The wife went on and on, whining about the fact that the husband had been slogging at work and returning home late for the past few days; until she saw their watchman doing both the day and the night duties for those few extra bucks.
She would never again forget to be thankful for small mercies!
The Song of Life 
first
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Yes u r 🙂
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Oh dear! That brings things into perspective, doesn’t it?
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Hmm 🙂
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very true.. we should be thankful for whatever we have..
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Hmm just hope I remember what I learnt 🙂
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Short and profound..we really need to count our blessings !! Well said Swaram
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Thanks LOI 🙂
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Absolutely.
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Yup 🙂
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Good point made !
Human mind is like that. We always catch that flu of keeping-crying for something. The people who are worried about their daily food can’t even think of spending time with each other and such stuff.
We, who are earning good money think about spending time with each other, gifts, vacations etc etc.
Should learn to thank more often for whatever we have got 😦
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Hw true .. we forget what we hv in the quest for what we don’t 😦 😦
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You’ve made the point very well 🙂
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Thanks Chinkurli 🙂
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An attempt at your maiden 55er?
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Attempt – yes 🙂
Maiden – Nope 🙂 🙂
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Very well said Swar 🙂
A wonderful message in few words 😀 😀
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Thanks CB 🙂
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Yes, it does make one think, na? A little work on our part gets so much result, and for them, a few rupees more…but to them it’s a bigger difference than to us 😦
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U r so so rt Starry!
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There are days when I just feel I have such a pathetic job and horrible working hours, but when I see some other worse situations, it brings me to earth and makes me say ,my prayers and get into bed at night.
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Same here too 😛 😛
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True! even though we realize that we need to count our blessings.. too often we get caught in the routine and mundane stuff and forget to appreciate things for what they are!!
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So true! Constant reminders r necessary 🙂
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Hehehe… may be I should waterfall this post to all IT folks in B’lore, nobody can beat them in cribbing!
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LOL .. I know 😛 😛
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this post is quick reminder for all to appreciate what we have rather then cribbing for small small stuff 🙂
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Ya Rash … just hope I remember it always too 😀
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what does that mean, her husband is with her watchmans wife ??? 😀 😀 😀 😀
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Its abt my husband and our watchman .. so now, wat do u say 😛 😛
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your husband??? you mean Su ??? see, how desperate you made him !!! 😀 😀 😀 stop spending too much of time in these blogs; take care of your family life woman! 😀 😀 : D:D
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Oye I trust my husband .. even if I dnt give him time, he is happy with cricket and tennis .. wil nt do such things 😛
U jaundiced-eyes fellow,
U see all things yellow yellow 👿
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I was about to ask you whether the lines were about yourself …. You seem to have answered it 🙂
Btw, I like the rhyming lines …. may I use it in my conversations ???
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Nope .. the answer ws only for Vimmuuu .. to see what he says next 😉
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LOL!!!
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Swaram ,
“even if I dnt give him time, he is happy with cricket and tennis ”
girl, Don’t give the jaundice-eyed guy ideas !!!!
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He is thriving on his Guru’s ideas; so I wanna get my friend bk. Well, I am sure u did nt follow .. he will, so its fine 😉 😉
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Swarr : you mean girls playing cricket and tennis, huh ? 😀 😀
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Su sees the game; u see the girls 👿
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LOL!!!
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High time someone told this to you Swaru,go cook something(for him) and also update your food blog.
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I dont know who you are ! But thanks for supporting me ! 😀 😀 😀 😀
Swarr : see, people support me inspite of not knowing me also !! no go ….go….
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Its being united against me that counts for ppl … not being for u 😛 😛 😛
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😀 Better late than never.
Liked your 55er… It had a message aptly conveyed
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Thanks Shilpa 🙂
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of course..
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🙂 🙂
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Wow!
Things we never notice have such a bearing on us sometimes.
Well written. Simplicity to perfection!
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Oh ya Priya .. thank u 🙂
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Its sad when we think on how much people struggle to make a life out of the little somethings they have for themselves.and when it comes to wives unpleasantness about her husband being late from work,I guess India would be united in a weird way.Coz everyone whines about these..But very few ppl observe the minute realities,life throws at us.. 🙂
Nice blog! first read..read a few other archives though I haven’t commented..wonderful I must say.. 🙂
Regards
Nikhil
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Thanks so much Nikhil .. means a lot to me. Welcome here 🙂
Well, I wud nt call it unpleasantness though .. wives may feel bored, lonely for sometime but they do learn with time and greet the late-comer husband with a smile. I am sure bcoz I did change too 🙂
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cute…as u are.
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Aww thank u 🙂
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Complete expression in such a few words. . Amazing. .
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hmmm 🙂 nice 55er. Truly thank god for small mercies.
