Life was never meant to be a race. There is no prize for being the first to get somewhere, for being the most popular, the most liked, and so on. The Sun never rewarded any flower for blooming first. Nor did the Earth announce prizes for the birds who flew the fastest. The vast universe has place for everyone, allowing each to reach his prime in his own time. Yet, in his race to be the best, the fastest, the most liked, the richest and so on, man forfeits the time he has on the planet to chase glories that last a few likes or a few shares. So, stop, hold yourself, take a deep breath and appreciate yourself. Your time is good time. Your journey at a slower pace is good, the different path you chose is amazing and your milestones are waiting…
Coz, at any given time, you are the best that you could have been!!!
-Said the Universe
Tag: #journey
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You have come far
from ignominy, from fear, from shame
you have walked ahead
reached a place of inner peace
an island of happiness
that thrives in your head
grows in your heart
feeds on your thoughts
and comes out in your words
you have learnt to forgive and let go
hold on to what is yours truly
to process pain into poetry
shame into stories
songs, tit bits of hearsays
passing on joys, smiles and pats
of encouragements
knowing if you can, anyone can
if anyone can, you too can
meeting souls of beauty
of deep thoughts and wild smiles
of sheer power and grand ambitions
of smiles springing out of sorrow
ambitions letting go of fear
a twinkle toe seeks a dance floor
a story-teller looks for someone to hear
a mighty man looks to rule
a wizened soul that hopes to chant
a mother prays to feed
you know for sure, then
just about anything is possible
hold on to dear belief, just hold on!!!
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Sometimes sit with your soul
and talk, deep and slow
‘what is your journey?’
‘where do you intend to go?’
asked the body adding
‘Blessed as I am to house you, beloved
in this journey of one space to the next
grateful as I am that you chose me of all
to carry your intentions
I would love it to know where we are headed?
sometimes you would have known
I have longings and pains and anxieties
wishes and aches that crush me hard breathless
if you could beloved, soul and higher spirit
hug me tight and kiss me slow so our dance to death
will be merrier, drenched in joys of love’.
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To experience a deep, deep connection to the universe, to have a dialogue and to feel that you are heard, understood, was perhaps what her soul needed.
In deep anguish over a supposed promotion, ‘not really’, a change of role, ‘not really’, a feeling of being taken for a ride, ‘may be’ and the multitude of instances perceived or real, that happened to her, and the doubt that assails, ‘did she not fight enough’, ‘did she not have it in her’, ‘what was it really?’ , ‘why’, and so on and so forth.
The shame, the anger and the doubt, that comes with all these, the need to be heard and the same vacuum as ever, threatening to swallow the self, almost two weeks of internal turmoil, where she could not place her finger on her pain, yet, painful it was, and a fatigue that seemed to come with it, sort of numbness that stilled her otherwise, ‘smiling, come what may face,’ then how it all dissipated with a session of self acceptance, of forgiving self, of knowing that she was but an instrument, the life journey has been lived to the best so far and it has to continue so.
Better things are perhaps at the turn, yonder where the horizon hugs the sky , the walk though has to continue, the will has to be strong, if there be friends, they will appear by the side, or disappear if they so choose, in the cosmic design each particle has a role, a mission, a need, so do you, so do you…… so chug it on, chug it on, and smile as you are at it….
