under blazing sun
lone sweltering traveler
comes blowing cool breeze
.
feel of a cold breeze
sleeping under a fig tree
shaded from sunshine
.
cold water shower
after a day out in heat
a sound of relief
.
heavy clouds gather
after days of summer heat
cool drop falls on cheeks
.
playing small children
suzushi environment
change in the weather
* For Carpe Diem # 218
A different way of seeing yourself… Seeing yourself in a different light- it would definitely show you the inner-most feelings that you’re trying to hide even from yourself. You may not even identify the person you really are. And that is the path where we all fail in loving ourselves- the true ourselves.
I had heard a long time back,
In the days of childhood,
The story of a swamp deer,
Who adored his lovely antlers,
Sitting atop his head.
This was the personality of his,
He really really adored,
But couldn’t see his flexible legs,
Because they were ugly.
He had a false perception of himself,
Which just covered his beauty,
He could no more see his real power,
The power that his legs beheld.
Once going through the forest by the lake,
Admiring the shadow of his lovely antlers,
The swamp deer heard the loud call,
Of the vicious predator wolves.
The voice came from nearby,
And the deer knew this time is so wry,
He started to run away from the voice,
But till then the wolves had got his trail,
And now were now behind their prey.
The swamp deer started running away,
And soon it seemed he had lost the wolves,
All thanks to his long flexible legs,
That gave him the power of running so well.
The swamp deer took a deep breath of relief,
But still in order to save himself,
Made an incentive to hide in the long bushes.
As he entered the bushes, everything went loose,
For his beautiful antlers got stuck in the bushes.
He tried, struggled to get them free,
But there was nothing he could do.
All his struggles were in vain,
And all of a sudden again came the howl.
It seemed as if the prey has been found again,
The swamp deer tried to get himself free,
He struggled even more and more,
And now even cursed God for his beautiful antlers.
The rest of the story goes like as what you can imagine,
The legs at first saved the swamp deer,
But his beautiful antlers brought him death,
For he could not accept himself fully,
He couldn’t know his real power,
That resided in his legs.
Similar is the case of us all,
We get a perception, we love ourselves,
For the image we have of us in our minds,
But the powerful truth resides in our feelings,
Within us, hence, it is time for us to embrace “us”.
Life is the perfect imbalance between what we know is truth and what we hope should have been a truth.
Isn’t it so? Life is about living… Life is about viewing life with your own eyes.
L– Look
I– Instantly
F– For
E– Extraordinary
Who doesn’t want perfection in one’s life? Who doesn’t want that sense of relief in living life in one’s own way? Who doesn’t want their life to be extraordinary?
Every one wants this. And there is nothing wrong about it. Life is about such things only. Life is about perfection… Life is about making life extraordinary.
So many articles, essays and books define the concept of ideal life. But is it of any benefit? No, because every one have in their mind a perception of their own ideal life. One’s ideal life is not similar to the person sitting next to him. So what does that mean? That means the same thing- always look for the extraordinary and achieve your ideal life. It is indeed the most difficult task to do. Why? Because of the habits, because of the life one is continually leading, be it closer to ideal or not ideal at all. Habits are the most difficult things to change. They are like the rust on the iron, which can only be subdued with a new coating on the iron. So what do you need to do? Get that coating of life over the habits of your life. Believe so much in your concept of your ideal life that it becomes difficult for you at any cost to not believe it. This craving for the ideal life… for that extraordinary touch in life must go on against all odds. It is necessary because it is the way to the happiness that is most precious to most beings.
But I ain’t saying that achieving that ideal life would free you of all your sad moments.. bring you eternity of happiness. I never believe so, never would I say so because then the whole concept would be false. A human’s mind when gets one happy moment strives for another happy moment, that too even more happier than the earlier one. That is the reason no one in their right form can ever achieve an eternity of happiness.
Still, something is better than nothing. Isn’t it? Even that ideal life would be ideal for you in the end despite of all happiness and gloominess. Life is about living and achieving that ideal word before it. It is true.. I know that and you will know that as well.
L– Look out
I– Instantly and continuously
F– For that special
E– Extraordinary and ideal life
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