EXPRESSO PATRONUM

I have been fascinated by the Harry Poter stories. 
Always wished to have a magical stick with the help of which 
I can turn the situations to my favor, but I thought that 
these things happen only in books not in real life.
But one day while reading the third book
" Harry Poter and the prisoners of Azkaban",
 I realized the concepts in books come from real life only. 
Its just that we think its too difficult to live on those concepts.

All who have read the book must have remembered the magical spell “EXPRESSO PATRONUM” ..the spell has been taught to wizards 
for fighting the dementors who feed on every good feeling,
 every happy memory until a person is left with nothing but his worst experiences, leaving the person with no zeal to live .
In this trick the wizards have to remember 
the most happiest moment of their life and
 pointing the stick to the dementors ,
 spell Expresso Patronum..
 And the dementor changes its shape to a funny creature.

Now that's a great concept .. magical but so true in real life.

In our life we face many situations where we feel that
 the difficulties of life is somehow taking out the good things in us .
We are forced to change or surrender to the situations
 and one day we find that we no longer have
 the childhood innocence in us .
Something dies in this hardships of life.
I tried to apply this magical spell Expresso patronum
 without a magical stick in hand , 
just going by the concept,….
whenever felt hurted ,discouraged,disappointed,
I tried to remember all the good moments of my life…
and suddenly my tears converts into a smile ..
a smile of faith on life , on myself and it did wonders for me .
It helped me to overcome the difficult situations..
For example, if someone close to me 
tells me something which hurts me a lot , 
I try to remember all the good moments with her/him ..
and the smile of faith on them appears..
It makes me believe that those things being said or done
 are not intenional..its just the situation..
ultimately the blame of hurt is transferred from the person to the situation ...

Somehow this magical spell worked for me in real life .
It helped me to control my anger, disappointment 
and to some extent it improved my relationships with people a lot.
So friends whenever you feel sad/discouraged/hurt ..
try to remember the most happiest moment of your life 
n say EXPRESSO PATRONUM.....
 I hope and pray the magic will work for you also ..



~Ani

MY DADDY SMARTEST

Yeh tab ki baat hai jab me class 9 me padhti thi.. 
Garmiyon ke chuttion mein ham nanaji ke ghar pe the. 
Maa ka ek operation hone wala tha aur operation ke baad do mahine ka rest.
Isilye hamne decide kiya tha ke Maa ki tabiyat thik hone tak
 mein maa ke saath hi Nanaji ke ghar par rahungi. 
Papa wahan aate waqt ek bade se VIP suitcase me mere saare books le aaye the.
 Saare books hone ke karan woh bahat hi jyada bhari ho gaya tha. 
Jab Papa Nanaji ke ghar pahunche to mujhe apni nayi creation dikhai ..
Ek ply ko cut karke usme char wheel lage hue the ..
( tab wheel wale suitcase nahi dekhe the maine kabhi ..n concept bhi nahi pata tha) 
Phir achanak mere school ke teacher kehne lage 
mujhe school miss nahi karna chahiye .
To maine chutiyon ke baad Papa ke saath wapas aane ka plan bana liya.


Nanaji ke ghar se 3 ghante ka bus journey till Bhubaneswar
 aur wahan bus stand se station ja kar train pakadna tha hame.
Papa aur mein bahat mushkil se woh suitcase leke
 Bhubaneswar bus stand tak pahunch gaye.
Wahan se hame town bus leke station jana tha.
Main bus stand se town bus stand half kilometer durr tha
 and whan tak suitcase leke jane ka sochkar hi meri halat kharab hogai..
Papa ne apne bag se woh wheel wala ply nikala ..
uske upar suitcase ko dala aur
 ham baap beti ek aage ek peeche rehkar
 usse dhakel dhakel ke aage badhne lage. 
Sab log palat palat ke hame dekh rahe the 
aur mujhe bahat embarrassment ho raha tha. 
Jab ham town bus ke thode karib pahunche
 wahan ek pura gaang khada tha .. 
5-6 bees pachees saal ke bande ..
aur woh hame dekhke bahat hass rahe the. :( 
Mujhe bahat bura lag raha tha
Maine papa se kaha ,"papa ham dono milke utha lete hein..dekhona sab has rahe hein "
 Papa ne kaha koi baat nahi,unhe hasne do ...ham aise hi leke jayenge .
Jab hum Bus ke paas pahunch gaye ..
ek banda bade style maarke aaya aur bola chodo me utha deta hun suitcase bus mein .
Me bus me chadh gayi mere baad papa thn woh banda suitcase pakad ke uthane laga
Tab usse pata laga ke suitcase kitni bhari hai ..
woh to akela utaha bhi nahi paya ..
dosoton ki madad se badi mushkil se bus ke andar suitcase uthaya
 and his immidiate reaction was ...Sir kya idea hai ..aapne yeh kaise banaya , kitna useful hai ..us waqt mere sare embarrassment gayab hogaye .. I felt like a proud daughter..
and I thought ................... My Daddy may not be the strongest
 but thr is no doubt that he is the smartest :)


~Ani