Musings

A year ago, when I started blogging I decided to write at least once a month. That would’ve given me 12 posts a year, 24 in two. I thought it would be the right way to go. Now I’m writing after a break of four months. Today, I believe there is no point in writing if its not coming from the inside.   Do you also make predictions about life based on your current beliefs? Or the circumstances you’re presently in? If the answer is yes, then you are like the person I used to be. Throughout my life I’ve projected how things will turn out to be in the future. I’m no less than an amateur prophet with a substandard success ratio. Starting from who’s going to win the world cup to how are situations in life going to turn out, I’ve made ample amount of predictions. While only some of them turned out to be true, most of them were fiascos. I used to have a complete timeline in my head. By X date things would be here. By Y month I would be there and what not. In the process, t...

I always loved parables, especially the ones my grandma told me. She was in better health back then. She didn’t know a lot of stories so I used to listen on a “repeat playlist” mode. Every tale would repeat in a few days but I used to listen ebulliently. The reason for divulging all this is that yesterday I received a text from a friend. It was in response to this, “You always wanted to study elsewhere. Why did you change your plans?” “I made a ridiculous mistake while selecting the preferences in the first counselling round. The seats filled out and I had to settle for this. Now, I am doomed. I wish I wouldn’t have made that mistake. If I was a little careful, things would’ve been different. I am stuck now and this place sucks. What should I do?”, he stated in the reply. My grandma made a similar mistake back in the 60s. She couldn’t get the college she wanted. Kidding ! :P She told me a story which I still remember. Once there was a king who had a very o...

Source :  massimo-group.com I was born in February 1995. By that count I am 22 years of age. But I can assure you that there are times when I am confused like a 10-year old while choosing among flavours and times when I behave like I’m on the wrong side of 40. Till around 9.30 PM yesterday I felt as if I won the war by seizing half of the enemy-empire. Then suddenly blood magic pelted my army and washed away all my dreams. Almost. I pulled it back somehow. Sometimes, when you are coding, even small successes mean “happy ending” for the day. Then, the day’s action shifted to the action in my head, something which I wasn’t so happy about. I found it unsettling. The entire scenario was almost like a personal tragedy. No amount of music, work, video games or watching TV excited me. This had been happening for days. I remember I have always hated this. As I waited for fidgeting to stop, I was thinking, ‘Decisions. Here they come!’. As it is I am such an indecisive person ...

“You look great today.” “I like your style.” “Your smile is contagious.” “You have a great sense of humor.” “Your voice is magnificent.” Whether we accept it or not, all of us are familiar these types of compliments. We may not receive them daily but we ain’t alien to them on special occasions. I recently attended the farewell party at my college and it was certainly a great place to put my recent knowledge of psychology into use. What i realized is that most of us can’t take a compliment and don’t even realize it . Maybe we don’t respect ourselves as being worthy of admiration or we believe refusing a compliment or putting ourselves down makes us seem humble. More often than not, how receptive we are to compliments is a reflection of our self-esteem and deep feelings of self worth. Here are some negative ways in which we respond to compliments. Can you find yourself in the list? “You look awesome in this shirt” 1. Comment History- “Oh, I bought it from New Delhi.”...

“It’s the most amazing feeling in the world,” Nisha said. She never sounded this loud on the phone. Finally, my friend who always ran away from love, was drowned in it. It was hard to believe how  the same person who believed that love is a total waste of time and exists only in movies was admiring it. Cluelessly, I asked, “ What about that ‘Love is shit’ thing you used to say?” “I was an idiot back then,” she said cheerfully. “And now you are not?” “Not at all. I always needed someone I could share my thoughts with. It feels great now.” It seemed like I was talking to the sweeter twin of my evil “love-hater” friend. “Never seen you like this,” I said. “You’ll get it when you fall in love. Gotta go now. Goodbye. Take care.” “You too. Bye.” This isn’t the first time I noticed it. The conviction with which our mind justifies our current situation not only to others but also to ourselves. Apart from my friend, I’ve seen so many people who boast of being single ...