Always Think

Always : Think about others But don’t ever think What others think of you Think about your thinkings But never let that Paralyze your actions Think about “what ifs” But don’t ever let that Be your coping mechanism Think about “if onlys” But do that only At your joyous moments (if you’ve one) Think about […]

Constraints

“Constraints liberate” a quote Attributed to Wittgenstein But do they really? Realizing that one’s capacities are constrained Could make one unapologetically enthusiastic, or Could make one irredeemably handicapped Realizing that one’s freedom is constrained Could make one unnaturally slavish, or Could make one uncontrollably fearless Realizing that one’s time(in the universe) is constrained Could make […]

Choices

Are we spoiled by choices, or Are we deprived of choices? The choices we believe to be choices Are they really choices, or Are they mere illusions giving us a False sense of power? If we are deprived of choices What more choices do we need? Even if we were given multitudes of choices Won’t […]

Inability

Inability to feel satisfied Makes one miserable Inability to empathize Makes one insupportable Inability to stand for something Makes one fragile Inability to listen to inner voice Makes one incorrigible Inability to accept one’s mortality Makes one insufferable

Informed

Getting informed is a placebo It gives an illusion of usefulness When in fact it is just that – an illusion Someone getting informed on geopolitical Affairs without having the power to do Anything to affect those, or Someone getting informed on boon/bane Arguments about latest technology With no influence to shape its course Someone […]

Children

Why do people bring Children into this monstrous world? They inherit their parents’ genes Along with their illness & beliefs The kids had to struggle To break free of the enforced beliefs Which is a mammoth task in this universe (Most) Parents try not to ruin their kids But they end up doing it anyways […]

Why do you?

Why do you pay someone? For their actions or the benefits That you would reap out of their actions? Why do you thank someone? For their help or the way You would feel for thanking them? Why do you get angry at someone? For their (in)actions or the Effects of their (in)actions on you? Why […]

(Un)Importance – II

(Un)importance makes or breaks one Too much of it one goes crazy Too little of it one yearns for it “Can there not be balance”, One might ask, but nothing in Life is in balance, it’s always Between the extremes What’s the way forward? Accepting neither importance Nor unimportance means anything In this indifferent universe […]

Abandon

To abandon is an art Abandoning one’s preconceptions Opens new avenues Abandoning one’s beliefs Brings unrestricted freedom Abandoning one’s desires Makes one immune Abandoning one’s certainties Saves one from vulnerabilities Abandoning one’s hopes Makes way for eternal peace Img src : Fatma Hassona, Palestine Photographer

Wisdom

Wisdom is overrated Look around the world One need not be wise to live Better even to thrive One could coast through life With no wisdom whatsoever One could become powerful Without an iota of self awareness Let alone wisdom, who then Is wisdom for? It is for those who long To be remembered in […]