quote of the day

Found this one more funny than true but :)

'Everyone can be nice if you give them a chance,
but not everyone deserves a chance.'
- J.M.

family traits

I am very much like my brother,
devoid of patience at times
when I probably need it the most.

bright coloured grey lines

Little boxes of wrong come dressed in cute, sweet-smelling boxes, filled with many logical reasons for their being a great part of your life.

fight and drown or relax and float

Silence between two solid friends is comfortable.
Silence between two on shaky ground is not.
Yet
Discussions about the friendship between two solid friends make it stronger.
Discussions about the friendship between two friends on shaky ground can either make the whole thing better, or if dragged on, can perpetuate the problem.

Problems are bound to arise between people, but the longer a pair of friends take to get over the problem, and the more the problem becomes the focus of their entire friendship, is the more the problem will grow and the actual friendship may be stifled behind all the drama.

It is as if the more one fights for something is the faster the thing will run away and the more exhausted ones feel, and the more one lets it take its course is the better off it will be.

yes, I'm single

It's official that when you hit a certain age range, the stage of your life changes. Gone are the days when your friends are the closest thing ever and you did every daily thing together. Now, people want their own space and they want only certain people in it. For those seeking a family, more often than not, that space is room enough for one. In this stage, solid friendships remain solid when that space is recognized, acknowledged and freely given without tension or pressure. Family is the order of the day.

For the single lot of us, what does all this mean? Today I realized it means I am the person who cares the most about me. I too have a focus on family, but for now that stability is only acquired from the people I grew up with: my parents and siblings. Being single isn't some disease that needs running away from, but it comes with it's own set of challenges. My family, bless their hearts, will still remain the people on the ground to really care on a daily basis till someone else gets the job. That aspect of tribal culture has not really changed after all these years. When we forcibly remove ourselves from their eyes, that basically means we run the show all on our own... a liberating yet sometimes lonely road. I'm somewhere in between both of those. I run the show on my own till I can't really manage, and then go grasping for help... and in real time, that type of dependability can only be expected from my family.

Yes, I'm single. Thanks for the reminder.

facade

I've gotten very good at pretending,
but I would much rather not have to.

multiplied miracles

There were two.
Two became one...
a unified one,
and today, that one
produced one more.

Happy birth day Mikayla!

white noise

You're always there... a part of me, humming in the background.

When everything else is calmed and silent, I hear you
more intense than before
spurring me to feel