Getting younger

Received two messages- first one from my little cousin,sent to me at the exact time of my birth reminding me of the importance of that time to my family some years back. And the second about how our former President once defined birthday as the only day when ur mom smiles and You cry- how true both of these are.In less than 140 characters they conveyed a lot. On an equally hot day like today how tensed and worried my family must have been till my first cry brought smiles on their tired and sweat ridden faces.And till this day the same people still worry if anything is amiss and smile at the smallest news of happiness.Some among them are now no more,witnessing from the Heavens above maybe.But many more have been added-my friends-my dear friends from my student days till date who are so special to me. There maybe birthday reminders available of late but I know they have and would still remember me even if such tools were not handy.So when I see someone has sent me a message at the stroke of midnight or someone in another time zone woke up at an unearthly hour just to wish me or someone who sent surprise flowers to my office- I feel lucky to be born.I thank God for this life and pray that I can live it as I should,without wasting a moment of this glorious human birth.They say you cant chose your parents but you can choose your friends but I think God decides and keep both selected for you-thats why it feels blessed to have such lovely family and friends around you.Thank you Almighty, I couldnt have asked for more.

Chirp chirp

Thats what wakes me up every morning, its not a new alarm tone but a pair of birds doing their rounds in the trees and open spaces just outside my building. They have an amazing sense of punctuality, their natural clock never fails them. Dont know their species-the two of them-rusty brown to black in color-big statured-prefers to walk around more than fly-with their inimitable chirp. One could mistake the chirp as that of a dove's, but they are far louder. On weekends when I want to sleep late and the birdies set off their alarm i frown-but as my mom rightly says-am lucky to hear them "live"-lying in bed-instead of their tones being replicated in ringtones or alarm tones of mobile phones.