Holidays To Celebrate

Friday, April 28, 2006

Mothers Day Ecards - How Are They Different Than Father's Day Ecards?

Creating and selecting ecards or greeting cards is an art. Ecards are used for different occasions. To wish Mother on Mother's Day, to wish Birthday to a dear person or to convey Good Luck. Similarly ecards are designed for Father's Day also. Both mother and Father are parents, but the ecards are very different for both. Why and How? Let us examine.

For most of the children, mother is always closer. The child looks at mother's face and feels her body most during the infant days. That makes the child recognize mother as a protector and provider. During the early days of growth, children don't interact with father more. It is only after they grow up a little that fathers get more interested and involved with children. During the initial infancy, most of the fathers don't play with their children much as they don't know what the child wants and how to communicate.

As child grows, father becomes a major figure. Father takes the child outdoors, teaches him/her fishing, plays with them and is always there to guide and protect with the physical activities of the child. Mother is still very much involved as a provider of comfort and food. Children rush to their mother when hurt during the early growth. As they grow more, both father and mother come to occupy equal space in the child's mind. And as a child grows to an adult, he/she develops own personality.

The ecards for Mother and father are supposed to depict these differences in words and designs. The ecards for mothers are soft in color and talk more of love and affection. The ecards for father are manlier and the language is designed to convey more of what father taught and how he guided. Both father and mother are important for a child's growth and both play different roles. These are clearly seen in the ecards for Mother's Day and Father's Day. You can view ecards for Mother's Day and find the love that pours in the words here. Now view these ecards for Father's Day

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Celebrate Great Lover's Day With Desktop Wallpapers

Have you heard of Great lover's Day? It falls on April 2nd every year. Every body knows about Valentine's Day, but few seem to be aware of Great lover's Day. I sometimes wonder that lovers need a day everyday to celebrate. Because when one falls in romantic love, one wants love at every moment. One wants to be with his/her darling at every moment. Since celebrating such days with flowers is becoming common, I was thinking about how lovers can celebrate such days with something from the Internet. And I thought, why not desktop wallpapers that are designed around the theme of love? Please look at some of these Desktop Wallpapers on Love - Life In Love Here are my reasons. What does a lover want from his/her darling? A message of love and an assurance that love is being reciprocated in. What else? Something that can remind the lover at all times of his/her darling, and feel the love. Enjoy the romantic moments and the bliss of love. What can be better than desktop wallpaper on love?

A Desktop Wallpaper sent by the beloved will always remain on the screen. The lover will get to look at it whenever he/she works on the computer. The wallpaper will remind the lover of his/her darling and the care they have shown in selecting beautiful desktop wallpaper and sent it. The lovers would enjoy working on their computers, and would not like to stop the work mid way. The desktop wallpaper is after all on the screen.

Lovers are called crazy, because they defy all logic and conventions. Lovers live for love and to love. A lover is different than other mortals. Because love is the greatest emotion - positive and most enchanting.

Monday, April 17, 2006

Birthday - Right Day To Make Resolutions

We all make New Year resolutions. We draw a long list of dos and don'ts on the New Year eve. And manage to break most of the resolutions within in one to two months. A birthday is only for celebrations. What if instead of making resolutions on New Year we make them on our birthdays? New Year is common to all, but birthdays are individual, and the resolution may therefore have a lasting impact.

These are my resolutions on my birthday. I wonder about how many readers will agree with them, but please read on. I will become a good person now onwards. I know that I am already a good person, but I will try to make myself better. I will not hurt anyone with my words or deed. I will be compassionate towards all and will control my anger as much as possible. I will release my love to all and keep my hatreds and dislikes to myself. I will try to do a work that gives me money but also gives something to the society. I will help everyone who I can help. I will work truthfully and be honest in my dealings with my co-workers even if that hurts me. I will try to donate to charities as much as I can and I will try to join some volunteer organization to help society. I will pray for all and make confessions to god about my mistakes everyday. I will forgive all who hurt me and forget past acrimony. I don't know when death will approach me, so I will always be alert about my actions and act in the way that pleases my maker.

How about making some ecards with such resolutions and sending them to our friends on our birthday? We would be receiving lot many ecards on our birthday. In response, we can send a Thank You card and add these resolutions or something else like this and send back to let others know of our resolutions? Birthday is the right time to make resolutions and improve our life.

