At times, we really, really want something. The odds might be against us yet we want it. But the sad part is that there is not much that we can do about it. Though there is always one thing that we can - wherever, whenever, however! We can believe. It might sound a little too [...]
Category: Life
Happiness Through Food
"What makes you really happy?" This is a question that will invoke numerous varying answers from different people. But somewhere in everyone's list will surely be a few food items. After all, there is a reason why food is beyond doubt the most important basic necessity of life! We need to eat to live. But [...]
Daddy’s Daughter, Daddy’s ‘Precious’
Remember how Gollum used to call the ring "my precious" in The Lord of the Rings? How his eyes were always on it and how he was ready to go to any extent for it? How he was madly in love with it? Strange as it may seem but that is what I got reminded [...]
OCDs Like Sheldon’s
Penny once called Sheldon "a creature of habit" in the hit show The Big Bang Theory. Anyone who has seen the show knows how right Penny was for Sheldon had an obsessive compulsive disorder for too many things under the sun. From his Sheldonian calender which had a clearly marked food menu and demarcation of [...]
Why Not To Give Up
Let's make a pro-con list. Number of reasons to give up: hundreds Number of reasons to press on - hard: only one Then WHY still keep going? Why when everything is going against us and there is not the faintest hope that things will improve? Why when we ourselves have sort of given in to [...]
Old Friends
You are friends with someone. You can talk endlessly to them. Over time, due to personal or work commitments, the two of you slowly lose touch. But then one fine day, one of you calls the other or the two of you bump into each other and you pick up from exactly where you left. [...]
When A Woman Speaks
You like it when we sing. You love it when we whisper sweet nothings. You fall for us when we smile saying nothing. But when we speak - speak aloud - about issues that really bother us as women, most of you turn a deaf ear. Men! I know some really courteous men. They know [...]
Blessing
Be a blessing if you really want one. We all love it when someone says to us, "God bless you!" It sounds so much better than "thank you" or "good day" or "take care" or any other sort of closing remark. No matter how low we are feeling, it gives us a little hope. It [...]
When You Truly Care
Imagine this scenario. You have to be somewhere. Some people are counting on you. It could have a long-term effect on you. But there is a small hitch and you end up not going. What will people say when they get to know about it? If they like you, they will try to find out [...]
Paint Me Pink
"Seriously, pink?" "Oh, yeah! Why not??" It is believed that a person's favourite colour says a lot about that person. Yet, when anyone declares pink as their best-liked hue, eyebrows are raised. If it is a woman who says so, she is deemed as too girly - someone who never really grew up. And if [...]