सफ़र जिंदगी का

जिंदगी के सफ़र में कांटे है कई।
चुब ते रहे वो, फिर भी चलते रहे हम यूँही।
ठोकर खाए, गिरते रहे
फिर भी उठ कर चलते रहे, संभलना हमने सिखा।
हर मोड़ पर, आँखे खोल कर जिंदगी को नए नजरिये से देखना सिखा।
जिंदगी की सिख थी यही, आगे चल ते जाना है तुझे।
मंजिल का पता नहीं पर रास्ता बनाते जाना है तुझे।
रूकावटे होंगी, दीवारें होंगी, फिर भी तुझे चल ते जाना है।
जिंदगी के इस सफ़र में, हर मोड़ पर कामयाबी का एक फूल खिलाना है॥

तमन्ना

तमन्ना तो थी, मिले कोई मोहबत करने वाला।
सात रहे मेरे जिंदगी भर, कोई प्यार करने वाला।
न कोई शिकायत हो, न कोई शिकवा,
बस चारो और खुशियाँ हो ओर हो प्यार का तराना।

पर जब देखा चारों ओर तो बस नफरत ही नफरत दिखाई दी।
फूलों का रस था गया धुंडने, मिला अंगारों का प्याला।
अब नहीं कोई तमन्ना मोहबत करने वाले की,
अब नहीं ख्वाहिश प्यार करने वाले की।

अब तो बस दिल यही कहे है,
चला जा दूर इस दुनिया से।
छोड़ जा वो सब जो तुझे लगे हे तेरा।

अंगारों में जिस तरहा गुल नहीं खिलने वाला,
इस जालिम दुनिया में तुझे प्यार नहीं है मिलने वाला।।

Life is a flowing river

Ever wondered why people you care about leave you? And that feeling is stronger when you need them the most.

I have always questioned this fact of life. Every time I felt close to someone they left. And left a pain in my heart. I tried reasoning it but never got an answer. After giving it a lot of thought, I realized what was happening.

I realized, life is a RIVER flowing and we are there standing at the bank of it watching it flow by. The people around us are the FISH in the river. After every monsoon there are new fish that come along the current. Many just pass by with the flow of the water. But some do try to stay back. In an attempt to do so, they swim against the flow of the river. After a while they get tired of swimming and give up. That’s when they let the river take them away from us. It’s when those fish stay that we get attached to them and feel bad when they leave.

So what are the options that we have? How do we keep the fish with us for ever?

Here we have two options.

Fist one is to take them out of the river and place them in the aquarium. This would mean we are taking them out of our life for ever as the river is our life.

Second option is to build a dam across it. This would be even more dangerous as we want to stop the flow of our life.

So what can be done about it?

Nothing. Except for getting used to the fact that after every monsoon new fish would come and leave after a while. And then a new lot would come again. All that is in our hand is how do we spend that little time we have with the fish. That choice is ours. I say lets have fun and make the stay a memorable one rather than spoiling it worrying about what would happen If the person is gone. Enjoy the time available to the fullest.