You can view some ecards to inspire and motivate yourself and your friends on birthdays and please look at Birthday Greetings

Saturday, April 15, 2006

The Art of Wishing On Birthdays

Birthday celebrations are becoming very common. Earlier not everyone used to celebrate birthdays. Now days, around the world people celebrate birthdays. This has made a birthday look like a common occurrence. But for the person who is celebrating his/her birthday, the day comes once in a year. So for them, it is a very important day. What is the way to make your friends and family feel good on their birthdays? Let us find out.

Your wish on a birthday should make the recipient feel happy and important. He/she should feel that your wishes are coming from your heart and there is nothing casual about them. Even if you are not sending a gift, a card is good enough, provided it manages to convey what you mean. For a moment put yourself in his/her position. For them, it is a very important day. It is the day they were born. It is a day that holds very special meaning for them. Many of us try and find out who else was born on our birthdays. We feel connected with people born on our birthday. Therefore please make sure that your wishes are heart felt. That is the reason why selection of a right card becomes very important.

If the person you are sending your wishes accesses Internet, then an ecard is a very good option. An ecard or egreeting card looks better than a printed card because it can be animated. One can see lot of movement in the ecard, which is not possible with printed cards. But the ecard should fit the person to whom you are sending it. For a female recipient, chose muted colors. For elderly persons, chose muted earth colors. For children chose bright colors and for others chose appropriate colors. Look at the animation carefully. Except children avoid sending cards with cartoons, as they are becoming very common. Send ecards with theme of nature - flowers, waterfalls, rivers, oceans, mountains etc. Read the text carefully. If you were to receive the card, how you would have felt reading the text? Chose the text carefully so that it conveys your heartfelt wishes. Let the recipient feel that the ecard was selected after lot of deliberation.

A good ecard can make someone's day. Select the right ecard to wish birthday to friends, family and colleagues and bring sunshine in their life on their birthday. Make them feel important and happy with your egreeting card. Please view some birthday ecards here - Birthday wishes To Anyone

Friday, April 14, 2006

The Joy Of Brothers and Sisters Day

Brothers and Sisters Day is celebrated on May 2nd every year. This day is to share our joy with our siblings, send cards and gifts to them and share childhood memories to cherish the relationship. Why are siblings so important? Try to look for a family with only one child. Observe the child carefully for some days. Now look for a family with more than one children. Observe them. You will know the difference. The lone child has a lot to share, but has no one with whom he/she can share . They have to look for friends. A family with more children gives an opportunity to siblings to share, play together and fight over small things. These are activities that bring life alive for children.

Go back to your childhood. Try to recollect as much as you can. Your preschool days, your home, your clothes, your kid siblings and your friends. Your toys, your games and everything you did during your growing years. The enjoyment you got in celebrating holidays with your siblings, the small fights you had with them over small issues, and the fun you had together.

Now you are grown up. You have developed new relationships. You have a career. You have a new home of your own. Your siblings are away from you. Every one in his/her own world. Trying to carry on with life. You are no more a child, but does that erase the memories? Does that erase the close bond of blood you shared? Will that erase the pains and pleasures of childhood? No. Childhood is the time when our character takes a shape. The small stories your parents told you shaped your thinking. The impressions you gathered during your childhood will shape your life to come. Childhood years are more important than we assume. Our thoughts,
decisions and character today is lot dependent on what we learnt during our childhood. Our likes and dislikes are dependent upon our experience during growing years.

That is the importance of brothers and sisters. They were a part of the childhood and they will always remain a part of your life. Wish them with greeting cards on this day. Send gifts and share memories. Rekindle the joy of childhood on Brothers and Sisters Day. For wishing your brother and sister Happy birthday , you may use the ecards from Birthday Ecards > To Brother , Birthday Ecards > To Sister .

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

ECards-Selecting the right one for Mother's Day

Mother's Day is coming nearer. We all will be trying to make this day a memorable day for our mothers. Giving her gifts, sharing dinner and making her happy in all the possible ways. Also the time to send the right ecard to Mother. This is a day to thank Mother for bringing us up. Only the mother knows how many nights she stayed awoke to feed us and pamper us when we were infants. After that it was school, helping in home work, getting the right dresses and most of all giving us a sense of total care and protection.

