Thought for the day

"People who have the capacity to weather many storms are the ones who are oft-tested by destiny"

Enlightenment!

Enlightenment is best, when it is shared.....even when it is with the invisible or non-existent reader....

Pardon me for these incessant ramblings, but I am reluctant to let go, especially since I have found my voice after a very long time :) Hence I take the liberty to share my "enlightenment"

Time travelling......

I was reading "Eat, Pray, Love" and stumbled upon these lines, which made me travel back in time.

"David's sudden emotional back-stepping probably would've been a catastrophe for me even under the best of circumstances, given that I am the planet's most affectionate life-form (something like a cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle), but this was my very worst of circumstances. I was more despondent and dependent, needing more care than an armful of premature infant of triplets. His withdrawal only made me more needy, and my neediness only advanced his withdrawals..."

Sometimes in life, when you go through bereavement/loss/misery/emotional upheaval, it almost gives you a sense of misplaced superiority; emotionally you isolate yourself from the so-called "lesser morals", blindly believing that they haven't experienced your quantum of pain. After all my emotional loss is more than your job woes, right?

Reading these lines was not only cathartic by finding resonance in someone's pain, but also greatly humbling; It taught me that on many occasions we attach a lot of importance to our own misery, by quickly discounting someone's pain. This not only leads us to revel and wallow more in self-pity, but also isolates us from many others, in whose experiences we might find our own answers.

Men are from Mars and women.....well we're still trying to figure that one out!

Women are silly creatures (a good amount of offense meant!)....they look for a reason/a pattern in everything....even though most of their behavior can never be explained with good reason...I might offend my fellow Venetians with this insight, but it's always better to be self-deprecating and accept it graciously, than be slapped on that face with facts :)