You may try hard to hide it but you have a gentle heart. You would not only be respected and feared. You would be loved. Someone who can rule, and should rule -- centuries come and go without a person like that coming into the world. There are times when I look at you and [...]
Category: Life
No Regretting Till Lost
Appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had. This is how usually things work. Everything from relationships to career milestones to the apparently normal stuff like health. We take it all for granted. We assume that it is going to remain the way it is even if we don't put in [...]
His Best Bet
He knew there was something about her the moment he lay his eyes on her. It was as if everything just fell in place whenever she was around. He could safely count on her. Yet one day, she was not enough for him. The very things he loved about her, he searched for in another [...]
The Pain of Waiting
Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting. -- Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns Ask anyone who has waited and waited and waited. Irrespective of where they come from or what they have wanted, they will all equate waiting with one thing -- [...]
Live the Moment
Do you know that feeling when you ardently wait for an event to happen? And then it does. Then what? The waiting period for it might seem never-ending. All the hard work you put into every little detail might seem exhausting. But once what you were looking forward to starts rolling, it all finishes so [...]
Break a Leg
It's moments before your performance. The audience is waiting. Your loved ones are looking at you encouragingly. And your heart is beating -- fast and loudly! There is that rush of emotions. What if something goes wrong? What if you forget? What if you faint? But you really want to do it. So you are [...]
How Much is Too Much?
They could be anyone -- your partner, parent or friend. They say that they love you and thus they are doing what they are doing. They mean well, obviously. They have nothing but your best interest in mind. Most importantly, they remind you through everyday things that they love you. Now, love is a funny [...]
Let’s Give Chance a Chance
How will you ever know what could have been if we never gave it a chance? We can imagine all we want but never really know for sure. There will always be a teeny tiny possibility of the opposite kind. Yes, imagination is a good thing to have. Indeed, great. But give it a rest [...]
What You Deserve
So many times in life, we have people telling us what we should do and get. Just as many times, we let them tell us so. We even take to heart their opinion. Some of us go the extra mile and follow the advice too. If people think we are good, we keep at it. [...]
Those Last Few Hours Before Another Birthday
How do you feel just a few hours before you turn another year old? For kids, it is excitement. For teens, anticipation. For those who have seen quite a few of these, it stops mattering altogether (or so they say). But for some, especially those in the bracket of twenty-five to thirty, it's a bit [...]
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