What kind of ecard should be sent to mother to make her feel good? Any ecard essentially has three components- design, colors and text. If all of these combine properly, the card can make a big impact on the mother and make her happy. You will find Mother's day ecards on most of the ecard websites. Some of them are paid and some come totally free. Why not to chose free if the quality is equally good? Look around for free card sites and select the ecard for your mother.

Talking of the card design, avoid using animated cartoons. Younger people may like those designs. But they don't evoke the feeling of warmth, love and gratitude. Try cards with video shots of nature - flowers, birds, lakes, waterfalls, mountains, clouds etc. These will make your mother feel good. Next is the choice of colors on the Mothers Day ecards. Select the ones with muted colors. Colors that are warm and soothing. You know the choice of your mother. Try to get one in the colors she loves. A Mother's Day ecard with the right text can make your mother very happy. Chose one with text that is full of memories, warmth and thanks to express gratitude. Please view these cards - Ecards For Mothers day

Getting the right ecard for your mother is very important. She is the one mostly responsible for bringing you up. You are here largely because of her. Invest enough time and select the right Mother's Day ecard to make your mother happy on Mothers day.

Monday, April 10, 2006

Mothers Day

Go to any garden for a walk and look for small children playing. Keep watching. After some time, you will always find a small kid hitting himself/herself somewhere and cry loudly. Suddenly the mother will appear and take the child in her lap. After sometime the child will go back to his /her game. That is mother for you. Always there to protect her children. Sometimes back scientists carried out an experiment and found out that infants sleep better if they listen to the recordings of the sounds of their mother's womb The kid stayed there totally unaware of the world for nine months. The kid stayed there in total protection and cared for. No worries and no tension. Children carry the memories of those days in their early days and look for the mother whenever left alone. It is enough for them to know that mother is around. When ever the mother is missing, they raise hell. No toys or any other attraction can make them quite, because their first need is mother.

Those of us, who have forgotten about the sacrifices our mother has done to bring us up, should ask the mother to tell something about our childhood. She will open her memory box and tell you so many things about this and that you will wonder how she could ever manage to raise you and your siblings up. You may not remember most of your childhood, but the mother remembers because you are her child. For a mother her children are dearest to her. They are an extension of her personality.

So many women sacrifice all their education, career and everything else to raise their children properly. They care for their children at every moment. One day the nest becomes empty of her children as one after other the children begin moving out. Imagine the condition of mother who is left with nothing but the memories. The empty rooms and the memories. Even after all this, she does not complain. She wants the best for her children and is always ready to give whatever she has for that.

Please never forget to remember your mother on Mothers Day. Why not make everyday Mothers Day. For your mother, everyday was Children's Day, isn't it? You can make a lovely selection of expressing thanks to your Mother with these ecards- Mothers Day Cards

Birthday Thoughts

Birthdays are generally associated with celebrations. Partying, receiving good wishes, gifts and holidaying without any care in the world. These are the main themes of everyone's birthday. What if I am asked to talk to God on my birthday? I will speak thus -

God, thank you very much for bringing me in this world. Without your wish I would not have been here. God, I also thank my parents for bringing me to this world with your blessings. I am especially obliged to my mother for taking my care when I was inside her body. God, I thank my father for showing me how to live in this world and being with me in my early days. God, today, I thank everyone who has played any role in helping me in my life till today. I also thank the earth, the sky, the nature and everything without which the life would be no where.

God, I also apologize to everyone today. I might have knowingly or unknowingly hurt many people in my life. I apologize to them. God, I might have done many wrong things in my life but I have also done few good things with your guidance. God, I am proud of my achievements and myself. I know that I may not get all that I want and may not reach all of my goals, but with your guidance I will try to achieve as many of them as possible. I want to contribute in a small way to make this world a better place. Please guide me about that. What should I do so that I get inner satisfaction of doing something for the society.

God, on my birthday today, I wish to remove all anger, hatred, jealousy, envy and every other negative emotion from my heart. I want to cleanse my heart and refill it feelings of love and joy. God, please help me celebrate my birthday this way. God, I am sending you this Thank You ecard. I don't know the address so I am sending it to my mother. God Thank you.

Happy Easter

Easter will be coming soon. It is the time to rejoice about the coming back of Jesus. Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose on the Easter Day to give us all his blessings. Therefore Easter is significant in many ways. This day is the day to wish each other, remember family and friends and remind everyone about the spirit of Easter. The thoughts of sacrifice and the rejoicing on resurrection are both important and we all must get overwhelmed in the spirit of Easter.

