Wishing you all a very Happy Mental Health Day

It's really important that we become aware & help them !!! Professional help is always there but it's our responsibility to make people aware about the facilities around them !

Apart from professional help, we as human beings have the power to heal ourselves and also the people around us...

♥ So let's join hands and make this world a better place ♥

xoxo, Aastha

Happy Father's Day ♥

Hello Peeps!

This post is dedicated to all the awesome FATHERS of this world....

They are our super heroes ... They are our first love ...

... It really IMPORTANT for us daughters and sons to tell him that he's the BEST ...

So this one's for my DADDY 

xoxo, Aastha

Holi Mubarak Ho !

 

 

Let's burn all the negativity and bring positivity in our life with vibrant colors..!!

 

 

Wish you all a very happy and safe holi! May your life be filled with colours of happiness and joy!

 

"Bura Na Mano, Holi Hai"

xoxo,  Aastha

5 Inspirational Quotes to Get You Through !!!

♥ Hello February ♥

Hello February Card ... For You Guys & Girls 

2014 began and we kept on saying that 2013 went so fast

AND 

Now I that January is over, again I dint realize how fast it went by

Yesterday I started with my usual morning routine and to kick start my day, I tuned into 93.5FM 

The first statement I heard as I tuned in was "it's the last day of January 2014"

That statement was stuck in my mind all day long ... and I kept thinking of all the moments that made me happy in January...

So let's remember what made us happy in the past month & make few short and sweet goals for these 28days!

I though of making like rigid resolution but I know it never works for me, that's when I decided that every week I will make sure that I make a short term goal! It can be anything from cleaning and organizing your desk, closet, accessories drawer, your notes...it can be anything and everything!

It makes you happy instantly and also gives you great confidence and motivation to do something productive. I also decided that I will talk about my goals to you'll and also try to show you my progress in achieving it!

"Enjoy these 28 days of LOVE" 

Let there be love not only for that special person but for everyone that matter to you and especially for yourself ♥

I always say this to a lot of people who ask me what I like about myself or why do I love myself so much?

I just have this small belief that

 "When you love yourself, only then can you love others truly and If you love yourself, people love you for what you are"

xoxo, Aastha ♥

Happy Republic Day ... Vande Mataram :)

♥ PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN ♥

All you Indians out there whether you are in India or Abroad ... Wish you all a very 

H A P P Y 

R E P U B L I C 

D A Y

This picture is a collage of some shots of the song Vande Mataram by A. R. Rahman

I am addicted to the song since I first heard it (during my childhood) ♥

xoxo, Aastha

How I Spent JANUARY 1st !!!

Hello Guys!!! 

How was your 1^st January, 2014??? I hope you had an awesome day!

It’s often said that what you do on the first day of the year is what you will continue to do all year long. Dunno whether it’s true or not!

Personally I don’t believe in this thought but if it’s really true then good for me coz I slept, ate good food, spent time with family & did a tinny minny workout (walk) &also did some photography 

I thought I would blog on the first day but I couldn’t… "Bad internet connection"… This made me do this post & I had an awesome idea (according to me) to post about what I did on DAY 1, 2014… And it was quite easy because I clicked too many pictures. Right now I'm in train going back how from my vacation! I was in Agra & Rishikesh visiting family!

I was in Rishikesh on the first day of the year, here are some pictures of DAY 1, 2014…
Lemme know what you did!!! 

Good Morning with some ROSES

Baby Pink ... looks so peaceful

... lovely view ... puppies playing ...

Me wearing my favorite colour "RED"

Spending some lovely moment by the river with Mommy

And here's my cute mausi !

... irritated coz of the wind & my curly hair ...

Random click by Mommy

Twilight ... The GANGA

Lights at the Baraj ... Clicked from Aastha Path

Selfie Time ... Winter OOTD

xoxo, Aastha 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hello My Loves  

" Happy New Year " 

Chilling in Rishikesh

Life has been full of ups & downs ... But we all got through this year... Lets try to forget all those difficult times & remember those moment of strengh & happiness !

May this year bring loads of LOVE & HAPPINESS our way 

Also lets make a effort to spread HAPPINESS among eachother for a better world around us!

                 

WHAT'S YOUR RESOLUTION FOR THIS YEAR ??

xoxo

Aastha

MARRIED OR NOT, YOU SHOULD READ THIS ...

This is something I read on Facebook ! I simply loved it & felt that everyone should read this one.

“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?

I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month’s time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that every day for the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn’t tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.

Suddenly it hit me… she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office…. jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind…I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn’t value the details of our lives, not because we didn’t love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed -dead. My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push through with the divorce.— At least, in the eyes of our son—- I’m a loving husband….

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves.

So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

If you don’t share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ♥

Remember love is the richest of all treasures. Without it there is nothing; and with it there is everything. Love never perishes , even if the bones of a lover are ground fine like powder. Just as the perfume of sandalwood does not leave it, even if it is completely ground up, similarly the basis of love is the soul, and it is indestructible and therefore eternal. Beauty can be destroyed , but not love. ♥

L . O . V . E

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY 

What is

A small word with deep meaning ... Each and everyone of us define love in our own way ! I went ahead & asked some of my friends what they think love is !!! I got some really amazing answers !!! These were some of the statements they made ...

L.O.V.E is the best possible feeling ever that leaves a smile even when you are in the deepest shit ever...

L.O.V.E is the most beautiful feeling that leads man from dark to light...

L.O.V.E is friendship, caring, honesty, trust & respect...

L.O.V.E is an attachment that results from deeply appreciating another's goodness...

According to me L.O.V.E is an emotion that can never stand alone... It will always bring you to a point where you are either happy, sad, excited, frustrated... It always comes with a bunch of other emotions ! 

I always think 

"WHY PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THE WORD LOVE WITH ONLY THE PERSON THEY ARE DATING???"

LOVE is all around us ... For me my first LOVE is always my FAMILY ... My MOM, DAD, DADI & BABA !!! You can fall in love with anything & everything possible whether it's living or non-living ! It's about accepting things as they are!

One thing I would like to share with everyone .... 

**PERSONAL EXPERIENCE**

!!! If you Love YOURSELF .... People will automatically fall in love with you !!!

" Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it."

xoxo

Aastha