What's new on my Art Blog?

I am back to uploading and updating my blogs. I just added the new oil painting to my Art Blog. You can click the link to view it at the below link -

http://archanaartgallery.blogspot.in/2013/10/landscape-bushes-and-pine-trees.html

Cheers:)

God on Facebook!

My friends tell me 'You are a strong lady' and my readers call me their inspiration. My best friends saw me crying for the first time, when they told me a pithy comment spoken about me. People are too good to wear masks and gossip behind our back. 

It hurts when someone you think as a friend just stays for reasons and conditions. I was really hurt when I heard this about me - 'You look young or beautiful as you have no child to take care. You are not a mother or work for a firm so you can waste time on workouts'.

Tears rolled down my cheeks. I work and I really work hard but I was shocked to listen to all this about me. What will you do?

Maybe cry but till how long, and for how many years, and more over for what?

I started writing my 5th poem and I am sharing the link to my poem. Just imagine if God ever had a Facebook account. This is the poem all about. Let us start the Diwali season with a positive note - 

God is with us to take care of us. Do not look back in life. Cherish memories but don't live with them. Whatever happens, happens for a reason. People who hate you can never understand you. Do not live for those to whom you do not matter. At the end, you should only love yourself!

http://poemhunter.com/poem/god-on-facebook/

Read and enjoy this poem.

Good Night!

Man made out of Iron....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangram_Singh

This season of Big Boss 7 is the best of all earlier series. It brings into limelight the story and real life of a man who really inspired me. If my blogs and books have been an inspiration for many people around me, the story of one of the contestant is a real life inspiration for me. Yes, I am blogging about a man made out of iron ( refers to his mental strength and stamina). - Sangram Singh.

Sangram Singh who lived on a wheel chair for years due to arthritis and paralysis is an International icon when it comes to the world of wrestling. He fought with his own destiny and disability to be where we see him today. A person who has been awarded both at national and international platforms  in the field of wrestling is an inspiration for many like me.

You can click the below link to read more about Sangram Singh.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangram_Singh

His story is a story of determination and dedication.

And this is what makes me address him as a man made out of iron. 

My Last Wish......

My last wish is to snorkel with beluga whales in the Churchill River, Hudson Bay, Canada. I want to go for scuba diving and feel the whales around me. This is one of the best locations to snorkel and dive deep in the sea, and feel a different world. A world of coral reefs and fishes. 

9 years ago when I started swimming, my instructor disliked me for being hydrophobic. He asked me to quit the program and the club. I cried whole night as I used to get asthma attacks after my sessions. I used to spend nights gasping to breathe. No medicine worked for me. I tried explaining to him but I always failed. And then one fine day, I walked up to him with a note written in Italian. He smiled. After a while, he took me to the lawn and asked me to breathe. I was puzzled. He asked me to breathe again. He showed me the way to the changing room and asked me to join the group for the session. I was walking along the pool when he held my hand and pushed me in the deeper side of the pool. I could not see anything. I felt I will drown. It was 18 feet deep. All I could hear was - do or die. My hands and feet started working and my breathe was going up/ down......and after that day, I never looked back. I won two medals for the club...just inter-club competitions. When I got out of my wet suit to a two piece swimsuit.....i do not remember. I could feel I started taking it as a sport. From 1800 m to 2500 m daily, swimming became my passion and my life.

When I visited Thailand and my first snorkelling experience was successful, I felt to do something I always wanted to do.....deep sea diving......

My family is scared...they are not sea lovers....but I want to do it. I want to dive 82 feet deep in the sea before I die in this lifetime. If my medical condition could support, I will go for scuba diving open water ( license to dive) this year. One life .....one dream and only my last wish...Amen........

Maybe some day, when any arthritis patient will read about my experience, he or she might feel to make their dreams come true.......<3.....

..........I guess my wish list ends here..................

I love this song.....:)

I just completed my order of all the 325 chocolates. I am sharing the link to one of my favourite songs - Main Rang Sharbaton ka tu meetha ghat ka paane.....it is such a lovely song. What I like about the song is the voice of the male playback singer and yes, the lyrics.......

So beautifully written. The words are so beautifully used in defining his love.....

Here is the link - http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SOPIpYM9MC8

Listen to this number and sleep tight!

Inti naraaz main hue zindagi se,
Ki Mujhe maut ki arzoo hue,
Dua mein jab maut aaye samne,
Zindagi se beintentaah mohabbat ho Gaye!

Lol....it means...when I was so upset with my life, I asked for death. But when I faced death, I again fell in tremendous love with life.

Life and death are like two sides of the same coin.....but they flip our lives. When we think life is useless, we try to take shelter in the name of death but when we face death, we start loving life.

No matter whether I am there after few days/ months/ years but one thing I will make sure whoever reads this blog should love life to the fullest. When I see it from platform of my life, I want each of one of you to Live and Love your life.

I am working on another big project for my chocolates and I just decided to get back to full time blogging and writing as well.

Sleep on a positive note - life is easy when you follow 'take it policy'. There is nothing more important to you - 'than you'.

Sweet Dreams <3

Happy Dussera 2013!

10th day called as Dussera that is mainly signified as 'victory of good over the evil'. Evil in the form of anger, lust, greed, jealousy et al, can be a reason of happiness. If I have to understand the significance of Dussera in my life then it would be winning over my hidden evil. 

It could be anger out of pain or depression due to pain or giving up at times when I cannot find a solution for my medical problems. I is hard when you are asked to live your life waiting and watching  how to save it from deterioration. It can cause irritation and negativity. I want to win over my this hidden evil that comes out after few weeks of interval and bothers me.

Think of one such evil in your personality and just chuck it of your life. The real meaning of Dussera is when you win over your negativity and spread happiness.

Happy Dussera......

Wings of Determination

I am writing my fifth poem titled as "wings of determination". My chocolates are ready and almost wrapped. My back and knee hurts but when I read my own poem - "wings of determination", I feel more determined. I got my first payment of chocolates for a corporate order, and it feels so good.

I am sharing few lines of my poem....

"I wear my wings of determination,

To fly beyond the mist of misery"

Pain is a driving force in my life. I can also put it as my benchmark to fight it and move on!

Where emergency rooms are like rest rooms for me, pain helps me to work more towards my goal. I always wonder about my thought to fulfill my last wish. I know and I believe, all I need are my wings of determination. Let us start our weekend on a positive note - wear your wings of determination.

Happiness is the only non-taxable thing in our lives. We are not charged to be happy. If happiness would have been taxable, I would have been paying the maximum tax....:)

Be happy....it is the best thing you can do for yourself.....love yourself.....<3

Buon Notte:)

Have I made it large - 'NO'!!

It was a hectic day. I started my day with my painting and workout. I went to buy lot of stuff for my second order of chocolates and I am dead tired. I have to make 900 chocolates till Saturday but it is a challenge as I am a one woman army :)....Oops! I feel to drink a cup of tea to keep me awake as I have to complete my fifth poem for my fifth book.

I really wanted to share this with all my readers as it feels good when you see things happening as per your plans. This order of chocolates alongwith a small corporate order is good enough for this festive season. 

I want to finish this poem and I ask myself, have I made it large in life?

The answer is - 'NO'. 

Till I am not done with my last wish I cannot die. I have to live for it. My order and the remuneration will bring me a step closer to the first stage of my last wish. Phew!!

I am so damn sleepy, and I end this post with the link to my page of chocolates -

https://www.facebook.com/Garden.of.Chocolates

Buon Notte!