காணி நிலம் வேண்டும் - பராசக்தி
காணி நிலம் வேண்டும், - அங்கு
தூணில் அழகியதாய் - நன்மாடங்கள்
துய்ய நிறத்தினதாய் - அந்தக்
காணி நிலத்தினிடையே - ஓர்மாளிகை
கட்டித் தரவேண்டும் - அங்கு
கேணியருகினிலே - தென்னைமரம்
கீற்று மிளநீரும்.

பத்துப் பன்னிரண்டு - தென்னைமரம்
பக்கத்திலே வேணும் - நல்ல
முத்துச் சுடர்போலே - நிலாவொளி
முன்பு வரவேணும், அங்கு
கத்துங் குயிலோசை - சற்றே வந்து
காதிற் படவேணும், - என்றன்
சித்தம் மகிழ்ந்திடவே - நன்றாயிளந்
தென்றல் வரவேணும்.

பாட்டுக் கலந்திடவே - அங்கேயொரு
பத்தினிப் பெண்வேணும் - எங்கள்
கூட்டுக் களியினிலே - கவிதைகள்
கொண்டுதர வேணும் - அந்தக்
காட்டு வெளியினிலே - அம்மா! நின்றன்
காவலுற வேணும், - என்றன்
பாட்டுத் திறத்தாலே - இவ்வையத்தைப்
பாலித்திட வேணும்…

சுட்டும் விழிச் சுடர் தான் கண்ணம்மா சூரிய சந்திரரோ
வட்டக் கரிய விழி கண்ணம்மா வானக்கருமை கொலோ
பட்டுக் கருநீலப் புடவை பதித்த நல்வயிரம்
நட்ட நடுநிசியில் தெரியும் நட்சத்திரங்களட
சோலை மலரொளியோ நினது சுந்தரப் புன்னகை தான்
நீலக் கடலலையே நினது நெஞ்சின் அலைகளடீ
கோலக் குயிலோசை உனது குரலின் இனிமையடீ
வாலைக் குமரியடீ கண்ணம்மா மருவக்காதல் கொண்டேன
சாத்திரம் பேசுகிறாய் கண்ணம்மா சாத்திரம் ஏதுக்கடீ
ஆத்திரம் கொண்டவர்க்கே கண்ணம்மா சாத்திரமுண்டோடீ
மூத்தவர் சம்மதியில் வதுவை முறைகள் பின்பு செய்வோம்
காத்திருப்பேனோடீ இது பார் கன்னத்து முத்தமொன்ற

பாயு மொளி நீ யெனக்கு,பார்க்கும் விழி நானுனக்கு,
தோயும் மது நீ யெனக்கு,தும்பியடி நானுனக்கு.
வாயுரைக்க வருகுதில்லை,வாழி நின்றன் மேன்மையெல்லாம்;
தூயசுடர் வானொளியே! சூறையமுதே!கண்ணம்மா!

வீணையடி நீ யெனக்கு,மேவும் விரல் நானுனக்கு;
பூணும் வடம் நீ யெனக்கு,புது வரிம் நானுனக்கு;
காணுமிடந்தோறு நின்றன் கண்ணி னொளி வீசுதடீ
மாணுடைய பேர ரசே! வாழ்வு நிலையே!கண்ணம்மா!

வான மழை நீ யெனக்கு வண்ண மயில் நானுனக்கு;
பான மடி நீ யெனக்கு,பாண்டமடி நானுனக்கு;
ஞான வொளி வீசுதடி,நங்கை நின் றன் சோதிமுகம்,
ஊனமறு நல்லழகே!ஊறு சுவையே!கண்ணம்மா!

வெண்ணிலவு நீ யெனக்கு,மேவு கடல் நானுனக்கு;
பண்ணு சுதி நீ யெனக்கு,பாட்டினிமை நானுனக்கு;
எண்ணியெண்ணிப் பார்த்திடிலோர் எண்ணமில்லை நின்சுவைக்கே;
கண்ணின் மணி போன்றவளே! கட்டியமுதே!கண்ணம்மா!