The easy method to bring the spirit of Easter in our hearts is to keep some Easter desktop wallpapers and Easter screensavers on your desktop. Easter brings the message that Lord is always there to help and guide us. Jesus always answers our prayers and protects and guides us. Enjoy Easter and rejoice in the joy of Happy Easter.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Did You Know Of Hairstyle Appreciation Day?

April 30th is the day to appreciate hairstyles. In some places it is called Hairstylist appreciation Day. Either way this is something unique. If this is the way to celebrate days, we will begin having appreciate the grass day, appreciate the cities day and so on. But thinking about it, hairstylists do play a big part in making us feel good.

In the modern days, appearances make a difference, sometimes a very big difference. The multi billion dollar anti-aging industry depends on that desire to look good. So do fashion designers and makeup industry. It is no more aging as you do or look as nature made you or wear simple clothing with the main objective of covering oneself. It is all very different now. To know about the effect of fashion on you, try the quizzes - Free Fashion Tests & Quizzes

The first wrinkle makes people rush to their dermatologist. Nobody wants to look aged. People want to look as if years made no difference to their looks. It is the age of plastic surgery to look younger, and buying the latest cream or lotion that promises youth.

The clothes are no longer plain clothes to make you cover your body, but to make a fashion statement. Latest designer wear that may look bizarre at times is in vogue. People are in search of the unique look that desires envy. Similary makeup is no longer a plain foundation or a simple lipstick. It is a big opportunity for the cosmetic industry to sell concoctions that will make a eighty year look like one of sixteen. It is all strange but true. We are all getting mass mesmerized by the big corporates in acting as they want us to do. Why not hair stylists then?

After all hair style also makes a statement. You can have a hair style that makes you look like a thinker or one that gives you a sporty look. It is no more cutting the hair and styling them, but it is more of giving you a look that will make you feel different. Are we all not losing the real essence of life in all this?

Women's Day- Should It Be Celebrated?

When we celebrate a day, we consider something special about that day. Or we would not be celebrating it. Am I correct? What message do we send by celebrating Women's Day? Why not also celebrate Men's Day?

What do we want to think about women? Ideally, they should be treated equally in all the fields. Ideally when one thinks of a woman, one should not think about them different in any respect to men. Except that they mother a child and shoulder different responsibility for a certain period, women should be thought of as equal to men in all respects. Why label them as weaker sex or any such thing. But this is happening. Who is responsible for this thought process, where women are considered different? Men? Women? Historical processes? Who? Let us examine more. Does nature differentiate between clouds and mountains? Or between rivers and oceans/ no. All co exist without any differences, and each plays its role beautifully.

Role Of Media -

Coming back, let us talk of media and its opinion making .Does media discuss the matter, if a man reaches top of a giant corporation? No. But it does if a woman occupies that position. Why? Is it only because women have traditionally not occupied such positions or that they are in some way considered inferior to men? So it is a surprise if a woman reaches the top of a giant organization? Why cannot the media ignore such occurrences and not call them as news at all? Does media announce - the sun rose today! No. It is taken as a way of life and nature. Why can not media take this fact as granted that women are equal to men in all the aspects and stop discussing any issues that talk of sex difference and ability?

Does Womens Day not do the same thing? Does it now somehow manage to project women as different then men in many ways? Going forward in the discussion, should we have different events for men and women in sports? With such categorization are we ourselves not treating men and women separately?

Make Your Own Holiday Day

March 26th is Make Your Own Holiday Day. This is one of the most flexible holidays. You can celebrate this day for any reason you wish. It is for you. Make a day to celebrate a day you have forgotten, or invent one for your fun. There is no compulsion and no common theme for the day. This day is for each of us to enjoy a holiday. I have not been able to find out how this tradition originated.

But is a great idea. Make a holiday today, if it is 26th March. Why not to expand the idea little further and begin celebrating many more days for no rhyme or reason but to enjoy and have fun? All right, we need not take a holiday from work on all such days, but can try to create a holiday-like atmosphere. Can this not be done? Let me elaborate. For example, I make 7th of every month a special day for myself. I work on that day, but try to bring in as much fun as possible. Throw parties, go walking, take life little less seriously and try to fill the day with as much joy as possible. I hope that I am making myself clear.

