Tag: reality

Of Watching People

Cheryle Strayed

I agree with the woman. I recently realized how much people-watching inspires me. I conjure up stories based on characters I observe. The way people walk, the way they react in social situations. Sometimes it’s funny, but most times it’s interesting to observe and try to guess what’s going on in people’s minds. They all have different lives and different ways of responding to pressure and personal issues.

People-watching teaches you how not to react, and behave in public. Because it’s only when you see other people, that you understand how you might appear to others in similar situations.

Observing other people gives a lot of insight into ourselves. Don’t you think?

The Plan

After all the hype and all the changes in schedule, the weather forecast turned out to be completely wrong. Today’s Author

He re-read the schedule. Everything had to be perfect. Everyone had to obey orders. All had to go as planned.

He didn’t waver even when — without warning —  it started to snow. The others rejoiced, but he knew the plan had to go on. A lot was at stake.

“All right kids,” he called aloud. “Nothing’s stopping us.”

They looked at each other, mutely.

“Let’s do this!”

And he led the group to their deaths.

To Do or Not to Do

paulo coelho - university
I know a lot of people who regret not getting a college degree. It’s hard to not feel bad too, because all anyone’s ever talking about is what you do after high school, and after the first degree. Somehow, people have taken a liking to the idea of children living off their parents.
In India, in particular, parents are proud to spend for their child’s education – for as long as they want to study. Even though education has become one of the highest earning businesses in India, they hardly accept the futility of a degree.
So for everyone who regrets not getting a degree, Paulo Coelho has said it well. Besides, the world already has too many engineers, what it needs now is artists.

Letting Go,

letting-go

People protest

men argue

women clean

children wail

 

vast lands opening

shy grass peeping

decayed flowers rustling

stained corpses rotting

 

the sky’s alight

sun’s set deep

wails have died

conches have blared

 

veterans they’re piling

with bloods boiling

loud is the calling

of brethren crying

 

So, off to the rescue

mission’s not impossible

Heck, how hard can it be

to stand straight and shoot?

 

Man!

Did he who made the lamb make thee?

For no sane reason, it just popped into my head: “Did he who made the lamb make thee?”. What an iconic piece of writing by Blake. When I thought of ‘letting go,’ a lot came to mind, but one thing was profound: letting go of innocence. Growing up, realizing the true face of the world. And that’s when Blake crossed my mind.

The Tyger is one of my favourite poems, it depicts a fierce beast so beautifully that I could see it in my mind’s eye when I read it. And then comes Blake’s question: how can the same power create both the ever so gentle lamb, and such a contrasting beast?

It just doesn’t make sense.

So much like the world. Growing up, the world never really made sense to me. There were all these confused and contrasting thoughts among people. No one really is sure of what’s right and what isn’t.

Outgrowing your innocence is the hardest phase of a person’s life. But it happens to us all, and once it does, it will pass.