A boy's journey through words and the mixtapes. I write every Thursday.
Everything will be okay. Trust me
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Happens once in a while.
Whenever I feel
true elation,
profound gratification;
My heart cracks open,
tears find their way out.
I cry.
For,
memories flood in,
of bittersweet experiences that shaped me,
of few good people that cared,
of deliberate observations that became my roadmap,
I cry — fully content.
When was the last time you took a moment — only for yourself.
Happy New Year 2026.
Whatever that means.
Namaste.
Leave a CommentDo not hurt anybody; not with your actions; specially not with words coming out of your mouth. Always treat people with respect and dignity. Love them.
~ Maa (Late Grandmother)
I still grieve.
I miss her.
There are times when I feel she is around.
There are times when I sense her blessings.
There are times when i remember bits and pieces of conversations we exchanged.
There are times i smile when i remember her laughing, smiling, … shining.
I miss my grandmother.
Selfishly, I wish she was still here for a little longer.
Today, when i heard a guy with a mic say,
“grief is the price you pay for Love.”
He couldn’t be more accurate.
With hope.
The vacuum; The wealth of grief she left me with — will forever live with me.
I, cherish it.
I, get to keep it for myself.
May I never lose it.
May she never let me go!
मा.
Namaste.
Leave a CommentEveryday, once in a while, breathe on purpose, with purpose or without.
~ Musicpervs
Go look yourself in the mirror today and look at your photographs from 10 years ago.
You will know.
You have changed!
Good chances are that 10 years from today you will again be a completely new person.
In 10 years,
things you worry about,
things that keep you awake all night,
things that feels like nightmare,
things you dread,
things that is killing you, hurting you,
things that are weighing you down,
will have absolutely
0 consequences,
0 effects,
0 significance,
0 weight,
0 value.
0
For,
after 50, no matter how beautiful,… preety you were; your beauty will have zero currency value.
After 60, no matter how prestigious life you must have lived; your status game goes to trash
After 70, the house you’ve built with your hard-earned blood, sweat and tears will not be as valuable when the knee pain starts creeping in.
After 80, no matter if you are a billionaire, your life will be limited to couple bucks of medicines and a strict diet routine.
Gist of it all:
time will never be ‘just-right’,
time will never wait,
time only and only leads us to our aged, weathered, weaker self.
Which is why,
Stop!
And, cherish whatever you have at this minute, the hours and the day.
Work on your gratitude muscle and spend your mental bandwidth all wide-awake, with care and a little bit of harmless selfishness.
Today is the youngest you will ever be.
Sleep on it.
Namaste.
Leave a CommentThe more you use your voice without care and caution, the more substance you spend at the expense of your integrity and self-worth.
~ author
Speak Less.
Actions speak.
Silence serves you.
You — Grind.
Namaste.
Comments closedDon’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will-then your life will flow well
Epictetus
Expect surprises.
Expect discomfort.
Expect stress.
Expect grief, sadness.
Dwell not on expectancy of forever glory.
Dwell not on expectancy of ill luck.
Life’s not straight-forward and that’s how it is.
Despite.
Be grateful for worst is survivable.
Be grateful for you have life.
Mere accept. Act.
Move forth.
Ample of housekeepings for you below to keep.
Namaste.
Comments closedLife’s too short to not enjoy life.
Lynn Terbush
There’s always something that’s going for each one of us.
So is the life of Lynn.
I met her on a flight from Chicago to San Francisco on March 02, 2023. I was heading home after having visited my sister for a week.
Listening to Lynn’s story; sharing some of mine; laughing on surprisingly few overlaps between her life and mine throughout that 5 hours plus long flight is something I will cherish for the rest of my natural life.
She was a charm.
A light, free soul.
Witty.
A treat to be with, … befriend with.
Despite.
I can’t imagine walking on her shoe!
She’s been through so much in her life and when she quoted, “Life’s too short to not enjoy life.” it made all sense where she was coming from. The scent of unadulterated gratification, the vibe of sheer optimism, the grit of humble warrior; She owned that maxim.
I wish her speedy recovery, tons and tons many happy memories with her near and dear ones.
I’d like her to know that in those few hours I had spent with her — she has painted my life with a permanent brushstroke of always being grateful for this one life I have.
Plus, I will forever envy her spellbinding sense of humor that made the dull day all the more lit and merrier. I love her!
Can’t stress enough her simple message, “Enjoy life!”
Namaste.
Comments closed“No one good is ever truly good, and no one bad is ever truly bad“.
Loki
It has been a while.
Few housekeeping.
It’s been over a month I’ve been in Seattle to be alongside with my best friend while he has been going through a kidney transplant surgery.
It was rough.
Things however, are getting better. Nonetheless, everyday is different.
Patience is a virtue we ought to worship.
But, this is not an excuse for me for not being able to keep up with my weekly schedule of Musicpervs.
I needed a break!
Today, I wanted to talk about whether it’s good to have stress. Anxiety.
Fears and the likes.
Unwrapping.
My father use to say, “Don’t stress out about things.”
I’d rather contest, “We’d have to have as much appetite to stomach as many life’s challenges as we can.”
For, Good stress keeps us in our toes.
Healthy anxiety is good for growth.
Fear not necessarily is an Agent Smith.
Now, having said that, it is also imperative that stress, anxiety, fears and the likes also have to be thoughtfully, mindfully, and carefully filtered among the two evident silos..
One helpful. The other harmful.
One has prospect. The other punishes.
One is a prayer. The other willful blindness.
One is a must. The other is a choice.
Namaste.
Comments closedI truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers – if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.
It’s a good thing that you can temporarily die
— in social media verse.
I just unplugged my instagrams this week after two weeks of trip to DC and New York to wrap 2022 and welcome 2023.
After a year of everyday journaling via ‘potatoshrestha’
It feels peacefully light to live the way I was used to.
To live an underdog lifestyle.
To be non-existent.
To be caught up in the moment — without judgement, un-enforced, un-fabricated, and
To follow the pretense of accident — without expectations, wholly, heartfully, and cheerfully!
Namaste.
Comments closedHumans believe that self-improvement and chasing success and happiness is going to get them somewhere.
That the future is bright and great things are on the horizon.
The Truth is that all their thoughts, actions, and imaginings are time-pass.
Reality is a dimension unrealized.
~ Kapil Gupta (Siddha Performance)
Homo sapiens.
We all have ‘tomorrow‘ in our head that trickles down at our everyday ‘present‘.
Or, maybe we don’t have it at all.
Either way —plan or no-plan;
Life unfolds in high definition only as it happens.
The Predictability element (the ‘control’ per se) over Life’s equation is merely the mathematics of in-genuine probability.
In all sincerity,
Life’s a database of surprises and ‘sh✱ts’.
Life’s again a never-ending chain of question after question.
Education? Career? Marriage? Children? Retirement? what to eat? what to put on? what to post? what to talk? what to write? … more questions
Not that I haven’t said it before, but it’s also time we cherish the fact that Life’s loss too — for we lose e.v.e.r.y-thing with time;
until we lose ourselves in one final breathe.
I don’t know it’s weird. I so much am in love with the idea of death as much as I love and celebrate life.
Nevertheless, today, let’s mediate on few truths:
Life’s not always sunshine and rainbows. Life’s boring. Painful. Stressful too.
Life’s not always aims, ambitions and hustles. Life’s stillness too.
Life’s not always past stories and memories. Life’s a unique opportunity to live your dreams too.
To soar and to forget too.
Ultimately,
Life’s beautiful.
Although life collects enormous dirt — as it passes and withers.
Namaste.
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