Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Lost My Dream!

(Is this your story too?)




One fine morning I woke up restless and while sipping my routine hot cuppa tea I realized that I had lost my dream!
I thought and I thought hard! I tried to look for it and yet it was nowhere to be seen!

I thought hard to recollect when it was with me last…
And I realized it was when I had spring in step, shine in my eyes and zeal in my heart!
That was when I had it with me last!

Oh! But what had happened then? I guess I grew up and shook hand with life and signed an intangible pact,
Promising that I would go with its flow and would never resist or stop and true to my word I met every condition of the pact!

So I kept going and going and reached where I am and never realized when I lost my dream,
The maddening pace of life never let me pause and think what I was leaving behind! Oh no! Now I realize I lost the most precious thing! I Lost My Dream!

It kept me alive and yes it made me insane!
But it was what I wanted so even slogging for it would not have been a drain.


Oh! My Oh My! Why did I lose my dream!


Friday, July 22, 2016

Live Life King Size!



Life has a different meaning for each one of us at any one point of time, life may reflect different hues for two people with different perspectives but one thing about life which remains the same for all is that once we expend the span of this lifetime, humey ye zindagi na milegi dobara, that is, we will not get this life again!

Zindagi har pal dhalti hai jaise ret mutthi se fisalti hai
Shikwe kitne bhi hon kisi se phir bhi muskurate rehna
Kyunki zindagi jaisi bhi hai bas ek he baar milti hai

Coming to think of it, since life is slipping by each second, each moment of life should be lived whole-heartedly and we must live each day as if there is no tomorrow.

So let’s leave our past behind us and let’s not worry about future. Let’s live this moment in its entirety!

This reminds me of another quote I had read somewhere,

Jo lamha saath hai usey jee bhar ke jee lena
Ye kambakht zindagi bharosey ke qaabil nahi

We all know life is too short and unpredictable but you see, with each new day it brings along a new set of opportunities and a bundle of choices. So let’s make the best of those!

Let’s not let our busy schedules and responsibilities chase away our dreams, our hobbies and our passions.

Let’s not expend this lifetime living on someone else’s terms and let’s not delay the realization of our own dreams and fulfillment of our own desires.

Let’s live life to the fullest! This is our moment! Let’s just take the plunge to do what we desire.
           
  • Wear that red lipstick you admire on others
  • Read the book lying on your shelf since months
  • Join a vocal class even if you are not much of a singer but enjoy singing
  • Learn the dance form you always wanted to
  • Paint the canvas in vibrant colours if that gives you joy
  • Take guitar lessons to add music to life
  • Invest in your passion of photography if that is your thing
  • Join the NGO you would like to volunteer for
  • Sponsor a child's education if you thought you would one day

And you must do that one thing we all loved to when we were kids... Walk in the Rain! Let your hair down, soak in the downpour and wash away all your worries and stresses of life!

Live your life! Live Life King Size! Live your dreams and yes, do dream!

'Coz dreams inspire us to live life to the fullest and when we stop dreaming that is when we actually stop living!

Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan lekar chal rahe ho toh zinda ho tum
nazar mein khwabon ki bijliyan lekar chal rahe ho toh zinda ho tum
hawa ke jhonkon ke jaise aazad rehna seekho
tum ek dariya ke jaise lehron mein behna seekho
har ek lamhe se milo khole apni baahein
har pal ek naya samaa dekhen ye nigaahein
jo apni aakhon mein hairaaniyan lekar chal rahe ho toh zinda ho tum
Dilon mein tum apni betaabiyan lekar chal rahe ho toh zinda ho tum!
           (Poem by the renowned Javed Akhtar in movie Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara)


Disclaimer: Shayari used in the article is not mine. I came across those on web. I do not remember the websites, else would have loved to give credit. 

Monday, July 18, 2016

Happiness is Overrated!


Yes, you read it right! Happiness is overrated!! Instead what we probably are actually seeking is peace! Peace within ourselves!

Happiness is momentary and easily escapes us at a flicker of an outward circumstance... however if peaceful within we are able to hold ourselves tall and strong in the stormiest of the events...

But the question here is how to be happy or peaceful in this maddening crazy rush we call life!?

The answer does not come sitting pretty on a platter..it comes with some soul searching.. Where one may seek it in meditation..another in just a quiet cup of tea and yet another would find it in pursuing a long desired pursuit.

Talking to friends my age I realise most of us in mid thirties suddenly start finding the same rut of life dull and monotonous.. We begin to feel that something is amiss! And then we start wondering how to go about it... how to make ourselves and those around us happy!?

It does take some effort! Some soul searching! Some stirring up of selves! How to do it.. It's easier said than done! 

After years of doing things the same way when I felt monotony set in and affecting my relations with my loved ones, my work, my own mental peace I started wondering what was actually wrong when over a cup of coffee and sharing session a friend casually stated "you are not liking something you are doing... maybe it’s work.. Or May be planning your second one is something you don’t really feel prepared for”... 

Gosh...she had summed it up for me.. She said in one sentence what heart of heart I knew… but I was logically completely convinced that working from home was the best thing to do as I can be around my son... AND.. it was just the right time to plan the second one.. as biological clock is ticking n' then it will be too late to have a child!

Being a practical Virgo… I guess I never gave myself room to let the wrong be right.. even for the sake of my own happiness or ease or peace!

But repercussions... after an initial spurt of hardwork... now I am just not into it! I m a very social and outgoing person.. I love making friends, meeting people, going out... N working from home cuts out that excitement.

And as far as the second one is concerned the thought is eating me out deep down... I hardly have patience with my son.. With domestic, social and work demands.. Where and how would I fit in another baby!? And would it actually be even fair to the newborn… will I be able to give my 100% if I go ahead?

So as of now.. I guess I am gonna take it easy... I am yet to find 'that'..what I want to do...AND.. Family would have to wait a little more for another addition. I am gonna take a while to take a plunge!

For now all I need is some peace of mind! I need to take more than one deep breath... And find my peace corner and I am sure happiness will follow!

I guess we all need to, time and again, review the choices we are making sailing through this course of life. In our rush to keep pace with our fast moving lives today, I guess we never have time to take a pause and really get a feel of how our choices leave us feeling.

We make choices every day.. infact so many a day... we set priorities on a daily basis.. at times putting the most important in the end knowingly or unknowingly..

If we make a little time and effort to review the way our life is shaping and try to assess explicitly 'if thats what we really want' n 'If that would make us happy within'.. It will be more than worthwhile!

At times it would require that the right be wrong and the wrong be right.. So what.. Its our own life.. we set the rules and we govern our life with our own rights and wrongs!

Doing so will keep us aligned with the course we want our life to take.. bringing along a sense of peace and fulfillment of which happiness is a residue.

So, why not reassess where we are headed and where we would like to be.. And put our efforts in the right direction!

Why not be peaceful within and let the happiness follow! 
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