Sometimes, We Just Have To Believe!

poovai · Jun 14, 2018

Nicely written, welcoming the spring.

I like 'threading' Jasmine flowers so much.... it is like a dream come true when I visit our friend in the west. They have backyard full of variety of Jasmine plants, it smells so wonderful.

mangaii · Jun 14, 2018

loved loved the snippet. I totally can feel what you wrote. Not similar experience but had similar feeling about something in life. You have presented a simple but yet a very strong message. As always I enjoyed reading it. Not everyone can bring emotions to words and I think you are truly blessed to enjoy nature and by writing snippets like this you make people like me appreciate the nature around me.

Srama · Jun 14, 2018

@Balajee,

He is a lab and a border collie mix - we see more of lab in him. Pretty smart dog even if I say so ;-)

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OOh your dog seems to have vert strong predatory instincts. Goes after frogs? Must be a Chinese oi French breed.
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Srama · Jun 14, 2018

Dear @poovai ,

Welcome to my snippets Threading the jasmine flowers in fact any flowers for that matter is something that I always wished to learn but never materialized. Now with flowers that I can count on my fingertips, there seems to be no need. You are right about the smell!!

Thank you Poovai for your appreciative words.

poovai said: ↑

Nicely written, welcoming the spring.

I like 'threading' Jasmine flowers so much.... it is like a dream come true when I visit our friend in the west. They have backyard full of variety of Jasmine plants, it smells so wonderful.
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Srama · Jun 14, 2018

Dear @mangaii ,

I had a big grin seeing you here and am jumping with joy. Thank you for your words! I am glad you could relate well to what I wrote. Most of the time when I write down, it helps me relive the experience in my mind and it calms me down for a few days .

Thank you for your words about my writing. I truly appreciate it and it makes it all worthwhile when I get these lovely responses.

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loved loved the snippet. I totally can feel what you wrote. Not similar experience but had similar feeling about something in life. You have presented a simple but yet a very strong message. As always I enjoyed reading it. Not everyone can bring emotions to words and I think you are truly blessed to enjoy nature and by writing snippets like this you make people like me appreciate the nature around me.
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girvani · Jun 14, 2018

kkrish said: ↑

Thank you @girvani .
I am happy that you and your kids follow the space series.
I posted Saturn a few weeks ago. You will find the link in the EP &G forum Space Series By Kkrish -- Index

Here is the link to the article.
Solar System - Saturn
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Thank you !

Viswamitra · Jul 1, 2018

Dear Sabitha,

I somehow missed this wonderful snippet and only Cheeniya Sir's award brought my attention to this snippet. Knowing you well, most ILites including myself will never question your happiness on seeing 10 Jasmine flowers. The quantity is irrelevant and it is the emotional attachment to the plant and its response that matters.

You brought great memories of my childhood when I used to water the Jasmine plants everyday and pluck them later in the evening. I kept attempting to thread them together for a long time trained by my mom and finally I learned that trick of crossing the fingers quickly across to tie two or four of them together. The colorless water, red dirt, green plants and white flowers used to make me feel very happy for no reason.

Even people living 1,000 miles away from you and your family know the softness and loving nature of your family and why not a little bird? More you observe things around you, you present them to us and let us enjoy reading them.

Viswa

Srama · Jul 2, 2018

Dear V sir,

Thank you for your response. My mom had a green thumb and while I did not pay any attention to what she did, I must have observed with keenness for I seem to have inherited some of her interest in plants. Thank you for your kind words.

satchitananda · Jul 5, 2018

Dear Sabitha,

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I wake up with tears in my eyes. What an emotional day it was but what a relief as well to have that dream! Finally it feels like I have found a solution and now all I need to do is hang on to that feeling of "This is where I want to be"...for the rest of my life. Instinctively I send a prayer up. I know there are many that are wishing me well. Up there. With that sense intact, I walk out to the patio and my smile widens. It must have rained as I was busy sleeping and dreaming and clearing my thoughts. The dampness on the patio, the cool almost there summer weather, the bright sun yet oh so gentle sun of the morning, that cup of coffee in my hands add to my sense of peace I seem to have found. As I settle down on the swing, I notice that my little jasmine plant has may be some 10 flowers. I am delighted. Don't laugh at me! That joy for just 10 flowers? The plant knows our journey. Being where we are and the circumstances we go through, 10 flowers is a lot, sometimes!