All of us have conditioned our minds. We will celebrate each holiday on a particular day and follow the particular tradition for that. Why? Why not to be little more inventive and create our own holidays along with other traditional ones? Imagine 12 more days a year full of fun and joy. Let me give another example. Say, I was born on the 10th July. Generally, I will celebrate my birthday on that day every year. Why cannot I call every 10th my birthday and have fun? No, I am not asking for presents for twelve birthdays, but at least nothing can stop me from treating friends? Nothing can stop me from enjoying the 10th of every month as my birthday and carry that cheer in my heart?

Only our attitude stops us from making a day cheerful for our friends and ourselves. 26th March reminds us of the immense possibilities of human imagination to make our life a beautiful life. Best, let us make everyday a holiday. Let everyday be a holiday from worries and stress. Give tension a holiday everyday. Give a very long and permanent holiday to all those emotions such as jealousy, worry, stress, tension, and their friends.

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Arbor Day – The Selflessness Of Trees

Arbor Day, as it is commonly known today, is of American origin and was first observed in Nebraska, USA on the 10th of April 1872. Now it is always observed on the last Friday in April. Arbor Day in different forms and names is now observed in more than fifty countries.

Arbor in Latin means a tree. The spirit of Arbor Day is to plant trees and care for them and help them grow strong. It is what we give back to nature. If we think about our ancestors, we can imagine the dependence on trees in those times. Trees were widely used for wood, fruits, flowers and the shade a tree gave. The earliest humans derived tremendous benefits from the trees. We are all obliged to trees. Please view these birds screensavers. Can birds survive without trees?

Think of a tree. Most of the trees grow from a small seed. Let us become a little philosophical. The seed makes a tree and the tree gives so many more seeds, who in turn give so many trees and in turn more seeds. How many trees does a seed contain? Infinite. Is this not an exciting thought? Look at these trees in this trees wallpaper. They all came from a single seed?

The trees stand alone on a piece of land. The roots go deep down the earth and hold the soil strongly. The tree gives leaves, wood, bark, fruits, flowers, sometimes different types of gums and shade for the tired souls. A tree gives all that it has got back to the animal world. In deep jungles, so many animals rest below the trees in the afternoons, and the birds make countless nests on the trees. Can one imagine the importance of trees in the ecological balance? It can not be measured. The butterflies know more about that than many of us humans.

Many of us have seen so many trees since our childhood that we never give a thought to them. Visit a desert and you will realize the blessing that are trees. The desert looks so desolate, without any growth without the trees. Where are the singing birds in a desert? Where are the fruits, the flowers, and the shade?

Trees are necessary for our growth, and they tell us about a selfless life. After you plant a tree and help it grow, it asks nothing from you for its lifetime. It only gives. That is the selflessness of trees and that is how a life must be lived by all of us. Give more and expect less in return.

Reconciliation Day

I had a bad fight yesterday and today he/she is no more. How do I say sorry now? It is too late. But I never thought that this would happen to him/her. So healthy. A small pain in the chest that increased and before medical help could arrive he/she was dead. Now what do I do. But you know, I was right yesterday. But it all sounds like a nightmare now. Oh, God, this guilt will never go away. How does one say sorry to a dead body even if one was right?

Have you ever come across such a talk any time in your life? Reconciliation Day is generally celebrated on April 2nd. This day comes especially so that we reconcile with all of those with who we have some tiff or grudge and have strained the relationship. The common meaning of reconciliation is to patch up or to resolve and bring the situation back to normal. Becoming friends again. Friendship is a great relationship as these friendship wallpapers show.

What I narrated in the first Para was a dramatization. That does not happen most of the times. But it was used only to bring your attention to what if something like this happens. So why not to reconcile every grudge as soon as possible. Why wait for this day. Let us look at this from the other side of the mirror. Why not to avoid all the fights. Why not to kill the arguments before they begin to take a shape? Because once arguments begin, ego will take over and to prove that I am right, both the sides will go to any length. The result is never a victory. It is always a defeat for both the parties. It damages the relationships. It spoils the whole atmosphere and there are no positives. Let us rather live a life full of peace.

