My fav quote: Happiness is a skill. Read it in an awesome book called If Minds Had Toes.
The most relevant quote to my life. And it truly is a skill to be happy.
Its up to us to decide what makes us happy and how happy. The problem comes in when we don’t realise that in-built capacity to be happy. Its often easier to feel happy abt smth. But much tougher to stop ourselves from not feeling happy due to other things. That is the point when this skill becomes our salvation. In other words, happiness can be the pathway as well as the destination.
Its like how you conjure a patronus to keep away the dementors lol. My patronus is my memory of all the good and happy moments of my life. It keeps the blues at bay lol
It’s a tough one to achieve. But indispensable once acquired. There is no point in brooding and crying. Only makes us weaker and vulnerable. The inner strength and drive to be happy has to be there. With that, we can always find ways and means of being happy after any storm.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A Beautiful Lie
Lie awake in bed at night
And think about your life
Do you want to be different?
Try to let go of the truth
The balance of your youth
Cause this is just a game
It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
It's a beautiful, beautiful lie that makes me
It's time to forget about the past
To wash away what happened last
Hide behind an empty face
That has too much to say
Cause this is just a game
It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
It's a beautiful, beautiful lie that makes me
Everyone's looking at me
I'm running 'round in circles
Acquired desperation's building higher
I've got to remember this is just a game
So beautiful, beautiful (it's a beautiful) x4
It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
And think about your life
Do you want to be different?
Try to let go of the truth
The balance of your youth
Cause this is just a game
It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
It's a beautiful, beautiful lie that makes me
It's time to forget about the past
To wash away what happened last
Hide behind an empty face
That has too much to say
Cause this is just a game
It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
It's a beautiful, beautiful lie that makes me
Everyone's looking at me
I'm running 'round in circles
Acquired desperation's building higher
I've got to remember this is just a game
So beautiful, beautiful (it's a beautiful) x4
It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Im me!
its true. no one can change me if i dont want to. AND no one can stop me from changing if i want to.
its just very funny at this point in time. once i used to think how weird are these people around me. like why cant they be normal like me? and one after the other i kept encountering wierd people right. and i kept ticking everyone off as wierd.
then wait. if EVERYONE around me is weird and im the only normal one then....who is the reeeeeeeeeeally weird one???
so YES i am weird lol. and i love being that way! cos its me. and i wont change. i know there are people who accept me for who i am. people who love me for the way i am. so im happy yar! my drawing really says it all. its just me again and again.(actually its babuji. she was my model :P)
"i am what i am and thats all what i am"
- Popeye the sailor man. poop poop! ;p
its just very funny at this point in time. once i used to think how weird are these people around me. like why cant they be normal like me? and one after the other i kept encountering wierd people right. and i kept ticking everyone off as wierd.
then wait. if EVERYONE around me is weird and im the only normal one then....who is the reeeeeeeeeeally weird one???
so YES i am weird lol. and i love being that way! cos its me. and i wont change. i know there are people who accept me for who i am. people who love me for the way i am. so im happy yar! my drawing really says it all. its just me again and again.(actually its babuji. she was my model :P)
"i am what i am and thats all what i am"
- Popeye the sailor man. poop poop! ;p
Brahmin girl reportin!!! ;p
is tamil/tanglish the language of your house?
do you meet other iyers and iyengar, only to find that you're related through your cousin's father-in-law's brother's nephew?
is your dad's first name your last name?
do you have an americanized version of your name?
is thayir saatham with narthanga urga part of your staple diet?
does your mom yell at you "etcchal pannathae"?
do you go to family reunions and all the men are wearing veshtis or to the temple and everyone is wearing panchagachham?
is "koushalya supraja....." on your family's regular playlist, and does it wake you up better than ANY alarm clock?
Are your parents' idols Rajini and Kamal (second only to Sivaji and MGR)?
Everytime you meet another Iyer/iyengar of the opposite sex, are your parents thinking "what a cultured boy/girl...marriage potential?"
does your last name exceed the spaces allotted for standardized tests?
does your family attach the words "di" or "da" to the end of every sentence for the added emphasis?
do you know your gothram offhand?
did you learn to sing or play carnatic music or bharthanatyam before you were 5?
does your family rant and rave about aviyal?
did your parents emphasize the importance of "Maths" every time you did your homework?
does your name have some deep-seated religious connotation?
have you phoned Uma on Pepsi Ungal Choice?
does your family have a crush on Uma from Pepsi Ungal Choice?
do you drink horlicks out of a tumbler?
do you HAVE to "apply" thengaai yennai to your hair on "velli kazhamais?"
I SAY YESSSSSSSSSSSS TO ALL THIS AND PROUDLY DECLARE THAT IM BRAHMIN :))))))))))and im lovin it lol
do you meet other iyers and iyengar, only to find that you're related through your cousin's father-in-law's brother's nephew?
is your dad's first name your last name?
do you have an americanized version of your name?
is thayir saatham with narthanga urga part of your staple diet?
does your mom yell at you "etcchal pannathae"?
do you go to family reunions and all the men are wearing veshtis or to the temple and everyone is wearing panchagachham?
is "koushalya supraja....." on your family's regular playlist, and does it wake you up better than ANY alarm clock?
Are your parents' idols Rajini and Kamal (second only to Sivaji and MGR)?
Everytime you meet another Iyer/iyengar of the opposite sex, are your parents thinking "what a cultured boy/girl...marriage potential?"
does your last name exceed the spaces allotted for standardized tests?
does your family attach the words "di" or "da" to the end of every sentence for the added emphasis?
do you know your gothram offhand?
did you learn to sing or play carnatic music or bharthanatyam before you were 5?
does your family rant and rave about aviyal?
did your parents emphasize the importance of "Maths" every time you did your homework?
does your name have some deep-seated religious connotation?
have you phoned Uma on Pepsi Ungal Choice?
does your family have a crush on Uma from Pepsi Ungal Choice?
do you drink horlicks out of a tumbler?
do you HAVE to "apply" thengaai yennai to your hair on "velli kazhamais?"
I SAY YESSSSSSSSSSSS TO ALL THIS AND PROUDLY DECLARE THAT IM BRAHMIN :))))))))))and im lovin it lol
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