Thursday, January 29, 2015

Autumn


As the autumn arrives,
Hue of the foliage changes
Each leaf starts to tremble,
against the war that wind wages

Immersed in this transition,
admire they do,
but seldom would people agree,
that beauty lies in the weakness too.

The leaves separate from their bonds,
and stem goes bare,
they now free from the grip,
float in the fresh air.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Expendables!


You are born to a mother! You can't choose your father or your siblings, but friends you can. A lot of people come in your life, some slide by and some stick around. You pick some and give them an exclusive space in your life. These are your favorite few who become your friends and mostly, just one of them tends to get that special spot of becoming your spouse!

My question for the day is who is expendable and why?

Let's tackle the who first! There are two line of thoughts around this. I wouldn't prefer one to another.

First, let me talk about the people whom I call "darwinist". Don't get me wrong, I am not going to peg anyone as evolved or un-evolved - pun intended. These are the people who believe in natural selection. Since, nature gave them parents and siblings, these folks are placed in the category of "not expendables". However, friends including girlfriends and/or boyfriends and spouse are certainly expendables. Since you picked them, you get the right to cut them off as well.

And then there are people who I refer to as "communists". These folks ,with revolutionary thought process, treat everyone alike. Their life and time is a common pool of resources and everyone has the right to it. However, they have a live perfectly operational "judicial" system where they can put anyone on trial and anyone can be held guilty and made expendable.

Now the second part, why does anyone become expendable. Everyone has a minimum level of expectations from every relationship. These expectations may vary from person to person but they most certainly exist. A person who proclaims he doesn't expect anything is either unaware or simply lying or my friend, you just met "Lord Buddha" himself! The person who falls below these expectation level becomes expendable. You may give them chance to get upto speed and if they don't, it wouldn't be long before the lock of door would be changed.

With a lot of pity for those expended!

Here's signing off
Charan!
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

The tasteless truth!

Entertainment is not just that entirely, it does leave behind trickles of wisdom. It's right there, absolutely apparent. You just need to tune in.

So, today while watching "How I met your mother", a dialogue from Robin Scherbatsky pushed me into thinking and also, writing this down for future reference - for I forget a lot. The dialogue was "Honesty is tough but actually a far kinder alternative". It's better to say those few tough words now and sort things out for future rather than to procrastinate things for the heck of it.

There's another common adage for which I have lost the approval. They say - "Truth is always bitter.". Why we assign a "flavor" to truth is beyond my understanding. Its like generalizing that "all men are dogs" - though I do agree that quite a few of them are actually just that. Not all men are dogs and also, not all truth is bitter. When you kneel down in front of THE girl and ask her for an eternal togetherness, everything you say is truth. Ask the guy or the girl the taste of that truth. Now let's look at the exact opposite. when a guy or a girl bails out of a relationship, who likes to hear the reasons for rejection? It would taste bitter at that moment. But as the time passes by, whether those people stay apart or together, that truth would certainly feel better.

Truth is indeed just truth. So, essentially, be honest say the truth, let the truth simmer in the warmth of time, the outcome would be sweeter.