The need for a mate who has lived joys and sorrows with you for years is required to cherish with the sunset at the later half than the first half.That is the beauty in the garden if the couple who completed "manivizha"(60th year's celebration) sit and laugh together.That mesmerises,not the rituals.

Rituals are for a day,but life is to be lived everyday.The meanings of the rituals stressed to give life to the seven steps which should not be the couple walking just hearing and looking at the chanting lips around the fire like snake moving its head to the charmer's music,the puppet moving its limbs as the puppeteers make them to dance.

Love is not the monkey game,jumping from tree to tree,though monkeys love too.Its the feeling constantly felt,the support assured,the security defined,the music tuned,the polar star seen after the melting of every cloud,the silver lining for the eyes to wipe off the tears.

"We cannot do great things,but only the small deeds with great love." as said by Mother Teressa.Do whatever you do with the heart in it.Anything done for the sake of doing is like a tree uprooted.no further growth.

Root the life tree at the deepest at the heart and stretch the arms to the sky and welcome the love and strength to do each work with full heart.Like the sun,moon,wind doing their duties daily with changing rains,ices,sweat drops let all the deeds have the passion.Let our kids love to learn good values and learn to love what they do.