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Shruti and SavvY: Thank u 🙂 🙂
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sigh.. so true!
very well written sweets 🙂
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Thankie Divz 🙂
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🙂 so true..We never value our blessings until they are taken away from us…
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Hmmm!
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I was so ready with my you are always at work whining today.. But guess thatll have to wait .. Errr till I forget your post that is 🙂
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Ha ha ha … I know 😛 😛
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Everyone above has stolen my words so I’ll just bow down deep before U for the point made!
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Arre nahi nahi … I just said it .. need to follow it every time no 😉 😉
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Yupe…whenever we feel that we are unlucky or this and that, we need to stop and look at people who are less fortunate.
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Exactly and they crib less too .. got to learn 🙂
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Well said! 🙂
such things do make us think and see life and our ways in perspective!
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Thanks for saying something so nice abt me or my post .. whatever 😉
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I complained about not having a shoe, until I saw a man without a foot!
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Yup .. reminded me of that one too 🙂
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very well said. i feel the same when i see the person who cleans our car and a few others’ between 7-9.30, rushing off to a factory right after for a full days work. that hasnt stopped me from cribbing tho!
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Oh u r being honest .. happens with all of us. Such things just remind us again and again 🙂
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well put… things that we often miss…
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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hehe…now after me it’s your turn to be flashed on ‘Astha TV’ 😉
Jokes apart..yes we need to be thankful rather than complaining…like I said in my last post…tu padhti nahi hai theek se aur samajhti bhi nahi hai 😛
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Oye; U wrote such a long one .. *yawn*
This is a 55-er 😛 😛
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tu aise bolegi mujhe ? yawn karegi mere post par ? 😦
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How true Swaram..
Sometimes we fail to notice things around us and are just worried about our own worries!
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ya .. mostly abt non-worries 😛
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true true 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Kanagu 😀
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Always puts life in perspective to look at the less fortunate when we are cribbing about small things.. But that does not mean you can’t aspire for what the others have 😛 😛
But seriously balance is the key..and that is what we all should work on.
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Exactly Comfy 🙂
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😀
–Speechless Tuesday–
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Wow Don 😉
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beautiful… 🙂
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talk about perpestive change! grass being greener on the other side… but it never is…
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Hw true 🙂
In ur profile pic, it is greener on the other side 😛
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whoa! Big jolt back to earth – esp for someone like me who is always cribbing! excellent piece!
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We all do it Piper 🙂 Thank u 🙂
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ahhhh…..it hit my head…short n sweettt..how u been lady!
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Hey Shru .. me gud. Wanted to ask u where hd u been but I read ur post 😛
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Yes, small lessons from ppl around us are always valuable to us, if we learn using the right attitude. 🙂 Nice one.
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Ya Ums .. thanks 🙂
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Nice. Sometimes we do not notice things which are in front of our eyes, but better late than never.
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We r so busy in our own world most of the time no 🙂
Thanks Sandhya 🙂
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ahh..yes ..lets count our blessings ..anyways you are using your time to read when he is away 🙂
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Ha ha ha .. nw u know the secret 😛
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Sigh!! will spare the husband until next Tuesday only bcoz of your touchy post 😥
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ROFL .. Pls tell Mr. that I accept gifts for my kind favour 😛 😛
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Short and crisp, to the point and lovely 55 fiction 🙂
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Thanks so much Lavs 🙂
Nt fiction though 😛 😛
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Roger that!!! Wow, not many people realise how lucky they are and just continue to crib 😦
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Hmmm … I join the bandwagon sometimes too 😛 😛
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How very true !!
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Welcome here BM 🙂
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It’s not the fiction..it’s reality….We always crib for what we don’t have..We need to learn to be thankful for what we have….
nice one 🙂
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So true .. thank u 🙂
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Nice post S 🙂
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Thanks Sonia 🙂
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oh my I need to avoid the mirror now……thanks for reminding to count our blessing!!
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LOL .. we all need to sands 😛 😛
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good one 🙂
I saw ur comment. atleast one blogger fellow missed me :). I tried hard but somehow couldn’t get time to blog :(. Early days of my career , so difficult to manage. Will take few month for come back.
keep blogging 🙂
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Oh ok .. thot as much. GUd luck 🙂
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Nice 55er! Actually, lot of things are like that in life, I guess! We think we are unlucky and then we see someone who is even more unluckier – That ‘relativity’ is the crucial factor with which God plays his games! But I somehow have come to like his games 🙂 !!!
Destination Infinity
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Yup .. cn apply to many things. Glad u like the games .. bcoz we hv to play them anyways 🙂
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Very well written! You conveyed a very valuable message through those few words. We get so engrossed in running after things we dont or cant have that we dont realize how much we need to be thankful for what we have.
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Haa Deeps … thank u 🙂
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