A peice of my mind
Life moves fast, faster than the motion pattern keys; Slower than a peregrine falcon, just like a breeze.
Mind is noisy, noisier than the consciousness screech; Quieter than a blue whale, just like a beach.
Body is rough, rougher than emotions; Smoother than the mirror, just like the oceans.
Souls are old, older than dinosaur remains; Younger than the stars, just like the mountains.
My brother and I grew 3 bottle guards on his 12th birthday. Unlike the first two that were eaten by the rats, the third one ripened and was good for us to eat. We harvested it and happily ran to our mother hoping she would give us both a small jelly tin, like she always did as a token of appreciation. We reached kitchen to the sight of her crying over the phone. “Grandpa was no more”, she said in a heavy voice. I was 8 years old. The grief of not getting the jelly tin was much more than not being able to see Grandpa again.
Later when we visited Grandma, I saw her dressed like she was in her 20s, talking to a kitten like she used to talk to Grandpa. She felt the kitten flickered a hope of life in her. I walked up to her and asked if Grandpa was reincarnated as the cat, to which she only smiled. My mother wasn’t happy about the situation because the kitten was weak and didn’t seem like she would survive but to her surprise, the kitten grew up to be a full-grown cat and was by Grandma’s side till her last breath on the rocking chair.
As I turned older, there were fewer living people at home and more frames with sandalwood garland. I was learning life and moved out of country. I lost a lot of people and things, left behind a lot of places and memories to find success and love.
While I sat sipping a cup of coffee on a Tuesday morning, I recalled my childhood. How I lost two bottle guards but found one. How Grandma lost Grandpa but found her hope in a kitten. I realized that life is mere a series of “Lost and Found”. I can’t petty myself for what I lost and can’t be proud of what I found. As this thought processed in my head I decided to buy myself small jelly tin.
If you didn’t say “me” in your head after reading this image, you have to read what’s written below.
Stapling yourself with looks is like trying to hold water between your hands. It spills and fade.
I know that attraction and beauty are totally individually subjective but don’t impose your opinions on linear beauty standards on to others. Don’t link men with being tall or masculine and women with being properly proportionated or flawless.
You probably might only give out your definition of beauty but you could actually convince someone that don’t belong or they don’t deserve.
There is nothing called as flaws or perfection. Good looks and beauty don’t come in any one form and you might not appreciate other’s but you got to accept and respect every form of it.
If you feel you aren’t beautiful, know that you’re wrong. You only lack confidence not beauty.
If you start to accept all of you and believe that nobody is perfect but unique, you will be surprised to discover new things about yourself. You’ll realize that you have the kind of beauty that no one else has.
At the end of the day, all that matters is how you see yourself.
Imagine this- You worked hard and made a lot of money for your self and can finally take that desired vacation or be a part of that extravaganza event. But..
you can’t, because your body is now worn out.
While we are so eager to chase success, we often tend to be distracted by everything that is right and wrong.
Being distracted is okay. What is not okay, is acting on the distraction.
Picking up bad habbits and taking our body for granted are two of the major mistakes we make. Not only bad habbits but anything that you are inseperabley attached with- rings a bell of self destruction resulting in jeopardizing your future.
It has an adverse ramification on your body and creates an irresistable urge. The kind that cannot be countered for alcohol or drug abuse, smoking, binge eating, compulsive computer gaming or self harming.
One of the self- centered reason why you should stop is because there will be time when you will have hopes, dreams and things that you want to do but by then, your body would have given up. You would probably be at the neck of the woods wondering if you would have stopped the second time you walked into the path of sufficing your urge.
Remember to go easy on your self but not completely un-regiment
Who are we?
Humans.
And what are we terrible at?
manifesting humanity.
It is rare that people care
Rare that people are inter personally aware
Rare that people are not in despair.
Even though we all breathe the same air,
Why do we still compare?
Amongst color, cast, gender or any materialistic affair.
You know you will look differently at people named Khan and John
The weaker one’s are the fresh meat that stronger one’s feed on
It is sad that the era of truth and morality is long gone
tenacity to empathize, love and respect have all withdrawn
Let’s just refrain and let things be,
sit down and think about all our facts and acts
cause instead of being a sun to people that are tree,
we have learnt to be the sharp axe.
If humans don’t show humanity, then who will?
How do you comprehend the dichotomy between life and death? It will be that one moment when our body will permanently leave this world behind. So, what’s the point of life, why do we work hard when we can survive on eating any thing that’s edible? How do you know if you are alive?We need a satisfying end to a story while in reality, we can have the worst ends to us so how do we live a satisfying life?
Between all this convolution- I understand that life is uncertain and the only certainty to life is death. Pain, fear and desires are what keep us alive. Death in inevitable and cessation of this body is definite.One of the ways to live in serenity is to believe that you only live once. Eat that delectable, let people know you love them, prioritise yourself, do things that make you happy, don’t let other’s opinion bother you and celebrate your life cause there is no day but today and there is no moment like now. Live with values and value what we live with.
It was a beautiful sunny day.
My friend walked up to me and said hey,
How are you? What do you think of today?
I smiled while my mind ululated-
Corals are dying
Politicians are lying
Poor still trying
Educated still applying
For everything that’s going on-
Democracy is limping
New virus is killing
Economy is depressing
All the ice bergs are melting
And our mother earth is sinking.
Cause we adapted to ignore things that aren’t directly relevant,
our mind on money and heart of cement
Now that everything is swirled..
Haven’t we taken much more than we could ever give back to this world?
But all I did is smiled and replied saying hey, I’m good and it’s a beautiful sunny day.
A woman,
The ability to procreate and manage zillion roles. If required, she can bend bones or melt a hundred stones. The one that possesses star dust and the one who completes a home.
She is nothing less than a god
Never looks for applause
Doesn’t need a squad
She got no flaws
Still putting up a fight for all thats her right.
The womankind will shine and thats my far sight.
Put this on a tape- A woman is a superhero who doesn’t wear a cape.
If I had to say the truth
Then I’m in vain
These thoughts inside my head
Takes me back to pain
The more I try to settle it
The more it scatters little more bit
Aiming at happiness through the dart
I wish I could go back to the start
I’m tired of these voices
Forcing me to be the idol it instead gets me suicidal
If everything was for a reason then you have to explain my life
Why is my luck messed up and where’s the positive vibe
If they sell peace I wanna be the buyer
Sometimes I wanna set this world on fire
Maybe I would never tell this loud but secretly I wanna be heard
Wanna fly in the blue sky like a free bird
There are things I won’t say
Things you won’t understand
Won’t understand how it feels
Feels like you would toss it away saying it’s lame
If thoughts were liquid, you’d see drowning in this ocean I can’t swim. It’s a fight I can not win… against me.
But I know how ever deep the tunnel is, it ends
For which there will be a light & a life where sad thoughts descend
I have to find glee so I could let this sadness flee
I trust the process the life has for me and if I had to learn something in a blink- I learned to hold strong even when my mind sink
What ever happens in the life,
Happens for a reason unknown.
Just wait for your cards to unfold
And let your story be shown.
Luna By Harshita 