None of us wants to easily agree that we might be wrong. That is human nature. Another important damaging element in arguments is non-listening. No one wants to truly listen to the other party. That creates further rancor. The best approach is - never argue, and if an argument begins, try to kill it by all the means. If saying sorry helps right in the beginning, say that. If the argument can be deflected by a joke, please do that. And if the arguments don't stop and damage the relationship, go back and reconcile as soon as possible. Send hundreds of I am sorry ecards if needed. But reconcile. Bitterness never helps. It is like a mineral. It always remains below the surface and with little mining comes out. Bitterness takes away the love from living. It makes living hell. To live heavenly on this earth, reconcile. Reconcile with all with whom you have a problem and cannot forget.

Kiss Your Mate Day

What a lovely name for a day. A must celebration for those in love. April 28th is Kiss Your Mate Day. And obviously all the readers know what it means. Send ecards full of love messages if you are away with a promise to kiss him or her when you meet. Send an ecard planted with kiss - that will be difficult, but not impossible. And if you are with your mate on 28th April, you know what to do.

Rather than talking about kiss, how about talking of mate? The dictionary defines mate as companion, chum, friend, buddy and so on. In short, some one who is your real good friend. In common parlance, mate refers to a girl friend / boy friend with whom you are in love. Love and kisses obviously go together. A kiss seals the promise of love. But we were speaking about mate, so let us continue. Who do you call your mate? Do you have one? Did you have one? How was your life when you were together? How is your life now, if you have a mate?

Life is heavenly. Life is great. Life is lovely. Life is divine. Life is celestial. Life is marvelous. Life is pleasant. Life is delightful. Life is enchanting. One lives life when one is with one's mate. Am I correct? There is nothing better in life than to have a mate for life with whom we can share everything - all that is good and all that is bad. Many a times, we find that those in love try to hide certain bad things from their mate. A man will find it difficult to tell his mate that he is facing money problems when he is wooing her. Isn't it? Similarly girls will always try to show their best side.

When we call someone a mate, we cross all these limits that we have set for ourselves. We become one heart, one mind in two bodies. Nothing is hidden from each other. All our joys, worries, pleasures and anxieties, our phobias, our pains and our pleasures, we share all with our mate whom we love. Unless we can do that, our love and togetherness will be missing the essential joy that comes out of baring all. Send some I love you and crazy in love ecards.

Please kiss your mate on April 28th and make sure that you both become true mates for life with nothing left to hide. Unless you do that, the kiss will miss the purest love.

Good Friday And Easter

Jesus died on the cross. Jesus was nailed on the cross. Yes, He was nailed. How many of you have taken injection shots? Do you remember the feeling of pain that comes with a very thin needle? That also is taken away within few seconds. Now imagine getting hit with a nail and the nail crossing your palm, a thick nail and you are left to bleed. Now imagine the pain. Christianity teaches us about how to bear our pain and still try and make others happy.

Pain, intense pain, yes, death by intense pain and Jesus died with that. By laws of science, I don't know how much of His weight was taken by His palms, but even if the weight taken was a fraction of his body weight, the pain would been much more. And Jesus died on the cross, bearing his own weight with his palms, bleeding. Left to bleed in the afternoon sun.

Good Friday was the day He died. I read somewhere that earlier it was called God Friday. And He resurrected on Easter Sunday. Here is a collection of Easter Wallpapers . Download them to feel the spirit of Easter.

The Joy Of Romantic Birthday

You are in love and your beloved's birthday is coming soon. Imagine the explosion of feelings. Already in romance a person loses all his sanity. Combine that with birthday of the beloved and you will get a perfect madcap.

I know of a lover who had sent 32 mails to his beloved on her 32nd birthday. He had no chance of sending anything else. It was difficult to select 32 Ecards, and hence all the mails went together, each expressing one particular message of love. Why does one act like this? It is because of love. Love brings out the best in our nature. We feel on clouds all the time. Waiting to hear the beloved's voice itself becomes a great celebration. Looking at her/him is a bonus, and if one can be together for some time it is as if Gods themselves gifted this. It is romance.

