To take a leap of faith and invest in whims,
To ride beyond the tracks which lead to inns,
To know steadfastness is a virtue,
That is awed and worshipped.
To not wonder where the end is…
To rest in my own hermitage,
To not wait for approval,
To type as long as fingers cease to exist,
To be…
To be what I promised myself to be
A Hope-
In Adversity
A force-
In all deriding conservativity…..
When was it that the world told you it would be easy. Learning is never easy. And if it is, it isn’t learning. We spend a mountain of lives forming convictions, developing coping mechanisms and deciphering outcomes.
Voices of education fill our minds. Here are certain do’s we have grown up with. Let us see how they hinder our true selves from evolving…
Planning For the Future
There is no such thing as planning for the worst or unpredictable circumstances. Insurance, savings, retirement plans….they tell you it is important. But what is more important is to understand that there is no future. It is just the present. In future, it will be your present. Plan if you must, but do not deny the present it’s due.
Follow Footprints to avoid faltering
What is unknown is dreaded. We naturally incline ourselves to the known. We know that it is important to settle, to marry, to raise children and once they settle, retire. What we don’t know is that our hearts may be screaming for something else. It is scary because half the time you wouldn’t know what is that unknown cliff you want to scale.
Self love is important
No, it isn’t. It is important to love people around you. Give them attention, explore their insides, follow their ideas, passions and ambitions. This will strengthen your core – it will offer you a clearer perspective of who you want to be. Love yourself, but not at the cost of hurting others. ‘I think I know enough of hate / To say that for destruction / Ice is also great’ said Robert Frost in the poem “Fire and Ice”. Indifference can kill. Self love stems from compassion and not from aloofness.
The earlier you learn, the better it is.
No, no, it isn’t. Learning is a lifelong process. Never say never. Learn, unlearn, learn again…Let the process enrich you. Experiment. Experiment everything,till you find your comfy chair. Isn’t that what we do when buying furniture. I’m 44 and I’m still taking courses and evolving. I’ve changed job profiles, encountered accidents and faced financial turmoil. What I didn’t give up was – learning.
Think of what your life has shaped as. You have evolved, despite all challenges and threats. Forget whatever practical advice is offered by the so called success books. You know what you are made of once the storm is over. Be your true self under any circumstances, soft or loud, demure or fancy, upbeat or a dreamer…The world is big enough to fit all.
You are born to learn, to grow and foster life in your own unique way.
No one can be you.
Did it not strike you
That this would one day
Come to an end
That the waves would recede
And the showers would descend
That the clouds would shed
Whatever little they held
That the storm would unleash
Over shores that fairies beheld
Did it not strike you
To capture the rays
Before the sun could set
How
How could you
Let it all be
As if
You had
The eternity…
– Shalini
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And with the closure around
Somewhere in the periphery
Do you see
What you became
And what you made of me?
Now when it seems
The worst is over
And new skies
Await your flight
Would you venture to go forth
With all that it took
To reach this hilltop
And this hyperbolic tide…
You ought to rest awhile
Let waves carress your foot
Whilst harbingers of joy
Beckon
With arms open
And promises done…
Just let this once
Be
As you are deemed to be
A little imperfect
A little towards perfection
With momentous glee…
It’s just today
That she has given inIt’s just today
That she has refrainedIt’s just today
That the rain falls…Till then
We shall wait.
Time and again, rummaging through the deepest sore
Yearning for tomorrow, you have destinies galore….
You strive forever, distancing from the crowd
To focus more on the fight, to uncover the shroud.
It is here, it is now;
As you witness the surmounting waves
Your one last chance remains……
Just this one ride, this exodus from the past
Astonished you will be
At how much of you sails…..
If ever, you happen to touch the sky
And shirk within……
If ever, you happen to ride the cloud
And are told to slow down a little……
If ever, ever it so happens
That your pinnacle
Seems to draw out sniffs and giggles……
Promise, promise me
That you will be all this
And more……
Till the sky stoops down
And the clouds chariot you
Promise, promise yourself….
You……you will always be YOU.
When I see the chirpy you,
Beaming at me from behind the mesh…..
Whenever your little hands
Rub my bare arms before you drift off to sleep…..
Whenever you stomp around
Bickering for some cheese in the snack….
Whenever you slide in my bed
Long after I have ensured you were dozing in yours…..
Whenever you are jittery
Before the semester exam…..
Whenever you cycle around
With earphones stuck in and I’m scared….
Whenever I see
The rebel in your teenage silhouette……
Whenever I feel I had an option….
And I wonder what I would be doing.
I’m reassured every time
I’d scoop you in my arms….
I’d rather be cherishing you,
I’d rather be mothering you….
— Shalini.
No,
She will not disappear into nothingness…
Her new found glory,
Is here to stay…
No,
She will not just be,
A beautiful rose,
In the pathway around your dwelling…
No,
She will not just be yours,
To fondle and love,
She will be the brightest moon
In the dark, night sky
The blazing Sun,
In the cold, winter morning…
She will be,
The mast,
The anchor,
The pivot…
She will be…
The air that you breathe…….
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