

Sometimes i smile, sometimes i cry... sometimes i frown and at times i am shy...

don't ask me why...what ever it is... its just a Girl's mind!

Yeah, Girls are different... they dream, they have fantasies... they believe in fairy tales, and a happily ever after... I am one of them...
i dream, dreams are something that gives us wings... wings to fly high,when we feel low... They give us hope, the energy to live... If it comes true its a dream come true! if not... we'll still have something to dream about...

Life's beautiful, is it? i would say.." yes it is" but not for everyone... we can paint our own life... even though it might not turn out perfect but it might turn out good... we can make it colorful or we can make it back and white... Its our choice...

We often come across obstacles,hardships and sorrows in our life... but that doesn't mean we need to quit our dreams and just end up being desperate and pessimistic forever... when one door closes, another opens... its true... we can consider life as a tunnel, or a road... we somehow end up there... in a deserted road... we come across many people in our travel, they become our family,friends, acquaintances and some still remain as a stranger. During our journey, we'll have to cross junctions... where we'll have to decide which route to take... some might take us to our destiny while some reach a dead end.
During our trip, we will have to face obstacles and traffic jams... where some quits while some still wait and wait... and Others take a U turn!
The hidden fact,that might help us keep going in life is...Every road we take untimely end at the same point...which can be our destiny! Its just the matter of different routes... Some might take long, some might be lucky enough to find the easiest route, while some will take forever...
But there's no point in going back now or quitting!, especially after coming this long!


During this journey we'll collect some beautiful moments, few bad dreams and some fears... Lets take only the Sweet moments ahead and leave the others behind...
'Love' contributes to most of those sweet moments we collect... Love's not just Romance! it has greater meanings than that... its the bond shared between the mother and her baby, between the husband and wife, between a kid and his pet, between two best friends... love makes up sweet memories for us... a hug from our loved one will wipe away our tears... even a silence can comfort us, if its from our loved one... So lets keep it close to our heart always...

Whatever it is.. lets just take a deep breath and continue our journey which might take us to our destiny...

'Hope' keeps us living... never let it go... Dreams and hope... they go hand in hand... we dream of something we want and hope to get it one day...
Lets embrace these... hope,dreams and love... which will help us over come anything that comes our way...

Lets Hope for the best! and love our beautiful life! :)

Copyright  2007 Sajima Azeez - All Rights Reserved