Love you, Mommy –

You know you are too special to me

Thank you is a short word for the unconditional love and sacrifices you have made to bring me up

You wanted to see the best in me; I always wanted to reveal the best in me

Whenever I felt hopeless and inconsolable, you were there to lift me up and cheer me

I cannot imagine a day without you,

You are my best companion, I can share everything I feel, and I need not hide anything from you

You are my best counselor; I can depend on you at all times,  

You are my energy booster when I feel so exhausted

You are my best story-teller; I can seek protection in you, when I feel lonely

You resemble a mischievous child when I recollect those beautiful days of my motherhood

You are my little girl who gets terribly upset with the pain of aging

You are my adorable little girl who takes extreme joy in candies and sweets

You are my stubborn girl who goes out of  comfort zone to serve others, and find pleasure in life.

Love you, Mommy –

Forgive me for my mistakes and arguments

Forgive me for being adamant and short-tempered

Forgive me for being too playful and making you worried about me

Forgive me for being immature and irresponsible at times

Forgive me for being vulnerable and noisy

Forgive me for not assisting you in your daily chores

Forgive me for being too dependent on you for all emotional and physical tasks

Forgive me if I did hurt you by words, deeds, and mind.

Forgive me for not mentioning ‘Thank you’ for all your selfless work

One thing I wanted to let you know that ‘I love you always and forever!

I Love you, Mom –

You are my beloved soul, you are my reason, and you are my teacher,

You are my partner- in- crime; you are my strength and weakness as well

You are a magical healer of wounds in the heart as well as in body

You are the best comedian who makes me die out of laughter

You are an efficient problem solver with loads and loads of solution

You are my physician who spend hours and hours taking care of my health

You are my role model, I always adore you

You have taught me, love, unconditionally, serve people untiringly, and always be kind, caring, and compassionate, spread happiness, serenity, and peace

You have taught me to be a Fighter, and I will be…

I know I owe a great lot to you for your kindness, sacrifices, and unconditional love,

I owe you copiously for the discipline and goodness educated in me

I do not know when I am going to pay off!

You have been my superhero all my life… and will be forever!

I love you, Mom -

I owe you profusely for the days you have carried me in your womb, and all those troubles you have gone through in your life while I was making enthusiastic movements inside your womb!

I owe you abundantly for the day I have seen this world after several perilous moments!

I owe you a lot for the breast milk you have fed to keep me healthy and alive!

I owe you a great lot for the sleepless days and nights you have served me tirelessly!

I owe you generously for all those sacrifices for bringing me as the best girl child in your life!

I thank you for your kindness and unconditional love to date!

I am grateful to Almighty, for giving you as my Mother, I want you as my Mother in all my births…!

I am thankful to Almighty for giving me an opportunity to serve you!

I have not seen Almighty, I have seen Her presence in you!

Prayer to Mother Earth –

I thank you with all my heart,

I honor the existence of rivers, streams, ponds, lake, and oceans that are the life source on the Earth

I take pleasure in the sunlight which gives warmth from the chillness, and nurtures our body and mind,

I enjoy the coolness of breeze, whispers of the wind which carries the chirping of birds, sounds of fluttering of leaves

I honor the dazzling flame which burn the darkness of ignorance,

I am grateful for the shelter, I shall always cherish your warmth and protection, kindly forgive my sins,

Oh! Mother Earth, I praise all that you hold to nurture your creatures

Whenever I feel alone and lost, I shall take shelter at your lap

I am at peace with you always!

Humility –

Humility is the absence of pride, sense of ‘I know it all’; the truth is that our life is not enough to get a glimpse of branches of knowledge, not to talk about master it all.  The sense of pride take away the respect and knowledge as well, a natural watercourse creates its way through downwards, grasses live to tell the tales  of heavy downpours, but trees that stand solid and erect would not make it.  Humility is a sense of respect and respect to other people’s opinion, I strongly believe that we have forgotten a greater part of simple gestures of respect; so expecting someone to respect your opinion is fruitless act, usually people who are surrounded by big families are enriched with the great sense of respect and they have taken all the initiative to pass it on to the generations.  Humility is sense of morality, being honest, fair, non - judgmental, kind, caring, compassionate, not to hurt others by words, action or thoughts.   Finally, we are humans with lots of flaws, accept it and make all efforts to correct our mistakes, are the greatest achievement in life, sense of vengeance is the worst feeling to punish someone for their mistakes, instead, forgive and forget works very well, it brings peace of mind.

Disciplines of Mind –

Tranquility, kindness, composure, self-discipline, and purity are the characteristics of a noble soul, these can be achieved through the practice of intense meditation and Yogic practices, with thorough knowledge in scriptures.  Ascetics are an elevated soul who enjoys permanent bliss, the unison of individual soul with the supreme spirit, where there is no sorrow or happiness, pain or pleasure, gain or loss, death or birth, wellness or illness.  A gluttonous or ravenous, sleepless or sleep addict cannot succeed in meditation, people who are unbiased in all the activities, and dispassionate would attain self-realization.  We all are shackled by the pious as well as sinful deeds of several births; as a result, we have to go through the happiness and sorrows, pains and pleasures in this life.  A renounced soul who is neither affected by happiness nor sorrow, he is supplemented with the knowledge of self and supreme spirit.  Self-realization and God – realization is achieved by the practice of wisdom and knowledge that would burn the ignorance like a wood fire.  Self-realization is awareness of the concept of ‘I’ as supreme consciousness which has all-pervading nature.