Insomniac

If you are an insomniac by choice, don't be. If you are an insomniac by habit, change the habit. If you are an insomniac and can't do anything about it, seek help. Get professional guidance. Do something about it.

Sleep is often neglected and ignored. We lead a busy life, where time is a constraint, and peaceful nap a privilege. Don't succumb to the pressure. Sleep is a necessity. It is as important as breathing or eating. Do not shy away from it.

Your health is important. Prioritize it.

Corner

On a day when the light is bright, you might suddenly want to embrace what is dim. You would be silently creeping into a corner, all alone, afraid of the illumination around you. All of a sudden, the dark would feel safe. At the same time, your subconscious will urge you to find your place back into the light.

Give yourself time. Do not hurry. One day, you will create your own lamp, and walk into the light out of your solitude.

January 26

I was introduced to Civics in Middle School, probably in the sixth standard. I remember folding the center page of my History notebook, so that the second half of the exercise copy could be used for Civics.

The significance of Constitution and Republic became more prominent thereafter to me. We were told to memorize the Preamble by heart, and were quizzed about it during exams.

Time has passed but the Republic lives on.

Social

Your social media account is less about you and more about the lives of your contacts. How many times have you felt, scrolling through their profiles, that they are living in a far more adventurous and exciting zone than yours? How many moments have you spent wishing to be in their shoes?

Social media has got you connected to them, but unfortunately, it has also made you feel disconnected with your own self.

Fake

This is what is happening today. You turn on the news and you find news anchors with their 'elite' panelists passing verdicts on issues that even the judiciary is yet to decide. Social media takes it forward, unearthing their own truth, and not hesitating before declaring anyone a criminal. How many lives have been lost, how many homes have been destroyed, we have no count.

And once we are bored with one 'news', we quickly move on to the new one, eager to pass our judgement again.

3 AM

Have you ever witnessed a 3am horror?

When the lights are out, and you can visualise, in the darkness, your fear taking shape.

Have you ever felt it to be real?

Was it ever, in fact, real?

Someday

You are knocking on the wrong door, darling. It doesn't deserve you, or the light that you possess.
You are a burning flame, magical and powerful. You deserve better.

December

You've been wanting this winter never to end. The fog is soothing.It's comforting.

More peaceful then what clarity could ever be.

And The Year Flies By

Every passing year is biographical motion picture on rewind, a collection of all the failures we have endured, a conglomeration of myriad successes we deserved. Be proud that you have struggled and won this year.

The next year will pose more challenges, new difficulties, and thus the opportunities to excel again. But before all that, rejoice these last few moments of 2019.

You have lived this year in your best possible manner. Cheers to you, and all your efforts. Wishing You All A Happy New Year 2020.


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Tuesday

There will be a name that you would fall in love with. It could be anyone. Or it might even be no one.

However, on a busy Tuesday, that name would reappear in your mind, and how hard you might try, you can never stop yourself feeling vulnerable to it.