Gone are those Days... !!!

When,
The school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and benches !
When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books and notes !
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays,
yet managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and
ball pens and then Micro tips!
When we began drawing with crayons
and evolved to Color pencils
and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating first with tables and then
with Clarke's tables and advanced to
Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals,
and returned to the classrooms Drenched in sweat!
When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,Playgrounds,
under the trees and even in cycle sheds!
When all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neck ties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
While others simply played "book cricket"
in the Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies,
Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!
When we used towatch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to "Conquer" window seats in our School bus!
While few others had "Big Fun", "
peppermint","Kulfi", "milk ice!"
and "sharbat!" 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 twelth standards,
when we spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!

We learnt,
We enjoyed,
We played,
We won,
We lost,
We laughed,
We cried,
We fought,
We thought.
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 still 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 don't shout even at home

Gone are the daysWhere we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now....!!

Gone are the days
But not the memories,
which will beLingering in our hearts for ever and ever and Ever and ever and ever.....

Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our Life!!

NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
EXISTS......

As Hard As IT Gets ...

Before you try for success,the sun might go down,
The night may be too blind to see your scars.
But no matter what,do wait for the dawn,
God is waiting for the right time to open his arms.

Light will brighten your life one day,

though today it might be full of dismay.

You never know you will strike the treasure anyday,

be sure the wealth of happiness is there on your way.

so walk on the path of your troubles and trials,
the more you get polished,the more you will get to shine.
You will find a "yes" someday in the fate's denials,
no wonder you will fly high,even above cloud no. nine.

The tougher the challenge,the tougher you will get,

you would walk through the dark when the sun gets set.

Though you would stumble and often hold the grudges,

but you have to prove yourself first,to get the results.

The more it hurts,the more you become used to the pain,
and then you realize the pain doesnt remain the same.
Its not being defeated by it but accepting the pain,
only after bearing it,the tears of joy will rain.

The pain,failures,sorrows and heartbreaks,

I have realized,in life,nothing goes in vain.

Its not easy to face them and forget all the regrets,

but these are like steps of the ladder called our "strength".

Do keep climbing this ladder,
you will be going high,the height doesnt matter.
Someday if the ladder seems much higher,
Rest for sometime but dont think to retire.

Just keep climbing those steps,one by one,

And you will find all your worries much smaller.

For all these steps have a meaning for their position,

only thing thats big is your persevering nature.

so as painful as it hurts and as harder as it gets,

This is the lesson to be learnt for you,me and everyone...