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As the first blog entry got exhausted. My second book
Evolution of Love Part 2
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January 19, 2025 at 1:17am
January 19, 2025 at 1:17am
#1082537
What are your thoughts about Tik Tok ban? Is this the beginning of a new trend where apps are being banned because of politics? We already have books being banned. What's next?

We should ban or not ban a app, it should not be based on financial gain or loss, but the gain or loss it brings to the country or the society.
When the ancient Chinese
decided to live in peace, they
made the great wall of China.
They thought no one could
climb it due to its height.
During the first 100 years of its existence, the Chinese were
invaded thrice. And everytime,
the hordes of enemy infantry
had no need of penetrating or
climbing over the wall...
because each time they bribed the guards and came through
the doors.

The Chinese built the wall but
forgot the character-building
of the wall-guards.
Thus, the building of human character comes BEFORE
building of anything else..
Thats what we need
today.

Like one Orientalist said:
If you want to destroy the civilization of a nation there
are 3 ways:
1. Destroy family structure.
2. Destroy education.
3. Lower their role models and
references.

1. In order to destroy the
family: undermine the role of
Mother, so that she feels
ashamed of being a
housewife.

2. To destroy education: you should give no importance to
Teacher, and lower his place in
society so that the students
despise him.

3. To lower the role models:
you should undermine the Scholars, doubt them untill no
one listens to them or follows
them.

For when a conscious mother
disappears, a dedicated
teacher disappears and there's a downfall of role models,
WHO will teach the youngsters
VALUES?

Have a thought! What's next the answer is if we as a country adhere to our moral code that's enough.
January 17, 2025 at 6:53am
January 17, 2025 at 6:53am
#1082458
Have fun with these words: sudden, tepid, intervention, brown, despised, gateway, and creature.


As I get older, I've realized that my days of living are not as many as I've lived. This feeling has brought sudden changes in my life:

1. I have stopped crying at the farewell of a loved one now, because I have accepted that everyone's turn will come, mine too.
2. Even stopped worrying about what will happen after my goodbye. Everything as tepid as living will go the same way without my intervention.
3. Now I am not afraid of the property, power or position of the person in front that I despised.
4. Taking time for myself with creature comforts and realize the world will run without me.

5. Have stopped negotiating with small businessmen and ferry ones, and sometimes deliberately give a little too much.
6. I find joy in the happiness of the needy by giving a little help without asking.
7. When a wrong person argues, I give my mental peace a priority.
8. I listen to the elderly, and children's talk without biting.
9. Judging personality by thoughts and feelings instead of branded things also give respect to poor brown people.
10. I have learned to stay away from people who impose their habits on me.

No longer in competition and living life simple. I have learned that life gives satisfaction not by making others happy, but by recognizing the joy within you.
Trying to live every moment to the fullest, because now I understand that life is priceless and nothing is permanent here.

Starting to live in connection with serving humanity, creature kindness and nature for inner peace. It's realized that eventually everything is left here, and only love, respect and humanity will go with us.

Although late, but now I know how to live to secure a gateway to a heaven of peace. 😊
January 16, 2025 at 1:16am
January 16, 2025 at 1:16am
#1082406
Prompt: "The business of life is the acquisition of memories in the end that's all there is." Carson Downton Abbey Write about this quote in your Blog entry today.


Someone who has betrayed you has revealed a part of their character that is not easily ignored. Trust, once broken, rarely returns. Betrayal is not a fleeting act but a window into the betrayer’s values ​​and priorities—a truth that often repeats itself in one form or another. To trust them again is to risk reopening wounds that have only just begun to heal.

There is power in recognizing patterns of behavior in others. One act of betrayal is not just a mistake; it is a reflection of deeper intentions or flaws. You don’t have to suffer multiple betrayals to understand who a person is—just as a drop of water can tell you the taste of the ocean. Ignoring the lessons betrayal teaches is not kindness; it is self-abandonment disguised as compassion.

Wisdom lies in setting boundaries. When someone reveals their ability to betray you, take it as truth. This is not cynicism — it is clarity. Forgiveness may be a personal choice and a path to inner peace, but trust is a sacred bond that must be protected. It cannot be restored by simply ignoring the damage done, no matter how deep your heart or good your intentions.

Leaving someone who has betrayed you is not an act of bitterness or coldness; It’s an act of self-respect. It’s about keeping your peace, maintaining your dignity, and refusing to let anyone diminish your worth any more. True healing begins when you realize that not everyone is worthy of a seat at your table, or the privilege of your trust.

