Showing posts with label Friendship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friendship. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 August 2019

Choices


How much we suppress ourselves because the people around us get used to a set image of us! It is really incredible, isn't it? And you automatically match that image because it is "expected" of you. But YOU may not get the same from others. When you conform, you have to continue to conform, or run the risk of heavy criticism and build a steel armor for yourself for it.
I had to share this post because I do believe we shy away from growing because it means change and too many boats can get rocked. The choice may not be easy, but to grow is the purpose of the soul and why it has come here in the first place. Actually, therefore, there IS no choice.
Surekha Kothari

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Tuesday, 12 February 2019

The quality of the gifts


"Can love be measured by the hours in the day?" This line from the song from the movie "Love Story" is one of the most beautiful lines I have heard. Can love be measured, period? What is its measure, in any relationship?
Is it the amount of time spent together? Is it the number of gifts exchanged the quality of the gifts? Maybe, branded gifts as a measure of love? Or, daily calls? ... I don't know. All these seem to be very important today.
I wonder if empty hands but a heart full of love would suffice? Would it show in the warmth of affection in my eyes? In my smile that lights up my face? In my bear hug greeting in my travelling miles to be with someone on a special day. In the pain I feel ....or if my day starts and ends with someone.
I wonder at how people judge you and consider you fit for their friendship or love. What would be that criteria?
I wonder how people measure love in its many forms. How many forms do they see? How many are they able to see? And how do they interpret what they see.
I wonder.......all the time.... why there is no common benchmark for love which can sustain the peace and togetherness on this earth.
Surekha Kothari

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