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വഴികൾ പലതും അങ്ങനെയാണ്
ഇന്ന് വരും നാളെ വരും എന്ന് ഓർത്തു
വഴിയാത്രക്കാരെ കാത്തിരിക്കുകയാണവർനടന്നു വരാൻ ധൈര്യം വേണം എന്ന് ഒരു വഴി മൊഴിഞ്ഞു
അല്ല അത്ര എളുപ്പമല്ല എന്നെ മനസ്സിലാക്കുവാൻ
ഈ വഴിവന്നവർ കുഴങ്ങിയത് തന്നെ
വഴികൾ ഒരു പുച്ഛച്ചിരി ചിരിച്ചു കുലുങ്ങി നിവർന്നുപല വഴികളും പല തരമാണല്ലോ, യാത്രക്കാരെ പോലെ തന്നെ
ഞങ്ങൾക്കുമുണ്ട് സ്വന്തമായ ചില ഇഷ്ടങ്ങളും അനിഷ്ടങ്ങളും
പലപ്പോഴും ആളുകളെ തങ്ങളിലേക്ക് നയിക്കുന്നതും
തിരിച്ചു പിന്മാറാൻ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതും ഞങ്ങൾ തന്നെ ആണ്
വഴിമുത്തച്ഛൻ ഒരു നെടുവീർപ്പോടെ ചേർത്ത് ചൊല്ലിഎനിക്കിഷ്ടം ഇത്തിരി പുഞ്ചിരിയും ഒത്തിരി കളിയുമുള്ള
യാത്രക്കാരാണ്, ഒരു കൊച്ചു വഴി തന്ടെ ആഗ്രഹം അറിയിച്ചു
ഗാംഭീര്യമാണ് എന്റെ ശൈലി, ചിന്തിക്കാനും പഠിക്കുവാനും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് ഞാൻ എന്നും സ്വന്തമാണു, മറ്റൊരാൾ പറഞ്ഞു.സരളമാണ് എന്റെ താല്പര്യങ്ങൾ സരളതയാണ് എന്റെ മന്ത്രം
ജീവിതത്തെ സരസമായി കാണാന് കഴിവുള്ളവർക്ക് ഇങ്ങോട്ടു വരാം
കർമമാണ് നിങ്ങളുടെ ശൈലി എങ്കിൽ ഒട്ടും ആലോചിക്കേണ്ട
ഇങ്ങോട്ടു വന്നോളൂ കൂടെ ഞാനുണ്ടാവും എന്ന്നും എപ്പോഴുംഎങ്ങൊട്ടും പോകാനില്ലാതെ വഴിയോരങ്ങിൽ പാർപ്പുറപ്പിച്ച മരങ്ങൾ
വഴികളുടെ ഈ ആത്മഗതം ഒരു നേരമ്പോക്കായി മാത്രം കണ്ടുകാലങ്ങൾ മാറിയിട്ടും മാറാത്ത മനുഷ്യ സ്വപ്നങ്ങളും
മനുഷ്യന് മാത്രം സഹജമായ സംശയങ്ങളെയും കുറിച്ച് അവർ മറ്റാരേക്കാളും ബോധവാന്മാരായിരുന്നു.Share this:
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To go back to studying when you are a full blown adult is not an easy choice. Yes, you take pride in having done justice to your parenting responsibilities, but you already are in that loop of EMIs and various other billing activities which tie you down, a caesura at this point is akin to harakiri, or so you think, or fear.
Then comes a mother’s heart calling out to you and saying, ‘ fear not child, do what you want for once, just do it’, and she laughs away all the fears saying ,’what are we here for?’
And a father who chips in,’ it’s not impossible, we are there for you.’
It is terrifying to think of the instability it brings, the staying away from work, even for a short time, the insecurities for someone who has prided on financial independence, yet, a promise looms and a hope and a cause calls, the call is persistent, deep, insistent, relentless and you cannot look away.
Then comes a message, a talk and an assurance, from someone I taught a good 2 decades ago, ‘I want to help you in your studies, just let me know’, it is just a word of promise but it lifts the spirits immediately, as if the universe answered a call, and calmed a fear, and smiled away a tear.
Years ago, I quit school teaching to move to the corporate, in need of a gainful employment, to pay the bills of course, again I remember how one of students asked, ‘What made you quit teaching? You would not have done that. You see, I am a corporate lawyer now. I can help you. Let me know what you need’. The words at that time brought tears to my eyes. I had expected such support from those in my immediate vicinity but there it came from a student again, who had just started his career.
I think of how the universe is assuaging my fears and holding out a hand, egging me on to a journey, whose turns I am not yet able to see.
Yet, it is true that there have been new opportunities and meeting with people who value my abilities in a slow, subtle manner that seems to be changing my universe in some ways, perhaps, a new horizon shines, a new friend or two waits, a new journey begins…
For the Ullysses in me, who wants to go looking after a sinking star, what could be better?
I now feel it won’t be difficult to find a school for Sunil to study, a place to work and learn for Chanamma, a place for me to grow as a writer and a student and to contribute to a cause so close to my heart…. perhaps that is what it is…..a place from where I can reach out and say to those I love and those who love me, here I am for you always…. I have everything to help you…ha, life… what learnings, what lessons!!!
Gratitude is all that I can think of…..
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Adhyapika 