Life is too short to swim in troubled waters. You deserve relationships that lift you up, not ones that weigh you down. So trust yourself enough to see the betrayal for what it is, and let your instincts guide you toward connections that honor your worth. In doing so, you create space for authenticity, love, and trust that will stand the test of time.
January 15, 2025 at 2:26am
January 15, 2025 at 2:26am
#1082377
Prompt:"I really try to enjoy life and have joy with what I do." Tim Tebow Let this quote inspire your writing today.

Ernest Hemingway once wrote: "The hardest lesson I’ve had to learn as an adult is the relentless need to keep going, no matter how shattered I feel inside."

This truth is both raw and universal. Life doesn’t pause when our hearts are heavy, our minds are fractured, or our spirits feel like they’re unraveling. It keeps moving—unrelenting, unapologetic—demanding that we move with it. There’s no time to stop, no pause for repair, no moment of stillness where we can gently piece ourselves back together. The world doesn’t wait, even when we need it to.

What makes this even harder is that no one really prepares us for it. As children, we grow up on a steady diet of stories filled with happy endings, tales of redemption and triumph where everything always falls into place. But adulthood strips away those comforting narratives. Instead, it reveals a harsh truth: survival isn’t glamorous or inspiring most of the time. It’s wearing a mask of strength when you’re falling apart inside. It’s showing up when all you want is to retreat. It’s choosing to move forward, step by painful step, when your heart begs for rest.

And yet, we endure. That’s the miracle of being human—we endure. Somewhere in the depths of our pain, we find reserves of strength we didn’t know we possessed. We learn to hold space for ourselves, to be the comfort we crave, to whisper words of hope when no one else does. Over time, we realize that resilience isn’t loud or grandiose; it’s a quiet defiance, a refusal to let life’s weight crush us entirely.

Yes, it’s messy. Yes, it’s exhausting. And yes, there are days when it feels almost impossible to take another step. But even then, we move forward. Each tiny step is proof of our resilience, a reminder that even in our darkest moments, we’re still fighting, still refusing to give up. That fight—that courage—is the quiet miracle of survival.

What’s the hardest lesson you’ve had to learn as an adult, and how has it shaped who you are today?
January 2, 2025 at 4:19pm
January 2, 2025 at 4:19pm
#1081865

"When mother is on her bed, she does not cry, she just thinks"



Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry just thinks
She thinks what kids be thinking
Papa must be half thinking about it
The whole house will be immersed in thought
If she was fine then scratchy
It removes all the thoughts.
She hides her pain with a smile
Still keeps trying
Mom when death is on the bed

-
Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry just thinks
She thinks
About that kitchen
Where could not go for months
Ever since standing up has become muhal
Wouldn't have been spoiled by not getting sunny
That pickle of mango
Which was fresh in the box then
If the box of pepper would not have been opened
A packet of milk fell outside the house
Wouldn't have been there for days
All the thinking of mother remains till mother
Mother avoids saying anything to anyone
Mom when death is on the bed

Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry, she thinks
She thinks-
In the cold humming sun
Who will feed the kids hard rice
Who will make moong dal pudding
Who will give me ginger cardamom tea
Eat some more
Drink some more
Who will say it again and again

--
Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry just thinks
She thinks-what kind of baby is this
The one who stays together all day
Can't sleep at night
She cries secretly
Even my disease hides it from me
Again with fake laughs
Comes to me
She is scared from the inside
But gives me comfort
Mother is a fighter
The one who fights, fights and wins
She doesn't cry just thinks
Mom when death is on the bed

Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry, she thinks
She thinks-
Oh God what have you done to me
Kids na celebrating their birthday
Not able to share our happiness
Missing many chances back to back
A lifeless body lying on the bed
Happy happy mal picking up urine
Feeding the antakshari
Putting the cockroachs and pucchies
Mom when death is on the bed

--
Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry just thinks
She thinks
Except work, home and family
Why are these kids behind me
Father also forgetting his disease
Why are you tied up for me
How much loss will be facing for everyone's work
What will be affecting everyone's health
How much money must be spent
What every member of the family must be tolerating
Sighs hiding with the breath
When mother is on death bed

--
Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry just thinks
Even when the neat stops looking
The head of the voices of our own cannot stop
Every part of the body starts refusing to support
Even the mind starts refusing to believe at a time.
Even in such a situation mother is fighting from inside
When mother is on death bed
She doesn't cry just thinks

Mom needs some trick
He needs salvation now
He needs salvation so papa can take it
Medicine on time
Kids can go to work
The sobbing coming from the bathroom stops
Pain should not stop in any corner of the house
Everything goes at its own pace
And he moves to his destination
The mother who made the house home
Settles the house in herself
And then the life giving mother
To give life to everyone
Once again
Makes herself swaha

Mom when death is on the bed
She doesn't cry, she just thinks
December 25, 2024 at 10:49pm
December 25, 2024 at 10:49pm
#1081521
The midnight goose and my Christmas tree :

The tradition of lighting a candle on a Christmas cake goes back deep into European cultures . It could be that during the deep European winters it was a way of bringing light and warmth ..
or the one I personally like .. Jesus Was born on that day . In a tiny stable surrounded by cattle and sheep .. the Saviour was born .

