The Past and the Future

isn't it uncanny when the wishes of parents run contrary to their own wishes? (confusing wording of the sentence i would say :P ) or put in a better way, their hopes of seeing their children happy might instead restrict their vision to what 'they' think of as good for their children.

i will give you an illustration. Parent A wants his son to stay at home and manage the family business, he looks forward to being able to guide his son. There's a catch however-

Situation 1:
Let's say the son wants nothing to do with the family business (as of now) and wants to explore some options (conveniently nontraditional options). Now the parents want to see him happy and not make mistakes which he might regret, but hey, if the guy does not 'make' the mistake, won't he keep thinking HIS ENTIRE LIFE about what could have been? The point is that once he has started thinking for himself, he will be having desires, a liking for the uncharted territory. Do you give him the chance?

Situation 2:
To pre-empt the above situation, this time the parents do not give the son exposure to the world outside, keeping him 'domesticated'. Ok the son will be happy, but is it not a trade-off of the potential he had and the knowledge he could have gained outside? More importantly, are the parents keeping their son happy or are they keeping themselves happy?

Their can be no conclusion from this thought but 'freedom'. Never has a cage kept a bird happy. No amount of good food, tender loving care, will be enough to satisfy his curiosity of the world outside. No amount of reasoning that there are predators outside will quell his want for an opportunity to venture outside JUST THIS ONCE.
You have to let go, for his own good.

Killing the art of Poetry - II

Eager minds, bright new faces,
Know nothing about the coming race.
Where colleagues are competitors
Lecturers their accomplices,
Books their weapons and conceit everywhere.

Feeble minds may balk,
Some leaving the job mid-way,
Still some will battle on,
With hopes of going further on.

A few wise old men,
In the midst of all this,
Quietly hold their own and fight,
Not against any enemy but someone within.
They have been through hell and are trying to survive,
Where others have given up and died,
They go on, cherishing unfulfilled dreams,
Unspoken, and secret desires of the heart.

The young don’t know, they don’t care,
There’ll always be people who dare,
This is the way of the world.
Not everyone has to be brash and bold,
In the end, we all are the same,
Is it not, even if we don’t have fame?

Killing the art of Poetry - I

Music is what I hear,
When it should have been silence,
Even when no one is near,
Time immemorial whence

Why, thought I, should I have to think,
Things that should have been out in a blink.

And I remember what brought upon this,
Which reminds me of all the things I miss,
Things go on, they always do.

Everyone meets other people, me and you too,
And so thinking, I get down to rest,
Knowing I’ll never get used to this mess.

fact/fiction undersigned by 'Signature' :P

have heard a lot about the Beatle's LSD experiments and the rousing success its 'by-product' the " Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" received, so decided that i should try a little one of my own, albeit, fueled by a lesser quantitiy of 'Signature'.

missing dear friends is the first emotion i felt, long lost friends resurfaced in the inner recesses. Could-have-been relationships sprung possibilities in my mind (not necessarily the platonic kind, cos i have committed to the girl of my dreams already and there is no other like her), lost friendships, potential business partners and ready benefactors.

for people who know me, please leave a comment if you find anything thought-provoking here, it will be greatly appreciated. Have decided to open up my life gradually from the coccoon i have restricted myself to, and hope it will be for my betterment.

The issue here is about getting out of one's comfort zone. For those not familiar with the term, it means sticking with something you are familiar with, rather than trying out the unknown. Getting out of it is one of the most enlightening experiences you could get. Thought that flock of hair looks cool on you? SHAVE THAT OFF!! My friend Rajoy did it here and i sure would have envied the attention he is getting if i had not already found the girl of my dreams. She is the reason i do what i do, she is the reason i live, and she is everything that makes my life worth living. I call myself an atheist barring the religion that is her. People might call it 'blind' love, i call it a love that does not need eyes to see it, only the heart to feel it. I love her too much.