வீசு கமழ் நீ யெனக்கு,விரியுமலர் நானுனக்கு;
பேசுபொருள் நீ யெனக்கு,பேணுமொழி நானுனக்கு;
நேசமுள்ள வான்சுடரே! நின்னழகை யேதுரைப்பேன்?
ஆசை மதுவே!கனியே!அள்ளு சுவையே கண்ணம்மா!

காதலடி நீ யெனக்கு,காந்தமடி நானுனக்கு;
வேதமடி நீ யெனக்கு,வித்தையடி நானுனக்கு;
போதமுற்ற போதினிலே பொங்கி வருந் தீஞ்சுவையே!
நாதவடி வானவளே! நல்லஉயிரே கண்ணம்மா!

நல்லவுயிர் நீ யெனக்கு,நாடியடி நானுனக்கு;
செல்வமடி நீ யெனக்கு,சேமநிதி நானுனக்கு;
எல்லையற்ற பேரழகே!எங்கும் நிறை பொற்சுடரே!
முல்லைநிகர் புன்னகையாய்!மோதுமின்பமே!கண்ணம்மா!

தாரையடி நீ யெனக்கு,தண்மதியம் நானுனக்கு;
வீரமடி நீ யெனக்கு,வெற்றியடி நானுனக்கு;
தாரணியில் வானுலகில் சார்ந்திருக்கும் இன்பமெல்லாம்
ஓருருவமாய்ச் சமைந்தாய்!உள்ளமுதமே!கண்ணம்மா!

My Ever Best!!

சின்னஞ் சிறு கிளியே - கண்ணம்மா !
செல்வ களஞ்சியமே !
என்னைக் கலி தீர்த்தே - உலகில்
ஏற்றம் புரிய வந்தாய் !

பிள்ளைக் கனியமுதே - கண்ணம்மா !
பேசும்பொற் சித்திரமே !
அள்ளி யணைத்திடவே - என் முன்னே
ஆடி வருந் தேனே !

ஓடி வருகையிலே - கண்ணம்மா !
உள்ளங் குளிரு தடீ !
அடித்திரிதல் கண்டால் - உன்னைப்போய்
ஆவி தழுவு தடீ !

உச்சி தனை முகந்தால் - கருவம்
ஓங்கி வளரு தடீ !
மெச்சி யுனை யூரார் - புகழ்ந்தால்
மேனி சிலர்க்குதடீ !

கண்ணத்தில் முத்தமிட்டால் - உள்ளந்தான்
கள்வெறி கொள்ளு தடீ !
உன்னைத் தழுவிடிலோ - கண்ணம்மா !
உன்மத்த மகுதடீ !

சற்றுன் முகஞ் சிவந்தால் - மனது
சஞ்சல மாகு தடீ !
நெற்றி சுருங்கக் கண்டால் - எனக்கு
நெஞ்சம் பதைக்கு தடீ !

உன்கண்ணில் நீர்வழிந்தால் - எந்நெஞ்சில்
உதிரம் கொட்டு தடீ !
எங்கண்ணிற் பாவையன்றோ ? - கண்ணம்மா !
என்னுயிர் நின்ன தன்றோ ?

சொல்லும் மழலையிலே - கண்ணம்மா
துன்பங்கள் திர்த்திடு வாய்
முல்லைச் சிரிப்பாலே - எனது
மூர்க்கந் தவிர்த்திடு வாய் ,

இன்ப கதைகளெல்லாம் - உன்னைப்போல்
ஏடுகள் சொல்வ துண்டோ ?
அன்பு தருவதிலே - உனைநேர்
ஆகுமோர் தெய்வ முண்டோ ?

மார்பில் அணிவதற்கே - உன்னைப்போல்
வைர மணிக ளுண்டோ ?
சீர்பெற்று வாழ்வதற்கே - உன்னைப்போல்
செல்வம் பிறிது முண்டோ ?

A boy and a girl were playing together.
The boy had a collection of marbles.The girl had some sweets with her.
The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets.
The girl agreed.

The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and gave the rest to the girl.The girl gave him all her sweets as she had promised.
That night, the girl slept peacefully.
But the boy couldn't sleep as he kept wondering if the girl had hidden some sweets from him as like he had hidden his best marble.

