Sunday, February 20, 2022

Thought of the day



They both thought they were right... and that's where they went wrong. 


"If you love something then let it go, and if it comes back then that's how you know..." ---- 

Ever heard that song? ----- No don't do that. Do not let it go. If you love something or someone then show them, nurture it, nourish it, invest in it - your time, energy, attention, heart, mind, effort. That is what love is. If we love something we should not set it free, we need to put in the work, show them that we care, show them that we want them in our life, don't let them go by putting in zero effort, give it your all - be it friendships, relationships or our career, goals, passions. if we love something - we need to give it our everything. 


Too many times we take out the worst of us on those who do the most for us and deserve the best of us. 


Focus on what is. Rather than what if. 


Past can not be re-lived, it can only be relieved. 


What we watch, listen, eat, read, talk about - influences our state of mind. If we watch idiocy, listen to crap, eat junk, and talk nonsense about people then we can not expect calm and peace in our mind, in our body. We can not input poison and expect peace as an outcome. 


When we meet someone I think it is important to remember that we are just a tiny moment in that person's entire journey. We should not judge them based on that tiny moment and take it as a representation of their entire existence. Maybe they had a bad day, maybe they are struggling with health and whatnot. Just cut some slack. We will meet different people at different points in their life and have a completely different experience. 



I feel we should do our thing - not for admiration, attention, or validation, but because it fuels us, nourishes us, and makes us happy.  When we are busy doing things that we love there is no space for others' thoughts, opinions.

 


We should not worry about what others are thinking, what they are talking about, who are they talking to - about us, we need to worry about what we think about ourselves, what we are saying to ourselves, worry about what we are doing in our life, because they are just renting space in our mind for a little period of time, they will come, they will go, but we are in our mind 24/7, so what we think about ourselves is far more important than what others do. 


It is best to accept ourselves for who we are but be aware of the changes that we need to make to grow and improve. We just need to look in the mirror, focus on our own faults and growth rather than finding faults in others to feel better about ourselves. 


We do not need to be anyone else, We are enough, We do not need to like what others like, look how they look, dress how they dress or work as they do. We should not desire what others have, every single thing that we need to be content - lies within us. 


Let go or get dragged - I know that we all know so many things that no longer serve any purpose in our lives, that no longer have meaning, or enhances/ uplifts us - but we find it hard to let go of them because they become part of us. but if we don't let go of it, it will keep dragging us into a negative place that we don't want to be at - whether it is a relationship, friendship, a grudge, place, thing, whatever it is we need to know when it is time to let go of it. 


We recognize our strengths and weaknesses based on if it is bringing us results, money, fame, success and whatnot. Why can't we just do something for the love of it... without being attached to the expectation of any result. Something that just gives us pure joy. 




Thursday, February 03, 2022

Aurat (woman)

 


What a wonderful wonderful poem by Kaifi… can not believe this was written 70 years ago….


Aurat (Woman)
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe
qalb-e-mahoul mein larzaan sharar-e-jang hain aaj
hausley waqt ke aur ziist ke yakrang hain aaj
aabgiinon mein tapaan walwale-e- sang hain aaj
husn aur ishq ham aawaaz-o-humaahang hain aaj
jis mein jaltaa huun usi aag mein jalnaa hai tujhe
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe

Arise, my love, for now you must march with me
Flames of war are ablaze in our world today
Time and fate have the same aspirations today
Our tears will flow like hot lava today
Beauty and love have one life and one soul today
You must burn in the fire of freedom with me
Arise, my love, for now you must march with me

zindagii jehad mein hai sabr ke qaabuu mein nahiin
nabz-e-hastii kaa lahuu kaamptii aansuu mein nahii
urne khulne mein hai nakhat kham-e-gesu mein nahiin
jannat aik aur hai jo mard ke pahluu mein nahiin
uskii aazaad ravish par bhii machalnaa hai tujhe
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe

Patience will not help you struggle through life
Blood, not tears, sustains the pulse of life
You will fly when you’re free and not ensnared by love
Heaven is not just in the arms of the man you love
Walk unfettered on the path of freedom with me
Arise, my love, for now you must march with me

goshey goshey mein sulagtii hai chitaa tere liye
farz kaa bhes badaltii hai qazaa tere liye
qahar hai terii har narm adaa tere liye
zahar hii zahar hai duniyaa kii havaa tere liye
rut badal daal agar phuulnaa phalnaa hai tujhe
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe

Wherever you go sacrifice awaits you
To surrender is a way of life for you
All your charms condemn you
The ways of the world are poison for you
Change the seasons to flourish and be free
Arise, my love, for now you must march with me.

qadr ab tak terii tarriikh ne jaanii hii nahiin
tujh mein shole bhii hain bas ashkfishaanii hii nahiin
tu haqiiqat bhii hai dilchasp kahaanii hii nahiin
terii hastii bhii hai ik chiiz javaanii hii nahiin
apnii tarrikh kaa unvaan badalnaa hai tujhe
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe

History has not known your worth thus far
You have burning embers too, not merely tears
You’re reality too, not a mere amusing anecdote
Your personality is something too, not just your youth
You’ve to change the title of your history
Arise, my love, for now you must march with me.

tod kar rasm ke but bare qadamat se nikal
zof-e-ishrat se nikal, vaham-e-nazaakat se nikal
nafs ke khiinche hue halq-e-azmal se nikal
yeh bhii ek qaid hii hai, qaid-e-muhabbat se nikal
raah kaa khaar hii kyaa gul bhii kuchalnaa hai tujhe
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe

Emerge out of ancient bondage, break the idols of tradition,
the weakness of pleasure, this mirage of fragility
these self-drawn boundaries of imagined greatness
the bondage of love, for this too is a bondage
Not merely the thorns on the path, you have to trample on flowers too
Arise, my love, for now you must march with me.

tod yeh azm-shikan dagdag-e-pand bhii tor
terii khaatir hai jo zanjiir vah saugandh bhii tor
tauq yeh bhii zammruud kaa gulband bhii tor
tod paimana-e-mardaan-e-khirdmand bhii tor
banke tuufaan chhalaknaa hai ubalnaa hai tujhe
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe

Shatter these resolve breaking suspicions of sermons
these vows that have become shackles
this too, this necklace of emeralds
these standards set by the wise men
You have to turn into a tempest, bubble and boil over
Arise, my love, for now you must march with me.

tuu falaatuno-arastuu haii tuu zohraa parviin
tere qabze mein hai garduun, terii thokar mein zamiin
haan, uthaa, jald uthaa paae-muqqadar se jabiin
main bhii rukne kaa nahii waqt bhii rukne kaa nahiin
larkharaayegii kahaan tak ki sambhalnaa hai tujhe
uth merii jaan mere saath hii chalnaa hai tujhe

You are Aristotle’s philosophy, Venus, Pleiades
You control the sky, the earth at your feet
Yes, raise, fast, raise your forehead from the feet of fate
I too am not going to pause, nor will the time
How long would you falter, you have to be firm
Arise, my love, for now you must march with me