WWL Writing With Love

   The struggle to wake up early for this was real. But the result was worth it! PC: Sumithra MR (2018)     The river didn’t know he would disappear into the ocean in a few days The flower never knew she would wilt tomorrow The candle didn’t know he would melt in an hour The mayfly didn’t know his dance lasts just a day But, Until end... The river did quench someone’s thirst The flower did act as a token of love The mayfly did cheer the lad on the riverbed who has been waiting for hours for a fish to feed himself and his family. So my friend, Why do you stop trying too early? Why do you stop when you don’t know whom you are cheering? Why do you stop when you are destined not to? Keep going!

Margaret Atwood (Source: Wikimedia Commons)  I don't know the venue yet. All I see is her eyes, red lipstick and her smile. She looked at me and asked me to sit next to her. I saw her solid blue blazer and pants. I couldn't express what I felt at that point as tears rolled down my cheeks. She caught my hand and smiled. All I could do was smile at her now. She patiently waited for me to return back to my senses.Picking myself from there I asked, "What mistake am I making right now? How can I correct it?" She smiled, and said, "You have been pressurizing yourself to write 100%." Seeing my confused expression, she said, "You expect yourself to write always or to put it more accurately, you expect yourself to write 'THE BEST' when you take your pen. Imperfections are fine too. You can pick it up from there later." "Do you do that too?" I asked. "Absolutely!" I heard an alarm which indicated that the time allotted to meet her...

  Pic source: Pickpik.com During my childhood, I had two categories of friends, no, not male and female. I grew up with boys and hence I belonged to the male crowd games only. So there were two categories, one category had cycles that had two wheels and a handle-bar (if not broken). The other category were ‘elites’ who had cycles with gears. And you ought to gape in awe, when somebody tells you that they have a gear cycle. Why? It is a practice. No questions asked. And some go the extra mile, they have rear view mirrors and a water bottle holder, because you got to show off. I’m also told that to change from one gear to another, you have to exert a pressure and maintain a speed to have the wheels rolling. That is pure Maths, they claim. However, none of them gave me their geared possessions for a ride. Because they believed it wasn’t for the female body. Hence, I came back home and demanded for a gear cycle. Being the mistake child (second child) of my parents, I always got second-...

  Most of us have this conflict in our heads, agree or not? Well, I am not talking about ‘materialistic’ stuff here. That is a completely personal choice. But, is it important to share our minds with people? Let us assume a hypothetical situation, you have won a race or a competition per se. The next thing we would ‘normally’ do is to share the news with our dear and near. But, taking another hypothetical situation, you failed in an exam which you had all hopes of scoring better, will you do the same? Both the situations are subjective from one person to the other but how does ‘talking’ be of any help here? So, I have always had trust issues, which means I don’t trust easily. This also translates that, once trusted, it is forever. Let this be in the backend. Once I decided to quit my job, there was no turning back. I stuck up to the decision. There were multiple opinions from all sides but the decision was already made and was in papers too. However, my mind hadn’t adapted to...