Creativity
Is it Better to Burn Out or Fade Away?
Presently, I wonder if there could be a third way out. Like something or somewhere where I could do both. Where I could burn bright but without turning into a black dwarf.
Life Lessons
Living a Full Life is More Important Than Leading a Happy Life
Having many regrets on the deathbed haunts me the most. I do not want to die with more than 3 major regrets in life. And my biggest regret would entail not having lived a full life.
Writing
Pivoting, (Maybe) for the Last Time
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
Mental Health
All this while I was blaming the wrong culprits
But the conditioning, the childhood trauma, the 'wrong' parenting, and the 'sick' society are all part of the plan (of existence).
Relationships
External Action Can Not Be the Cause of My Reaction
What we perceive is that it was her act of not picking up the phone that ‘led me to lose self-control’. But no, that is not the case. It was my own interpretation and reaction that made me lose self-control.
Relationships
Our Parents Need Only One Thing in Old Age
They only need our presence. Right now, and as a present, not an obligation.
Life Lessons
Radical Acceptance Can Change Our Whole Life
The hardest thing, I think, is to accept your own self, with all your flaws, unconditionally. Love, respect, care will automatically follow.
Life Lessons
(15/12/21) The Inner Void Can Not be Filled With Things
The void, the emptiness is inside & we try to fill it with outer things, bigger things, bigger houses, bigger cars. The void is like something made of air or water, that is formless, and only something formless can fill it.
Transformation
एक परीक्षा के नतीजे ने पूरी ज़िन्दगी ही पलट दी।
और यक़ीन मानिएगा ऐसा महसूस हो रहा था जैसे हमने कोई चोरी की हो और हम अपनी क़िस्मत से 'bail' करवाना चाहते हैं। दरअसल यह होम लोन हमें घर बनाने के लिए नहीं चाहिए था, बल्कि घर का खर्चा चलाने के लिए था।
Musings
I Would Be So Happy If I Stopped Pursuing Happiness
So, what I have learned from the sages and from my own life experiences is not to chase happiness but be content with whatever I have got and still keep pursuing excellence just for the sake of it
parenting
Things My Parents Didn’t Teach Me But Should Have
What happens with most of us is that when we love someone completely, we forget to criticize or correct the person even if he/she is wrong and when we hate someone totally we don’t give credit to the person where it’s due.
Animals
How An Incident Changed My Perception of Dogs
I used to find it hard to think of many reasons why some people love and adore dogs to death. For whatever reasons beyond my imagination, I did not like dogs as much, nor cats. On the contrary, I am mostly afraid of them.