Faith!

Faith sees best in the dark!

I am on a spree!

I know you are very gracious!
but please do not make someone's else's
problem as your 'own' and 'steal the thunder'!

people who suffer have the capacity to deal with it.
no need to start the 'stalking' movement over it.

Save your obnoxious opinions for someone who needs it.

I am sorted!


and please do not keep your happiness so dependent on my failures!
because there will come a day when I will get over this, I am worried what will
cheer you up then and what will inspire you to draw?

!

And the person who draws every
intimate detail about your married life
is not a teacher, some things rather not be said! 

Things to remember!

You have developed a stutter. Its debilitating!
It embarrasses you! and the bullies are vicious!

But always remember that bravery resides in every heart
and yours is firece and clear!

And remember when you get knocked down! Get up! Get up!
Because if you listen you will summon the bravery to overcome the stutter,
and you will learn to stand up to bullies!

You will realise that countless people suffer equally or more!
with much less support and much less reason to want to get up!
But they do, they get up, they keep going.......and so must you!

The Scout Guide trip!

When in school, we all went for scout guide picnics.
We spent sometime with different environments, away from our houses.
Did many exercises, activities, work, spent time with our friends, laughed, fought, cried
Cooked food, watched the landscapes around. Lived in dormitories.

We were learning many things on these excursions,
from teachers, fellow students, from the nature. Its not all pleasant, sometimes
we have had fights too. But it all adds up to our experience!

But somewhere among all these things, we tend to miss our house.
may be when in a fight, we think, we would like to go home!
or when we feel a bit uncomfortable in a dormitory,
we remember how our house feels like!

Our life here on Earth is like that scout guide trip! We are here to experience and learn.
from one another, from the surrounding, lessons, that help us grow, and helps our soul growth.
We are here for a brief amount of time! and we will go to our permanent house when we die!
Until then gather all that matters and is important, which makes you a better! and keep moving!

!

1. To survive is to find meaning in the suffering!

2. Waves will come! Learn to swim!

Some illustrations for one of the books...Such 'A DELIGHT' ;P

Humpty Dumpty egg!

As said very wisely, people suffering from PTSD are like the Humpty Dumpty egg. At one point this egg is sitting over the wall singing merrily and next moment its a scrambled mess! I am struggling with PTSD for past 10 years, which I discovered pretty late. So thought of writing about it today.

Post traumatic stress disorder involves anxiety attacks, increased palpitation, eyeballs or pupil dysfunction, sometimes shooting the BP high or low, flashbacks, uncontrollable thoughts about the event, severe headache, recurring fear, nightmares, sometimes sleeplessness, difficulty in breathing in extreme cases blackouts and collapse.

It causes hypervigillence, where in the person becomes overly alert to avoid stressful situations.
It causes behavioural changes which are called ticks. While experiencing the ticks person may experience severe headache. These attacks can last up-to several minutes causing extreme panic and fear! and then they fade. This disorder comes in waves. Ticks tend to reduce with increase meditation and mindfulness practices.

Most of the people suffering from this tend to isolate themselves because these people are unaware when they will get the attack. These attacks are physiologically painful! and in extreme cases people collapse. Are we building an environment where we are not aggravating the anxiety by putting up poisonous content over social media?

Trolling over the internet only fuels this condition. What right do we have to play with people's mental health? If we encounter a problem try asking what is it? Instead of jumping to conclusions.
And writing facebook posts mocking is just downright mean and stupid! We are not high school students who will just bully people, we need to start dealing with the issues like adults and with a sensitivity.

And someone's stress disorder is NOT a sugarcoated myth!

With proper counselling and treatment these people can lead a normal life. Help build a safer internet.

Sure! and you can wear all the 'yellow' things in the world, to spread disinformation about a person's identity, just know that 'what you are wearing is what YOU represent!'

And be rest assured, especially a PTSD sufferer who is a 100 times ALERT about his or her environment is watching your conduct VERY closely. So do not try to fool anyone!
DO NOT force your 'yellowness' to someone else.

People who start wearing 'hints' like these will eventually mess themselves up, because thats the basic thought they have hold on to.

And do not talk about people's sexual orientation as easily as you are giving shallow 'movie review' to your frivolous peers. Have enough maturity before you comment!

I have PTSD!

I have PTSD and I have a thick skin.
Thank God!

:)

What stories do you want to tell?
the ones that are about the social reform?
or the ones about the personal crisis?
or both?

But if you want to live a Rom-Com
you must have the guts to protect it.

Things ALWAYS work out!

Those who move forward with a happy spirit,
will find that, the things ALWAYS work out!

!

(Arranged Marriage) लग्न हा एक आंधळा जुगार आहे. जिंकण्याची उमेद किवा सपशेल हरण्याची तयारी असल्याशिवाय तो खेळू नाही अस म्हणतात.

