A Missed Chance

^{A missed opportunity of talking to Almighty Allah}

You know

When you see your bus moving right past you

When a train is missed

When you lose your ticket and the flight takes off

That ache of longing That pain of yearning That comes from missing a chance of talking to your Best Friend

For a while you lose everything

The peace that holds you together

The strength that binds your being

Then you find another chance

That comes like an old friend

Like the cool breeze before the rain

Like a soothing reassurance

Then comes down the rain

That embraces you with open arms and a kind heart

It listens patiently Without judging And then everything morphs into ONE

From falling rain to dropping tears

Then

Tranquility befalls

In the lap of the aching heart

In that moment

The bond is mended

and

The Oath is renewed

and

The Friendship gets stronger than ever

But

I still cry over this missed chance to pour my heart to you

A missed opportunity of talking to You about me and everything I had, I have and I will ever have

From everything that You love to the ones I do.

The hope remains Till we meet again In another realm.

Super Powers

Aiming for perfection is the most imperfect concept there could ever be. Perfection is an illusion, an unattainable dream, a mirage. Nothing is perfect in this imperfect world and no one is without their inherent flaws.

You, Me, each of us is however perfectly crafted with the thread of our flaws, intricately woven into the fabric of imperfection, etched with the seal of uniqueness, painted with the distinct colors of individuality. Why then we want to be perfect.

Perfection is boring. It’s not playful. It has no room for improvement. Your perfection will have no room for my imperfect presence. My perfection will not be willing to accommodate your deficiencies. So, why then we aim for such a heartless trait in a world which is itself imperfect in it’s being; to the core.

Perfection is more relative than absolute. You are already enough for your own self and for the world and for those who know your value. You are perfect for me and I am imperfect for the world. Just like everyone else is imperfect for me and I am perfect for you.

Given the right circumstances people have this super power to turn their imperfections into beautiful amalgamations of strength and courage like abstract art, so random yet so deep in detail.

Let’s own our imperfections as lessons learnt over the journey of life. Let’s embrace our scars like medals of our honor won while fighting for life. Let’s love our shortcomings as stepping stones to becoming a better person not a perfect one; every second of our mortal lives.

We all have been hurt and broken. Let the care and love shine through the cracks of our souls. Let us mend ourselves not through our struggle for perfection but through our effort for empathy.

Our fears are our strength.

Our flaws are our super powers.

My super power is that I am emotional and sentimental. I think and care and I care too much about little things. I care about You, Me and Us. I care about the pains of the past, worries of the present and joys of the future. Do they sound like flaws. They surely are. But when we acknowledge our flaws they no longer remain our shortcomings, they become our super powers. We have the authority and free will of kindness and love.

And who else is more deserving of our kindness and love than our own selves.

So, embrace your imperfect being with kindness, love and empathy. Don’t strive for something that is unachievable and unworthy.

So, here to our imperfections, may we keep embracing them today, tomorrow and always and may we keep loving Us despite of our imperfections.

Real Imaginations

Some scars are deep seated in your heart and deep rooted in your soul
They dim the light of the bliss and blessings you receive
The heart doesn’t know how to numb the pain
The mind hasn’t the clue how to escape this ache

Time doesn’t heal always and every scar

But does love, care and support do?
May be when they overweigh the plight of agony
Sometimes
You just want to escape
Ignore the world around you

Hoping what really is, doesn’t exist, hasn’t happened, isn’t experienced

You want to step into a world of possibilities
Which isn’t real but is dear
But life switches between reality and imagination

Hoping one day the reality will be as beautiful as the imagination held dear to the heart.

YOU

You
Ask me

What is my strength.

“You”.

A Thousand Languages

Love speaks a thousand languages and so does care, respect and support. It speaks as loudly as those three words we have been associating with it since ages and it is as subtle as a simple ‘Take Care’ gesture.

Love lacking care is a mere hoax. Care without respect is a false hope. Respect without support is worthless.

‘Take Care’, ‘Have a break’, ‘Have lunch on time’, ‘Drive safe’, are the languages of love shrouded in care.

‘I have got your back’, ‘I am with you’, ‘I support you’, are the languages of care cloaked as support.

‘I understand you’, ‘I am listening’, ‘I am here for you’, are the forms of respect disguised as love.

Love is perhaps the most misinterpreted feeling on the face of this earth.

It is boundless and yet confined in color, race, creed and gender.

It is liberating yet it is curbed with the norms of the society and limits of perception. Limiting it is like trying to tame the storm and confine the oceans. It encompasses everyone; from man to Almighty and connects them both. Love takes many forms, shapes and hues. It starts with a simple, innocent, oblivious infatuation for someone and concludes with a lifetime contract of care, respect and support. It begins with a simple urge of understanding and reaches the ultimate devoted submission to Almighty.