Perhaps … I am still too deeply rooted in my childhood when the advent of Christmas was fun . There would be a nip in the air and school would be most over . It was a time when we had it easy in school with Christmas concerts and Fetes lined up !
Everything seemed colorful and most of all our huge Christmas tree in school . With perfectly arranged ornaments it stood regal in our school auditorium.
There would always be a smaller tree at my home .. the one I decorated with tinsels and ornaments . It was my tree .. and every year I had new designs with it !
Many years later .. just like before .. we have a Christmas tree .. adorned with ornaments collected over the years .. from various cities , various cultures with their own stories that come together to form a happy truti fruiti of color confections .. it’s my Christmas tradition , well one of them .. the one I have been following all my life !

Merry Christmas from me and my home to yours .. Hope you have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday ahead !

December 12, 2024 at 1:38am
December 12, 2024 at 1:38am
#1081063
This book dwells about The Truth of Thought!

WHAT IS A THOUGHT...?
Are the thoughts that I think mine,
Really MINE...?

Well! thought is a thing that I use to do logical work & to relate memories & information in relative to the situation & people...
But what amazes me that, thought has the capacity that sometimes it works on its own even if I don't want to...

The thoughts that take place inside my mind that I sometimes use to label, give a name when I see, hear, feel things like a person, a tree, a flower & so on...
But the trouble with thoughts is that sometimes even when I don't need to think, the thoughts run on their own...

so, IS IT ME THINKING?

As Science says, there is something vibrational about thoughts & our minds are naturally built to gather those vibrations from the surroundings whether we choose to or not...

so the mind is gathering thoughts like a machine without me noticing it...It's happening continuously...
the thoughts are gathered as I speak to someone or listen to someone or from the books I read, the movies I watch, the songs that I listen to, the media, the constant naming & labelling things that I see, hear, feel and from the crowded places that I walk through...they enter my mind consciously when I choose to remember as a memory which I call knowledge for my future use...
But actually as scientists say, that our minds pick up a lot many subliminal messages subconsciously without our knowledge...That's an amazingly revealing fact...
For example, when we are surrounded by peaceful people in a peaceful environment - our mind relatively becomes peaceful by the vibrations of peaceful thought energy...
And Vice Versa...
Which is when we are surrounded by violent, aggressive people in a violent environment - our mind relatively becomes violent & aggressive by the vibrations of violent thought energy...
Though some of us may think of peace, preach & constantly chant peace... the mind is just suppressing the violent thought energy which comes out with vengeance in some other situation sooner or later...

So, the thoughts are gathered consciously by our preference of thinking and remembering as memory or knowledge...
And there is also a gathering of thoughts & emotions into our minds unconsciously...

Therefore, I'm very vulnerable to events & media which are constantly feeding my mind with thoughts & emotions like violence, hatred, blaming, selfishness, self deception, greed, complication, chaos, confusion, anger, aggressiveness, compulsions, loneliness, addictions, ambitions, fame, power, gossip, beliefs, separation (in the name of religion, language, caste, region & more), romantic wants(wrongly called Love) incessant worry of the future events, fear, anxiety, antagonism and more...
Because I'm in the society, the society is constantly working in me whether I choose to or not...
And the THOUGHTs ARE SO CUNNING that it makes me believe that they are MINE, ONLY MINE & WHATEVER I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT...
And any opposition to my thoughts will be met with a reaction of anger or antagonism which divides me & the other person whose thoughts contradict mine...

So the thought divides...

And this reaction of mine takes a vibrational effect on the society that I live in...

Understanding this cunning, deceptive & separating nature of thought, I just stop identifying myself with the thought or thoughts that I believed as "ME" & "MINE"...
I just step back from this illusion & I live by this understanding from moment to moment...
So there is a need of me being aware of the thoughts & resulting emotions that are constantly seeping into my mind which may induce my actions & reactions...
And thus I change my idea about Thought...
I stop believing in thoughts which I thought as Me...
And because I am a part of this society,
When I change...
That's changing the society too...

