Care without conditions

Care without any conditions,
Care if you actually care.
Don't just play with emotions,
It often becomes too difficult to bear.

~ WMOP

Growing up

From an outgoing person to a reserved kind,
She grew.
Being a different kind,
Of a touch me not-
Curling up to every other person,
Opening up to just a few.

~ Muskaan Arora

Sister became a victim.

The bell rang,
Door opened with a bang.
He came inside,
Her memories revived.
Only she knew,
Years ago, what she had been through.
She had been a victim,
Still, the world called her suffering a story.
She used to see a brother in him,
Today, his punishment had become her victory.

~ WMOP

Storm inside, storm outside

The sky was filled with dark clouds,
Her heart was filled with fear.
The rains usually accompanied the darkness in her life,
Lightning bringing happiness was rare.

~ WMOP

Diary Entry 1

Why are people so pathetic? How can they forget that their words hurt someone ? Recently, I have started to sympathize with such people . I used to react and retaliate. Now when such people shout, I don't react. I just go quiet. I try to sympathize with their behaviour. Such a silent treatment might not do any good to them , it won't harm me either. I am aiming to achieve such an extent of this silent treatment where I should be sympathizing with people on a daily basis and not mentioning it in a diary entry. I would like it make this my habit.

~ WMOP

The Life Of A Class Representative

Here's to a person whose life no longer revolves around himself!! Neither it's love nor it's career, it is the responsibility of being a class representative. People may take him for granted still he has to be there to support them. People may complain but he has to forget. The bitter truth is his responsibilities form a major part of his life now. 'Being CR' often tends to replace 'Being human' for him. Rare are those human beings whom God gifts a full store house of patience and tolerance. Some of them become class representatives. His world might have revolved around a small circle of people till now but he has to go through all those changes which had been irresistible for him. So, what's the life of a CR like? It's hectic and tiring with a long list of unending duties to be fulfilled and a pile of problems to be taken care of. The better part is it's not really life, thankfully it's just an experience. Being a class representative is an experience which directly results in the evolution of that person. It makes a person strong enough to face any situation that life throws at him. Also, it makes him capable of hiding all his frustration and agony with a single, big smile.

The Power Of Words

Unexpressed thoughts,
Crossing the mind.
Questioned once,
'Is peace so difficult to find?'

This made the mind realise-
So, it did let the words escape!!
They made their way,
As thoughts in disguise.

Thoughts finally flowed,
Leaving the heart at peace.
Only beautiful moments,
Left for it to sieze!!

This is the power of words;
Either it can make their journey unending,
Or lent the thoughts,
Some peaceful nights.

Inefficient Humans

You troubled me,
I hate you;
But I will pray for you.

You insulted me,
I hate you;
But I have a soft corner in my heart for you.

See that transformer at the end of the road,
Recieving electric current from the electricity board.
But what is a transformer?
Basically it helps in moderating the voltage-
And makes our house more brighter and warmer.
Is a transformer 100% efficient?
No, no machine is 100% efficient;
And transformer is a machine,
But machines are more efficient than humans,
If machine is 40-50% efficient,
What more can you expect from humans?

Hatred, love, anger are emotions,
That form a part of humans.
But humans are inefficient;
Since even there hatred is not sufficient.

There is a hope in the dark phase,
There is a new sun ready to come when the light fades,
And there is a soft corner present when the human hatred portrays,
It is that clever love working,
When you don't realise-
Why you were praying for your enemy?
When you were eager to send someone a good luck,
Whom you considered your bad luck.
When you said that this is my enemy,
But you couldn't harm that person even for a penny.
At all these times it was that soft corner,
Which was activated by your hatred,
And had spread the rumour across-
That this helpless person is my employee,
And I am his boss.
He is under my control,
I am influencing him,
Because he is merely an inefficient human,
But I am a self-sufficient boss.

Living Life To The Fullest

We should always live our life to the fullest. Don't we give such advice to every other person? But, to what extent are we able to achieve it? Our answers to this question are usually indirect. We often tend to blame our situations and circumstances. Lack of time becomes another seemingly genuine excuse. 

I was overwhelmed when I realized that I had begun this week on a very happy note by defeating all the above excuses. I don't know what will happen tomorrow but I can proudly say that I lived this day to the fullest. All the beautiful moments have left their imprint on my mind and they are going to stay with me forever. Never ending photo sessions, long walks, silly conversations with a dose of laughter and comedy made my day so amazing that every time I felt the time flying I actually wanted it to stop. I wanted to live each moment again with the same people and with the same carefree attitude. 

