SHOELACES

 Beginnings are always hard, so are new places be it school ,classes or job or a trip for that matter. We always look for comfort and familiarity but that isn't life. Life takes us to new roads and places and we must go through all. But there is something that could make any ride any beginning easier and comfortable, that is a friend. Even when we started schooling, it were the friends that made us go there everyday. Meeting them playing, chatting, laughing with them made our lives joyful and complete. If it weren't for friends many of us won't have completed schooling happily. 

Likewise being in a new environment we always feel alienated and like a fish out of water till we make that one friend who makes everything easier. Friends bring the feeling of belonging, a feeling of being wanted and necessary. Often we come in a group of people we might mistake them for friends, but sadly they might not be what we expect them to be. This point of realization hits from a small act like tying of shoelaces. 

I happened to be one of those people who thought that the people we laugh with, walk with, as a group are friends, I realised this once on a path when my shoelaces got undone and I stopped to tie them and realised no one waited for me, they all moved on busy in their chatter and laughs and I realised, I had no friends in that particular place that particular group and that was definitely a saddening thought. Its sad when we have to run to reach others, to know we aren't that necessary or wanted for them, they might just brush it off when they see us missing from the herd by saying, oh that person didn't come and that would be it. And i accepted that fact and thought may be that is fine as long as am not alone it's ok, but it's not. and i realised this through a couple of my true friends. since this experience i never expected anyone to wait for me or to feel wanted. but when i went out with these friends of mine, i stopped to tie my shoelaces and they stopped walking, and waited by my side till i was done, this small act of a couple of minutes of waiting had an immense affect on my heart. i felt that warmth of happiness engulfing my mind, and i realised, now these are THE friends , the real ones. 

They make us feel wanted, loved, needed without having to try, it's so natural wit them. everyone needs to feel wanted and vital atleast by someone be it our friends or family that makes a huge difference, because someone cares and that someone matters the most. and being that someone for others is a huge matter too, that because of us someone's day could be cheerful, because of our small act of understanding, noticing could bring immense warmth to someone whose heart has been frozen by the coldness of the world and the hatred and not caring attitude which happens  to be some kind of new "cool" among some immatures. becasue we are humans and we function as a society everyone matters and everyone should feel wanted and that is our collective responsibilty to be kind and compassionate to our fellow people, a small act of kindness a little step taken to a new friendship can bring millions of smiles and love into the world. 

among the friends the little things like waiting for one of the friends to finish their food, waiting till they tie their shoes so that they won't fall back alone, saving seat for them, asking for their opinion, all these little things add up to be a world filled with love and compassion . let these little things be the new " cool". as kindness and love never go out of style and friendship matters the world. and am truly thankful to have found my friends who lit up my world, my chingoos.

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Birds in the monsoon wind

 Dear friends,

Monsoon winds are chilly and refreshing after a scorching summer, definitely. But have you noticed the birds in those winds. They are headed to their destination when the chilly breeze blows and opposes them on their way . But that doesn't make them change their directions or their destination. They fly harder against the winds, when the strong air bounces them back in the opposite

direction they retreat and come back again in more force. Yet the never deviated or decided to change the path in the wake of an adversity. 

Nature has this beautiful example of perseverance, yet how come we drastically change our path,dreams, destination and our life in the wake of an adversity. Why can't most of us strive harder through the opposing currents to reach where we ought to be. When the strong wind struck the bird it came back with immense wing power, wouldn't it be likely that the adversities we face are only a prerequisite to strengthen our wings so that we can fly much more higher and faster. Just look up at the sky and the winged epitomes of strong will and perseverance, what if a flying little bird change our decisions and our ways.

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AT THE CROSSROAD

 

Everyone at some point in their lives get to this phase where you are bombarded with the options and are forced to choose one, and those choices seem to have the burden of your lives. You know by choosing something you are going to change your life forever, but you wonder if that change will get you happiness in life or not. What should someone do when forced to choose between what your heart desires and something that will give a stability and security but with the chances of unhappiness or not. We never want to be faced by such choices, yet as we grow up we are posed with such crossroads where there is no other option that taking the left or right. We can sleep over it, try to ignore but not for long since the life must go on and one must choose.

At this point we question our mind ask our heart and dwell on our thoughts and stress our heads out about what to choose. And naturally the world has got opinions but never the same causing our decisions to be in such a dilemma.  Our analytic brain along with the world directs you to the safer choice but what if your heart keeps pulling you away, screeching to be taken to the other side. But the other side is foggy and uncertain, it could be a wonderland awaiting behind the misty curtains or a dark alley leading to a dead end, and being the powerless humans we think of every possibility for it to be a dead end, for which we can't be blamed as life definitely has led us to dead ends before. But here we are now at the road of turns, I am reminded of these words by someone,

" When you notice that you're having negative thoughts about how all of this is going to pan out, you need to remind yourself that you are nor a very good fortune teller."

 

Yes we don't know what awaits us do we? So why not relax, breathe and be calm and hear the voice of our heart that had been silenced for years, its meek sound earning to be heard, don’t let the world silence down your heart, your inner voice. And choose that misty road of possibilities and run towards it with all you have got, give it your all and take off the cliff, it's definitely going to be the magical wonderland. Believe and it's sure gonna be.

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