Beautiful solitude

Beautiful, beautiful solitude
With your waves so pretty.
Gently rocking my soul.
Steering me across my sea of calm.

Your sun sparkles on my skin
My hair dances to your breeze.
I feel awake; I feel alive
I'm enveloped in your lingering charm.

Your soft sands tease my feet.
They draw me to paths unexplored.
Swaying towards dreams I'd left behind
My timid heart has forgotten her fears of harm.

Beautiful and strong solitude.
With your smile so pretty.
Guide me to swim through the turbulence around.
For my wounded courage, be my balm.

Happiness: That elusive nymph

I oft wonder, What does true happiness mean to me?
It's a funny question, isn't it? Simple, but profound.
What would make one truly happy?

That's easy. I know the answer to that one.

A loving family, a dream career, a world tour, a doting partner.. a multitude of answers popped in my mind. Were these really the answers?

Would that unbounded joy linger forever after I got what I wished for?
Is happiness a stage of life indeed?

I thought hard and long. All my yearnings that once seemed like the source of sustained bliss, just did not seem adequate anymore.

Till I realized what I was looking for. It was not a destination or a check list.
It was about not limiting myself by having either.

What I truly want is a continuous joyous ride of learning through new experiences. The barrier is stagnation.

The moment I envelop myself with nothing but routine, it would slowly kill my passion for life. It's not life-changing experiences that I desire. All I want is the elation while I indulge myself in a new book, examine an unexplored school of thought, discover new forms of creativity..the vista of possible adventures is infinite.

After all, an excited person is a happy person.

Letting Go

It takes only a blink of an eye,
To watch your life pass you by.
Although, it might take a while,
You'd learn to smile.
And Embrace the changes in your life
Moments of delight, struggle and strife.

It's hard to let go,
What was once yours to hold.
Lost and confused, you question.
Is change really a good thing to happen?
Leaving behind a world you understood
Where you knew what you should do and what you could.

I've no answers but I've hope.
That Life wouldn't push me down without a safety rope.
To cling onto and climb up once more
And lead me to places I've never been before.

After all, to let in something new
I've got to let go of something too
With cherished memories still by my side,
I await new dreams to come true.

The power of self

Lost.

The frame of mind most of us seem to be in. Surprisingly, we seem to be more lost than ever when it comes to the most important decisions of our life. Career, family and love. Being one of the most intellectually empowered species, why is it so difficult to make our own decisions?

The answer stems back to a startling and profound truth. We hardly listen to ourselves. The little voice in your head is clouded by the myriad of judgments and opinions around you. We have learnt to live by reacting to our environment. Every thought is governed by the outlook and the acceptance of society, friends, our generation and most importantly, our family.

It's no surprise that we feel so disoriented as we try to walk the path advocated by the multiple facets of our life. And when the decision is not completely ours to begin with, it is hardly startling that we are so easily shaken from our path by even the slightest iota of self-doubt. That infantile skepticism transforms rapidly into a volley of confusion and once again, instead of listening to our instincts, we turn to a confidante to lead the path once more. A vicious circle.

How, then, does one begin to listen to their gut feeling? I took 5 minutes of time away from my routine life and tried to listen to what my instinct was saying to me. If you're doing this for the first time, you'll realize it turns out to be an unexpectedly difficult task to listen to yourself without wanting to indulge back in to the world (check your phone, watch the time or continue doing your prior tasks). Once you have got started though, a sense of calmness envelops you as you grow surer of your unadulterated thoughts.

It’s not a life-altering experience and to expect fireworks would be quite foolish. Yet, the relief and mental stability that ensued was nothing short of a wonder. The feeling of anger, helplessness and frustration is replaced by a sense of quietude and strength.

The answers to every troubling question that has left you in despair...You don't need to look out for it.You just need to look inside.