“When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.” ― William Shakespeare
Some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper on wrapping a box. He was jobless and out of money and didn’t want any wastage. He became further infuriated when he saw the little girl placing the box under the Christmas tree but he remained silent.
Next morning, the little girl with a bright smile approach her father and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
The man felt ashamed of himself for his behavior last night, but his rage continued when he saw that the box was empty. He yelled at her; “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?”
The little girl looked up at him…full of tears in her eyes and cried. Sobbing, she said “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
Within a month, the man got a well-paying job and financial security but sadly lost his daughter in an accident. After her death, the father kept the gold box always as a beacon of hope by his bed till he died. Whenever he felt discouraged, he would take out a kiss of his daughter and remember the love of the child who had put it there…For he had understood that love was the only thing that mattered…if lost…rest nothing was precious enough!
“You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.” ― John Green
But one need not lose love to gain the light. Light assumes that its voyage is fastest...only to be proven wrong...for no matter how fast it travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first and is waiting for it. That's the true temperament of nature, all things in it are dark except where exposed by light or Hope!
“My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.” ― Marcel Proust
Hope is the most potent Samurai of light...slicing the deepest, the darkest and the deadliest demons feeding on our insecurities. Hope is the alter-ego of faith which challenges you to run…face-first, full-speed into the dark labyrinth of lost desires…knowing that in it there are many more dark places. Probably, there is no secret in it…it is only when you know what you hope for...and have an unwavering belief in it...clutching it with all your heart…like the light within you...you can make things ensue...let a story unfold…almost like a real fairy-tale!
“We do not suffer by accident.” ― Jane Austen
You can spread the light in two ways...become the source radiating it...or the mirror reflecting it. And remember, more often than not, your dark wound is going to be the place from where the light would enter you. Sounds Delirious…Chronically Optimistic? Not at All! You think of wound as something that the world has inflicted upon you. But look closely – The wound is whispering something in your ears. It is telling you that the pain is not from the cut…it is from the wall you are pressed up against…The wall that separates who you are today and what you could be! It is a privilege to feel discomfort, it is a gift to be gutted – For what doesn’t kill you…makes you stronger! So, the wound is not that bad because darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good!
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius
You may not have gone where you intended to go…but perhaps you have ended up where you needed to be…So, when you light a ‘Diya’ this Diwali and you feel that it’s so hard to be a bright light in a dim world, remind yourself that at least you would continue to stand for all you are worth and keep radiating to those around you – The eternal sunshine of your spotless mind!
Wish you to be the light on this Festival of Light!!!
PS: Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been. So, don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself!!!
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper on wrapping a box. He was jobless and out of money and didn’t want any wastage. He became further infuriated when he saw the little girl placing the box under the Christmas tree but he remained silent.
Next morning, the little girl with a bright smile approach her father and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
The man felt ashamed of himself for his behavior last night, but his rage continued when he saw that the box was empty. He yelled at her; “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?”
The little girl looked up at him…full of tears in her eyes and cried. Sobbing, she said “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
Within a month, the man got a well-paying job and financial security but sadly lost his daughter in an accident. After her death, the father kept the gold box always as a beacon of hope by his bed till he died. Whenever he felt discouraged, he would take out a kiss of his daughter and remember the love of the child who had put it there…For he had understood that love was the only thing that mattered…if lost…rest nothing was precious enough!
But one need not lose love to gain the light. Light assumes that its voyage is fastest...only to be proven wrong...for no matter how fast it travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first and is waiting for it. That's the true temperament of nature, all things in it are dark except where exposed by light or Hope!
Hope is the most potent Samurai of light...slicing the deepest, the darkest and the deadliest demons feeding on our insecurities. Hope is the alter-ego of faith which challenges you to run…face-first, full-speed into the dark labyrinth of lost desires…knowing that in it there are many more dark places. Probably, there is no secret in it…it is only when you know what you hope for...and have an unwavering belief in it...clutching it with all your heart…like the light within you...you can make things ensue...let a story unfold…almost like a real fairy-tale!
You can spread the light in two ways...become the source radiating it...or the mirror reflecting it. And remember, more often than not, your dark wound is going to be the place from where the light would enter you. Sounds Delirious…Chronically Optimistic? Not at All! You think of wound as something that the world has inflicted upon you. But look closely – The wound is whispering something in your ears. It is telling you that the pain is not from the cut…it is from the wall you are pressed up against…The wall that separates who you are today and what you could be! It is a privilege to feel discomfort, it is a gift to be gutted – For what doesn’t kill you…makes you stronger! So, the wound is not that bad because darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good!
You may not have gone where you intended to go…but perhaps you have ended up where you needed to be…So, when you light a ‘Diya’ this Diwali and you feel that it’s so hard to be a bright light in a dim world, remind yourself that at least you would continue to stand for all you are worth and keep radiating to those around you – The eternal sunshine of your spotless mind!
Wish you to be the light on this Festival of Light!!!