A person in love will have the most difficult time on his/her beloved's birthday. What to do? What gift to give? Where to meet? When to meet? Mind goes in a spin thinking of all this. And the feeling of love is the icing on the cake. Till now we have spoken of love. Now let us talk of birthdays. You will find even people well beyond their every age, enjoying their birthday as if there will be no tomorrow. I have always wondered, why the birthday changes everything. The mood is different. How the day manages to do this trick has always been a question for me. In the case of beloved's birthday, the combination is of love with birthday. The result as I said earlier is explosive. Enjoy this explosion. Not everyone is lucky. Express your love with eCards. I have a selection for you. Please chose from them if you wish. Cards- Happy Birthday

Enjoy life. Please don't let a single moment of pleasure slip away from your hands. You never know what the next minute will bring. Life can be treacherous at times. Enjoy the moment with all your might and float in the bliss. The day may never come again, as it happened with the lover of the story above. He was never given a chance to send 33 mails. The beloved had turned into his biggest foe. The protector had turned the killer. Let that not happen to anyone again. So please, enjoy. I would say, birthday or no birthday enjoys your romance at all the times.

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Birthday - Let Us Deserve To Celebrate It

Every day is the same day. Days differ only in few ways- weather conditions, sunrise and sunset time. Otherwise all the days are same. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. This has been going on since billions of years and will continue, till the cosmos collapses. Then why do we treat a day different than other? The difference is not in the day, but in our moods, wishes, outlook, frustration, meetings and non meeting achievements, failures etc. If what makes us feel good occurs on a day, we call it a great day. Otherwise, it can be called as a boring day, or a useless day or whatever.

So, why do we love our birthday? Why do we celebrate it? Why do we feel good about it? I mean most of us. For some people including myself, a birthday may be no different than any other day. So let us talk of people who celebrate their birthday. They do it because they were born on that day. Am I correct? But is their birth a cause of celebration? What have they achieved to celebrate? Billions of people inhabit the earth, so what is so great about a single person?

Coming back to the subject,these are philosophical enquiries that make us understand ourselves, and our relationship with the world better. I would say that if you are a loving person, you are a great person. No matter whether you are neither rich nor famous. I would say that if you can help a person forget his/her pain for sometime, you are a great person. I would say, if you give some money without hesitation for a cause, you are a good person. If you cheer up someone, you are a good person. If you can help the planet become better even with a smallest act, you are a great person, and your birthday should be celebrated. Please view these screensavers to find out how we can help our planet with our actions. Screensaver- Motivation

Our birthdays should make us think more of ourselves, our actions, our values, our integrity, our gentleness, our compassion, our goals, our desires, our helping hand, our willingness to wipe away tears and every other act or thought that can make us a better person. We must celebrate our birthday if we wish, but along with day, we must add one more positive quality to ourselves. That will give us greater happiness than any other celebration. One feels worthy and good, only if one is really so. We can fool people in to believing that we are good, but we cannot fool ourselves. For getting happiness in our heart, we must ourselves feel that we are good. Let us decide to add one good quality to us on our birthday and let us celebrate it. Better, let us decide to do one good act everyday. No happiness will match that happiness, because happiness cannot be bought or borrowed. We feel happy and good about ourselves, only if we have self-esteem that comes only from doing good acts.

Everything You Do Is Right Day

16th March is celebrated as the day when whatever you do is right. This is a very exciting thought. I searched for the origin but could not find any clue about how this day began. What precisely does this mean - Everything you do is right.

Let me put my ideas across about this day. In our everyday life whenever we do anything, it can be called right or wrong. Many a times, not only others, but we ourselves are in doubt about the right action. This creates anxiety and makes every decision making job a tough job. This dilemma about right or wrong takes the pleasure away from life.

Children, especially very young children don't have any such dilemma. They do whatever they want and they do it with fun. They enjoy everything and never question if their action was right or wrong. They leave that decision to their parents. What a tension-free life do these children live! Don't you envy them?

For one day, say we drop our critical analysis of all our actions and do whatever we think best and don't think twice about why? Normally, if you have to take a decision about firing an inefficient employee and save money for your company, the decision is tough. Either way, you feel bad. On 16th, if you take a decision about any such issue, treat it as right. This is a very good concept to feel stress-free in life. If we follow this everyday in our life, we can beat a lot of stress.

Think, deliberate, weigh pros and cons, and discuss. After considering every aspect, take a decision and then stop analyzing that again. Most of us do all this, but continue agonizing ourselves after taking a decision. Does this help? No. This is a sure formula for a stressed life. Beat stress in the way I suggested above and relax. All of us make our life difficult with our style of functioning. It is for us to change our style and enjoy living. Let us celebrate each day of our life as 'everything you do is right' day. Also check out some Daily wallpapers These have beautiful thoughts to make your every day a lovely day.

