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 [...]
Tag: Motivation
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. [...]
Go With That Gut Feeling
Confused? As to what to choose? It may be related to something as serious as your career option and life partner or as silly as the flavour of ice-cream to try. But there it is, staring in your face -- a choice to be made. So what do you do? See, I am all for [...]
To They Who Say We Are Not Enough
We try, they dissuade us. We try harder, they say we are just being silly. We give it our all, they say we should stop wasting our time because we are simply "not good enough." My question is that should we even try to explain to these "experts" how wrong they are or not. As [...]
Compliment or Not
"Am I supposed to take it as a compliment? Or not?" Sometimes said aloud, sometimes thought silently, the above line resonates with most of us. At times, people say such smartly-phrased things that we don't really know what to make of them. If they were positive or negative remains unclear. Worse still, there are times [...]
You Will Be Just Fine
Not a clue Of how to go along. Not a star of hope In the dark sky. Not a sign That something will happen. Still, you will be fine. Not a person By your side. Not a situation In your stride. Not a thing To make you smile. Still, you will be fine. Just a [...]
Starting Afresh
"What? You want to leave everything you have got till now and start over? From scratch?" they asked. "I want to start afresh," she said. "It's the same! Plus, it's insane," they emphasised. "What if it will make me happy?" she asked. "What if you end up disappointed?" they asked back. "At least I would [...]
When to Give Up
After the third or seventh or twentieth time? When should one finally give up? When should one stop hoping against hope and say enough? It's simple. You give up when you have nothing more to give. When you feel absolutely empty inside. When you no longer care. But till there is even one tiny part [...]
Waiting for the One Day
"Have you seen the movie One Day?" I asked my friend, trying to make my point clear with an example. We both love movies so I thought that should help. "In that too, the hero, Dexter played by Jim Sturgess and the heroine, Emma played by Anne Hathaway know each other for decades before they [...]
An Author You'll Remember 