Random Thoughts

With eager eyes, I glanced at the doorway. I was expecting a piece of good news in the mail. Maybe the postman got delayed. I looked at the clock and started pacing. Looking at the gate now and again. Suddenly, the bell rang…. I jumped in excitement as I rushed to open the door. It was like a K3G movie scene. Now I know how Jaya Bachchan ma’am must have felt when Rahul a. k. a. Shahrukh Khan came home. Anyway, I opened the gate and was overjoyed to receive the letter. The letter I was expecting since I dreamed of getting into this field. Proof that I have accomplished my dreams and my hard work has paid off. With happiness and excitement, I opened the mail and all my joys turned into gloom and I became numb; the words reverberating in my ears…. Sorry; we have not selected you. Now, I was all lost, an empty feeling crept inside me, and tears started rolling down my eyes. The only thought my brain could come up with was…. You are not good enough. Today, I am standi...

IF If Life would be just like the dream we have about it… It will lose its charm to surprise If the world will treat you the way you want You will never appreciate the friends you got If I will walk the same path as the other It will give me surety, but I will never explore another If we all keep comparing ourselves with the lives of others, we often forget to see the struggles they have been through.  This might lead to jealousy or ignorance or both. We often assume that life comes easily to others than it comes to us. What we forget is that the same thought can pop in someone else’s mind when they see us. We sure would have not reached where we wanted but how many times we have appreciated ourselves to fight the odds and emerge as winners. We might not feel successful but it might be because we are putting the pedestal too high. We have been through a journey, a story, a life with twists and turns. Put in efforts to reach where you want, but never be d...