i LOVE this

Mahatma Gandhi said...

Immature love says, "I love you because I need you"
Mature love says, "I need you because I love you"

Unacceptable Excuse

I can’t really balance the weights of my thoughts today. I haven’t slept enough…

I can’t wash away the redness of my eyes today. I haven’t slept enough…

I can’t be the can’t-do-without-you employee today. I haven’t slept enough…

I can’t stifle the numb banging inside my head today. I haven’t slept enough…

I can’t keep up the pretenses and the charms today. I haven’t slept enough…

I can’t be the understanding accommodating fool today. I haven’t slept enough…

I can’t make myself believe in care, today. I haven’t slept enough…

I can’t figure whether it is all worth it, that today, I haven’t slept enough…

Alas!

I can’t ask Life for a day’s break by saying - Today, I haven’t slept enough!

Long Time

Days, Weeks, Months, Years… It’s so easy to get entangled in units of time. So easy to forget the fluidity of Life.

When too much is happening, it’s so easy to forget companions of the times when nothing much was happening.

And when one comes across those companions again, it’s so easy to decide to break the ice, another time.

So much Life has passed in the middle… It’s so easy to avoid the decision of what to tell, how to tell, how much to tell.

It’s so easy to make it a pattern… To avoid. To ignore. To turn away. To forget.

What is difficult is to say to them, “I missed you. Yes, I could manage… and manage well, perhaps. But I missed you, and I realize it more today when I’m meeting you after so long”

What is difficult is to acknowledge that you’re actually saying this to a beautiful part of YOU, that you have left with this companion – a part without which you would always be incomplete.

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I missed you… and I realize it more today when I’m meeting you after so long.