FREE…

They say the world is becoming smaller and the people are coming closer day by day.  Sure, today I can brag about the n number of friends that I have across the globe, but do I really know them? Yet, I spend a whooping hundred and seventy-five rupees every month to keep in touch with people to whom I’m only a green dot i.e a person who is online.
I would like to quote a line from the movie boyhood- Maybe, humans didn’t have the resources to build actual robots, so they decided to convert humans into robots instead. Look around you; people are walking around with their heads buried in their mobile screens, completely unaware of the beauty of their surroundings. The only beauty that captures their eye is the one that are social media upload able.  Every breath, every action, every major decision in their life is based upon the likes they’ll get from these virtual friends, the friends, whose friendship lasts till the battery dies.

So hopelessly attached are we to these gadgets that now we find it difficult to have a conversation that involves directly looking into the eyes of an individual. The only time it is acceptable to look into the eyes is when the front camera is on and you are looking into the eyes of a virtual image that will very soon be uploaded on the walls of a socially accepted media.
The lines of individuality are blurring. Very soon there will be a world where no two people are different. A place where everyone will vie with each other to see which one will be the best. 

I have just one question that I would like to ask- out of these millions of people that u talk to, whom will you call at your time of need? Do you think they’ll spare a minute of their life to listen to what you have to say if you are unhappy? No; they won’t be around during your troubled times, they’ll be around only till you have the power to entertain them.  Because it is that easy, u see, if you can make friends in seconds, it also gives u the power to cut the chord with the same speed.
Now I ask you, to introspect- how many minutes of your precious lives do you spend trying to get an approval from these friends. Every single minute, isn’t it?
Just shut down that phone for a day, and do what you feel like doing. Cry because you feel like crying not because you didn’t get enough likes on face book, laugh with your family, not on a joke that popped up on your screen, click pictures to capture the moment, not because you want to upload it for the world to see, and last but not the least, make time for yourself, because when you don’t weigh yourself down with expectations, only then will you be liberated, you’ll be free.

Love

It is a vicious cycle isn't it? The person you love doesn't love you and you don't love the person who loves you. Why are we always running behind the unattainable? What is it about the forbidden fruit that draws our hearts and minds to it? I've been trying to cipher the meaning of this tendency of humans, but I've failed every time. Having gone through the pangs of unrequited love myself, i know what it feels to be rejected, rebuked and thought of as the one who won't make it big in the field of love. Though i was unable to draw attention and i was practically invisible when presented as a potential partner. I gained a lot of invaluable life skills because of my encounters with these individuals.

The main after effect of falling into an unrequited love affair is constantly fantasizing about a scenario in which you get a Cinderella story ending, where your perfect prince is kneeling before you with the metaphorical glass slipper in his hand. This leads to bouts of forgetfulness, feelings of depression and in general a considerable low self-esteem. But thankfully i was able to take away something fruitful from each of them. I had three, mind you three solid unrequited love affairs. If it is three, that is, in plural, I'm sure it isn't true love. It is just the idea that the Bollywood movies have deeply etched into our brains since childhood, of a tall, handsome hunk coming to life. Sure he seems like the perfect candidate, who'd sweep you off your feet, but is he really the one?
The one who says you are not good enough, just by judging you on your exterior beauty, the one who says yes to someone better looking than you or the one who keeps you on the hook just because he doesn't have the balls to either end it or commit to it?
Which one of them is the perfect partner? None...They were just a face for my fantasy prince. They were never the real deal. The person, who wants to be in your life, will make an effort to do so. He'll know everything about the big and small decisions governing your life. Even if he is busy with his life, he'll spare a few minutes just to know how well you are striving in yours. And last but not the least ladies, when you look in his eyes you'll know that you won't have to be jealous about anyone ever again. Because in his eyes you'll find, a never fading love, admiration and respect just for you.
And when you find that guy, all this hurt, pain and your unrequited love affairs won't matter, because all the wounds will be healed and you'll look back on those days and thank your stars that none of them fell in love with you.
Because if they had, you wouldn't have been able to finish the journey that you started , that led you to this, this beautiful end , that is love.