Category: Perspectives
Words can hurt and heal, sting and soothe, make friends and foes, by stepping on or missing some toes. Words can stir storms and shakes, can harm more than earthquakes, cut sharper than a rake, and can mar and make. Wait to speak, wise ones say, yet, our tongues regularly lash astray. making us retrospect … Continue reading Words
Some say a marriage is all about compromise,Successful ones require a lot of sacrifice.How is success defined and at what price?Is there a meter to measure or a number on a dice?No easy escapes around these queries,That have been ongoing for centuries.Like an individual, each union is unique in degrees.Each couple surviving or thriving find … Continue reading Marriage
My ability to accept and embrace change, Experiences and events of varied range, Consciously abstaining from trying to arrange, Or judging people, places or pretexts as smooth or strange, Determines quality of my happiness, And reduces my restlessness, Takes me away from listlessness And helps me see the universe’s preparedness. Continuous flux is a tease, … Continue reading Embracing Change
In a world full of complexity, I am attracted to simplicity. In a room full of learned and wise, I gravitate towards those without guise. Amidst expensive luxuries and pleasures, Priceless experiences are an ultimate treasure. True and lasting happiness is not in any material possession, Is life’s everlasting and enduring lesson. Real Joy lies … Continue reading Simplicity
Some will like and love you without reason, Revere you in every season. Some, you will like or love ardently, And cherish or pine for fervently. Certain affections will find a return, Others might flow silently without mutual burn. In seeking a cause for singular or shared affection, For some you will find a natural … Continue reading Love
Why is forgive, The most difficult give? Forgiveness is not to forget, But to move beyond anger, anguish and regret. True pardon takes effort and time, It's not easy to fully emerge above all situational grime. But one learns in time, Forgiveness is not for others, but self preservation in prime. Is it possible to … Continue reading Forgive
My head and heart are in constant conflict, They pass me messages difficult to decrypt. When the heart wants to philosophize, The head wants to theorize and rationalize. I try to intervene, to find a middle ground, To reach a result and resolution that is sound. But, its impossible to convince them both, Sometimes it … Continue reading Head & Heart
If I am wrong, does that make you right? Between day and night, There’s a period of twilight, When dark merges with light. Life is beyond white and black, As it exists on myriad rack, where facts and feelings stack. Restricting to binary elements is a thinking lack, Looking beyond obvious is essential, Since growth … Continue reading Your Way And My Way
As humans, we are tuned to be restless, Momentarily grateful, but mostly thankless. Holding on to myths and beliefs that are baseless. Falling prey to harmful anxiety and stress that is faceless. Its human nature to aim higher than before, Since status quo can quickly bore. Partaking in a perpetual race is in our core. … Continue reading Life’s on a Lease
Rhythm & Rhyme 