25 Sept 2023

There's an aching inside of me, where once happiness bloomed.
There's this shadow of gloom looming over me.
I can't figure if it's Monday blues or just me not coming to terms with my despair yet.
There's quite a love-hate relationship between siblings and I must say ours has been a very tumultuous one.
But those days when you were little and afraid of the dark and wanted to be held would be cherished.
In the past few years our relationship has blossomed, my suggestions are taken for every little thing. How I adore the reverance with all my heart.
I don't know if you'd come back anytime soon or would even wish to be back.
Because a new land has a charm of its own, an enchanting aura that one cannot resist, ensnared its beauty and magnificence.
You will have your own battles and challenges and you would have to face them alone.
Nobody would help you do your homework anymore nor would anyone help you draft business letters or select your attire.
The butterfly is set to fly away.....his first flight outside the cocoon.... 🦋🦋

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Life is fragile, unpredictable and impermanent.

You never know when someone will breathe their last so cherish and hold onto those moments and memories you have with your loved ones.

Appreciate and express gratitude for all the time you have with them. Since tomorrow is not promised and today is all we have.

If they are having a bad day just listen to what they have to say..... you'd not realize how much being heard and understood is cherised and appreciated.

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The Art of Detachment

The root cause of pain and misery in this world is attachment whether it's attachment to oneself, fellow human beings, career or materialistic desires- all of which is impermanent.

According to the Law of Impermanence (Buddhist philosophy):- everything in material or relative existence is impermanent.

That is, everything has a beginning, a middle, and, most definitively, an ending

Then why is it that we dwell so much on human connections and worldy desires to lead a fulfilling life.

The most effective skill to master is the Art of Detachment. To focus on the deed and not the outcome to either be successful at your career, relationship, friendship, etc.

It's only when we detach ourselves from the outcome that we enjoy the fruits of peace and happiness and when we do even if we face setbacks or failures we would overcome it with comebacks that are stronger than ever imaginable.

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True love is when you find someone
who can see the best in you and
what everyone else perceives
doesn't matter - what matters is
the spiritual and emotional intimacy
you share interspersed by a deep
sense of commitment and
effective communication.

The first committment someone
makes to you is when they are
committed to understanding you ,
the second lifetime commitment
is second in line.

If the first committment is
made everything else works
perfectly no arguments
would last since they would
be resolved overnight and
absolutely nothing that
is connected by the heart
could ever break apart.

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Life's most painful truths is when your worth is measured and equated by your appearance (looks, height, weight), your degree (Ph.D, doctorate, CA) and all external factors rather than what value you have to offer in terms of love, loyalty, passion and never-say-die attitude.

We live in a world who's perception has turned so superficial that they fail to acknowledge a persons qualities and rely on external factors.

Hence the best thing to do for yourself is to make yourself a promise to only settle with
"A man who's power comes from what's within them- their thoughts,their words and their actions"

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You know how far you've come when you don't hold anger or a grudge when someone hurts you, you just wish them well and hope God blesses them with all the choicest of blessings like you would wish for anyone. Being bitter and holding contempt is not a part of who are and what your faith teaches you. Your faith teaches to forgive 70 times 7 and love twice as much.

It's easy to forgive its a part of growing - to let go of the anger, although forgetting and undoing the pain now that's a tough process.

Its takes twice the effort to rebuild once trust is shattered especially when you've made yourself vulnerable, borne all your scars and you're judged for it and all the labour turns to dust, all the effort futile.

It makes you think whether trying is a productive process when it eventually leads to you being hurt and left stranded without so much as a reason or an explanation.

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Chronicles of an Ambivert

I can soar through the might of the skies
soak in the sunshine chirp with the birds,
dwell in the laughter and cheer.
And other times, I could drown into the
depths of the ocean, embrace the darkness,
melancholy and sadness.

At times I am a bird I'm free
from the clutches of limiting
beliefs and expressions,
and thoughts and opinions
flow like a river non-chalant
calm and joyful.

And other times ,I'm lost in the
warm embrace of my own
thoughts, have deep reticent conversations
within my self whilst introspecting
on various aspects of life.

Each aspect of my personality
is a part of me....
And there's more to me
than how people perceive me
an unsolved mystery.

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Dear Diary,

Each day that passes hope dwindles to a mere flame from what once was fire.

And yet it lives... along with the burning desire... that love persists.

Everything happens for a reason I may not know the reason now....but I do know that God exists and whatever is written in my destiny....nobody can take it away...
And what's mine will always stay.

Through all good times and bad,sickness and in health

💕💕 Hope, Love and Positivity💕💕💕

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The truest and most unconditional form of love is the one you receive from your parents.

Else like someone once told me LOVE is the most overused and overabused word of the 21st century.

It also comes with conditions apply.

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Hope is a beam of light, a flame of might dispelling the darkness.

Despair is inevitable darkness swallowing hope, prolonged bouts of pain, all efforts to gather hope are in vain.

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