As J Krishnamurti says "You are not just part of the society, You are the society. If you want to change the society, you have to start with yourself. Once you are transformed, the whole society is transformed."
December 9, 2024 at 12:36am
December 9, 2024 at 12:36am
#1080951
What an amazing discovery! Scientists have discovered that ants, after collecting the grains and seeds they need to store for the winter, break them into halves before storing in their nests. This is because by breaking the seeds into half, it stops them from germinating despite the most perfect conditions. But scientists were stunned when they discovered that coriander seeds stored in the ant nest were broken down into 4 pieces instead of 2 pieces. After lab research, scientists discovered that a coriander seeds germinate even after being divided into two, but won’t germinate after it’s divided into four parts. So how do these tiny tiny creatures know all this? Humans know very little, there's a lot to learn👍
December 8, 2024 at 2:34am
December 8, 2024 at 2:34am
#1080927
“What you decide to tolerate more than once will inevitably become a pattern that will repeat itself. By not setting clear boundaries, you teach others – and yourself – that certain behaviors or situations are acceptable, even if they make you uncomfortable or hurt you. Every time you allow something that goes against your principles or your well being, you open the door for it to be repeated. Setting boundaries isn't just about firmness, it's about self respect."

This is such a profound reflection on the importance of boundaries, both in our relationships with others and within ourselves. When you let something slide once, it can seem like a small compromise, but over time, those small compromises add up, and before you know it, you're entrenched in patterns that no longer serve you. It's so easy to fall into the trap of being overly accommodating, especially when you care deeply about someone or a situation. But every time you ignore that inner voice, the one that whispers, "This isn't right for me," you're allowing disrespect to creep in, not just from others, but from yourself.

Boundaries aren't about pushing others away; they're about drawing a clear line in the sand that defines where your self-worth begins. It’s a powerful way of saying, "I value myself enough not to accept less than I deserve." In setting those limits, you're reinforcing your own worth and creating space for healthier, more respectful interactions. We sometimes fear that establishing boundaries will make us seem harsh or unkind, but in reality, boundaries are a profound act of love—love for yourself and for the other person because they create the conditions for mutual respect and understanding to flourish.

Without boundaries, life can become a series of compromises that eat away at your self-respect. Over time, these compromises turn into patterns, and those patterns shape the way you experience your relationships and even the way you see yourself. It's so crucial to recognize when a behavior is no longer serving you, and to have the courage to stand firm. Setting boundaries isn't just an act of strength; it's an act of self-care. It's not about controlling others; it's about taking control of your own well-being.

Think about the times you've let something slide—a comment that felt disrespectful, a request that pushed your limits, or a behavior that hurt you. Each time you let it go without addressing it, you sent a message to yourself and to others that it was acceptable. Over time, this erodes your sense of self-worth, making it harder to stand up when the same things happen again. Boundaries are a way to break that cycle. They're not about being rigid or unyielding, but about honoring your own needs and values.

It’s easy to confuse tolerance with kindness or flexibility, but there’s a point where tolerating too much becomes a disservice to yourself. True kindness starts with being kind to yourself, and that means saying "no" when something crosses a line. It's recognizing that you are deserving of respect, dignity, and care—and that it’s okay to demand that from the people around you.

Ultimately, setting boundaries is a way to protect your peace. It's not about rejecting others; it's about embracing yourself. The more you practice it, the more you cultivate an environment where you are surrounded by people who respect you, where you can thrive without fear of being taken advantage of or hurt. And most importantly, you teach yourself that you are worthy of that respect, that your feelings and needs are important, and that it's okay to prioritize them.

So, listen to that inner voice. When something doesn’t feel right, honor it. When someone crosses a line, address it. Boundaries are not barriers—they're bridges to healthier, more respectful relationships, both with others and with yourself. And in doing so, you send a clear message: "I respect myself enough to not settle for less than I deserve."
December 4, 2024 at 7:45am
December 4, 2024 at 7:45am
#1080804
I have recently hung up my boots for one last time.

My second innings is done and dusted and now I set sail for a Fully Retired Life. But as I embark on this new journey I question myself that am I prepared ?

Have I prepared for it ? Financially Yes but otherwise ? The answer is No. I had a career Road Map and I tried following it but do I have a Retired Road Map. Do I have specific goals to achieve because now I am in total control of my life.

Every race has an ending, be it job or life, it will end one day. However most of us are neither mentally prepared for it nor emotionally equipped to deal especially the retirement part.

So when it happens we all get unsettled because are plans are not laid out. Its like one of those trains which suddenly jolt to a stop. Most of us are busy planning our career and intently focus on the rise but we never plan beyond that which is unfortunate because there is a huge chunk of life beyond it and the best part is that it is for you.

You are going to be your Own Boss. No body is going to tell you what to do and how to do it. Its your call. These close of 15-20 years which is almost 180-240 months is at your disposal. These are the most precious time of your life. It will go exactly the way you want it.

So start planing for it. Don’t grope when you reach there. Your roadmap should be clearly defined by you. While it is important to do a solid career planing but it is more important to do equally if not more solid Retirement Planning. Not just financial planing but milestones to be achieved. Milestones Set by You & Achieved by You.

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