Smiles

Today while I was sitting in my Home science class (To be clear I am a Medical science student whose additional subject is home science), our teacher told us that there is something called a social smile. When an infant just twitches its facial muscles it ends up resembling a smile and the infant just uses that gesture to respond to a un-stranger person to let him/her know that it knows him.

I did all this scientific theories thingy because I think today all of us use this social smile on a wide basis, actually every time. But we are adults, aren’t we? Why do we use this infant gesture?

The only moment we smile is when our boss enters the office room and says Good Morning to everyone. Or when you see the grumpy cat meme on Facebook. We need to learn to smile often, don’t know how? I have solutions. As we know a smile is just a reflector of positivity beaming inside you. Fill yourselves with positive thoughts, think about chocolates, your family, your lover, your crazy friends, their smiles, old good memories, good dreams, aspirations, good intentions and you’ll have a fuzzy dreamy warmth inside you which would end up giving you this awesome smile. Sometimes when you need inspiration to smile, appreciate other’s efforts and find the bigger beauty in smaller things because then everything seems a bit more beautiful and those whom you will appreciate will end up appreciating you which in turn makes you happy. Being happy is one of the foremost pillars to be a stable and warm-hearted human being. So go ahead show your personal curve J

-DaYumfooDiE.Laugh.Rainbows.Unicorns.Love.

Ignore

This is a very overused word-Ignore. This word brings me back quite a lot of memories. I remember when I was a kid I went to Chennai. There I was going to some place with my uncle and cousin. We were waiting for a local train at a small station. There, a lady suddenly broke out and fell down with fits of epilepsy. She was withering on the ground like a helpless fish out of water, white foam pouring out of her mouth and her saree all flying by the powerful spasms of jerks her body was making. Out of a good number of people standing there a few were ogling at the lady with disgust and all others were doing the best we can do- Ignore, even us. After a few minutes someone came and handed over a metal key to the lady and stood 500 meters away from her. The fits stopped and the lady stood up and adjusted her saree and thanked the key guy for his generosity. Even now I think we could have helped her, we also had a key, we also knew metal keys have something to do with stopping the fits, we also knew she was in trouble, but we did not help.
As kids we tend to ignore certain things, like our mom's scolding because afterall she is our mom and if she doesn't love us back then who will. So we tend to ignore the basic principle behind it. But when it comes to ignoring others mistakes, na-uh, That's not even possible.
Maybe the street dog you just ignored for the far of a dog bite was hungry from 7 days and just needed the stale sandwich you were carrying with you. Think of the new girl you just ignored, maybe she was having a stomachache and needed directions to the washroom. Think of the crying kid you saw in the market, maybe he was your distant nephew.
There are many situations in life where we tend to ignore the wrong people. Let us stop being the ignorant nincompoops we are and actually start to open our senses.
-DaYumfooDie.Laugh.Rainbows.Unicorns.Love.

Beauty- The travel posts.

Aah, I was on a traveling spree all these days. Here I am sitting in the Sampark Kranti, with a laptop on my lap which is nearly outta charge. Yes, I am a passenger in he Indian railways transporting from the mini India, Delhi to God's own country, Kerala and then finally to the land of dosas and idlis and Rajnikanth, Tamilnadu.
Sitting here in the train, we are being served digestable counterfeits of pongal and Upma, surrounded by a family comprising of notorious ape-human kids and I-don't-Give-a-damn parents, the wafting scent of the oh-so-famous IRCTC controlled toilets(No offence) and a frustrated,sleep-deprived and backache-ridden mother, All indicating that I am having a pretty much normal ride. Now this talk is not about the perks of the railway system because there are many people out there to speak about it and well, being the largest railway network in the world, Indian railways is doing a pretty good job.
As I  was sitting and staring out of the window, because that's what all sensible people who have nothing else to do, do.  I realised that same sceneries that once seemed boring and monotonous to me, spoke volumes for me this time (The advantages of being a writer).
As I woke up the sun rays kissed the green leaves and created a warm atmosphere. The yellow-green farms reflected the glory and handiwork of our laborious farmers, mustard and rice are my favourite. As we moved from state to state, the weather changed, so did the wind. From Madhya Pradesh to Tamilnadu, we saw the ever ranging trees and changing fruits. And as the sun set, spreading its arms wide creating an orange-purple hue and the clouds teaming together to create this fuzzy scene, it seemed awesome, scratch that- It was magical.
But you know what, it pains to think that someday this would be gone. No trees, no grass, crass hot sunlight and mobilized farms. All because of us and our goddamn pollution. We might be celebrating earth day, but mother nature needs no balloons and speeches and debates and dances. Mother nature needs care,love and action. We need to save our earth.
Let me tell you an Idea. Go and unfurl yourself in the lap of nature. Bask in its warmth and beauty. Spend time with nature and I am very sure you'll develop a protective and possessive nature over it.
-DaYumfooDie.Laugh.Rainbows.Unicorns.Love.
P.S.- I know the title is misleading, but we need to save our best beauty, nature anyhow :)