6 degrees apart

Soft like snow
Healing like rain
Passionate like a storm

Warm as yellow
Rich as purple
Pure as white

After the snow melts
After the rain floods
After the storm rages

The sun rises
And a rainbow shines over us
Like a glorious halo

We are
As always
The embodiment
Of all life and colours
Of the earth.

We go through many things in life - from learning to walk our first few steps to running wild, and then believing that we can fly. In some experiences, we come out on top. While in others, we get knocked up. Soon we will discover that each experience is in itself a crucial lesson. When we refuse to stay down and be weighed down, when we persist and proceed, we can even reach for the stars.

Before we learnt how to laugh, we actually came out of our mother's wombs, crying and screaming. This may be why we may tend to laugh less and cry more. Hence, knowing how to protect our hearts becomes a priority and learning to trust someone becomes a scarcity. But with true living and loving, we will treasure both joyful laughter and tears of joy.

Finally, when we are laid to rest in our final box, we will disintergrate into the soil of mother earth. Will beautiful flowers grow right above us? Or even a tree? Will we be remembered for the things we did, said and built? Or will we be defined by the people we love? Did we leave behind a trail of mess and pain, or do we have a heritage of values to pass on?

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, life in its ever changing twists and turns, takes each of us through a seemingly endless cycle. When our final resting hour beckons, all will be too late, all will be lost. So, why wait till then?

Say the things you want to say to the people you love or dream to love. Grab hold of them, and love them without pride or conditions. You'll never know if their time on earth is going to be as long as yours.Visit the places you want to see, save a few for special moments with that special someone. Take as many pictures as possible because our memory is not forever.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nothing risked, nothing cherished.

Forgive, forget and let it go. The world has enough of garbage as it is. Cleanse your mind as you cleanse your soul.

Keep it real, stay true to yourself.

All we have right now is just time. And when that is taken away, there is really nothing left. Eventually, even the body that you have right now, will betray you. WE will grow old, become sick and die! And when we leave this place, we can't take anyone or anything along with us.

So, who's with me? These are the things I have yet to do:-

1) Fly over the Napa Valley during sunset in a hot air balloon

2) Rent a log cabin by the lake, and just do everything by hand - yes, manual labour all the way. HAHAHA

3) See the Mona Lisa for the very first time and touch Adam's finger in the Sistine Chapel ( ok, may be I reserve this with that special someone )

4) Go to Morocco and just stay there for two weeks. Soak up the culture, and bask in their architecture.

5) Party at Casa Del Mar, Spain! Non-stop dancing, from dusk till dawn. ( everyone is invited )

6) Hop on a Vespa and tour Tuscany. Let's see, I want to start with Chianti, Siena, Florence and finally end up in Venice. Ok, Venice is not in Tuscany. But what the hell, it's along the way! We work our way up! Hehehe

I LOVE THIS LIST! This is the kind of New Year's Resolution that I can definitely identify with. So, what's yours?

ENJOY AND APPRECIATE - RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE.

START FROM WHERE YOU ARE.