Sunshine: A Way of Life

Lack of appreciation, constant targeting, and most importantly lack of acknowledgment are a big NO in a healthy work environment and what about our homes? Home sweet home is pretty wide concepts to elaborate in words but that is what we need in this time when we all are locked in our house for our benefit and health. Demanding acknowledgment and counting of favors are far two different concepts. As for an example, "I write because I like to express myself, my readers acknowledge this fact and tell me how good or bad the writeup is." I, as an individual, is very loud and clear about my choices and whether or not to do a certain task. I also expect other people to be the same while communicating with me. My attitude towards my tasks and hard work is not any kind of favor to anyone.  My father always asked me to enjoy my work be it be in any kind. I follow this mantra partially.   Now here comes the requirement of acknowledgment. If the work isn't acknowledged a...

I woke up to the rising sun, I went up to the window, I didn't see the laughing club, Neither any yoga mats. It was silent and unusual. I saw the sunrise, I heard the birds chirp. Switched on the TV, They said some illness prevails out, Asked us to stay at home. I heard the news all day, Only to realize how evident the results are, When we disturb the mother nature. Spent the day reading about what humans have done, From hunting and poaching for their pleasure. To hang the heads of the wild as the medal of their pride. About the slaughterhouses and butcher place, They take lives away for what they serve in plates. It didn't just end here, It went on and on. These selfish humans didn't even leave bats to their peace. It wasn't the first pandemic that spread, It looks like they didn't learn from the books they wrote. The humans went on to butcher the nature, For now, it was time to teach us a lesson. Locked in homes, we wish to roam out, Rem...

We all have special people in our lives, in all different manners, there being special in your life has a lot of different reasons. The reason and purpose of that person no matter how different it is but the love and affection towards them are unconditional. I generally don't write dedicated or appreciation post but this is surely worth sharing. I got out of a toxic friendship, and there was he with his dumb baby face with no idea what had just happened. And what he saw, well, even I don't know till date but it clicked. It was like getting a human you have been praying for, just like a human diary-keeping all your secrets safe with them. I had mine. I have mine. Not even a year back when I was facing soo much, all at once. He held my hand and let me out of all the toxic around me. I don't know what would have I done if it was not for him. Remember when Chandler told Monica that she's the most beautiful lady in most rooms and you want that kind of someone. I had hi...

I wandered in the streets, Looking for humanity. I wandered in the streets, I met inhumanity. I met the last pieces of humanity crushed and broken. I met the ashes of the violence. I wandered in the streets, Looking for sanity. I wandered in the streets, I met insanity. I met the raging fires. I met the burning crowd. I met the fear of angels. I met the broken glass. I wandered in the streets, Looking for peace. I wandered in the streets, I met with violence. I met the demons. I met the noise. I stand in the street now, A deafening silence surrounds me now. For the children don't play in the streets now, and look at their schools burnt down. For the music of  celebrations have been turned down, for it's just the silence that surrounds. For humanity have left the town, as the demons reside here now. -Ira Pandey

Life may or may not always give you what you ask for, I can't complain, rather I just accept everything, I face all the problems life throws at me. We can't do much, actually nothing when you continue to hold back what you feel. It's necessary to say what you feel. Holding back of emotions may make you look emotionally stable on the outside but deep down, you know the truth. Emotional stability doesn't come with a smile or so, well I manage to smile even when my mind and heart are all messed up, I know faking a smile is far more easy than actually talking about stuff which continues to bother you. There are things which tend to suffocate us, make us highly prone to emotional breakdowns. Stress, pressure and constant negative comments and statements about oneself are highly damaging and do nothing but adds up to the issue of emotional instability.  It might be okay to cry, well, no one is here to judge, but it's not okay to only cry. You need to say and talk abo...

On a lonely evening, On a lonely path, She walked ahead and ahead, Determined and focused as she was. Nothing could divert her. Nothing could distract her. On a lonely evening, On a lonely path, She stood individually, Confident and creative as she was. Nothing could stop her. Nothing could affect her. On a lonely evening, In a wheelchair, she sat. She couldn't walk, But she can write. Her words became her backing. Her words became her wings to fly. She is a girl. She is a woman. She is a strength to the world and herself. She shapes her future, She lives on her terms. She is meant to shine. -Ira Pandey

We fail before we succeed. We fell down before we started to walk. We just made lines before we learned to write. We fumbled before we read. The bird didn't fly in its first attempt. It failed and tried again. It tried until its first flight. I know that writing about failures and just giving out positive messages is far more different and tough than actually facing one and most importantly overcoming them. Failure on a bright side is just life-giving you another to groom up yourself and achieve what you couldn't achieve in the first go. Let the failures hurt you but never let them stop you. The moment you let them stop you, that's where everything will collapse. How to deal with it? Well. Patience and hard work together always pays off. Being consistent. trying harder each day to achieve your goals is all you need to focus on. It's difficult getting over a failure especially when people around keep putting you down each day a little. You are to decide ...

They say don't repeat the same mistake again. They say you ought to learn from your mistakes. They say making the same mistakes, again and again, is called a bad habit. Well, I have a bad habit. A bad habit of trying to fix things. Things which I broke down. Broken friendship, relationships and even broken memories. I tend to fix all these and the universe kept breaking them up again and again and not even a single time I realized that what was the universe trying to say to me. "Girl! You have to stop it! I break things for your good. When things get toxic for you and you don't realize. I break them and you shouldn't be fixing them again and again, because they are meant to broken. Fixing them, again and again, will make you feel low, for your efforts will lay in vain. It's okay to leave behind broken things, that makes plenty of space for the things you actually need to focus on. " The above are really some golden words. Yaa, I realized those ...

Taking the path less traveled is fun. Taking the decision unexpected is brave. Taking the correct step ahead is right. Taking a day off is necessary. Taking our own care isn't luxury but really essential. We often neglect self-care routine due to our busy and hectic schedules. Alarming deadlines, busy corporate culture, so many responsibilities to take care of often leave us tired and sooner or later, neglecting what your body is asking for. Long working hours and traveling time eat up soo much of one's time, that we barely have the energy or time to relax and fulfill the needs of the body. Not only going to a spa, or massage only helps in self-care, but at times just reading a book with your favorite music playing, or maybe having your favorite snack or dessert would help. It's not only what your body demands, but it's also sometimes the tired soul which keeps on demanding peace for which we are too busy to provide. A good book, good music, good food,...

Hey 14-year old me, I want to tell you a few things no one would ever tell you with this assurance. You will meet a lot of people and you should not be holding on to people who backstab you and crap at your back about you. Those people aren't meant to keep but they would teach you the best lessons in life about trust, dignity and most importantly, the way how you react with this crap. They would do a hundred things to pull down and make fun of your flaws. They may have good skin for now but don't forget acne occur to all. They may be lean and all but you shouldn't be comparing yourself with any one of them, you are curvy and your beauty lay in those. Life would challenge you and how you deal with it is most important. A few would break you and yes there will be nights of inferiority and tears, but you have to fight those and would make you what you want to be. Not everyone would be sweet to you and be nice to you even when you are nice to them and they would mess with...