INTOXICATED BY LIFE

I have been given a life by God. He has given it to me for my soul to learn and grow through life's journey. I should realise and cherish my growth. I have been given this life to observe, accept and learn from the instances which form the path through which I am growing. To experience earthly, as well as spiritual bliss. Now, 21 years of my life has gone by. A long way with many twists and turns have shaped the person I am today. All of a sudden, if I start concentrating only on a person and his happiness and our intimacy, what happens to my precious life?? If I devote all my energy into understanding him and his whole life, I do things with the single intention of making him happy, what happens to me?? My growth comes to a standstill. My life becomes stagnated, and it slowly begins to stink (I like the pun ;D). The beautiful flower of growth in me eventually withers away as I no longer pay attention to it. "You are my life", "My life is yours", "Ou...

"Be yourself". This is something that you get to hear very often. But, have you ever been sure of what is "yourself"? I do not think I can give one set definition to who I am. There isn't just one person residing in me, I am many people . The person I am when I am alone is very different from the person I am with my friends, which again is different from the professional me...etc. It is like I have a whole set of behavioral and psychological buttons in me that go on and off in sets as per the change in social scenario. I feel this is very natural with everyone. If you sit back and look at yourself, I am sure you will agree. But in the rat race, people don't find time (or simply don't want to spend time) analysing and observing themselves. They might get to do a lot more things in a day than me, but I feel spending time to know yourself is essential for living a more meaningful life. It's amazing to watch yourself naturally adapt to a situation. I...

There is this interesting phenomenon that I have been going through that I feel is worth sharing :) About 3 years ago, I was an independent, confident and mature person. I had learned many lessons from my life's experiences and had become pretty stable mentally. I was always calm and composed, had a set idea of what is right and what is wrong, had clear-cut principles and aims in life. I used to feel that all I needed more to lead a completely independent and grown-up life was financial independence with strong professional distinction to face the big world outside. And that was what I used to work hard towards achieving. But strangely, from the beginning of last year, I started growing younger mentally...I started un-learning all that I had learned. I started questioning my beliefs and assumptions about life. I am not really sure what triggered this change. It could be the many different people I met in my college life and the different mentalities. It could be the experience...