Life Goals

Uljhi uljhi rehti woh khud mein, Bahar se duniya suljhati hai woh Chori chori kare woh batain khud se, Raag mohabbat ke gaati hai woh Anjaan si duniya mein hai rehti, Kisse shaitani ke sunati hai woh Masoom adaon se nazar ghumake, Dil ki dehleez pe aati hai woh Khwabon ka roshan basta pehan ke, Khushiyon ke phool barsaati hai woh Yaadon ke takiye bheeg jate mere, Jab door nazar se jati hai woh Shehzaadi hai rajkumar ke dil ki, Aangan ko uske chamkati hai woh Tareef mein uski likhun main kiesa, Jeet jaye woh dil jahan jati hai woh. Thank You Gourav Sachdeva

Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my home.  There’s a lake located in one corner of the park.  Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water’s edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her. This past Sunday my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her.  As I got closer, I realized that the metal cage was in fact a small trap.  There were three turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap.  She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully scrubbing with a spongy brush. “Hello,” I said.  “I see you here every Sunday morning.  If you don’t mind my nosiness, I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.” She smiled.  “I’m cleaning off their shells,” she replied.  “Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, reduces the turtle’s ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim.  It can als...