A BUNCH OF THOUGHTS

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1. The history of thought does not date back to the period when one human being would have wronged another, or when one human being was betrayed by another. Our memories as a society does not date back to those days, likewise, we do not remember when the time was, we for the first time felt cheated or wronged in our childhood. 

But we remember the instances when we have forgiven someone. Forgiveness is a trait so courageous and so courteous at the same time that it is barely leaves any feat of strength untouched. Remember, if someone has done some harm to you, and you are having some difficulty forgiving them, come back to yourself, just keep in mind that you are not currently strong enough. Do not return the harm. Come back, introspect, grow, and one day, you will forgive them easily. It is like lifting weights. 100 kgs not in one day, but in 6 months for sure. 


2. Indians are into meaning. We have festivals so full of meanings. Diwali has a meaning associated with it. I have never seen a festival which does not have less than 3 meanings to it. I do not know if it is a good thing or not, but surely the sweets on any festival are delicious. So, I guess it's good. 


3. Come back to home. You let your perspective wander in the world. You tried seeing yourself through eyes of others for so long. It is like your eyes have been travelling from one person to other and judging yourself. Come back to home, Darling! This is where you rest. A home where no one judges you. This is for those who have left their homes and now do not feel homely at their homes since psychologically their homes have been snatched away from them in course of time, Come back to yourself. You are your own home. Your safe space. Here you can be anything. Do not make it hard for yourself. You are the dearest child of this household. 


4. Love bombing is a term this generation uses for excessive love showers when one shows to other. I think we should not shy away if we are an empath. I am an empath. I feel for the whole world. Why not love someone to the fullest? The problem is having a stable relationship is as political as having a stable government. Sometimes too much idealism makes the Government fall and so does too much love to a relationship. And people do not know how to reciprocate too much love. 

But This is the quality of love that it makes the other person loosen up. However cynical, narcissistic or cruel the other person be, the sight of a man crying in love, is unbearable to the strongest of the few. 

This generation is self-aware generation. They have coined terms for all their flaws today. Words like: "Cringe", "love bombing", "Zesty", "corny" are all those human sentiments and part of human psyche that humans always had but they did not name it, so they were not identifiable. This generation has coined terms and by virtue of that, it is today, most easy to categorize people on the basis of these terms. 

And the irony is this is the generation which is called post-modern, that is rejecting all labels and categories and so on. Today man does not need to reject labels. They need to embrace labels. Be an empath, a card-carrying empath, be a card-carrying cringe. You will be mentally saner, if you do not fight your personality. 


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