The World As I See It

Never had I imagined that in the Year 2020, we all would be locked up in our homes and taught the basics of cleanliness like how to wash your hands, how to cough and sneeze and how often one should wash their hands. It is just sad that it had to take a pandemic for the world to realise they need God and should be clean. How hard is it to have clean habits? As we all are in lock-down due to the pandemic caused by the corona virus COVID-19. We can either use this time in a productive manner or waste it away like we normally do. I, personally am struggling with not having enough hours in the day to get everything I need to do done on time and in the best manner I can. But in saying this, I have still decided to utilize this time to connect and bond with my loved ones, wrap up all of my unfinished tasks and self-reflection. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” - Aristotle     [I don't own this image, I Googled it] We should all take this bre...

“I often wonder why the whole world is so prone to generalise. Generalisations are seldom if ever true and are usually utterly inaccurate.”- Agatha Christie, Murder at the Vicarage I had decided to be regular in my writing, but life happens and it's been months since my last post. I was struggling to think of what to write about as currently my mind is all over the place but then it hit me how we humans have this annoying habit of generalizing others and even things. I am guilty of doing this myself but despite not liking it, I have done it one too many times. [I don't own this image, I Googled it]   Some examples of generalisations that I can think of at the moment are: Cats are meaner than dogs. All IT people are hackers. Geeks/Nerds are not good at sports. Everyone is a cynic these days. People who smile the most are the happiest people,    etc. In my opinion (not that it matters, nor anyone asked), some generalisation may have some trut...

Be true to yourself , four simple words with deep rooted meaning. Who am I? Who am I really? These sort of questions I have often asked myself, and sometimes found it rather hard to answer truthfully. Fakeness : in today’s world, this is the new norm. Fake plastered-on smiles, the exaggerated laughs, or the over-the-top bubbly giggling, the sickly sweet or overly macho personalities, the wanna-be's and the posers etc. the list goes on and on. Who are we honestly? Instead of humbling answering this, the majority of us choose to pretend to be someone we believe will be loved and accepted by all. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” - Aristotle The sad thing is no one is innocent. Every single person in today’s world is guilty of pretending to be someone they are not (be it in the past or present). There are numerous reasons why people pretend to be someone they are not like being a victim of negative self-complexity, lack of self-awareness, fear of r...

  “If you are depressed, you are living in the past, if you are anxious, you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.” Lao Tzu I created this image using Copilot AI We humans are very compassionate and helpful creatures by nature. If you need examples, look at whenever disasters have struck, be it natural or man-made .  Most of us go out of our ways to help other living beings, both humans and animals. Even the biggest helper or humanitarian seldom extend the same compassion towards themselves. This is the sad reality of the world we live in. People will take bullets for others but if it is for themselves, they falter  or think they are unworthy to be saved. In my honest opinion (even though no one asked for it), the reason behind this behavioral trait is our extremely impossible self-expectations – expectations that we cannot live up to. I am guilty of the same. I go out of my way to help others out and people judge me by ...

“The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.” Pythagoras Is it just me or does anyone else have the bad tendency of saying yes? Quite few times I have found myself mentally saying ‘no’ but blurting out ‘yes’ and then wondering what happened. How can a two-lettered word, ‘no’, be so difficult to utter out. Since when has it become so important to please everyone that one ends up being grumpy, stressed, and resentful towards oneself? I don’t know about others but my biggest reason for not being able to say ‘no’ was disappointment. I would think if I didn’t say ‘yes’ despite not wanting to do it, I would hurt their feelings, make them upset or come across as arrogant or rude. Just the thought of others thinking negatively of me made me say ‘yes’ whether I wanted to say ‘no’ or not. “ When you say yes to others, make sure  you are not saying no to yourself .” Paulo  Coelho I have met so many people who are struggling wi...

Our thoughts drive our emotions which drive our mood. Emotions and moods have compounding effect on how one view’s the world and oneself. Most of us find it difficult to not get emotionally defensive in a tense situation. Our emotions control our choices and actions – positive or negative. We need to control our emotions and not become a slave to them. Mastering one’s emotions is not a walk in the park and especially not for the faint-heart. It takes a lot of courage, will-power, discipline and letting go of one’s ego. As an empathetic person who feels things deeply, I have learned this lesson the hard way.  Emotional Slave : A person who is a slave to their emotions, usually have a negative and destructive tendency and vibes. They are usually very insulting, angry, and full of aggression especially if they think an argument is going against them. Their biggest fear of losing control or not have others seeing from their point of view. These negative people are usually not in...

Looking back at my last post, it has been almost 3.5 years – can’t believe so much time has passed. Just like majority of the world population, I had disappeared in the robotic routine of this world that I forget why I started writing in the first place. This blog was my way of sharing my life’s journey with you – my fellow earthlings. Thinking maybe someone out there somewhere would find all my blabbering informative and life changing. I would still have been stuck in my routine and blog would have had real spider webs on it, had it not been for a special friend (let’s give her a cool nickname, White Dragon Lady). She, in your own way, pestered me about why I stopped writing, and it got me thinking, why indeed. We all strive for a better life… more money, more fame, more materialistic things that we lose sight of one of the more precious things in this world… being a good human being. “ Be a good human being, a warm hearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belie...