If we don't give our hundred percent in a relationship, we'll always keep doubting if the other person has given his/her hundred percent.. This is applicable for any relationship like love, friendship, husband-wife, employer-employee relationship etc., Lets Give our hundred percent to everything we do and sleep peacefully.

An old man lived alone in a city. He wanted to shovel his potato garden, but it was very hard work.
His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to misdoing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot, for me if you weren't in the prison.
With Love,
DAD
Shortly, the old man received this telegram:
"For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden.. !! That's where I buried the GUNS!!"
At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him the news and asked him what to do next.
His son's reply was:
"Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad.., It's the best I could do for you from here."

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART, YOU CAN DO IT..
IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS.., NOT WHERE YOU ARE OR WHERE THE PERSON IS.

A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?"

The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you."

We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war.

We should always remember that…

“when we point one finger at a person, the other three fingers are pointing at ourselves. If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistakes too.”

Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well.

Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are;

Who is earning almost as much as you do;

One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are;

One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements.

One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as much as you do for 20-25 years of her life;

One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family name

One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchen

One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more, and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother, 
a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you are as to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than  you;

One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even men at her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities;

Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won't, simply Because you won't like it, even though you say otherwise

One, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met;

One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important, relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some and trust her;

One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house - your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it. But not many guys understand this...... 

Please appreciate "HER", I do, I hope you will do...

Your inner thoughts can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or weak.

What you impress upon your mind, you'll inevitably become. It's a psychological law that whatever you desire to accomplish you must first impress upon your subconscious mind.

Relentless, repetitive self talk will change your self image. You'll affect your subconscious mind with verbal repetition. Constant repetition carries conviction.

When you change your values you'll change your behavior. Start thinking of yourself as becoming the person you want to be. Self suggestion will make you the master of yourself.

If you believe you can, you can.

You can become whatever you want to be…

• In each task that must be done, there is opportunity. See the task not as a burden, but as an encouragement to be fully alive and effective.

• The real burden would be the inability to do anything. No task is a burden, but is instead the chance to express your own aliveness.

• Does the work seem dreary, unimaginative, tedious or boring? That's mainly because your attitude makes it so.

• See what happens when you start by being thankful for the opportunity to do it. Your genuine gratitude will help you to see the positive value.

• When the things you must do become things you want to do, it can transform your life. Each moment takes on more meaning; each effort brings greater and greater reward.

• Rather than fighting and forcing yourself to do what must be done, let go of your resistance and allow yourself to accomplish. Let what you must, become what you want, and watch yourself begin to soar.

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down there.  With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, "Class is over. I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very important.

"Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is the Powers way of telling us that we must make the most out of every single day."

Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be something you see, it could be a scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.

Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make it important to notice them, for at anytime it can all be taken away.

The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.

Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.

Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go barefoot, or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.

Remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away . . .

Today
before you say an unkind word -
Think of someone who can't speak...
Before
you complain about the taste of your food -
Think of someone who has nothing to eat..
Before
you complain about your husband or wife -
Think of someone
who's crying out to GOD/HP for a companion.

Today
before you complain about life -
Think of someone who went too early to heaven..
Before
whining about the distance you drive
Think of someone who walks
the same distance with their feet.
And when
you are tired and complain about your job -
Think of the
unemployed, the disabled,
and those who wish they had your job.
And when
depressing thoughts seem to get you down -
Put a smile on your face and think:
you're alive and still around..

There was
a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She
hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend.. He was always
there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see
the world, I will marry you.'
One day,
someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages
came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.

He asked
her,'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?' The
girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The
sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected
that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life
led her to refuse to marry him.

Her
boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her
saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before
they were yours, they were mine.'

This is
how the human brain often works when our status changes.
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who
was always by their side in the most painful situations..

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it was as if a dream had come true.

Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I would be staying in this country for about Five years in which time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India.

My father was a government employee and after his retirement, the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat.

I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.

Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight. Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting shorter I was forced to select one candidate.

In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after them, we returned to USA.

My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our savings started diminishing.

After two more years we started to have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.

Every year I decide to go to India But part work part monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India ... The next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there was no one to do the last rights the society members had done whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed away without seeing their grand children.

After couple more years passed away, much to my children's dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down. I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my savings were short and the property prices had gone up during all these years. I had to return to the USA...

