“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world…… And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. That you are here; that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse, what will your verse be?
– Robbin Williams, Dead Poets Society
In the depths of your soul, this Pisces fish wants to dive in
Your eyes touch me & haunt me deep within
I am your fish and you are my ocean
I am your mermaid and you are my perfect notion
You are my reason to smile
Across the thousand miles
You are my elusive dream
You are my serene stream
Come let’s explore my sweet dove
The truth of our mysterious oceanic love!
~ Vibhavari
उन्हें भी ज़िद्द ना पास आने की
हमें भी ज़िद्द दूर दूर जाने की
इस ‘अपनी’ ज़िद्द के आगे
तुम भी हारे
मैं भी हारी
वक़्त चला
कहके अलविदा
फिर वो ना आया
तुमने बुलाया
मैंने भी बुलाया
चांदनी रूठी है कबसे
वो ज़रा न मानी
तुमने मनाया
मैंने भी मनाया
तारे सिसकते हैं कबसे
वो ना मुस्कुराये फिर से
तुमने हँसाया
मैंने गुदगुदाया
फ़ोन अब भी बजता है
पर सुर में नही
तुमने ना उठाया
मैंने भी ना उठाया
खामोशियाँ कुछ तो कहती हैं
अनसुनी तुम भी करते हो
और मैं भी सुनती नही
आँखें भर तो आती हैं
पर अश्क़ तुम छलकाते नही
मैं भी बस मुस्कुरा देती हूँ
रातें बहुत लम्बी और ठण्डी हो चली हैं
पर तुम काँपते नही
मैं भी ठिठुरती नही
मौसम रंग बदलते हैं
पतझड़, सर्दियाँ, सावन और गर्मियाँ
पर तुम ना बदले
और मैं भी ना बदली
पर एक गाना तुम भी गुनगुनाते हो
और मैं भी
तुम सुबह,
मैं दोपहर को
तुम शाम,
मैं रात को
तेरे बिना ज़िन्दगी से कोई, शिक़वा, तो नही
शिक़वा नही, शिक़वा नही, शिक़वा नही
तेरे बिना ज़िन्दगी भी लेकिन, ज़िन्दगी, तो नही
ज़िन्दगी नही, ज़िन्दगी नही, ज़िन्दगी नही……
– विभावरी
You might be fortunate enough to come across someone with whom you feel a sense of freedom, freedom to be just yourself. You can remain silent for hours together and yet feel no need to talk. Words are not needed anymore, you somehow feel complete with the person. You know in your heart, mind and soul that you have a friend, a soul mate, your life partner. You have a taste of happiness and contentment.
You wish to spend the rest of your life with your soul mate. You look forward to spending your time together. Laying in bed for hours talking about anything and everything under the sun. You don’t edit, you don’t stop and think, you flow like a river, without any hindrances. You feel like a child, running through the green meadows, trying to catch the rays of the sun, with eyes half closed…
Love & happiness always
Numbers & scores are just that – numbers & scores – dry and without any life!
You will usually find it’s not the toppers who top the toughest exam called life with dazzling trophies and awards. It’s the mavericks, the back benchers, the rebels, the ‘think outside the box’ types who ACTUALLY live life! They have a myriad of interesting life experiences, they learn fast, they are the real Sanju babas who actually go for it!
When you have school reunions, you meet someone after couple of decades later, someone you thought would reach for the stars during your school days but alas that’s not the case most times and you get disappointed and surprised….your hero back then is not a hero anymore in real life. You come to a conclusion- there are two kinds in this life:
1. Aapne zindagi ke maje liye (you had fun in this game called life…..)
2. Zindagi ne aapke maje liye (life had a real good fun with you)
There is a twist in the story meri jaan, my love….
I personally find the so called toppers usually really boring and without any life…..always found the backbenchers as the toppers of life, they are more interesting to talk to and are worth spending your time with – jo bahut jee jaan se khele….examples are all around us.
Picture abhi baki hei meri jaan….the game is still on!
Dedicated to all the lovers of life!!!!
