Sukhmani

I recently came across this really nice short poem which I thought I would share with all of you. I am not sure what the poet's name is, but if you know, please leave a comment.

Sukhmani

Eh akhar nahi, eh pathre nahi, Eh siinaa hai Guru Arjan dha.
These are not mere words, nor are they mere pages. They are the body of Guru Arjan.

Eh akhar nahi, eh pathre nahi, Eh siinaa hai Guru Arjan dha.
These are not mere words, nor are they mere pages. It is the body of Guru Arjan.

Darshan karna Sukhmani dha, darshan karna Guru Arjan dha.
If you recite the Sukhmani with all your heart, It is like meeting Guru Arjan.

Oh how time flies

As I sit here on my week off from unni (woo hoo, lol), I relalize that time is going by so fast, and there isn't a lot you can do about it except savor every moment you can. I am almost 20, and I know that to many of you that seems still young. It is young, but for me I see it has, holy crap I am almost 20. That seems like a big number to me. Maybe it is because there are so many things that happen to us in our 20's. These things include graduating unni, getting married, and perhaps having children. It is just a scary thought, knowing that I will most probabaly be married and moved away from home in a few years. It seems like yesterday when I was just starting high school.

From seeing this, I have realized that you really have to savor the moments you have with your family and friends, good and bad, happy and sad. You don't know what lies ahead of us in the future or even tomorrow. I think that a lot of us take things for granted and we should really relaize that everything won't be the way it is forever. This also makes me want to take better care of myself so that I can be healthy and be around for as long as I can.

Knowning that life is short, I have the outlook that you have to take things as they come, and that if given an opportunity to do something spontaneous, or to do something that you have always wanted to do; then do it. It may be something simple as trying a new food that you have been wanting to try, or fixing things up with a friend of family member. Just knowing that no one knows about tomorrow should be enough reason to want to do those things.

I will stop my rant here, just thought I would let you know what I was thinking about latley. Another thing I think is good, is never go to bed angry at someone. Whether it be a friend, a parent or a spouse. You never know about tomorrow so make things right while you can. Tell someone you love them. Tell them you care and make someone feel special. Making someone smile is the biggest thing you can do for someone. :-)

Valentines Day

Valentines day is one day in the entire year (birthdays, anniversaries, and other occasions aside) that most guys will go out and do something extra ordinary for the one they love. The days leading up to Valentines Day, you will see guys roaming around the shops, looking for something to give their girlfriend, finance or wife. If you think about it, it is really cute. It's so funny when you see the guy awkwardly standing in la senza, not quite sure where to go or what to buy. They are making this effort and looking for something that their significant other will really appreciate. The ladies also put in their effort, hoping for a romantic evening and just spending real quality time with their significant other. The only thing that bothers me, is that why only take one day out of the year to "proclaim" your love for someone, why not spontaneously do it anyday? Maybe I am thinking crazy again, haha. But I just think that it is really, really sweet when you surprise your significant other, in any way, and put in that little extra effort to show them that you really care, not just on a specific day.

All my ideas aside, I hope that everyone is well and that they have a good Valentines day. Spread the love! :-)

Dreams...what do they mean?

Dreams. Everyone has them at some point, but not everyone talks about them. You always learn that dreams are a way of your unconscious thoughts coming out in some way. When you are asleep and there is nothing that you are consciously thinking about, your mind goes to the unconscious. Some people have dream journals, and write down their dreams the second they wake up. Others, say they don't dream, or maybe it's just that they do not remember their dreams whent hey wake up. For some, dreams may have a lot of meaning and may make you think "what does that mean?" I am one of those people. To me, dreams make you think. If you wake up and ask yourself, "what does that mean?", you will most likely be thinking about the dream for awhile. I remember when I was younger, I used to have many strange dreams. I would dream about life size Spongebob-like characters chasing me across my driveway. Then I would wake up in the middle of the night scared and would hide under my blanket. When I was younger I used to have a lot of nightmares, and scary dreams, many that I still can remember clearly to this day. When I got a little older, the nightmares and scary dreams slowly stopped. Maybe it is beacause as a child you are always afraid of the "monsters under your bed" and in your dark room, a shadow of the door may seem like a strange creature to you. I think this is because as a child you have a grater imagination, and you are not worried about "life" things, such as work or school, or family and friends. You are just a happy go lucky child with an imagination. I had this one phase a few years ago when I used to have many dreams about me being shot, or someone chasing me with a gun. I honestly to do this day have not figured out why I had those reoccuring dreams. The weirdest thing of all was that whenever I would have a dream that I would actually get shot, I could feel myself getting shot, and would instantly wake up. I told one of my friends about it, to see what she thought. And her reply was, "you'll be the first one of us [out of all my friends] to die". I was like, gee thanks. As I have gotten older my dreams have changed and thankfully no longer have those scary nightmares. Nowadays my dreams are pretty random, they don't make very much sense and they often leave me thinking, "what does that mean?". In my dreams there will be some people I know, some that I have never seen in my life. The dream may start off in one location and suddenly be somewhere else, and they often make absolutley no sense at all. What do my dreams mean now? I don't have the answer to that one. I really wish I did though. I think that we all dream for a reason and that it's a good thing that dreams make us think. Just so long as we are not spending every waking hour thinking, "what does that mean?" I guess should stop my rambling about dreams now. If you anyone has any weird or cool dreams they wanna tell me about, let me know. :-). Take care everyone, and dream on.

sarah and me.....good times!! :-)

Us!!!

I was scared

she was scared too...

ooooooo...yes, that's right, oooooooo

we are very talented when it comes to winking *cough cough*

"Oh the horror...."- hahahahaha

apprently this is how Sarah and I sleep....hmmm

Sarah and I pondering.....yes pondering, haha

This is Rob and Sarah....Sarah has the classic "Chandler" face, haha, I love these two....