Inspired Mind

Haiku capture the essence of moments simply, directly, and creatively. These fluid poems represent a wondrous combination of presence and transcendence, of beauty and realization, through snapshots of instants in time. Featuring over one hundred haiku, Dappled Sunlight on Spring Leaves offers insightful observations of everyday and uncommon moments presented with humor, joy, and clarity. Dappled Sunlight on Spring Leaves is a book for those seeking the heart of each instant, enlivening the mind and expanding perception.

Rashi, an intelligent and sensible girl in her mid-twenties, had been living in North Goa since birth. Being a real glass sucker and chain smoker, she was always one step ahead of teen life but shattering her adult life with over maturity and protectiveness. Living near to those exotic beaches, she had no interest in gazing at the incessant sea, the kissing couples and palm trees but when she met a near-perfect dazzling girl Nikita, with a queer plan, her life got upended with the unanticipated affairs. As the tale moves ahead, unfamiliar people make appearances with new expectations, ...

If it doesn't surprise us, then it will not surprise anyone. People, who fail every hour, get success every minute in a day. I was a book worm, woke up with the academic books, lick and vomit the next day to make my report card better. You know, why I'm narrating you my story! Because it's genuine. The reality is much different when it comes to experiencing dynamic challenges in our lives. I confronted my fear. I didn't overcome my fear overnight, but it took me a long time to be a person to produce this book now. I topped class but failed in real life. I failed every day. The discouraged ...

I planted a seed and asked it to grow. I told the seed to bring forth nourishment, healing, wisdom, and food for my soul. The seed grew into a sapling, and I told the sapling, "I love you." The sapling grew into a tree and gave me food and shelter from its branches.

Mark Twain once wrote: “Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on Earth.” This is what each of us should strive for in this God-ordained life. It does not require anything extra or cost all that you have. It does not bring about the daily emergence of new levels of pain or the forming of lies just to get by.