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Create with the heart; build with the mind!

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  Best time to reconnect with yourself is right now I personally find that creating things is a one-way ticket to happiness, peace and calm amidst the chaos. It helps you slow down and relax, irrespective of the situation you might find yourself in. The time spent in doing such activities is another easier way of taking a break from your devices. Another form of meditation which is the need of the hour in this world.

Finding the Calm in Chaos

 

A letter to the person who broke me

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What’s it like to be hurt so bad that it totally changes your outlook – And I am not talking about the suddenly blossomed grey hairs, hmmm... wait a minute -  towards life. If unfortunately your go-to answer is YES, , please go-ahead and rummage through the whole of it. If fortunately your answer is NO, please go-ahead and rummage through the whole of it.  Sometimes life doesn’t give you any choices as I did now. Why? I’ll let you know at the end. So rummage on. I recently had a bout of infection which restricted my mind and soul into quarantine. A room with myself, my thoughts, and my coughing-wheezing body is enough to get all sort of shenanigans running amok in anybody’s mind, I tell you. From scraping and sanitizing every inch of the surface, to tracking down every neuron and  christening it in  my  head,  I’ve  visited  everywhere and then some in those 2 weeks (because that’s all where you can go!). I was trying so hard to stay away from the NEWS and bad thoughts that I kept re

Novel Thoughts # 4

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Riddle Time

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  I will cover nothing but everything I am of no help, yet I can save everybody I am the enemy of verity And a friend of sham With a face of a savior and a heart of a demon A habit hard to resist I may be easily concealed But the fear of exposure will linger on. Who am I?

Breaking out of a loop

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  What do you understand by physical loops? A circular place or thing that connects the beginning and its end and can go on and on. But what do we mean by mental loops? Let’s see if I can explain myself with an example. I pick up a book and read it for a while, then I switch to look at my mobile, then I switch to look from one app to another. I switch to my book again and there goes the cycle. Have you ever been in such a situation? I am confused as to what kind of a behavior is this. It is really frustrating to watch myself get stuck in such loops. And bam! There goes my hour which was supposed to be fruitful. All this builds up a lot of tension and stress. Right now, I’m just going to go take a short walk to the kitchen to have a glass of water and see if it breaks this loop. Well, I sat in a different spot, had water and a very short conversation with myself. Almost like a pep talk before I resume penning my thoughts. I did some light breathing exercises to calm my anxiety. I plug