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 […]

Principled Life

To lead a principled life Is a privilege & not a given One can live it to the T, when One is not really tested One is free of consequences One is shielded from outside world One is bound by nothing/no one To lead a principled life Is a privilege & not a given Img […]

Spectacle

Everything is a spectacle In this indifferent existence The way one is born The way one trudges through life The way one bears the crosses The way one resurrects oneself The extraordinary way one avoids disappointments The way one sees through others And the greatest spectacle of all The way one reaches one’s end Everything […]

Resign

To resign is not giving up Is not an act of rebellion either It’s a sign of acceptance That one can’t keep battling Knowing that there’s no point anyways It is an act arising from intense Self-reflection and profound awareness Of the existence.

Belonging

People long for belonging Why does one belong somewhere? Is it the people there, or Is it the place in itself, or Is it simply the fact that one Is not somewhere else, or Is it the environment/nature? What makes one want to belong? Is it the inherent insecurity of life, or Is it the […]

Does this really matter?

More cautions you take Less careful you become Is it a paradox or an irony, Does this really matter? If you know you know nothing Are you knowledgeable or stupid? Does this really matter? If resisting change is your life’s goal Will you ever achieve your goal? Does this really matter?

Fear of Living

People fear not just of dying But they fear more of living As living entails – facing failures Dealing with uncertainties Coming to terms with the past Accepting one’s mediocrity and shortcomings Not knowing if one should yield to or fight The assured vicissitudes of life Above all – the certainty of eventual death It’s […]