So, let love be a verb and practice it with care, showing respect to support your near and dear ones; and let it not just be a noun to keep it as a souvenir on the mantelpiece of your heart.

Soul Goals

You, me, all of us; are specks of amazement and streaks of wonder, boxed in finite beings as infinite souls. We are much much more than just beings.

We are a universe in ourselves.

Then how can this universe be so meager and minute, so limited and finite. With limitless desires of the heart and endless beliefs in the mind how we can limit ourselves to mere existences.

The mysteries of the soul are beyond the comprehension of this world.

Soul is never satisfied with worldly gains and materialistic possessions. The most difficult task in life is to quench the thirst of the soul. It desires quality over quantity, it wishes tranquility over clatter, it needs peace more than hustle, it wants to declutter rather than hoard and it aims to listen rather than speak. Still it expresses itself in strange unusual ways; a word of prayer for something, a gesture of tender loving care for someone, a sense of belonging to some place. The soul dwells in the past, present and the future all at once.

Soul is both boundless and rebellious.

You can’t confine it within the physical boundaries of time and place. The soul craves a passion adorned with love, crafted with care and protected with prayers. Be it a person, a place, or a feel.

The goals of the soul are the friend of the self and enemy of the ego.

The goals of the soul open up new dimensions in a world never seen before. The goal that doesn’t bring the being closer to the Almighty is not meant for the soul. Sometimes you find yourself and befriend your soul so early so easily and sometimes it takes up your whole life and energy. Sometimes you find yourself in the world around, sometimes in someone’s prayers and sometimes this remains a never-ending journey. A journey that is unable to reach its destination. You know what the biggest blessing in life is, it is to find pieces of yourself in someone else, to see yourself through someone else’s eyes, to discover the hidden treasures of your being with someone’s help. So when you see someone, when I meet you and you find me let the souls be acquainted with each other and meet yourself through one another.

Find yourself in others and with others.

The Blessings of Ease

We, in our lives are always going through tough times, facing difficulties, dealing with heart breaks, conquering battles and trying to overcome our fears. The only thing the heart desires and the mind craves to face life is a little EASE.

A little cloud of Ease on a hot hard day of life can do wonders.

The Ease that the Almighty kindles among hearts.

The Ease which grows among two friends, souls and companions is one of the most wonderfully beautiful blessings of Almighty.

How comfortable you are in someone’s company. With how much Ease you can share anything with someone. The Ease is what makes friendships greater and relationships rewarding.

The Ease, which by Almighty’s will is shared by humans amongst themselves makes the world go.

Don’t underestimate the rewarding potential of bringing a little Ease in someone’s life.

When you help some, support someone’s decisions, share someone’s burden, avoid being judgmental, listen to other’s untold stories, do a chore for someone, offer a shoulder to cry on, lean a hand to lift someone or just share a smile… it brings a multitude of comfort and creates a mound of ease that cures a myriad of pains. This Ease will always come back to you in strange beautiful ways. The Ease you bring in someone’s life today will surely be rewarded to you one day or the other, one way or the other.

If you can bring about ease, don’t lose this opportunity.

If someone brings you ease, don’t lose them.

Beware!

Beware of the red flags. For professional world has its own intricacies.

So, beware of the dips in morality, the crevices in integrity and the cracks in character. A slight discomfort felt due to a change in attitude, a shift in manner are the telltale signs of an upcoming storm.

Aggressive undue pressure, intimidation, mean demeanor, an obstruction in opportunities, exploitation of authority, discrediting achievements, personal compliments, lack of acknowledgement, isolating the wright doers, taking side of the oppressor, snatching of rights, threatening, discrimination…. are rarely identified and accepted as Harassment.

A gut feeling and a sixth sense are stronger than any observational or experimental tools. Don’t ignore when the world tries to show you the signs.

Stand up, ask around, speak up.

Don’t be on the side of the oppressor on account of the status, power, authority and position. Don’t discredit the oppressed for the lack of same traits.

Everyone who steps into the professional world observes or experiences this no matter what the position he/she holds, whether you are an intern or an executive. Be mindful of your words and actions for they must not make a simple situation an uncomfortable one for someone.

The Journey of Decisions

The path of life is all intertwined with decisions, no matter how small or how big. We are defined by the decisions we make and sometimes the decisions we refuse to make. You, Me, each one of Us are confounded by the enormity of life’s decisions day in and day out.

