When words don't help, turn to Mozart. :)

I am yet to learn if having too many dreams and ambitions is a curse or a boon. 

Time will tell.

Schooling

It is astounding how people unknowingly and unintentionally teach you such important lessons of life. 

You never know the story hidden underneath a face. Why they smile like they do. Why they weep like they do. Why they talk like they do. Why they choose to stay the way they are. 

A million tiny reasons lie behind them being them. 

There is so much to learn from every person around. From their little habits to how they manage their emotions and face challenges. 

Or sometimes some of them show you what not to do at their own expense without realizing. 

When I look around, I don't see people. I see millions of experiences, thousands of hopes, hundreds of storms entangled and integrated with each other to form a body-like shape. 

Oftentimes I try to decode them, with the knowledge that whatever I can imagine their story to be, wouldn't even be close to what their reality must have been. 

It is true, the world is a school and everyone around has a dual role to play of a teacher and student.

You vs You

When you become your own enemy. When your mind starts weaving terrible nightmares and plays nasty games with you. When you know what is and what is not. but you cannot stop thinking. When you know it all - the cause, reason, effect and ramifications - and you still fail to convince your mind to stop the incessant torture.

I suppose, sometimes there is no escape. And we have to face the demons residing within us. Fight them.
You loathe yourself for being so unfair... to the people around you and to yourself. It's ugly, this war, this unrest, this chaos.
It's ugly and unnerving and insane. But you have to do it... for yourself, for your people. Because at the end, you know, these demons are not real. They are mere figments of your oppressive imagination.

Sigh...

It's funny... the relationship you share with yourself. It's the most mysterious one, the most enlightening one. 

Mine is a Myth.

These four words took birth in my mind when I was 15 years old.
And till date, I haven't found a set of words that supersede the veracity of this one.
Its realization is a revelation each time.

Mine is possessiveness. Mine is ego. Mine is destruction. Mine is false delight. Mine is melancholy. Mine is anything but real.

Yet, we persistently use 'You are mine' & 'This is mine'.
It's out of habit perhaps.
Also, oftentimes we do not recognize the ugly truth behind it, and therefore use it superficially.

There is a thin line between the feeling of possessiveness and belongingness.

You are mine - is possessiveness.
I am yours - is belongingness.

The former is all about taking while the later is about giving.

The joy of giving is matchless, and we all may not agree on it, but sooner or later, everyone realizes it.

Accepting the newness of today

It's new day.

Every day is, isn't it?

So that's good, right?

Every day brings an opportunity to start afresh. What more can you ask for? 

:)

If expectation is the mother of all problems, then acceptance is the mother of all solutions.

It is easier said than done, I know. But do we have an option?

Yes, happiness is a state of mind, and the mind will not enter that state unless you accept the current state of events. 

You have to accept that life has brought you a bagful of issues despite having the audacity of getting a truck-ful of them! You have to accept that all good things are temporary - love, happiness, moments, memories, success, appreciation, people - just like all the bad things. You have to accept your shortcomings, but don't settle down with them. You have to accept the metamorphosis that life is going through each day, every moment. You have to accept to be hopeful again. 

You simply have to accept... that's the first step to survival. 

An incomplete thought

Everything is divided in different patterns.

Patterns of time. Patterns of life. Patterns of nature. 

Our body, mind and soul don ever-changing patterns.

..............

Happiness is a state of mind.
Indeed true.

Listening to Haule Haule.
It's a light and sweet number that puts a smile on your face.

That copywriter chick - 8

So the not-so-new job of mine is taking a toll on my health.

The work is good. I am learning a lot a new things. It is satisfying. Well, at least to an extent.

The people are the problem. There are only negative vibes floating around. Talking ill about everyone you work with is a custom here. Belittling people is a tradition here. They all suffer with superiority complex. People use others for their professional benefit.

It is transforming me into someone I am not. I have lost my mental calm. The positivity and gusto with which I always begin my day have vanished. Smiling requires too many efforts.

If this was not enough, I learned that the experience I will be gaining from here holds very little value in the market.

There are too many things to pull me down. Going to work seems like a punishment.
This is not what I signed up for.
Sometimes I feel I should quit. Most of the times...

I have began to doubt my decision of taking up writing. Was it my passion or an escape?
Everything seems hazy.
I was so confident and happy about this job, my career growth, copywriting, advertising and everything. What happened then?
Suddenly I am not even sure if I want to pursue advertising anymore...

Happy 2015!

Hello, World!

Wishing you a year full of love, peace and compassion.