Vaish
7

Gone are the days

When the school reopened in June,

And we settled in our new desks and benches .

Gone are the days

When we queued up in book depot,

And got our new books and notes.

Gone are the days

When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet

Managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.

Gone are the days

We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and

Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then

Micro tips.

Gone are the days

We began drawing with crayons and evolved to

Colour pencils and finally sketch pens.

Gone are the days

We started calculating first with tables and then with

Clarke's tables and advanced to calculators and

computers.

Gone are the days

When we chased one another in the corridors in

Intervals, and returned to the classrooms

Drenched in sweat.

Gone are the days

When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,

Playgrounds, under the trees and even in cycle sheds.

Gone are the days

When all the colors in the world,

Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays.

Gone are the days

When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,

Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons.

Gone are the days

When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,

And Neckties and socks rolled into balls.

Gone are the days

When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,

While others simply played "book cricket" in the

Confines of classroom.

Gone are the days

Of fights but no conspiracies,

Of Competitions but seldom jealousy.

Gone are the days

When we used to watch Live Cricket telecast,

In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks.

Gone are the days

When few rushed at 3:45 to

"Conquer" window seats in our School bus.

Gone are the days

While few others had "Big Fun",

"gulfi ice", " ice creams!" and "pepsi !" at 4o Clock.

Gone are the days

Of Sports Day, and the annual School Day ,

And the one-month long preparations for them.

Gone are the days

Of the stressful Quarterly,Half Yearly and Annual Exams,

And the most enjoyed holidays after them.

Gone are the days

Of tenth and twelfth standards, when we

Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests.

Gone are the days

We learnt, we enjoyed, we played, we won, we lost,

We laughed, we cried, we fought, we thought.

Gone are the days

With so much fun in them, so many friends,

So much experience, all this and more.

Gone are the days

when we used to talk for hours with our friends.

Now we don't have time to say a HI.

Gone are the days

when we played games on the road.

Now we code on the road with laptop.

Gone are the days

when we saw stars shining at night.

Now we see stars when our code doesn't work.

Gone are the days

when we sat to chat with friends on grounds.

Now we chat in chat rooms.....

Gone are the days

where we studied just to pass.

Now we study to save our job

Gone are the days

where we had no money in our pockets and fun filled on our hearts

Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart

Gone are the days

where we shouted on the road.

Now we dont shout even at home

Gone are the days

where we got lectures from all.

Now we give lectures to all...

Gone are the days

But not the memories, which will be

Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and

Ever and ever and Ever .....

NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE , DONT FORGET TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL EXISTS. IT WILL NOT BE THERE FOR EVER.

Hope you had a pinch of your golden/olden memories....LIKE WHAT I HAD:) :)

From India, Bangalore
bala1
20

Anu,

Nostalgia, is it??????

Do not worry, read this..............

Quote:

Most of us spend a greater part of our lives worrying about things not

going right. Right? But did just worrying about a situation ever changes anything?



Did it make a child come home sooner?



Or a test score higher?



Did it put money in your pocket?



Or a ring on someone's finger?



Make a car run smoother?



Or did it help get a better job?



No! All it did was waste a lot of time.



So what should we do instead of worrying? There's this little story I read

which I found quite revealing:



There was an old man who operated a rowboat for ferrying passengers between

an island and the mainland. One day a passenger noticed that he had painted

on one oar the word Work, and on the other oar the word Faith. Curiosity

led him to ask the meaning of this.



The old man replied, "I will show you." Dropping one oar, he rowed only

with the oar named Work. Of course, the boat just went around in circles.

Then he switched oars, picking up Faith and dropping Works. And the little

rowboat went around in circles again-this time in the opposite direction.



After this demonstration, the old man picked up both oars Faith and Work,

and rowing with both oars together swiftly coursed over the water.



He looked at the passenger and said, "You see, that is the way it is in

life as well as in rowing a boat. You got to keep both oars in the water,

otherwise, you'll just go in circles..!"



And that's how worry comes about, when we go round in circles. We worry

like crazy and then visit every temple, mosque and church about some

problem, praying that God will do something, and going back home, hope for

a miracle. Worry is simply when we use one oar in the water.



We worry about a problem and start working from morning to nightfall on it,

yet can't come up with a solution. We burn the midnight oil, we go without

food or keep unhealthy timings with our sleep and finally find we are

nowhere near reaching the answer and then we start worrying why things are

not happening.



Work and Faith go together my friend.



There's no point praying for a miracle in your exams if you haven't studied

hard enough. If you have then pray God will give you the peace and calm

during the exams to recollect everything; and He will.



Or asking for a promotion or a new job if you are lazy.



It won't happen, and you'll just go round in circles.



So stop worrying, put both your oars into the river of life and start

rowing. You'll find unbelievable miracles happening..!





Unquote

Thanks

Bala

From India, Madras
bala1
20

Read this toooooo,

Aspire to reach your potential.

Believe in yourself.

Create a good life.

Dream about what you might become.

Exercise frequently.

Forgive honest mistakes.

Glorify the creative spirit.

Humor yourself and others.

Imagine great things.

Joyfully live each day.

Kindly help others.

Love one another.

Meditate daily.

Nurture the environment.

Organize for harmonious action.

Praise performance well done.

Question most things.

Regulate your own behavoiour.

Smile often.

Think rationally.

Understand yourself.

Value life.

Work towards your goal. and a shared goal.

Xray your actions carefully.

Yearn to improve.

Zestfully pursue happiness.

Aspire to reach your potential.

Believe in yourself.

Create a good life.

Dream about what you might become.

Exercise frequently.

Forgive honest mistakes.

Glorify the creative spirit.

Humor yourself and others.

Imagine great things.

Joyfully live each day.

Kindly help others.

Love one another.

Meditate daily.

Nurture the environment.

Organize for harmonious action.

Praise performance well done.

Question most things.

Regulate your own behavoiour.

Smile often.

Think rationally.

Understand yourself.

Value life.

Work towards your goal. and a shared goal.

Xray your actions carefully.

Yearn to improve.

Zestfully pursue happiness.

Thanks

bala

From India, Madras
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