Future

Here is the thing about the future. Every time you look at, it changes, because you looked at it, and that changes everything else.

-From the movie "Next"

Comfort & Consolation

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.

-Unknown

Beauty

Beauty is a summation of the parts where nothing is needed to be altered, added, or taken away.

-Elio Carletti

Moving On

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

-Anatole France

Looking Ahead....

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

-William Wordsworth

The Sound of Silence

During the Christmas holidays I went to a jungle resort nestled in a cosy valley, high up in the hills of Kerala. The place is completely cut off from civilisation with no phones, no internet, no roads and no traffic! It was so incredibly peaceful and quiet, that after a long time I got a chance to slow down and enjoy the simple things in life like the lovely view, the star lit sky, the cold breeze, the warmth of the bonfire, the fresh air, simple food and the overwhelmingly beautiful sound of silence.

Going on a holiday like this at the end of the year somehow made so much sense. It gave me a chance to slow down, re-cap the year gone by and plan for the future. So often, we go through life stumbling from one situation into the next, hardly aware of what is happening with no plan or direction in mind, when ideally we should stop and think. But few of us make time to think. Most of us make time to eat, drink and sleep, but some quiet time to think is something we leave out. Somehow it’s the last priority and seems almost absurd to schedule time to think. But it can make such a phenomenal difference, for only when we have some quiet time to ourselves are we able to think about things which are important to us, such as what we want out of life, our hopes, desires, dreams and how we plan to achieve the same. When we function without thinking we are moving and reacting based on our original plan, one which was probably made ages ago and has mostly changed over time due to other things that have taken place during the course of time. Hence we make it harder for ourselves to achieve our goals, dreams and desires as we are not working towards them based on the current circumstances.

To be able to think clearly one needs to have some quiet time to oneself, with absolutely no interruptions. For answers to some of life’s mysteries come to us only when we are quiet. And with silence comes peace and acceptance of life as it is….

Fathers

It does not matter who my father was, what matters is what I remember he was...

-Unknown

Secrets

If we knew each others secrets, what comfort we would find.
-Unknown

Hugs

A hug a day, keeps the demons at bay.

-Proverb

Courage

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

-Reggie White

Passion

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realised than Lord among those without dreams and desires.
-Unknown

Top Ten Favorite Songs for the Month of October

• All I Ever Wanted -Bass Hunter
• Who Knew - Pink
• Disturbia -Rihanna
• Love Comes Again - Tiesto
• Smooth -Iio
• Touch the Fire -Icehouse
• Far From in Love -Above & Beyond
• St. Elmo's Fire -John Parr
• Amsterdam -Luminary
• Sky Falls Down -Oceanlab

Change

Life is all about change, when we least expect it things happen and our life’s are turned upside down. What we must remember though is that for every ending there is always a new beginning.
Now beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad but when you think about it, it’s the middle that really counts. So when you are starting out again you need to remember that and give yourself a chance to hope that this time around, things will be different...

Truth

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

- Oscar Wilde

Seeking Meaning in the Inherent Meaninglessness of Life

Some great man once said that, “Dissatisfaction is the nature of existence”. And how true that is, no one is ever happy with what they have. Sometimes I wonder about the futility of striving for more. For a lot of what happens in life depends on luck. And people in general are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control.

There are moments in a life when for a split second, you think it’s all over and then with a little luck things go your way and you survive or maybe it doesn’t and you die. So who decides one person should live and another should die? Or who decides that a person should get all his hearts desires while others should struggle endlessly just to make ends meet?

Is there anything known as free will or is everything eventually karma? Is there really any point to existence? I sometimes feel like we are just innocents who are being slain to make way for something greater. I guess some of us just end up being collateral damage paving the way for unknown grander schemes….

-Poppy

Bizarre Behaviour

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

-Samuel Johnson

Forgiveness

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evil doer; Nothing more difficult than understanding him.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

Deception

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

- Voltaire

Hope

Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

-G.K Chesterton

My Wish

I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.

-Javan quote