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 [...]
Tag: Motivation
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 [...]
He Who Yearned to be a Dog
Do you think life never drastically changes? That it is impossible in reality? Read on and I bet to prove you wrong with a true story. He was born in a backward caste at a time when the caste system enjoyed a stronghold in his country. He spent his boyhood in a small continuously leaking [...]
Relationship Rubble
What do you do when you come to love someone with a lot of relationship rubble? Do you clean up their mess or build over it? Like buildings, we are all works in progress. Someone lays our foundation, someone else builds us up. Every single day, some work is done on us. But at times, [...]
No Regrets
"If only I had not done this, things could have been so much better..." "Oh, but I did have a great time!" These are the two different voices that keep echoing in our mind after something we had done ends up in not-so-good results. So we can either beat ourself up with regret or raise [...]
Gratitude
I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning, not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. Just the other night, I was sleeping under a bridge [...]
An Author You'll Remember 