Fear & Freedom

It’s all about success, for a freethinker the ultimate enemy is fear. Fear just blocks the ground-breaking new thoughts. It takes great courage to challenge fear and emerge victorious. Take the leap towards freedom and triumph will dance to your tunes.

Are You Smiling Enough? Be Happy

Today in the newspaper there was an article about being happy and some pointers were given, I wanted to share this poem with all you as it summarizes those pointers mentioned in the article.

“Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.” 
― Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them

Peace # Life # Temporary # Permanent

People find peace in prayers or with their loved ones around. Peace is fleeting, you just realize the fact that you were in peace for a little while and it vanishes but the funny thing is we experience peace all the time. Family or friends do something for us or even a strange can contribute to this kind act, we feel special, all our stress and worries are gone, we get relieved for that brief period of time. These small moments are for us to embrace, cherish and move on.

I say it’s all in your mind, we are just brainwashed into thinking as society wants us to think. No one will gift wrap peace, decorate it with a ribbon and give it to you. Strictly speaking it is not going to happen. On the other hand, I say you own peace, it’s in your fist; you yourself are the possessor and peace is your slave. People will come and go don’t get attached just follow your goal and you will find peace. Follow your heart you will find peace.

“Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.” 
― Gautama Buddha

Some say true friends after a while become family, as the most important thing in life is family. Family is also bounded by customs and rituals but on the other hand friendship has no limits, it is the purest form of love, friendship sets you free.

The Writer

Free thinker, liberated from the shackles of society, creative, these are some of the attributes that describes a writer. The people who will pour their heart out on a piece of paper and I think everyone has a writer in them, some write because it’s their passion, some write because they just want to have fun and some because it’s easier to pen down their thoughts on a piece of paper than to discuss it with a friend. A writer is no average Joe or Jane, they just wander off to their wonderland and create a piece that is inspiring or has a different point of view. When all is said and done a writer always has to write the truth and only the truth. They have an obligation to the society to put their hand on the bible and cross their heart, to write the truth and nothing but the truth, whether writing about current events, personal lives or a news article.

A writer tries to pen down their emotions, imagination and creativity into a piece and then leaves it on the readers to appreciate the art they have created on paper. Writer always want their reader to treat them as their friends and create a bond, a relationship with their reader through their work and at the end of the book or article, this spectrum of relationship just ends on a good note or bad one according to the piece the writer has written. A parallel universe is created by a writer’s imagination; the creative entity designed is vastly complicated as it expects a lot from the reader also. The reader should also have the kind of vivid imagination and the understanding power that the drama of the writer is asking for, or in some cases the vivid imagination of the writers takes over the mind of the reader and takes the reader into the fantasy world of the writer and casts a magical spell so the readers falls in love with the writer’s art. Writing is a craft where you struggle and keep learning as you write about your day to day experiences, fiction stories, love tales, poetry, etc. This craft of writing cannot be mastered, it is merely a learning curve but as you progress you will get better at it.

Writing and music go hand in hand, writer’s sweet words are like the harmonious tones of a musician, and the meaning of the article or story is like a singer’s melodious voice. A well written article is like a symphony it can be read again and again. It is mesmerizing and you are just lost in the essence of the article.

I am a writer at heart,

I am a liberated soul,

I pledge to the world I will write what is true,

I will create magic with my words,

I will create ideas that ferment in the minds of the reader,

I will strive at becoming the greatest wordsmith,

I am a writer at heart,

I am a liberated soul

Keep writing people.