As the day approaches, a strange feeling erupts. You can feel fear running through your veins. You know you have prepared for an entire year for an exam, and after all, it is just an examination, yet you think of the worst-case scenario. When we invest everything in something, we desperately want it to work out. In the last days, you immerse yourself in revision so that you don't miss anything. But even in a moment of relaxation, you realise your mind is occupied by a lot of ifs and buts. You don’t want them to bring your morale down, but they don’t leave your mind. You want things to go in your favour, not like previous attempts. You want to break free from this cycle, happily this time. The dormancy must end; it is time to germinate. A single sheet of paper doesn’t decide your future. But it does create a question mark over your preparation. Everybody just sees the result. Nobody cares what you have gone through. Your room becomes a place of solitude, reflection, and silent str...
I see people abandoning others because they are too attached. The epitome of attachment is almost detachment. We are taught that nothing is permanent. Attachment is said to make us weak and dependent, but does it really? So, we begin to see everything through these manufactured perceptions. When we find ourselves growing close to someone, we become alert. We start to fear being abandoned. We begin to calculate every possibility. Yet what we often arrive at is a sense of impossibility. And so, before someone can abandon us, we choose to abandon them first. We become despotic in our relationships. A famous quote says, "I loved a flower so much that, instead of plucking it, I left it alone." In the face of every impossibility, we forget that some possibilities still exist in the present moment. The heart beats only in this moment. We breathe only in this moment. The day will come when things find their own way forward. Until then, why should we be in such a hurry to direct th...