COURAGE

Courage is the strength to stand up

When it's easier to fall down and lose hold.

It is the conviction to explore new horizons

When it's easier to believe what we've been told.

Courage is the desire to maintain our integrity

When it's easier to look the other way.

It is feeling happy and alive, and moving forward

When it's easier to feel sorry for ourselves and stay.

Courage is the will to shape our world

When it's easier to let someone else do it for us.

It is the recognition that none of us are perfect

When it's easier to criticize others and fuss.

Courage is the power to step forward and lead

When it's easier to follow the crowd; their pleas resound.

It is the spirit that places you on top of the mountain

When it's easier to never leave the ground.

The foundation of courage is solid,

The rock that doesn't roll.

Courage is the freedom

Of our mind, body, and soul!

SELFLESS LOVE

MOTHER - a six letter word

The ideal symbol of selfless love

The love that cradle her child in her faithful breast

The love that nurture her child with love and care

The love that saves her child from evil's eye

The love that leads her child in the path of truth

The love that supports her child to rise from failures

The love that dreams for her child's bright future

The love that sacrifices her happiness for her child

The love that lives for her child

MOTHER a synonym of selfless love. 

DREAM

A silent visitor in the moonlight

An unexpected intruder 

That knocks the door of mind

Sometimes good sometimes bad

Loving memories of the past

Teary moments bygone 

Climb up the stairs of mind

Suddenly disappears in the return of the bright star.

 When the resplendent rays of sun

Breaks our beauty sleep

The visitor seems invisible

Promising to visit in the moonlight.

MY COMPANION

                      

                                             Sitting alone and not having anyone is the worst  feeling. If at least I had a friend whose shoulder is always free to place my head and let my tears flow.But fortunately or unfortunately I have none. Staring at the ceiling I asked myself ' When I was born with a golden spoon in my mouth why can't I afford to have a trustworthy person in my life.

                           My lovely dad is busy in the race of running behind money. Born as a single child I have no siblings neither to fight nor to love.Studying in one of the reputed schools gives me thousands of friends but none seems interested in me but my money. That's when I noticed him, the plane conical glass mirror hanging on my bedroom wall. Slowly I went near him. Being with me for a long time I never noticed him. Without any makeup or attractive colors he seems colorful.

                          Standing infront of him I began to talk to him but he never responded. Next day after coming from school I repeated the same but his response was the same. This continued for a week. His cold response made my little mind think that he may not be interested in me. So I turned back to leave but a sound 'sorry friend' stopped me before I went away.

                         Slowly I turned back. Listening to a mirror speaking at first I was frightened. Soon my fear turned to surprise. Can a mirror talk? Am I dreaming? But leaving all those thoughts aside I went to him and whole day I talked to him and he responded happily.Within few days we became great friends. Sometimes he would scold me, sometimes he would tease me and sometimes he even advises me. I could feel a real friend in him. The magical mirror. My COMPANION.

                         Earning the best friend I was on cloud nine. Happily wandering around the house I overheard my dad's talk. He talks to mumma's photo when he misses her. This is his habit since we lost her. I heard him confessing to mumma how he talks to me as a mirror as he realized his mistake of pushing me into the deep sea of loneliness. With shaking legs I went inside to see the real face of my magical mirror...my dad.

                         I went and hugged a shocked dad and let my tears flow. Later he apologized to me on his blind ideology of bringing happiness through money. Hugging each other after many years I felt a homely feeling.   
                                

If you want to know ME...

                                

                    With great pleasure I would like to introduce myself. Even after five years of happy married life my parents still felt an emptiness in their life. But they were overwhelmed with joy when they came to know about my arrival. Finally after the much awaited nine months I came into their lives as their first child.
                 Though I was their long awaited first baby they were still struggling to name me. As I was a twinkling little star that shed light into their lives they decided to introduce me as Twinkle before the world. But when my grandparents expressed their dislike in naming me Twinkle they decided to name me something else. So they came up with the name Thara Rani. But still they were not satisfied as my mom's cousin's baby girl was having the same name. Then finally they fixed something and that was Angel. And at last I was introduced before everyone family, friends and relatives as Angel Mary Tom.

                                           As time passed the little Angel grew up. She went through ups and downs, faced victories and failures, had good and bad times. All these had transformed her into a strong girl with a lot of childishness and mischief. And now she is enjoying the last phase of her teenage and is currently doing her graduation in B A Communicative English at Marian College.