Silence

I don’t want to begin with a pessimistic perspective but contradicting to my usual self I would honestly want to state that silence is gold while speech is silver. It’s rather miraculously golden..!

RELAX, IT’S NOTHING NEW

Look back in your past, may it be when you were in school and had a fight with one of your friends, may it be when you were not chosen to play at the park with some kids, may it be when you were not asked out by anyone for the prom night, may it be when you were not invited to a college party, may it be when you were compared with your friends or siblings as you were not as amazing as your parents expected, may it be when you were not given a job due to some partial reasons, may it be when you’re working and some obnoxious colleague is trying to bring you down for no reason in front of your boss, may it be the first time you were screamed at by your kids or may it be when your grandchild say that they had grown to be smarter and wiser, may you be anybody who has gone through something so out of control that you felt nothing but helpless, one phrase is going to run through your mind and that is your mother saying “Let it go child, you know your value is not going to decrease by someone’s inability to see your worth.” This quote is so beautiful that it sees right through you and aids right where you are hurt.

 It was dawn and standing with my mother on the porch I and my mother were having our favorite mother-daughter conversations, how I wish they were endless because they are so reassuring that I feel all my problems resolve. It was then when I asked her how she deals with people who talk endlessly but when revised their talks are so empty. Their talks and actions also sometimes make us feel so bullied. Is it only me who is over thinking over such conversations? She smiled and said nothing is wrong with you! It’s been going on since ages. Bewildered I asked her what has been going on since ages. She couldn’t control her laugh anymore, she laughed and said people talking endlessly, trying to talk around everything instead of proving anything has been happening since ages. It’s nothing new. You listen from one ear and throw it out from the other because when thought upon they are only going to depress you and leave you drained out.

That’s when I realized we have since the beginning been in a time where sitting around and talking, judging and self-appraising is also known as passing time. We all have been victims to unimportant talks which we regret as we could have done something productive, we have had talks that ended with self-doubt and a feeling of utter annoyance and of course an unhealthy company will lead to us saying things which we will later regret, but do we keep letting people get to us? People who bring nothing but negative vibes? That’s when silence helps us. It increases our conscience and leads to betterment, it leads to conversations with ourselves and that’s when we get to be ourselves and mainly know ourselves, it helps us become a better human being and what’s a better mark left behind then a mark of being a genuinely good person.

So Sudden

 These two words are exactly the words that can sum up all my thoughts in the recent past. I fell down so suddenly and I got up so suddenly, I loved so suddenly and made plans so suddenly, I made mistakes so suddenly and learned so suddenly, and suddenly I realized I am not that little girl any more. Life gave me so many sweet and sour lemons and suddenly so much time has passed by, so much time that I am left speechless…

EMBRACE  THE  RUSH 

   After years an invitation to a family function of my closest relatives had arrived at my doorstep. I was more than happy. Finally a get together where I’ll get to catch up with every lovely cousin of mine, I’ll get to meet my blessed grandparents, I’ll get to shop for saares, lehengas and jewelries with my mom and aunts, I’ll get a taste of amazing desi food and I’ll get to make fun of everyone without anyone being offended. Finally a function, a reunion where everyone feels so loved and so cared.

My excitement level was unimaginable as the day to meet everyone had finally arrived. I and my mother entered the main door of my aunt’s house where we were going to stay and were welcomed by this huge roar of happiness awaiting us. All my aunts, uncles, little siblings and my grandparents gave us this overwhelming welcome just like I had imagined.

After all the catching up I was suddenly quiet, I kept quiet and observed. Everyone around me was planning for the upcoming function, talking non-stop, shunning the kids, rehearsing the function layout and discussing important things when I glanced towards my little siblings and realized they weren’t little anymore. There used to be a time when they were just babies and now suddenly they are all grown up making me think and forcing me to have a flash back. I was oblivious to the fact along with them I had grown too.

I felt a rush inside of me, a rush that shouted out that quite some time had passed by. I then felt like grabbing every second of every day  because that mattered so much now, now that I realized that every second passed had gone into a place which could be kept alive only in the form of memory. I suddenly felt so alive, so in the moment and so liberated as I got a huge and very much needed wake-up call. It made me realize I have so many dreams to fulfill, so many places to explore, so much of laughter to spread, so many hearts to win, so many people to love, so many people to get inspired from, so many people to inspire and so much of wisdom to acquire. These thoughts rang in my mind throughout the function and I was so grateful about it. I wouldn’t have realized it otherwise and I felt so blessed. I made the most of that day and I can’t think of any other way in which I could have enjoyed that reunion.

Life according to me moves at the speed of light; it comes by you and leaves you so fast making you wonder when did the time go by. Make each and every second count, live in the moment, don’t waste time pondering around predicting the future and don’t waste time regretting over past and long lost opportunities, because the present is what you must life for and live in.

These are the things told to all of you by so many, but yet why do you tend to ignore it? It’s better to awaken yourself before it’s too late, life is too short if you procrastinate your decisions and live for tomorrow, life is perfectly apt if you live for today. So wake up and live, because that’s your only job and you better do it like a boss.