A new years resolution

"Keep smiling, Be happy, Stay awesome."

Feel free to steal it!

Peace & Love

An email I got

I got this email a couple hours ago from a friend. I could relate to it so I thought it would be interesting to put it up here. Read up!

So what is a quarter life crisis?

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now .You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones.

What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you .You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you .Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't.

One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure .You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life .You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward .You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you .Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better .Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you're doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person.

One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender !What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it .We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out. Send this to your twenty-something friends... maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state of confusion...

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Pretty interesting huh?

Inspi(Red)

This has to absolutely the weirdest way of putting a poem together. And for the most part I wouldn't even think of it as a poem. A story I guess. Had to put it up here?


I was out cold yet thinking about you
I woke up near some trash and wondered why
I knew, but i dare not think
I thought but i dare not see

I see the truth in your eyes
Your eyes are so deep i'd swim in them
I see the truth in your smile
Your smile’s so lovely it makes me fall in love

But my best shot wasn’t even enough
And I thought why I stayed out cold
Oh, I dare not think
Oh I dare not see

I see the truth in your stories
You’re stories are so romantic I want to live your life
I see the truth in your lies
You’re lies are so flattering I want to hear them

And I don't know why I still think
Or wonder why I'd rather have you by my side
But you're voice is so compelling
I'd change my life
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Like always, Suggestions are welcome.

Peace and Love.

Buddha

I've been reading a lot about buddhism and the fundamental beliefs that it stands for. I'm in the process of writing about those beliefs but I came across something that I think I shouldnt waste anymore time in putting it up here. It's a quote.

"Thousands of candles can be lit from one candle, And the life of the candle will never be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared" - Buddha

True.

A poem or something

I've not been feeling very inspired lately. At least not inspired to write. Just yesterday I was standing on my roof trying to figure out why I wasn't able or willing to write lately. Just then my friend called from India. I hadn't talked to her in a while, and right as I hung up, in a fit of exactly the inspiration I needed, I came up with this. So I will dedicate this to you Aanchal. Now, obviously it has nothing to do with you, it's only dedicated to you!

I can't put myself in a place I belong
Like the time I did when you wrote me our song
I saw in your blue eyes what you wanted me to see
I didn't close mine
I didn't want now to slip away

Even with little bread and wine we sang and danced
But now it seems I don't care much about love
that brings feelings of hurt, to you or to me
And I don't think I care much about the anticipation
that love brings with it

But I am only a man and a man can lie
About his cares in this world, his affairs in this world
Just like your eyes and the sorrows they behold
But I mean no harm to you when I say
I want to go, to go far, far away

And yet, I can't point a finger on what went wrong,
And still, I can't see myself in a place where I belong

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Like always, suggestions are welcome.

Peace and Love

For Bombay

There is not much I want to say about what happened in Mumbai/Bombay over the past few weeks. I hope everything is better now. It bothers me a lot that people can't let other people just be. Not that they can crush Mumbaikars' spirit with indiscriminate fires and bombings. I didn't cry when I heard about the bombings. I did so when I heard about the courage that every mumbaikar has put out in making sure the spirit of the city remains intact.

I love you Mumbai, and Mumbaikars - You are an inspiration to me.

Peace and Love,