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The Song of the Past

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Many a time, it is the sound of our past that we keep dancing to, way past the present and deep into the future. We keep an old melody alive, singing its praise and applauding its orchestral eloquence. It was, once, but that is not enough. We embody it as the future, we worship it.

Forgetting that the drums ringing from our past are in the past for a reason. Yes, to direct our path. To illumine, if you will, the hearer, but not to become the object of the future. Continue reading “The Song of the Past” →

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On controlling the future

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We often let the thought of the unknown overwhelm us. Because the future is not set, the possibilities are endless. And because the wonderings of our minds are unbounded, we easily lose grip of it and it becomes too difficult to rein it in. So we let our minds wander.

Endless possibilities exist in the next minute. What are we to say of the next year? Continue reading “On controlling the future” →

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A Rebirth

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It was not instant death. It dwindled, like the waning of candlelight that was once burning with fervour. Then the air grew thinner and the light began to die slowly.
Except you didn’t take note of the implication. You focused on the tiny patch that was still visible too much to notice that the rest of the room had grown dark.
Then the light went out. And total darkness was all you had left. You had to feel your way around like a blind man walking in a world full of light but can’t see it–because that is what you are.

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Controlling Chaos

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In the event that things don’t turn out the way we plan for it to, all hell has the potential to go loose. It is instinctual to want order in our lives. But one of the most dominant things in our existence is the ever presence of chaos, unpredictability, the unknown–in the weather, in the response and reaction of others around us, in the future. We are surrounded by uncertainties and it is normal for us to want to exert control and authority over the things closest to us, over the people around us. It is only human of us to want to be in charge of something, because then, we don’t feel so helpless and useless.

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