Today I realized that there's no rocket science behind being happy in life. There is happiness hidden behind all those little things which people tend to neglect. For example; dining with your family, having a heart-to-heart conversation with a family member, listening to a someone carefully, caring for your family etc. I have begun to feel that sometimes just the presence of certain people becomes enough to heal many wounds. There charisma lends you a new found strength and infinite hope to deal with all your problems. It's just the presence that matters, things sort out automatically. 

Yes, I missed a lot today. There were a number of things I couldn't complete. There were moments which I couldn't be a part of. But, I will never regret. I am happy with what I got and with the way I lived my life today.

Mental Health - A Stigma To Indian Society

Our mental health cannot be a choice,

It’s important to keep our minds calm in every situation.

Among innumerable problems and difficulties,

It’s important for our minds to stay away from the surrounding noise.

 

The noise of our society stigmatizing mental health-

Who doesn’t know ‘Health is wealth’?

Who doesn’t know importance of good health?

 

Still, mentally disabled people of our nation are being disgraced-

Rather they should be embraced,

With a lot of love and care,

Because being mentally disabled,

There are so many difficulties that they have to bear.

 

Having a good mental health cannot be a choice,

But helping people to recover is our duty.

Only then can our country India rightfully-

Justify the phrase ‘Unity in diversity’.

Mental Workout For A Writer

Irrespective of the places or occasions where rose and lotus are used, they are inseparable from thorns and muddy pond respectively. Irrespective of the height of the tree, it always stands firm to the seed from which it grows.

Similarly, people in general should be strongly connected with their family and old friends irrespective of where they go or what they become.

                                          To Be Continued...

1:00 a.m. Feelings

Today, you have completed another successful year of your life,

What's constant is your lovely presence in my life,

Yes, I cherish it.

Yes, I value it.

God knows what would have happened to me-

If you weren't there,

In all those times when I was depressed,

If you didn't help me grow with love and care.

May you be the most blessed person alive..!!

Because you are the one,

Who completes my life.

Is Silence Really Silent?

Yesterday, I had a tough schedule. I was awake till three in the morning. My phone wasn't busy rather my mind was busy working on physics. It was all going fine as I could concentrate much more due to the silence around.

And that's when my mind yelled at me, "Excuse me, silence?". I was a bit confused but when I closed my books and spared a few minutes to observe anything and everything I could hear, I realised that silence didn't seem to be silent anymore. The tick tock of the hands of the clock, according to me was the main culprit who was disobeying the phrase 'pin drop silence' at three in the morning. Complementing its efforts beautifully was a bunch of people who were busy talking on the road outside.

That's when a thought struck me. Time is so powerful and unstoppable. But what's more powerful than time is 'silence' or the 'imperfect silence' because be it whatever time in our life or in day silence never seems to be silent. It always emerges victorious against time be it in the form of tick tock of the hands of a clock or the struggle of a million thoughts in our mind.

Hence, we bending before time is totally fair because even time bends before us. After all, it's we humans only who indirectly break the silence. We are the ones who whisper among our colleagues and friends and break the silence of a seemingly silent room.

~ Muskaan Arora

A Life - Full Of Colours

A life - full of colours; Does it mean that we are playing Holi every other day? Does it mean that we have painted our homes in beautiful, bright colours? No, ofcourse not.

Life is not about the festivals we celebrate. Life is not limited to our homes. Life is how we bring value to ourselves and others. Life is not about the colours we play with on festivals rather it's about the colours we spread in other lives wherever we go.

Spreading colours around us is not a difficult task. It's very easy. Sharing food with colleagues or friends; offering someone a seat; addressing a stranger as 'sir'; having a conversation with elders in your family just to make them feel that 'they are important'; making certain people realise their value in your life; Such little gestures can spread a new colour in anyone's life.

The day we realise that our true happiness doesn't lie in our materialistic desires that we crave for rather it lies in others happiness, we will definitely put our best foot forward to make people smile, to make them realise their value in our lives. It's not really difficult to care for people, to express our love for them. What we need is to be patient and give it a thought before we be harsh to someone, then we will be able to spread colours in several lives.

She Is My Mother..!!

It was a tiring day,
Winds were blowing and flowers did sway.
But it was only me who craved,
For a person who could wipe out my tiredness-
Come what may..!!

Soon, I entered my house-
And stopped mid way,
A single glance at her beautiful face made me forget all the troubles of that day,
Because she is my mother-
That's all I can proudly say..!!

Friends Are An Integral Part Of Life

I owe my life undoubtedly to my mother. I owe the luxuries of my life undoubtedly to my father. But other than my family, my teachers and God, the credit of shaping my life beautifully also goes to another group of people who are my friends.

