January 7, 1966 - January 7, 2016

Thank God that I'm still here to write one more Birthday journal at the age of 50...

The length of my journey on Earth is..
50 years

600 months

2,608 weeks

18,262 days

438,288 hours

26,297,280 minutes

1,577, 836,800 seconds

I was born on a full moon day on 7^th January 1966 and since then the full moon appeared 619 times.

January 1966
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

As I was going through last year's journal, I realised that nothing has been changed much..So I am posting the same with slight changes..
2015 was indeed special as it was an anxious waiting to turn 50!! And at the end of the day I can only say 'Thanks' to everyone, for everything..
Life taught me the way down to Earth, leaving the tough upward journey in life’s ladder. My priorities stopped changing according to my needs; rather it changes according to the situations where others need me.

I’m so happy to pass through each year as I believe that best is yet to be. Life is not the number of years we breathe. Life is something that even death cannot take away from us. Life never dies.

The more I live, the more I wonder and the less I speak! All I understand is that everything is beyond my comprehension and best is to be present in each moment, wondering about the marvel of Creation.

The more I live I come to know that everything is predestined and designed and the best is to live through life, touching each precious moments in gratitude.

I am sure that the best thing to happen need not be something that makes you laugh. May be, the best moment was when I stopped someone cry.

The best gift wasn’t something very expensive that I got, but probably the love that flowed through me when someone needed it.

And the more I live, the more I pray for Grace and Strength that comes from God.

I expect less, share more.

I worry less,  try to hold on to faith.

I cry less, smile more.

All these changes wouldn’t have been possible without God and God sent people. Thanks to people who I have known since my birth, stayed in my life since years, came to my life till today, not to forget the people who left me along the journey. I thank you all, as your coming or going made me grow into what I am now.

I learnt that each day is my chance to return love to the people who love us and a chance to make up for the hurt and pain that I’ve caused to others. The best thought that I had this year is, ‘Many people have helped us to strengthen our wings so that we can fly to new heights. But the same strength has to be used to reach back to them in gratitude, to take a detour and come back home and to our dear ones. If our feathers are designed with the magic of love, they will surely help us fly back home, where we started.’

The journey continues. With a heart full of thanks I bow before my parents who taught me life as a journey from Heaven to Earth and then from Earth to Heaven...I learnt almost everything from them, also from my brother, my husband, my kids, my friends...

And all my learning comes to one single point called Love: a Love that lives for others, a love that makes sacrifices, a love that gives others life, a Love called God..

Thanks to all who were and are and will be in my life. If God wills, I will continue this journal on January 7, 2017!!