Saturday, June 6, 2009
My dad returned from India, after six months. Kinda missed him a lot during that period. And it was after so long that i had a ride on his motorbike. Yahoo! It was like a monkey gone wild. The wind beating against my face and that sense of pride that my dad is someone respected and well-known. Haha.
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
I don't know whether these are the exact words, but it's an extract from the book "The Alchemist". I dunno how far this is true. But for some reason i believe in it. And have many experiences to back it up.
At the same time, what if that something you want is not something that is gonna benefit you at all? For example, you want to end your life because you are super depressed. Is the universe gonna help you in achieving it?
In the end, afterall, it is you who would have to make the decision of what you want? It's you who decides whether you want it? How much you want it? It is of course not an easy decision at all. If you notice, the longer u take and the harder you think to decide, the bigger the turn/the greater the impact the decision has on your life.
Sometimes, things just don't seem to happen the way we want them to. Is it the doing of the universe? But why would the universe do something that's against our desire? To make us suffer?
Or is there a reason behind the each and every happening that occurs in our life? We may tend not to recognise these reasonings. But somewhere down the road, something will tell us that this particular event has some link to what you are going through now. Not many of us know that and sometimes we just tend to think "What has to happen has to happen". We leave that saying dangling in mid-air, not bothering to continue it - "What has to happen has to happen and they happen for a reason and the reason is something that supposedly brings benefits to us.". So now u see the link for all that suffering you go through at someday of your life?
I used to think "What has to happen has to happen". But i came to understand that what happens is because of a single decision we take (decision). That decision we take is because we have a reason for taking it. However, if that decision doesn't seem to bring benefit for us (failure) but just plain sorrow, that whole decision and failure 'process' (if that's the right word) is the "what has to happen" part of life.
I know it's pretty much confusing. Damn confusing. But, that's where the truth lies. I mean, sometimes things just aren't read on the surface level. You have to read in between the lines. And as much as it's not easy to do that, that's the amount of enjoyment/fulfillment you get at the end of the process of reading in between the lines. Life has it's own codes. It's up to us - how fast we want to decipher it or how much of it we want to decipher and how much of it we choose to ignore.
I just dunno why. I just have gotta say this. I know that i won't around forever. But for that period of time that i'm around, i prefer to be someone recognised as a joker, motivater, entertainer, educator and most importantly, BROTHER (interestingly, it ends with a '-er- too).
Where the past becomes the future,
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
I don't know whether these are the exact words, but it's an extract from the book "The Alchemist". I dunno how far this is true. But for some reason i believe in it. And have many experiences to back it up.
At the same time, what if that something you want is not something that is gonna benefit you at all? For example, you want to end your life because you are super depressed. Is the universe gonna help you in achieving it?
In the end, afterall, it is you who would have to make the decision of what you want? It's you who decides whether you want it? How much you want it? It is of course not an easy decision at all. If you notice, the longer u take and the harder you think to decide, the bigger the turn/the greater the impact the decision has on your life.
Sometimes, things just don't seem to happen the way we want them to. Is it the doing of the universe? But why would the universe do something that's against our desire? To make us suffer?
Or is there a reason behind the each and every happening that occurs in our life? We may tend not to recognise these reasonings. But somewhere down the road, something will tell us that this particular event has some link to what you are going through now. Not many of us know that and sometimes we just tend to think "What has to happen has to happen". We leave that saying dangling in mid-air, not bothering to continue it - "What has to happen has to happen and they happen for a reason and the reason is something that supposedly brings benefits to us.". So now u see the link for all that suffering you go through at someday of your life?
I used to think "What has to happen has to happen". But i came to understand that what happens is because of a single decision we take (decision). That decision we take is because we have a reason for taking it. However, if that decision doesn't seem to bring benefit for us (failure) but just plain sorrow, that whole decision and failure 'process' (if that's the right word) is the "what has to happen" part of life.
I know it's pretty much confusing. Damn confusing. But, that's where the truth lies. I mean, sometimes things just aren't read on the surface level. You have to read in between the lines. And as much as it's not easy to do that, that's the amount of enjoyment/fulfillment you get at the end of the process of reading in between the lines. Life has it's own codes. It's up to us - how fast we want to decipher it or how much of it we want to decipher and how much of it we choose to ignore.
I just dunno why. I just have gotta say this. I know that i won't around forever. But for that period of time that i'm around, i prefer to be someone recognised as a joker, motivater, entertainer, educator and most importantly, BROTHER (interestingly, it ends with a '-er- too).
I just wanna hide in that 18th corner that i see,
scream out loud for 18 seconds,
run past 18 people,
walk 18 steps away from the sea,
count 18 seashells on the shore,
be alone for 18 minutes,
see the moon for 18 breaths,
counting 18 bright stars,
making 18 innocent decisions,
eventually forgetting all about being 18.
Where the past becomes the future,
RaghaBoi
¶ 10:30 PM
