The Bystander

Life is an amazing gift. In whatever form we have it, we should be glad about it.
I don't mean to philosophize , but it is true.

People so casually crib about little things in life and eventually that becomes their way of life. They have these dry conversations about how tough or meaningless life can get..

Why so? I ask myself. Maybe, in trying to get the 'bigger' picture , we miss out the finer details..Thus, it's best to break life into simpler/smaller pieces and live it with the little joys it has to offer.

I have compartments to my life, each obscure from the other. Though these may interlink at some point, but it's best to keep it this way, till you can..

As work pressures & responsibilities increase, we tend to take ourselves too seriously. I have personally heard this from some very bright young minds I have met - " What is the purpose of my life?".. I mean why are you waiting to find that purpose..Just define it !!

The most complicated questions are always the ones with the simplest answers.It's the attitude towards situations that changes everything.

It's very simple to switch off and eliminate the negativity. It makes me so happy that I can easily tune off or ward off these elements from my life. I believe I can take charge of my life and that makes me love it even more. My happiness is what I create.. I don't just want to be a bystander to my life.. I want to be the one who defines it..

The sweet smell of Nostalgia

The start of 2014 has brought me reminiscence from my past.  I spent time with mom like good old days, stayed in the house where I grew up, she fed me well with her delightful recipes and I travelled with her to the beautiful Gujarat.

I picked up pieces of my life which I had lost over time, it was beautiful..

As humans we experience layers of emotions throughout our life. Even the most insensitive amongst us, who do not acknowledge or agree to having felt these emotions, fall prey to ‘Nostalgia’.

As we live through the fragments of our lives, it is good sometimes to go back in time and relive life, as it used to be. It reminds you, where you began and gives a retrospective view of the several journeys one has taken as a person.

While living my life this month, the way I used to, I remembered my old ambitions as a kid. I have opened up to the child in me and I am now listening to what she once wanted to be when she turned 30.. I hope to catch up with her more often and fulfill more of her dreams.. I am certainly more capable now to pick up from where I left..

On this note, the sweet smell of the past must be bottled safely, to be smelt every now and then - the fragrance of nostalgia, it is.