Don't let the wrong things trick you into believing that they're the right things when the right things are moving slower than expected. Remember that right things always fit naturally, you needn't force them.

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A new year gives me the leverage to come up with some new ways to fuck the same things up. It's not that the old ones come with only one year validity; it's just that I get bored with everything and everyone way too easily. Plus it hands me a brand new opportunity to be creative. In what universe was I going to turn a blind eye to that?

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Being okay with being misunderstood is a superpower. If you think about it, it's massive. Consider it a gift, a rare gift that only a few get to cherish.

It removes your need for any kind of human emotional support once and for all. You don't need a pat on your shoulder when you fail in a test. You don't need an assuring speech when you struggle in your professional life. You don't need a weekend gateway with your friends when you suffer in your personal life.

You don't rely on any human being to make you feel the way you want to feel. Because you feel it already. Because you now know how it works.

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Sometimes you watch a much talked-about film and don't relate it with your worldly knowledge. Five years later you decide to re-watch it. And bam! Out of nowhere, you manage to relate, you understand what the film wanted you to understand five years back. You didn't, then. But you do now. You may not still like the film or get hooked to it, but at least you get the message. But what changed? It's simple though; you did, your level of maturity did, your way of thinking did, your mindset did, your level of acceptance did. The funny thing is that the film didn't do anything different to what it did in the past. It just met a different version of you. I guess it's the same thing when it comes to the people you meet in your life. Sometimes you don't understand what they said or why they behaved in a certain way. But as you grow psychologically, you seem to understand the whats and the whys. It doesn't necessarily say anything bad about you or the others. It just speaks volumes of what maturity can do to you.

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You would never know
What keeps you afloat
If you're too delicate to
Pull out of the sinking boat.

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I can comfortably say that I'm a loner. And I don't say this in "Being a loner sucks" manner. In fact I say this in "I've got used to being a loner and it's empowering" manner. Sure, there are hiccups in the way. Sometimes I do wonder what would have happened if I turned out to be someone else. And don't get me wrong; I don't dislike being a part of a team, or hang out with someone. It's just that most of the times, I like to be on my own. I don't like sharing this personal space with anyone. I understand that it's impossible to live without any forms of human connection but I prefer to keep that to a bare minimum. To be absolutely honest, there's no one single explanation to why I am what I am. But all I can say that, over the years, I have come to a realisation that I'd rather be alone and regret for not having made more human connections than be known to know a lot of people and regret for not having invested my time and energy on myself enough. And it's been a journey. It's not like one fine morning I woke up and decided to be a loner. It's been a gradual transition and I wouldn't trade this experience for any-fucking-thing.

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When you do as you're told,
You betray what you believe;
When you don't focus on yourself,
You provide more than you receive.

When you choose your happiness,
You discover yourself in the process;
When you do what's best for you,
You get a head start in the race.

When you're stuck in the past,
You surround yourself with vice;
When you ignore your toxic traits,
You make yourself pay a hefty price.

When you confront your bloody fears,
You manage to rise above the gutter;
When you filter out the distractions
You focus only on the things that matter.

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You don't really realise what loneliness feels like when there's no one in sight to share your thoughts and feelings with. You realise it when there are a lot of people around you but there's no one who you feel comfortable sharing your thoughts and feelings with.

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Sometimes there's no one to blame for your failure. Sometimes there's no lesson that needs to be learnt. You need to know that there's no hidden agenda of the universe to put you back on track.

Sometimes you just fuck up. Accept that and move on. Don't be an arrogant ass about it. Don't fuck up again by not accepting that you fucked up in the first place.

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Your hurt may be beyond repair. You may be incurable. Your loss may be irrecoverable.

But your dreams are never not worth fighting for. You are never untreatable. You are never too broken to be tried to fix.

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