Be your own inspiration

be the light that you want to shine on the
world. your world can never be dark then

Skill

Talent and aptitude are pre-requisites for origination, which is remarkably vital in today’s world. While these seem to be abstract concepts, they do command specific instruction and inculcation techniques. On the other hand, creative nuances seem to thrive and necessitate inspirational motivation. Inspiration is indeed set prior to consciousness. Practice and implementation of a skill may occur independent of it, and inspiration without talent may also be insufficient to warrant novel creations. Inspiration continues to be intriguing, an enigmatic and abstract concept; nonetheless it can qualify as a mandate for triumph.

Learn to love thyself

Love: the concept

A frequently misapprehended notion, love becomes even more inscrutable when one delves into its depth. It’s easy to think, say it aloud and even behave accordingly, when we love our pets and parents and spouse and job and the smoked cheese pizza from our favorite food joint. No one questions us on the same; we seldom interrogate ourselves either on why we feel the way we do about people, objects and ideas. A rarely cogitated zone here is the love for oneself. Many feel they love themselves enough and are tuned to altruism, several are so self absorbed that they get adjudged as selfish and self-centered creatures who love none other themselves, while the truth is that most are oblivious to the true concept of self love…

Games people play

Ever encountered a time when the best of your friends seemed to not care? When your partner seemed like a stranger; mother a tyrant and father an enemy? The earth seemed to be rotating in the wrong direction, sun setting in the east and most questions remaining unanswered? Relationships seeming estranged for the minutest of reasons, often without any. And it all seemed like the world was playing games with you. Games you had no awareness of, hence no methods known, no rules identified, and no processes acknowledged. Of course winning such a game is out of the question. But knowing the games; more so being cognizant of their aims helps to play them better. Life can become interesting and indeed fun too!

Whose side are you on anyways?

every oyster doesn't bear a pearl

There are always choices, decisions, and verdicts offered; along with pronouncements expected of us at every stage in life. There are forever options. And choices have to be made between:

Right               Wrong

Left                 Right

North              South

Black               White

Truth               Lies

Real                 Fake

There is day and then there is night. But there is dawn and noon and dusk and twilight too. The world we know has black and white but it offers the options of gray. Yet preponderance and predilections guide your decisions. Two sides to a coin, two directions, two paths, two poles, two elements, two faces. What matters in life is whose side you take and what choices you make.