The decision You will take today will change the course of My life forever.

The decision I might not take will open some doors for someone and close a few for someone else. We are not only responsible for our own lives but for the lives of others as well. But, we have to fight the battles of life alone and no one can exactly feel the pain and pleasure of what we go through, except us. Through our decisions we can make a heaven out of hell and a hell out of heaven for ourselves and others.

All our life we fear taking decisions, dreading what the future might hold for us.

Choosing a field, starting a new job, beginning a new phase of your life, moving to a new city or a country; all beginnings are humbly perplexing and modestly mystifying. The anonymity of the unseen future confuses us all. Similarly, leaving your hometown, quitting your job, severing ties with someone, all endings are arduously baffling too.

In the Journey of Decisions either we lose ourselves or someone we care about.

All our lives we have to take decisions for the sake of others and in this process our own happiness is lost somewhere along the way. Don’t kill your soul to keep others’ desires alive. Find a path that leads to your heart without ruining the dreams of your near and dear ones. This is not always easy. But this is not impossible too. Don’t choose a field you are not passionate about. Don’t settle for a job you are not satisfied with. Don’t commit for a lifetime with someone you are not compatible with. The burden of a bad decision is too much to handle and that too for a lifetime.

But then, how do we get the courage to choose someone and something over and above everyone and everything else.

How can we not harm ourselves and others in this profound journey? Its only through Compassion and Kindness, that we can make this process less painful and more satisfying for all of us. The honesty of the heart, the clarity of the mind and the purity of the soul must lead the way. Whenever you meet with an opportunity to make a decision for your own self, do it so with the tender loving care of a true friend. Leave the regret of the past, mistakes of the present and fear of the future behind you. Do it with all your might. Do it with all your heart with a knowing beat that you are doing the best with what is within your capacity and you are hoping for the best of Almighty’s kindest decision for you. Don’t let the fear of people stop you from choosing and deciding what is best for you. Because no one is ever going to live with the outcome of your decisions other than you. So be kind to yourself and decide whatever brings you peace of mind and contentment of the heart.

If you are blessed with the rare opportunity to make life decisions for someone else, choose compassion over indifference. Bring comfort in others’ lives. Listen without anything being said. Make others life easier with your decisions.

The complexity and the obscurity our decisions might bring is not easy to grasp. But, through faith and perseverance we do what is within our limited capacity. So, don’t lose faith in the hope of a blessed future and put the foundation of your decisions on Almighty’s promise of ease with every hardship.

Happy Decision Making in the Journey of Life!

Little Miracles

A hope rekindled, an old friend reunited, a precious wish granted, a little help received, an unexpected compliment cherished, a kind word spoken….. We all have the good fortune of receiving these little bundles of joy once in a while, that have the amazing healing power that of a Little Miracle. These Little Miracles have the amazing ability to turn a mundane life into a little fairy tale but, one day at a time.

Often, we lose the spark of hope and get into the deep caverns of despair. Too often we are too concerned about the departed past and fear the future, that is not even promised.

But, all it takes is a little fate and a lot of faith to turn things around.

When you wish the best for others you get the best in return although not through the same person or source. Life has its own strange ways of granting you what you need but not what you might have wished for. The veil lifts and it lifts gradually and ultimately. Then you see the light illuminating your way just like you first wished and wanted. There’s a time for everything.

Each moment that we spend is carefully orchestrated by Divine guidance.

When we least expect, life turns around for the better; foes turn into friends, acquaintances into dear ones, autumn into spring, despair into bliss.

Its only hope that keeps us alive and faith that keeps us going.

Greatest blessings in life are meant for a few but the little pleasures are destined for each one of us. It’s for us to recognize these Little Miracles happening within and all around us. No amount of money, possessions, success or fame can compete with a little touch of happiness that you get from helping someone, connecting with an old friend, sipping coffee, walking in rain, seeing flowers blossoming, listing to the chirping of birds, speaking your heart out. These Little Miracles are like a speck of cloud on a hot summer day.

There’s no deficiency of little amazing pleasures in our lives.

We need to find our passion and our people and must hold them close to the heart no matter what the world says and does.

Never let go of that zeal, that fire that pushes you to feel more and do more, to be immensely happy without the established norms this world has devised for us. This is who you are this is what you are. This is your spark and this is your stimulus. Don’t let go of those people who motivate you and encourage you and who don’t let you break and who mend you when you are broken.

These are your people. They are your tribe, your clan.

They are your reasons of living amidst all the chaos of your imperfect job, daily chores, hurting relations and a hard earned life. Let not the regret of not pursuing your passion, not getting in touch with your people haunt you.