I totally understand that feeling and I am sure you understand that I understand!!! After all every time I get one capsicum, 5 tomatoes, 8 jasmine flowers, a teensy weensy broccoli, I am posting all over the place in sheer joy. So yes, we are birds of a feather indeed!

Just this spring I think the weather is all good, the plant as if nodding in agreement begins to sprout new branches and I happily bring her out to the patio and boom the gods above decide it is time to play a cruel joke and the frost shows up.

:-( Bummer indeed.

Both the plant and I bow down in submission and wait for better times.
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These flowers are what we were both waiting for. I pluck all the flowers very gently, almost like wanting to thank the plant. I put the flowers down in a plate and with delight make my DH smell my palm that had held the flowers! Ah the delightful smell of jasmine! Both of us agree.

For some reason, the dog refuses to come to the back yard. Okay, I know the reason but will not go there. So I look at his pleading eyes through the screen and decide to take to the front yard. He is happy, you can see it in his little puppy prances. We both settle down, he on the grass and me on the front step. I am still sipping my coffee, enjoying the very loud chirping of birds, is it the silence around me or is it just me I wonder that makes the sound so clear and notice that the Saturday news paper is lying all the way down there on the drive way.

Sigh!!! That seems such an idyllically blessed state to be in. Enjoy!

i walk down and bring it with me and open it to actually read it. I realize it has been so long since I have done that. The paper is free (with community news), the usual routine is to pick it up and walk straight to the recycle bin! I am not sure when and how I got into that habit. But today is different. After all I had woken up with tears in my eyes. The first image I see that of an acquaintance I have known for a long long time. I feel maybe I was meant to open the paper to read about him. He has won an award from the local community. I am so happy for him. It is true joy. There are some people whose mere presence can make a difference. He is one of those people. I turn the pages and read a column about some cats and dogs and squirrels and realize that it was meant just for me. Now I wonder again as to why I had stopped reading that paper anymore.

I notice that the dog has walked towards our garage. I know the reason. Only recently we found out that a sparrow had decided to build its nest in the garage. Don't ask me what's the big deal? The big deal is the spot it has picked to build its nest. As usual on one of my roller coaster days, I remember that it is the trash collection day. I go to the garage to bring the trash bags and just as I get to the box, I am mortified! There is a birds' nest! My first reaction is joy! I am not sure why these things make me want to dance so much. The next reaction was 'stupid, stupid, stupid'! How stupid can this bird be!
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It has chosen to build a nest in a heavy traffic area - we go back and forth this spot, like twenty times a day. Then I feel, may be the bird has abandoned the idea but decide anyways not to disturb the nest. And then just yesterday, as I walk by, I notice a bird fly past me form the box startling me. The dog has seen it and so have we. Now we are all careful as we walk by and my daughter with conviction in her voice tries to make me understand that it is through my open garage door that she has seen this bird fly in and out. She looks at me says "mom, truth!". She is happy to have found an answer to my question "how the heck did this bird get into our garage and found that spot?" I realize, after all the bird was not that stupid and I just had to believe! It might have planned all along and known about the softees in this household including the dog!

Hahaha, smart birdie indeed!

I come back to the front porch with the dog, collect all the pages, head back into the back yard and just as I open the door, I hear plop. I feel 'dang it! I missed it again' I know there is a frog that has made its home in our pond and every time it hears us, it goes into hiding. And then I realize I don't have to see it. I know it is there and all I have to do is believe it, just like the figure who assured me the same in my dream! I have to hang on to this feeling! I just have to believe it!!
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Beautiful, Sabitha. You really paint visuals with your words. A very well deserved win. Looking forward to more.

Srama · Jul 5, 2018

Thank you Satchi for always being so supportive. I had begun to feel like a energizer bunny (good for me, might be boring for others) going on and on with the same rhetoric - It has been four long years since I have won anything here

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Dear Sabitha,
Beautiful, Sabitha. You really paint visuals with your words. A very well deserved win. Looking forward to more.
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