Disenchanted lives

Our phone buzzes with texts and whats app messages all day
Catching-up and how-are-you-calls far and few in between
When did we start getting lazy about relationships?

We pay huge bills at restaurants knowing we are overpaying
But do not donate not believing if "it will reach the right place"
When did we start misplacing our principles?

We dream of exploring places and seeing people far off
Having no clue of who lives next door...
When did we become more pretentious and less curious?

We were fascinated when one told us they travelled abroad
We now envy the updates and photographs on social networks
When did other's joy start making us feel bad about ourselves?

'Fights' were only in parks playing those fun games
Kins now threaten each other and go to the courts
Why did the fights grow even as issues got pettier?

Life is busier now and times have really changed
We are aware and life goes on, we say...
But how did we let ourselves be indifferent to this change?

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Relationships.....

This one comes after a long time. I blame it all on laziness and lack of time management. Getting sentimental on my relationship with this blog I force myself not to let it feel neglected any more. And I gave it a new look. Simultaneously as I flipped pages of a diary lying on the table, I chanced upon an old piece of paper that reads as follows:

A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?"

The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings and weaknesses or when she does something wrong.

Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you."

We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.

If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.

There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wofe and a deaf husband, because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunateky, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.



Note ends...and so does one of the glorious days when I feel largely blind.....

There is not much time cannot erase......

It can destroy huge mountains, can melt massive glaciers, it can make garlands of strong relationships, it can rust a lustrous metal and a decade old bond….it has the power to heal the gravest wounds…it is, perhaps, the most powerful. Time.

“Leave it on time,” they say. And time does take care of everything. Without any rules though. Things change. People change. Circumstances change….because time changes. There is nothing you can do.

Things will change. People will change. Circumstances will change. Because TIME will change. And it will alter several deifinitions. It will re-define relationships. It will bring with it numerous new experiences and embed the old ones as memories in our hearts. Some will be cherished and some.......better forgotten...

There is nothing time will not touch. It will - fade the best pair of your jeans; darken the silver jewellery you spent hours buying; turn the laptop you brought from your first salary into a piece of wreck; make people forget the recognition you received.....the mirror that shows a young and energetic you, will change show a wrinkled, frowning and tired you.......

But. It will also-- turn the sapling you planted in your garden into a frutiful tree, improve the taste of wine your friend gifted you and the flavour of friendship too, make space for a new pair of jeans in your new cupboard, it will revamp several relationship and bring with it several new suns.......

Happy Living!