❤❤❤❤❤
कहां से तुम शुरू, कहां पे मैं ख़तम
खो के तुम में, न रहा कोई ग़म
कस कर मैंने तुम्हे यूं था पकड़ा
जैसे जाते हुए लम्हे को मुठी में जोरो से था जकड़ा
तुमने जिस तरह मेरे हाथ थे थामे
लुटा दूं मेरी ज़िन्दगी की सैकड़ों सुबह और शामें…..❤
In today’s world of hyper-connectivity, you may have 562+ friends on your various social media sites but you cannot have a heart to heart with anyone of them. You wonder whether you are lonely and isolated. The world is increasingly shrinking, the human mobility is at its all-time high. You move cities, countries, continents and with that your friendships and relationships take a back seat. You say goodbye to everything that is familiar to you. Your school buddies and your childhood friends are scattered all over the globe. You live a high paced life in search for a better life, a bigger salary package with no spare time left to invest in your relationships. By the time you realise these ‘things’ actually do NOT provide you quality of life, it is too late. You look around, you have lost everyone around you. Yes, you are the very embodiment of this ‘me’ culture. You have fleeting relationships, if it does not suit your high paced life, you let it go. You have ‘everything’, you have ever wanted to achieve – hefty bank balance, luxury cars, investment properties, five star holidays to exotic locations, all the expensive toys you can buy to amuse yourself and to boost your ego but somehow, you are still NOT happy.
One thing that really strikes me these days, is the fact that as soon as you enter a bookshop, all the best sellers are usually about ‘HAPPINESS’! There are self-help books from ‘How to be happy in 20 days’ to the ‘Real definition of happiness’……the list is long. ‘HAPPINESS’ is a big business now. There are all these ‘Happiness Gurus’, charging heaps of money for providing you with a magical ‘happiness’ mantra. Everyone is in the pursuit of this elusive happiness but unfortunately, the happiness index of the world is getting lower and lower with each passing year, as the recent studies show. Mental illness is becoming an epidemic worldwide, irrespective of where you reside on this planet of ours. So what is happening? We have so much affluence but still in terms of inner peace, content and happiness, we are not doing well at all. Our mental health is at its worse. What has gone so horribly wrong then?
The other day I saw this young international student waiting for a bus on a bus stop with headphones stuck to her ears, looking into the oblivion. She had this lost look about her, she looked forlorn and lonely……like someone trying hard to make sense of this crazy world. I wanted to reach out to her, just to ask, ‘Are you okay?”……however, I did not, the headphones somehow prevented me from approaching her.
In everyday life, you see these zombies moving around, pumped up on ‘happy pills’ with strange side effects – some looking totally lost, some grumpy, some sad, some don’t smile back even when you try smiling at them, some ignore you, some see past you and you wonder whether you are an invisible entity. You see old people trying to make sense out of this world, they are living by themselves, their kids sitting in some other corner of the world, trying to make sense out of this world themselves. You come across an overworked childcare worker, a stressed teacher and an overly stressed public servant trying to strike that elusive work life balance and wondering about climbing that career ladder or just to make a sea change, run away from it all, leave this rate race and just RUN!!! Your doctor friend complains about long hours and lack of sleep; the academics talk about declining academic standards and increasing university costs; lawyers talk about long hours and dry drudgery of legislations; the IT contractors talk about advanced technological pressure and keeping up with it all; the diplomats start blogs on loneliness and depression, sitting in some third world country, cut off from their families and friends, security threats etc; and mental health professionals are drowning in their ever increasing caseloads and trying to have a break from it all. The world seems stressed to the max!
You switch on your car radio whilst driving towards work, the news anchor delivers the news about further job cuts and a list of professions which are going to be obsolete by 2020. You sigh and you switch it off…..you wonder about your kids’ future and then you change the radio station to easy listening station playing – ‘Don’t worry, be happy’! You smile and you carry on…..
The next song is ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams…..I hum along…”Clap along if you know what happiness is to you….Because I’m happy….”
vibhadassingh 