SOMETHING SPECIAL IN ORDINARY

NEED TO JUST FEEL IT...

Small, routine, sometimes unnoticed moments can actually make us feel special.

We don't always need events, success or celebrations to feel good about self and life.

Seemingly ordinary moments feel special...especially when looking back.

An attempt to capture some of them...


It is about a few unspoken words in all that you speak and hear

It is about a few unexpressed desires that you seek in your daily life  

Those shy dreams behind your eyelids hiding from everyone out there


It is about the walk you take all by yourself on a lovely evening

It is about seeing a kid with his dad, wobbling around playfully

Those feelings of being complete but yet not whole in a single moment



It is about the unexpected drizzles making you feel refreshed and happy

It is about the strong, energetic wind that gushes through your hair

Those childlike feelings behind the responsible person that you are


It is about the unexpectedly sweet encounter with a stranger in the new city

It is about smiling at the unknown yet known person in your travel to work

Those feelings of being good and grown up as you make your way in the crowd



It is about missing the luscious mangoes you enjoyed with your cousins as kids

It is about recreating those moments with new friends and new roommates.

Those moments of laughter and fun in sharing and teasing in this different phase


It is about that long chat with your best friend over the phone after many months

It is about reliving and cherishing the past days, yet being happy about the present

Those intense feelings of holding to everything that you have ever had and known


It is about achieving certain things that you had dreamed of since long

It is about knowing few things that have faded into the background of life

Those emotions of not being sure what has been gained or lost, but being content


It is like sweet music humming in your ears and in your heart

It is like your own rhythm to the chords of life

No special occasion, no grand event, no splendid date... it’s all in the mind

Mr. Uncontrollable

A young person, much like you and me, who has had a tough time and is feeling troubled decides to write to his own brain telling it the troubles of over-thinking and asking it to calm down!!!

Mr. Uncontrollable (Brain),

I have been trying to explain you this since some time. But you don’t seem to be in a mood to listen to me at all! (Talk about being stubborn! ;-)) Every day since some weeks, I have been trying to confront you and explain some important things. But all you do is turn your back to me and stare in the opposite direction and act as if you are deaf!!! Now the water has gone much above the danger level (and I am really sinking), that is why I have decided to pen down all that you need to understand.

So let us get down to business crisply. You really need to understand that you have been interfering too much in all my matters. I know your job is to think, analyse, give orders to other body parts and make sure that everything is working properly. But dude, you are overworking the last few weeks…

You are thinking too much…so much that my heart is facing a serious problem. You are making it beat at a pace too rapid, causing anxiety. You are analysing too much…so much so that it is becoming a big obstacle to my sleeping hours. You are behaving like those rash teenagers on the floor above my apartment who play loud music right in the dead of the silence of the night. You are nagging me a lot lately…so much so that you could compete with Mrs. Sharma at it. (Imagine that now!) You are acting like the mother-in-law of the 1940’s…who made their daughters-in-law reduce to tears at the smallest mistakes!!!

So my dear brain, please stop behaving this way. We used to be good buddies amigo… I remember that you did not keep chattering all the time then. These days, you are constantly grinding the wheels too hard…weighing each emotion and stream of thought again and again…thinking about every word that my mouth utters…analysing every word that falls on my ears…even all the dreams that I get…DUDE…give it a break!

As your good friend, I really want to tell you something. I understand that you cannot help thinking about everything under the sun including life, ambition, love, passion, work, success, failure and death. All I want to say is that it would be so much better and easier if you think about all these things one at a time. And take it a bit lightly…yeah, you can give that a try, right? Not too hard I guess 

Please do get some relaxation. Take a short holiday somewhere if you want to. But come back soon…I can’t do without you!

Loads of love and care (I know that sounds cheesy but bear with that!)

Yours truly! 

There is a child inside each one of us.

The part that longs for a break in a very boring day.

The part that wants to go on a holiday with our favourite people.

The part that wants to disappear from the things we absolutely dislike.

The part that longs for comforts of our homes especially after a long, bad day.

There is innocence in each one of us.

The part that misses the warm cup of Mom-made tea in the rainy evenings.

The part that smiles when a two-year kid is laughing in his dad’s arms.

The part that misses the very funny things we did in our school days.

The part that misses those talks, games and evenings with the society friends.

There is a tinge of childhood alive in each one of us.

The part that wants to drench in the rains for the sheer joy of it.

The part that wants to sleep with our mother’s hand on our forehead.

The part that wants to call a friend a hundred miles away from us.

The part that does not want to be all alone at the end of a hard day.   

Yes, life makes us mature with time. Each and every one of us learns the hard ways of life at some point or the other- in one way or the other. That does make us rational and well-reasoned- but does not make the childlike qualities disappear.

In fact, that is why people who have innocent smiles are so endearing. The sheer delight reflected in the smile tugs at the strings of our hearts. The eyes which speak a lot are loveable- coz they reflect the emotions in the soul. It is the spark that keeps one going in hard times. It is the reason of the warmth in a smile and caress in a hug. It is the reason of the happy spirit, of joy and of cheer. It is the reason of the resounding laughter that pleases our heart. It is in the bond that we share with our closest friends. It is in the freedom of being our true selves- of being happy-of being spirited.  

And that is the reason I believe it is indeed important to keep that spirit alive in us. Life is not all about being rational and practical- it is as much about being emotional and young at heart.

Cheers!