I am crazy about the fragrance emanating from freshly watered earth..and I breathe lungful of it while watering the plants each day.. I exchange greetings with the multi coloured blooming dales.. I enjoy the times the birds spend with me..walking around unhesitatingly and splashing water bathing in the earthen vessel I fill for their drinking.. I play with the paws and tails that stretch and make puppy eyes inviting me for a game.. My heart sings in abandon with the soulful music rendered by some feathered friends in hiding..and I soar up in the skies with outstretched wings of the eagle.. I dance to the tune of whistling trees and savour kisses of the gentle breeze.. I rise in the morning to a tender nudge from my friend (read text messages while still in bed) and walk out in the open to embrace the warm glow of a new dawn.. I hang my prayers on the temple bells and my chants rise up with the fumes of burning incense.. I offer myself like flowers at the lotus feet, for even if they remain alive for just a day..it is a life well lived.. At dusk I wear the vermillion robe and reach out to the sinking ball of fire.. …And in the stillness of the night as the stars come down like a veil, I am swathed in the cool gleam of gentle moonlight.. As I retire, I thank God for the blessed day and pray to be cradled in His arms and put to rest..only to rise to yet another beautiful tomorrow of complete loving and living…