Bits of my heart 2020

In the cool wind of the morning, I still my feet to stop the sound of boots. The only sign of my living, being my breath, breathe in breathe out, thankfully the rythym continues. I have heard, and made a lot of cacophony with sticks, drums and harsh words. This cool morning I wish none of those , just profound silence, as if to compensate the noise of civilization. Have you been in a forest , far from the city, have you immersed yourself with sounds nature made and found the difference. The rythym of creation, so different from that of civilization. If man had given ear to these sounds, maybe just maybe, his destructive creation would have lost its teeth, and the bite would be softer on the earth and environment as a whole. He might have realized that all the glitter and massive structures he is making is only, in fact a bigger hole to bury the whole of mankind.

 To see beyond seeing, to seek beyond seeking. To feel beyond the self which has boundaries of ego and pride. To love as natural as breathing without effort or force. Treating good and bad situations as stepping stones to go further in Life. To gather friends like precious stones, and shed enemies like falling autumn leaves. To be the flow in the river and wind, the energy in the crowd. Be the cause of the smile on a stranger's lip, twinkle in a child's eye. Seek God in every action rather than a place of worship. For he is in every action and word you utter, the life force that keeps you alive. If you see him in every deed you will not harm  self or another. If all this is done a better human you will be.

 In these troubled covideyan times when a sure cure is still a dream. Scientist and doctors baffled by this tiny minuscule. I pray that some of the old sayings still stand the test of time. One being "this too shall pass". The other,  when a pendulum swings too far in one direction it always corrects itself in time. With these sayings I pass my day seeing anxiety in the eyes of masked faces during my morning walk. Lipstick sales are low, and so too makeup kits, for half covered faces ask not for these. Living in a world shaped in such a manner that it cannot be turned upside down, yet for once things seem topsy turvy. Yet one thing called hope which asks for nothing but a little fate peeps from yonder reminding us a rainbow however far it arc's bends earthwards in the end.

 Judge others as you would wish to be judged remember ever coin has another side. Every fallen leaf, a story to tell, judge them not till you hear their tale. Today it's them, tomorrow you might wear those shoes in worse conditions than thought can surmise. When we judge in haste or are judged by others, we spend sleepless nights filled with endless dreams. Let us keep the unsaid promise, and pass no judgement but instead accept with open heart all around us without a second thought. All are gods children it takes more than one color to make the rainbow what it is.

  As I shut my eyes, the world disappears, as my lids open reappear. Is  existence an illusion or is it something in my mind. Tomorrow is a mystery, yet to begin, yesterday history that might be written. Faltering footsteps we take into the unknown fear of losing ground makes us hurry along. New paths we take untouched by human foot driven by curiosity of what's in store on far off shores. Existence is an unproved illusion

 Trying to make a living, we forget the essence of life. Have you tried to fall asleep, and found it hard when you do fall asleep, it's natural and needs no effort from you. While traveling, we use the fastest means to get from point A to B. We forget that the whole fun lies, in the journey and not the destination. Fly from kanyakumari to kashmiri, in a few hours same journey take ten days or a fortnight. The enjoyment is so profound, when you savior each step of the way. Life too is such a journey, savior every moment, don't gulp life, sip it like a wine taster sip by sip. Do this all hardships will be forgotten in the profound aftertaste.

  I have put more burden than an ox can bear, the many blows I've delt breaking you and then stitching you together, with medicine and hospital care. My greed has made you beat ten times faster than you are ment to. Even the rest and pleasures I take are a pain for you. Inspite of all this and more, you have done all you could without missing a beat. Even when you cried out in pain to just slow down the pace I gave a deaf ear to your feeble requests. Today all that I can say, is a sorry for all the foolish acts of mine. Dear heart forgive me my follies if life does give me a chance I will care for you and make-up for all the beats you have painfully delivered to keep my body and soul together.