पण मैत्री ? मैत्री ही करण्याची गोष्ट आहे की होण्याची ? मित्र शोधायचा असतो की सापडतो ? चांगल्या मैत्रीत भ्रमनिरास झाले तरी हरकत नाही. कारण खऱ्या मैत्रीत कितीही वादळ आली, तरी ती भावना मुळात खरी होती याच समाधान संपूर्ण आयुष्य जगायला ही पुरेस असत. बरोबर घालवलेला चांगला काळ हा आयुष्यभराचा दिलासा बनु शकतो.

"आणि कितीही वेगळे असलो तरी आम्ही मित्र झालो।" आणि उद्या आम्ही शत्रुही झालो तरी अनेक मतभेद आमच्यात होतील आणि ते वैधहि असतील। पण ते म्हणतात तस,

In your friend, you should possess your best enemy.
Your heart should feel closest to him, even when you oppose him.

आणि एक दिवस असाही येईल जेव्हा आम्ही एकमेकांना पूर्ण समजू।

May be then, I will have a different colour and a different name.

पण तूर्तास,

When you part from your friend, you grieve not!
for that which you love most in him, may be clearer in his absence,
as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plane and
let there be no purpose in friendship, save the deepening of the spirit.
- Khalil Gibran

"येऊ आपण परत, एकमेकांना ओळखल म्हणजे झाल!"
मित्र शोधायचा असतो, की सापडतो?,
कदाचित तो ओळखायचा असतो!

Woh kehta tha, woh sunti thi 😊

वह कहता था,
वह सुनती थी,
जारी था एक खेल
कहने-सुनने का।

खेल में थी दो पर्चियाँ।
एक में लिखा था *‘कहो’*,
एक में लिखा था *‘सुनो’*।

अब यह नियति थी
या महज़ संयोग?
उसके हाथ लगती रही वही पर्ची
जिस पर लिखा था *‘सुनो’*।

वह सुनती रही।
उसने सुने आदेश।
उसने सुने उपदेश।
बन्दिशें उसके लिए थीं।
उसके लिए थीं वर्जनाएँ।
वह जानती थी,
'कहना-सुनना'
नहीं हैं केवल क्रियाएं।

राजा ने कहा, 'ज़हर पियो'
*वह मीरा हो गई।*

ऋषि ने कहा, 'पत्थर बनो'
*वह अहिल्या हो गई।*

प्रभु ने कहा, 'निकल जाओ'
*वह सीता हो गई।*

चिता से निकली चीख,
किन्हीं कानों ने नहीं सुनी।
*वह सती हो गई।*

घुटती रही उसकी फरियाद,
अटके रहे शब्द,
सिले रहे होंठ,
रुन्धा रहा गला।
उसके हाथ *कभी नहीं लगी वह पर्ची,*
जिस पर लिखा था, *‘कहो'*।


Who are we to compare ourselves with these great women but least we can do is speak our minds even if no one listens, cares. Least we can expect is our shrill voice will help someone to fight their fight, our smile in darkest days shall inspire someone to carry on! Speaking out is a must though! 😊

To what extent one shall listen to the different opinions the surrounding imposes. Never deviate from our truth and our goal. It's a good poem but one shall not forget that one has a mouth to speak and opinion to assert! 

Ek Mulakat - Amrita Pritam!

Illustration for a poem!

Worked on this today!

About today! :)

'You complete me!'

Never say to anyone 'You complete me!'
People can complement you but only you can complete yourself!

Life can do many things to you, you may lose people
so you must be strong enough to walk on your own!

Potential is always bigger than the problem!

Believe that in the dark night of the soul,
the pain is pushing you, until
you get pulled by a larger vision!
A vision that is bigger than the pain!
Potential is always bigger than the problem!

So once you have a purpose when you wake up
every morning and start to walk towards your vision
instead of moving back towards your problems...

That does not mean there won't be any challenges,
we are not praying for a challenge free life,
we are praying that when the challenges come,
may they activate latent potential!

Understanding that pain pushes until vision pulls,
ask what if questions, try to visualize the kind of life you
want to live, begin to talk about it, begin to write it down,
begin to dream about it, talk to the vision!

How to manifest...

I learnt about the manifestation!
Which is 'How to manifest'?
which is establishing intention!

Beginning to see the kind of life you want to live
You have to talk about the manifestations more than
your problems. Because at the end of the day,
if you are complaining, more than talking about your vision.

So a shift takes place when we talk about the possibilities,
more than you talking about your issues. You do not deny the issues!
Bad things happen in life!

But give more of your energy to your vision, than your problems!
So when you start talking about the possibilities, then your energy starts
flowing in that direction!

Start asking the 'what if' question..

'what if everything is working for my good?!'

'what if all the bad things that have happened in my life are leading me
towards activating all my potential?'

'What if God really IS on my side?'

And you will start to notice little, tiny miracles happening in your life!

The stage called 'The dark night of the soul' is leading you towards a new yourself!