My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India... My 2 children and I returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.

Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an American and my son was happy living in USA... I decided that had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India... I had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a well-developed locality.

Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife has also left me and gone to the holy abode.

Sometimes I wondered was it worth all this?

My father, even after staying in India,

Had a house to his name and I too have the same nothing more.

I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.

Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing. This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these children are losing their values and culture because of it. I get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well at least they remember me.

Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will be performing my last rights, God Bless them.

But the question still remains 'was all this worth it?'

I am still searching for an answer...... ......... ..!!!

START THINKING

IS IT JUST FOR ONE EXTRA BEDROOM???

LIFE IS BEYOND THIS ..DON'T JUST LEAVE YOUR LIFE ..

START LIVING IT .

LIVE IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE

In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan tear open the wall.

Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls. When
tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there
because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet. He sees this,
feels pity and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail, it was
nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.

What happened..?

The lizard has survived in such position for 10 years!?!! In a dark wall
partition for 10 years without moving, it is impossible and mind boggling.
Then he wondered, how this lizard survived for 10 years without moving a
single step - since its feet was nailed!

So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what has it been doing and
what has it been eating? Later, don't know from where appears another
lizard, with food in its mouth... AHHH! He was stunned and touched deeply.
For the lizard that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it
for the past 10 years..

Such a love, such a beautiful love!! Such love happened even on this tiny
creature... What can love do? It can do wonders!! Love can do miracles!!

Imagine it has been doing it for a tired some 10 yrs, without giving up hope
on its partner.

Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with the
brilliant mind can't.

As the technology advances, our access to information become faster and
faster. But the distance between human beings, was it getting closer as
well?

NEVER ABANDON YOUR LOVED ONES. Share this story with everyone that has
touched your life and make you grow and understand and feel more about your
life. Share it with everyone! May everyone be loved... a quote from Cae
Hiew: "Love makes your heart young again and magically erase all your
wrinkles." So, start loving . . .

A little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was
kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, "Sweetheart, please
hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river." The little girl
said, "No, Dad. You hold my hand." "What's the difference?" Asked the
puzzled father..

"There's a big difference," replied the little girl. "If I hold your
hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand
go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what
happens, you will never let my hand go." In any relationship, the
essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So hold the hand
of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours . . .

Once upon a time there was a Prince who, through no fault of his own was
cast under a spell by an evil witch. The curse was that the Prince could
speak only one word each year. However, he could save up the words so that
if he did not speak for a whole year, then the following year he was allowed
to speak two words. (This was before the time of letter writing or
signlanguage.)

One day he met abeautiful princess (ruby lips, golden hair, sapphire eyes,)
and fell madly in love. With the greatest difficulty he decided to refrain
from speakingfor two whole years so that he could look at her and say "my
darling". But at the end of the two years he wished to tell her that he
loved her.

Because of this he waited three more years without speaking (bringing the
total number of silent years to 5).But at the end of these five years he
realized that he had to ask her to marry him. So he waited ANOTHER four
years without speaking.

Finally as the ninth year of ! silence ended, his joy knew no bounds.
Leading the lovely princess to the most secluded and romantic place in that
beautiful royal garden the prince heaped a hundred red roses on her lap,
knelt before her, and taking her hand in his, said huskily, "My darling,I
love you! Will you marry me?" And the princess tucked a strand of golden
hair behind a dainty ear, opened her sapphire eyes in wonder, and parting
her ruby lips, said:

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"Pardon . . .” ??!!

1.To My Friends Who Are - SINGLE
Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes
you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect
it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but love's only special
when you give it to someone who is really worth it. So take your time and
choose the best.

2.To My Friends Who Are - NOT SO SINGLE
Love isn't about becoming somebody else's "perfect person." It's about
finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

3.To My Friends Who Are - PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE
Never say "I love you" if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if
they aren't there. Never touch a life if you mean to break a heart.
Never look in the eye when all you do is lie. The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is
to let her fall in love when he doesn't intend to catch her fall and it
works both ways...

4.To My Friends Who Are - MARRIED
Love is not about "it's your fault", but "I'm sorry." Not "where are
you", but "I'm right here." Not "how could you", but "I understand." Not
"I wish you were", but "I'm thankful you are."