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The Greatness of Gratefulness

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I had been so enchanted by the idea of the cosmic numbers that every time I would see 11:11, I would start uttering all the nicest things I have been waiting, working and praying for. You know right? The idea of 11:11 and 3:33- the magical numbers that are a sign that the Universe is listening to you. Now, suppose each time your boyfriend or girlfriend comes to meet you, they start telling you about all the ‘pending things’ that you are supposed to bring them. No appreciation for the ice-cream the other day, no thank you for the happy cinema date, no kisses for the love you keep giving them- no, nothing. Just a trail of ‘things to do’, like Myntra and Flipkart has ‘things to buy’. Applications can work like that, (even they ask for platform fee and good reviews). Relationships don’t. At one time, you would get tired of that ingrate and begin to regret. Mind you, this was just an example. If you think of yourself to be carrying a relationship with the Universe/cosmos/God… (which...

Error 609 Found: Love and Commitment Myths

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 So, someone asked me, what would you choose between love and commitment? And I asked, Does not Love and Commitment go hand in hand? You should never commit to someone; you are not in love with- that is like cheating on to yourself. When you commit to someone you don’t love, who are you fooling other than yourself. When you say that I love you, and I cannot live without you to someone you definitely don’t love and can evidently live without- Who did you fool? We are fools to think that people cheat on others. Committing to someone you do not actually love is the first step to self-betrayal. Everything that you do later is just an add-on cheese to that layer of self-betrayal. However, when you are in love and you are committed. You need to keep loving that person because we don’t make commitments to the other person. A commitment is a promise you made not just to your beloved, but also to yourself. Backing out is like breaking a promise you made to yourself. Once you are com...

10 Negative but Important Vices for Life: Being a Rebel

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 If you cannot rebel. You cannot repel. If you cannot rebel, you cannot repel people who want nothing but the worst of you. I am writing this post on a warm afternoon. It is the first of June, and some people are in their air-conditioned rooms, feeling as uncomfortable as a poor child without food. Does not sound sensible, right? How can the poor child be of any equal to a child in an AC room with a world-class phone and first-class parents? You know, rebellion is seen as a state of character which needs to be subdued, control and better deleted. A hero can be rebellious, but in films or in the house next door. Nobody wants their relative to be rebellious. Nobody wants a person who says a clear NO without any reason to it.  But, not having a reason to say NO and yet saying it is a rare skill. Knowing that you do not like the approach of certain things in life and not minding to have a reason to justify people is needful. Rebellion is needful when the world is mystified to run ...