Plant A Flower Day

12th March is called Plant A Flower Day. Why this day is celebrated on on 12th march, could not be found out by me. How we began the tradition is again unknown. At least I could not find any information on that. But whoever did has done a great service to mankind.

Why do I say so? Let me elaborate. Pick up a flower if you have one nearby, or imagine of a flower. Have you seen anything more beautiful in nature? Yes, butterflies come as close competitors in colors. But butterflies are insects, whereas flowers belong to the plant world. Look around any landscape. What do we expect to find? Trees, waterfalls, streams, rivers, mountains, fruits, rocks, stones, grass and such other natural objects that make a typical landscape. You can add snow and sand to this list for some regions. Now can any of these claim of beauty similar to that of flowers? Can anything compare with the softness, the shape and the fragrance of flowers? Nothing. Please look at some of this beautiful flowers. Compare and decide. Click to download flower screensavers and flower wallpapers.

On a lighter note, can you imagine of anything other than a flower to gift to your sweetheart? Can you imagine presenting him/her a bowl of water on Valentines Day? Or make a bouquet of dry grass. Any rocks? No. Flowers score over everything. The heavenly fragrance of some flowers can intoxicate anyone. The softness can be matched only by an infants skin. Flowers are the diamonds of the plant world and can even beat diamonds in almost all qualities. Compare the cost of a flower and a diamond. You will surely choose the former.

I can keep on talking about flowers and their multiple uses. It seems that nature created flowers to please us. Plant a flowering bush or tree on every 12th March and enjoy watching it grow. Also enjoy the lovely videos of flowers on animated screensavers on www.screene.com

Celebrating St. Patricks Day

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland is believed to have brought Christianity to Ireland in the forth century. He is believed to have removed many practices followed by pagan religions during that time. He is famous for having driven away all the snakes from Ireland, which refers to the practice of snake worshipping.

He is thought to have died on 17th March. Some stories about him are products of fertile imaginations over the centuries. What is important is that he has given the Irish Catholics an identity. Irish people celebrate 17th march as St. Patrick's Day. On this day most of the cities where Irish have a big population celebrate the day with parades. Today this day is the day to celebrate the Irish spirit. Color green, shamrocks, and luck. Enjoy the spirit of St. Patrick's Day with screensavers. Watch the falling shamrock, the gold coins and goes in the mood of celebration. The two screensavers Paddy's Cheers and Green world. are especially cute.

Shamrock And Irish People -

Shamrock, the three- leafed clover has special significance for the Irish. Earlier this was also called the seamroy. Though some people believe that Shamrock was used by St. Patrick to explain the Christian doctrine, there are no proofs of that. Shamrock is sure the symbol of Irish. Along with other Irish symbols or other things that are associated with Ireland such as green, gold and Luck, shamrock reminds everyone around the world of Ireland immediately.

Traditional Food -

Corned Beef and cabbage meal is the traditional Irish food for the St. Patrick's Day. Though the traditional food has been Irish bacon, corned beef saves money and is becoming popular amongst the Irish Americans. On St. Patrick's Day, Chicago River is turned green for several hours by using green vegetable dye. What a great way to celebrate the day. Wishing you all a Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Christmas - Giving Is A Blessing

Christmas brings a new life to the believers. Much before Christmas comes, the mood around the world changes. It is the anticipation of lovely days ahead of giving joy, meeting friends and family and feeling the spirit in the air that changes the most negative person to positive moods. Chastens makes a person different. The same man, who you never see smiling, laughs during Christmas. That is the festive spirit of Christmas and that is why it is a lovely festival.

The most important part of Christmas is of course celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Another ritual of Christmas that makes it so special is giving. We send so many cards to friends and family that we lose the count. Similarly giving gifts is very important. Selecting the right gift for everyone, wrapping it lovingly and sending it across, all this is joyful. This joy cannot be described in words.

As I said earlier, it is the giving that is the major reason of happiness. If we look at our moods and behavior, we find that we always derive greater joy in giving compared to receiving. Can we not celebrate this spirit of giving everyday? Can we not get this joy everyday? Can we not make someone happy everyday? We can. With conscious effort, we can do one act a day that makes somebody genuinely happy. Why not carry the spirit of Christmas all the year and enjoy the happiness of giving. One is blessed when one gives. Let us get these blessings round the year. To keep the Christmas spirit alive all through the year, you may view some screensavers on Christmas Click Christmas screensavers