Feel it. Right through yourself. Let it carry you back and forth in time.
The poetry of Earth is never dead.
John Keats , On The Grasshopper And Cricket
DAFFODILS by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Oh Boy, is nature really that beautiful?
Well, yes it is.
It’s just that we are not aware of our relationship with it.
Slow down. Life isn’t just about work or people or jobs or passion. It’s much more than what you think it is. Take a moment or two to contemplate the things around yourself. Stop complaining about things you can’t have or get. You’ll never have enough. Stop comparing your life with others’ lives. You are responsible for your life and yourself. Be wise; overlook what you have to.
Once you break away from your busy life, you’ll realize the beauty around you and within you. People are in a mad rush to prove themselves, to reserve their spot in this world, to feel recognized and wanted. Live and learn instead of grieving over your past. Whatever’s happened cannot be changed. Learn from your mistakes and use those lessons to improve the quality of your life.
Even after 14 years of experience, I’m still learning. (I don’t think it’s quite a lot considering the fact that an average person lives for more than 79 years and that simply reminds me that I have a long way to go)
Derive pleasure in what you do. Trust your inner voice not people and their futile criticism.
People ask me why I walk slow, write slow, and speak slow (not very slow but also not exactly fast and by the way I’m trying to get rid cause it’s become more of a habit ). “I wanna feel everything I do”, I tell them. Feelings have a special place in my heart. I can’t let go of them. I might forget incidents but not the tenderness, not the warmth not the pain, not the confusion nor the joy.
Self-realization is when things around you start making sense, when you realize your uniqueness an your worth. And the beginning is the hardest part of any journey.
I don’t care about when and why this happened. I’m just glad it did.
You know what’s the key to retain pleasure?
Don’t expect anything from anyone. And ta-da! Your anticipations cannot be proved wrong and nothing can let you down.
If I ever had to summarize what I’ve learnt in life so far into one sentence then this would probably be it
“Grab every opportunity that comes your way because second chances and spontaneous miracles are not gonna happen.”
Trust yourself.
TACTICS FOR LIFE 