Hope in Despair

It's been quite some time since the last time I came here and gave my fingers some practice. It feels great to be back again and share my experiences with you all.
Change of places hasn't changed me a bit and all I know I am the same person that I was before coming here.
I have learned the most important lessons of my life in this short span of time here. I am glad that I can be flexible when needed. I found people around me uncomfortable with the way of living here, but I was amazed to see that I didn't feel the negative vibes of coming to a totally new place. The apprehensions which I feared don't exist. The comforts that aren't available here keeps our hope alive for a better tomorrow.
This is the best thing that anyone can ask for.... Hope... at its very best..
I'll be back again.. very soon!!

Quotes.

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
Albert Einstein

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau

Inspiration and genius--one and the same.
Victor Hugo

To find what you seek in the road of life,
the best proverb of all is that which says:
"Leave no stone unturned."
Edward Bulwer Lytton

If you would create something,
you must be something.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.
Horace Bushnell

Life has no smooth road for any of us; and in the bracing atmosphere of a high aim the very roughness stimulates the climber to steadier steps, till the legend, over steep ways to the stars, fulfills itself.
W. C. Doane


Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
George Eliot

No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men do less than they ought,
unless they do all they can.
Thomas Carlyle

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher.


Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Leon J. Suenes

The power of imagination makes us infinite.
John Muir

First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus


It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Take calculated risks.
That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton Wilder

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke

Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Johann Gottfried Von Herder

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
Voltaire

If the wind will not serve,
take to the oars.
Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe
Latin Proverb

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Benjamin Disraeli

You cannot plough a field by
turning it over in your mind.
Author Unknown

The best way out is always through.
Robert Frost

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
William B. Sprague

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson

Fortune favors the brave.
Publius Terence

When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are. - Richard Hooker

He who hesitates is lost.
Proverb

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We are still masters of our fate.
We are still captains of our souls.
Winston Churchill

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

For hope is but the dream
of those that wake.
Matthew Prior

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Lucretius

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--
a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley

I tried so hard and got so far... But In the End, it doesn't even matter.

It starts with
One thing I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time

All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away

It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
Or wasted it all just to watch you go

I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be
A memory of a time when

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how

I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised

It got so far
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me in the end

You kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be
A memory of a time when

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know

I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter


This is one of my favourite songs and I was tryin' to search what it exactly means. It's strange how every individual has a different approach to the lyrics of this song. People interpret it according to their lives and experiences. Same lines, same song... yet different ways of seeing it. Oh! Come on.. it's just a song. The lyrics of this song are so tempting inspite of the fact that they may be representing a darker side of life (another interpretation).
Some said that the lyrics of this songs were taken from a suicide note... But the video of the song looked so positive. The other interpretation was that the song is based on a relationship which ceased to exist. The lines tell us about how hard one tries to put things in order when everything is falling apart. Time plays such an important role in it as you can't extend it or go beyond it... you gotta do things with whatever time we are left with. But no matter whatever we do, how hard we try... everything falls apart in the end. Another negative interpretation.
Most o them interpreted that this is all about life and death... a man may run from death but can't hide from it. Eventually death is the only reality one is left with and there is nothing a person can do about it. Believe it or not.. Death is the only reality... for everything else will be lost in the end.. no matter how hard you try.. but it won't ever matter. Even though it portrays another negative influence the song has on the people, this explanation of the song seems a bit more positive in a manner that more often than not seems to be true:
If One day everyone has to die, and there is nothing you can really do about it... there is no reason in the whole eternity why not to follow your heart. One always knows the destiny... the ultimate destiny that he'll be facing. So instead of surrendering things to your fate, do it your way... for there won't ever be another chance that you'll get to do things what your heart always told you to do. Follow your heart, coz even if you don't... in the end it doesn't even matter.
Time is indeed the most valuable thing in this world. Although it seems to be passing away each moment, it is the same every moment.. what passes every moment away is your life, which instead of living it, you end up dying, with nothing to cherish about at that moment. The point is to start living the moment... which is the only thing that matters. "I tried so hard and got so far.. but in the end, it doesn't even matter."- Life isn't about the destination but its about the journey. The destination is always the same for everyone and you can be certain that you will reach it- death. So start living the moment, the journey you are in... coz that is the only thing you are left with... which is yours, and which you have your control and faith in. Your whole world which comprises of faith, belief, trust and hope is all for the journey and not the destination. Listen to your heart right away. There won't be second chances in life and there will be nothing to regret later. The moment is what that always matters. The destination is something which is inevitable. Stop going for the destination. No matter who you are or what you want or what you think, everything thats taking place is in the journey itself. That is the only thing which you're left with. Why let it go for a destination that will never change? Again, listen to what your heart says. Mind is a crap.
In this life everything is messed up... always.. Either you break down or learn to fight... in both the ways, you'll end up with the same fate... the choice is yours... how do you want to end up!