It's very easy to say, "Friends are an integral part of life" but my friends have proven it. From little memories to huge transformations, they have always been in the lime light. Trying different things; be it bunking classes or munching stuff during classes, they have always supported me in each of my ventures. They have changed the 'high school definition' of a back bencher which I used to abide by. Today when I see a group of students sitting at the back of a class, my mind tells me they might be really close friends. One of them might be teaching a difficult topic to the others.

I am grateful to have lived innumerable happy moments with my friends and yes, I continue to live them today. Such are these precious gifts from God who simply leave an everlasting impact in your lives. A name written on the shore will wash away due to a single high tide but the memories of such wonderful people in my life becomes more significant when I face problems. So beautiful and memorable has been this journey, that even today when I comment "Oh..!! Life is tough", my mind tells me to stop complaining and think about the good friends I possess.

Now and then, I tend to relate everything to the moments I have lived. Looking at the chat corner, I remember that's where a Pani Puri was once being stuffed into my mouth. When I sit back peacefully to have my lunch, my heart giggles "When was the last time you had your food peacefully without sharing it with anybody?". When I deboard at the metro station, I get that strange feeling of things being really familiar. That's how friends are..!! They find a place at every nook and corner in your life. Time will fly away. But memories will never leave you. Each place where you used to hang out will make you remember of the crazy things you used to do together; be it teasing someone or laughing wholeheartedly over something silly.

One very important transformation in my life that I have been going through these days is that I have improved my handwriting. I have been working on it; making neat and tidy notes, marking the important points clearly has been my daily routine for many days now. Even if I am restless during my lectures, I put in an extra effort to make really good notes. So ultimately, that's how friends influence. You may take the comments they make on you very lightly but when time makes you part ways, you start to value them and their comments so much so that you change your ways.

मेरी मां, मेरा जहान

पूरी ज़िंदगी नादान रही मैं,

इस बात से अनजान रही मैं,

जन्नत को ढूंढती रही यहाँ वहाँ-

पर अपनी माँ को सताकर,

सूना कर दिया मैंने अपना ही जहान।

जिंदगी खत्म होने पर,

जब खु़दा ने मुझे बुलाया-

तब मुझे समझ आया,

कि मेरा खुशियों का जहान,

तो था मेरी माँ के कदमों में ही समाया।

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~ Muskaan Arora 

मां

अपने सपनों की उड़ान भरने के लिए,
प्रोत्साहन देती है मां।
घर में कदम रखते ही चेहरा देखकर थकान का अंदाज़ा जो लगा ले,
बिल्कुल ऐसी होती है मां।

A Day Will Come.

A day will come,
When I will lock myself ,
In a dark room.
I ll cry and cry,
Till my heart gets tired of weeping,
Or my tears get tired of drying.
That moment will come,
When my veins will grow numb,
My face will be tired of smiling,
Those saturated smiles.
Saturated because of tears hidden behind them,
Those smiles will be no more,
Which have been encouraging people,
To walk miles many more.
The day those smiles will burst out,
I know many people around will doubt-
My sweet smiling face,
That used to be.
Was it a fake one,
Or was I really carefree?
But don't worry,
I ll convince myself;
People doubt,
It's their habit,
Then they come to a conclusion,
And take all the credit.
Credit for what?
For making a beautiful heart hurt,
For making tears roll down,
Those innocent eyes,
For showing their maturity by hurting someone,
Just because they are a bit more practical and wise.
Is this the life?
Yes it is.
But is this a way of living?
In which people focus on hurting others,
Taking pleasures,
And have forgotten that-
Life is about taking and giving.
History repeats itself;
What people do now,
It will come to them some day,
And they will face it themselves,
This circle will start again.
A day will come,
When someone will get locked,
In a dark room.
That day those smiles will burst out,
And many people around will definitely doubt.
People will repent for their own sin,
After all it's a circle they are caught in.

What Angels Told Her?

Waiting for him,
In the darkness,
Lying on the bed,
"She is sinking"
The doctor said.
Inside the room,
ECG was falling.
Outside the room,
Tears were falling.
Doctors lost hope-
"She is not reviving"
Meant there was no scope.
Once life laughed on her,
Today her heart was crying.
Covered with a white cloth,
There, she was lying.
Angels above were overwhelmed,
They came to take her soul away.
She yelled-
"I am waiting for him and will wait come what may".
Angels explained-
"You are precious dear,
You are not made for the one,
Who doesn't care.
God made you-
God is your father.
He has been watching your tears,
Night and day.
After all what's your mistake?
If that person took your smiles away.
But God can't see his daughter,
Crying all day".
Grabbing her hand'
Angels told her-
"Come, God is calling,
Today is your Doom's Day".