Rediscovering the truths

Today's blog is all about how unique everyone is! Can you believe in a crowd of 7.6 billion there is no one like you?! I know most of you would go like "Duh!". I know but tell me how many times have we pushed this tiny little fact under the rug.  In this age of competitiveness, all of us are trying to be someone or at least trying to surpass them but the first stop is no doubt, seeing yourself on par with this person, isn't it? You would say having an idol or an example set in front of us is actually what you call as an inspiration. I'm not denying that believe me, even I have my idols that I look up to but, instead of upholding their values and principles but deep down we just want to achieve the same accomplishments as the other or perhaps want to achieve even more. You see most of us are lost, we are just following people and trying to catch up and eventually we forget our own unique selves. How many of us have tried to put up a façade just to fit in. So many t...

The above picture, most of you already know what this is. For those of you who are not aware, it is a symbol from Taoism. Don't get me wrong I'm not preaching a religion here but I am trying to get a point across. It depicts two kinds of energy- Yin and Yang. Yin stands for darkness or negative energy whereas Yang stands for light and positive energy. It symbolizes a perfect union between light and dark. The best part comes when you notice the little dots belonging to the opposite energy. Interpretation is pretty simple, in dark there is light and in light there is dark.  One thing that we all agree on is the fact that good and bad can't exists without the other. If there was no bad then there would have been no way to define the good. Similarly, if there was no good then bad would not have existed either. The point is each of us carry seeds of both. When the need arises we switch between them yet we often find ourselves being partial towards one of them.  Coming back to th...

Now most of us are trying to answer the question- What is the purpose of my life? Why am I here? It's not just you who wonders that I do too. So let's break down and figure out for ourselves a purpose.  Before we jump onto finding the purpose of our lives, answer this- why does it matter? The answer would be pretty simple, it may have different parables and the magnitude might differ from person to person, the point is each one of us wants to make a difference in this world, leave a mark, become someone on whom people rely on and inspire change in the world. That's what defines as our purpose, isn't it? Searching for something which is greater than 'me'.  Now there is another purpose which goes something like this, "We are here to have the time of our lives. So we should live as if it's our last day". Well you are not wrong. Life is precious and you should make each and every second count. The thing is you should not let others define the way you l...

I'll be talking about all of  the three topics one by one and at the end we will see how these topics are related to each other. One thing that I can tell you as a preview of the blog is this, love, fear and expectations cannot live under the same roof. First let's start with expectations. Each of us have some kind of expectations from someone or from life itself. My question is, how important are these expectations in our life? Is it really necessary? To answer these questions lets break down as to why we have expectations in the first place. When we are expecting something from a loved one it's usually connected to a simple feeling-'I did so much for you, so I need you to do the same in return for me' whereas when we are expecting from life it goes like this-'I worked so hard, so I deserve the best there is'. Now coming back to the question of is it really necessary, my answer guess what it is no. the reason is pretty simple expectations when left unfulfil...

A small piece I wrote sometime ago I sit by the window While the train starts to move The wind rustles in my ears A rush of excitement pumps through me As I begin my journey I tease the birds who fly above See I'm faster than you now, I laugh I watch as the trees dance with the wind My heart rejoicing with them I clap like a child, amazed by God's work As the train passes by Scenes change as seasons Sometimes it's winter, sometimes it's spring We near another station And I gear up to say, Thank you I wave a goodbye At the people on the station As I welcome new passengers Companions on my journey With smiles and warmth Then I play a game of hide and seek With the sun and the moon As the sun hides behind the mountains The moon along with his stars Take turns lighting up the sky As I near the end of my journey The train gets emptier and emptier And Aloha! My destination comes A kind hand as soft as a petal reaches me I grab on, leaving the train to go back home - Radha

Welcome to my very first blog. Considering I'm new to this world, I really hope you would pardon my mistakes. This will be a series of such blogs as we try to figure some of the essential truths of life. I hope you enjoy this journey.   Let's see what is this thing called as happiness is all about. I can tell you one thing for certain that each and everyone of us including me and you are after this feeling. So we work day and night, stressing ourselves, trying to find this emotion. In fact so much so that we end up dedicating our entire life for this cause. You might say-'No that's not right not all of us are running behind happiness. Everyone has their own needs'. To answer that question let me explain it to you this way. Sure people have different desires and ambitions but tell me something what is it are you trying to accomplish by fulfilling them? Got the answer? Yes that's what I am trying to say. You may have your own way sorted out to get to this state of...