Someday when they ask again... what you what to be.. We won't have to guess... We'll Know.

"When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were thing like astronaut, president, or in my case… princess.

When we were ten, they asked again and we answered - rock star, cowboy, or in my case, gold medalist. But now that we've grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how 'bout this: who the hell knows?!

This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions, its time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love - a lot. Major in philosophy 'cause there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again, because nothing is permanent.

So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be… we won't have to guess. We'll know."

-Jessica Valedictorian
Speech from "The Twilight saga: Eclipse"

Let me be Myself

I guess i just got lost being someone else,
I tried to kill the pain
But nothing ever helped
I left myself behind
Somewhere along the way
Hoping to come back around
and find myself some day

Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK, tell me please
Would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

Would you Let Me Be Myself
Coz I'll never find my heart
Behind someone else
I'll never see the light of day
Living in this cell
It's time to make my way
Into the world i knew
And take back all of these times
That I gave in to you

Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK, tell me please
Would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself,
For a while
If you don't mind,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

That's all i ever wanted from this world
Was to let me be me..

Please, would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself
Please, would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself,
For a while
If you don't mind,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me. 
Black as the pit from pole to pole, 
I thank whatever Gods may be, 
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutches of circumstances, 
I have not winced nor cried aloud, 
Under the bludgeonings of chance 
My head is bloody, but unbowed. 

Beyond this place of wrath and tears 
Looms but the Horror of the shade, 
And yet the menace of the years 
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate, 
How charged with punishments the scroll. 
I am the master of my fate: 
I am the captain of my soul.

The "What-if" turnaround.

It feels great coming here after a long time with so many thoughts in mind to share. Usually we are moved and motivated by what we sense, hear, feel, and perceive. But for how long? Our behaviour is ironical in certain aspects of life. It starts with a belief and ends with it... though all the time we live on this earth that belief is taken over by doubt. Change is inevitable and they say change is for good. But who defines what is good for us? Aiming for the stars with the risk of falling face burst on the ground or playing it safe to lead a risk free and content life being just another face in the crowd. That belief is nowhere to be found. Strange isn't it?

When we're born we don't know about this world and the difficulties that are awaiting us... The problems are always bigger than the solutions. What does one do? Play it safe! A kid has so many desires in his mind and lives for those moments when he will fulfill all of them.. But gradually as he grows up he finds all those things he wanted to achieve will never be fulfilled! Thus he compromises... A 12 year old with a guitar in his hand blowing the roof of his school fest thinks to live the moment when he would become a Rockstar and own the big stage someday.. When that 12 year old turns 27 years old he finds out he is just another guy with the guitar...

People begin to accept the fact whatever they dream is just because they will never achieve it and hence they call themselves "Practical". Why is the word practical always used in a negative way? Why can't it be used to fulfill all those dreams? Is that what we call Practical? Stop being Practical.... and as Steve Job puts it "Be hungry... Be Foolish!!" As that is the only way you will ever have a chance to live all those things you ever wanted. What good is being wise?

In our lives, this world teaches us to be content with what we have... how are you ever gonna aim for the stars? This world has become so much practical that they have started believing in disbelief. Why is it so hard to achieve whatever you want? The things that you want are for you to have it and not for the people who tell you cannot!

Ok.. Even if you won't ever get what you want... why do you need to give up? If your destiny wants you to lose why don't you give it a good fight anyhow? At least then you will have a chance to live up to your own expectations than being one of them and hamper another kid's dream?

What will you prefer? A 1 out of 10 chances to live your life or surrendering to the "Be Practical" society?

On one hand is a chance that you may achieve what you desire mixed with the risks of a bad fall... and on the other yet another a simple risk free mediocre life! The choice is yours!

If you go for the former, then let no-one tell you that you can't do something.. not even your closest one.. Alright? You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you.. you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it.

Maybe most of the time these people will be right about something. But they will never take a risk.. Most of the time people who want to achieve their dreams will fall down and they will say,"Look... I told that poor guy!" But some of those poor guys make history. You're born with nothing but you die with your name.. Make sure its just not a word.. It must be history. People will always tell you you can't have something you like... and they will be right when you let them be right.... They will get into your head and you will speak the same to some other person... The problem with today's people is they can't say "What if" and they probably never will. They have lost faith and they're coming to you... Maybe someday you'll become one of them... and they will have a chance to laugh at you... But if you'll have just one chance to laugh at them...

Let the people laugh at you... don't fear that... but never let life laugh at you..

Just have a belief and say to your self...Ok.. I may not be able to pull it off.. but.. "What if"..."What if".."What if"...