If half of it is in the stars,The other half, in your hands.While the stars might be fixedYou are fluid, and you can flowTo wherever you want to go. Think of water when you get stuck,Think of fire when you are cold.Then, think of Hawking whenlife is stacked against odds,with 2 years to live at…
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‘Don’t compare yourself with your friends, isn’t that a utopian statement?’ a friend remarked. I agreed, but added that it was necessary to be content with oneself, and immediately I thought, ‘Look who’s speaking!‘ Was I content? I couldn’t tell. I can’t. Some days I am, some other days my mind is a mess driving…
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I’ve always been a fan of retreats, but then it struck me this time. What have we done to our homes that we must go far far away from it to find our peace back? Isn’t home supposed to be the inviolable place we rested our minds, the impermeable barrier that kept us safe, the…
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It is that time of the year when we say, shockingly, surprisingly or sadly, “It’s the year end already!” “How fast time flies!” And I begin to wonder how should I wish the world the start of a new calendar. I do not understand what time does to us, or is it our brains? I…
Read MoreLayer after layer, skin everywhere peeled from one another. As the layers are gone so are the burdens with it. Everything’s lighter now. The peeling, indeed tough, but the result much better. I identify myself as an introvert. Much of my life I believed I couldn’t walk up and strike a conversation with anyone. Why…
Read MoreYour finger tips know very well to scroll up and down, tap right and right and only right. Oh! something appears: Started School at XYZ. Type congratulations! Type it now, because this post won’t appear later. 15 seconds and it will be gone in the oceans of algorithms. You’ll look mean and rude and jealous,…
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