TODAY!!

Posting a poem I found while searching thru some archieves TODAY :)
Need this handy whenever the day demands it..like today does!

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TODAY I will delete from my diary two days:

YESTERDAY and TOMORROW

Yesterday was to learn

And tomorrow will be the consequence

Of what I can do TODAY.

TODAY I will face life with the conviction that

This day will not ever return.

TODAY is the last opportunity I have to live intensely,

As no one can assure me

That I will see tomorrow's sunrise.

TODAY I will be brave enough not to let any opportunity pass me by,

My only alternative is to succeed.

TODAY I will invest my most valuable resource: my TIME,

In the most transcendental work : my LIFE;

I will spend each minute passionately to make of

TODAY a different and unique day in my life.

TODAY I will defy every obstacle that appears on my way trusting

I will SUCCEED.

TODAY I will resist pietism

And will conquer the world with a SMILE,

With the positive attitude of expecting always the BEST.

TODAY I will make of every ordinary task a sublime expression

TODAY I will have my feet on the ground understanding reality

And the stars' gaze to invent my future.

TODAY I will take the time to be happy

And will leave my footprints and my presence in the hearts of others.

TODAY I invite you to begin a new

Where we can that everything we undertake is possible

And we can fulfil it with joy and dignity.

Have a good day and a better one tomorrow!

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MIA- When life and work and ETC takes over

Dear Blog,

I know I have been missing
Have put life before you
Have put work before you
Have not written due to Law and Order musings.

But you are always there
Always there to accept my blahs and whines
There to accept my typos, my poems and my thoughts.

So here and today, I promise to make amends
I will be here more often
Even though it means words lessened.

Just so that I can come back in days ahead
And remember what was going on
While time was ticking, sun was shining
Flowers were blooming and love was growing :)

Phenomenal Woman

T asked me to read this poem becuase I am going thru a hard month. I love, love, love this. So keeping it handy for the times I need to read this:

Phenomenal Woman
by Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It’s the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can’t touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them,
They say they still can’t see.
I say,
It’s in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing,
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It’s in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need for my care.
’Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Maya Angelou, “Phenomenal Woman” from And Still I Rise.

Doggy Door in Heaven

A friend and co-worker's dog passed away today morning. I had not met him, but had seen loads of pix. I know that had I met him, I would have instantly fallen in love. Dogs just talk to you with their eyes. The best kind of communication ever!
Neeways, I was thinking what to write to her so as to let her know how I feel and I found this wonderful website dedicated to dogs. Check it out!
Poems in Praise of Dogs

Here is what I sent her. I hope she finds the courage and strength she needs in this time of sorrow.

HEAVEN'S DOGGY-DOOR

My best friend closed his eyes last
night, As his head was in my hand.
The Doctors said he was in pain,
And it was hard for him to stand.

The thoughts that scurried through
my head, As I cradled him in my arms.
Were of his younger, puppy years,
And OH...his many charms.

Today, there was no gentle nudge
With an intense "I love you gaze",
Only a heart thats filled with tears
Remembering our joy filled days.

But an Angel just appeared to me,
And he said, "You should cry no more,
GOD also loves our canine friends,
HE's installed a 'doggy-door"!

--- Jan Cooper --- 1995

Love..a Why...

They say that love does not hurt; 

They say that love brings happiness

They say that love makes everything joyful

They say that love lights up the darkness

Then why does the heart ache

Why is there anger

Why are there disconnects

Why is there a fear of loss anticipated along the way

Why do two people grow apart

Why is there loss of words

Where does the happiness disappear

When does the boon become a curse

Why are there so many questions

And where do I find answers

Why does he say that something is missing

Even when I have laid down my heart; still he says it falters.

So do I still believe that love brings happiness

Believe that everything will be joyful like it was

That love will light our way 

That we met  has to have a divine cause.

- Leena

Jan 06, 2009; 1:27 AM

Poem about MOI

This is what a co-worker, PAMish, had to say about me!! Although this might seem a little cheesy, I think it is quite sweet!!

happy / joyful / jubliant / rejoicing / wallowing / zippy Leena,
who will be remembered for desiging unflawed NAFTA,
se sikho kya hota hai Jeena...

Glossary::
NAFTA-- was a STUPID and VERY VERY largescale project we worked on.
wallowing -- We all know the obvious meaning of this word, but this is written with the alternate meaning in mind, as explained here :: http://www.answers.com/wallowing&r=67

I will always Love you....

I will always love you..

Minutes have turned into hours,
Hours into days,
Days into weeks,
Weeks into months,
And I still seem to fall.
I have tried everything but nothing seems to help me at all.

Tears rush down my face
As if it is the very moment that I lost you again,
When I close my eyes I see your face so clear,
As if you were now with me and so near.

I reach out to touch you like I used to
Walk to you till the distance between us becomes a few,
I want to whisper that I love you
And that you can take me without further a due.

The touch of your lips still lingers on my lips
The way you felt on me, within me, makes me miss a few beats.
Though memories seem to fade,
The love I feel for you still remains.

I want to feel your touch,
Want to feel your warmth and so much.
I want to hear your heart beat close to mine
And whisper to you that it is just divine.

But as I sit alone in the silence of my room,
All I can hear is your voice
And then I think about all the mistakes and the choice.

The look in your eyes when you kissed me overcomes,
There is nothing else in the world that made me so succumb.
The moments we had together surround me in parts,
The thought of the way things were and what they could have been break my heart.
But nothing stops the pain now since,
I know that getting over you will be the hardest thing I will ever do.

I want to reach out for you and to feel what I felt
To be again in your warm embrace that so made me completely melt.
I want so much to say that I love you
And that I would give the world for that too.

That is when the picture starts to dim,
And the heartache fills up to the brim.
And that is when you look at me and smile,
And it dawns on me that it's been a while.

But before you can say a word
I realize it is a different world,
Because having you with me was just a thought,
A wish I've been making since the day we started drifting apart.

Minutes will turn into hours,
Hours into Days,
Day's into weeks,Weeks into months,
And still my heart will break for you.

Just for one more chance to tell you that I will always love you and till death I do.

- Leena
2/9/2006, 12:30am

I broke up...

I broke up...

I broke up with you today,
I just let you go.

I killed the hope that I had in me I could not let it more grow
For this time i realisedThe pain and hurt had began to hypnotise.

And all the love and all the romance that was once there
Was not any strong for me to wear.

As I sit here in my empty room
Thinking about what you said and said what me
I wonder if all this is really worth a grieve.

I always knew in my heart this was not meant to be
For when it is we can clearly see.

But I am not bitter for I know
That we tried hard to make the love grow.

So as I sit here wondering why I cannot cry
I know becuase it was worth the try.

So even if loving you might be a mistake
For I an take the blame, the one thing I will partake.

For loving you showed me how pretty the world is
My love for you told me never a full moon to miss.

When I loved you the flowers and the spring were just for me
I felt the warmth even in the winter and the sleet.

So as I sit here thinking about what happened
I know that I am not heart broken.

For everytime I will think about us I will think about the smiles not the tears,
I will think about the love you's and not the swears,
I will think about the nights and not the fights,
I will think about the songs and not the lies.

Because you taught me to love, to care and to share
And for that I will always remember you as my teddy bear.

So even though now I feel a litle girl
Whose lost her teddy when she took a swirl,
And it will be hard since I lost you
And there will be days that I will miss you
But I know that I will get through
Becuase even in all the ordeal you made sure I grew.


-Leena
3/31/2006, 3:22pm