Seeing Things

Life comes with its sets of ups and downs. For example I am listening to sexy Cohen ( Dance me to the end of love ) right now. But, for some reason, the left ear of my head phone is defective. So I am hearing the serenade through just one ear and its diluting the experience a bit. See? Ups and down to the same situation right there! (and in case you are worried...my left ear is fine. I checked. It IS the headphone thats defective) So, the learning that's working for me these days is that you need to always celebrate your blessings while accepting your share of the 'downs' gracefully. And also that you must not get carried away by either happiness or sorrow. Because they follow each other in an eternal cycle. Nothing is forever except this circle. I just look at every situation under the "control" lens. (An old friend told me about this many years ago, but I am truely being able to put it in practice only now) Either things are in your control or they are not. If t...

28. That’s today's date. But, more importantly that’s what I will turn tomorrow. What better time to return to the blog-world with a bang? Inspired by a certain Miss Aurora Sky, I have decided to do an introspective piece to mark this special occasion in my life. An irksome colleague succeeded in getting the better of me these last 2 weeks and I am ashamed of it. The outside world is always full of conflicts. But, it is very rare that the conflict effects my inside world. Usually, the words and actions that stem from the myopic do little to me other than make me pity them. But, this time, I found myself falling prey to emotions of distress and anxiety. Good thing my birthday came along and compelled me to do this introspection exercise. The thing that caused the conflict in the outside world is stupid people, me included. But the things that caused the conflict inside my mind couldn’t be more insignificant compared to the things that really matter to me. That is why I am ashamed. I...