Past
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The Weight That Quietly Shapes Us
I have come to believe that every person who creates something meaningful carries within them a deep and inexhaustible reservoir of emotional pain. Not always the dramatic kind. More often, it is the kind that grows quietly, over years. Pain shaped in childhood, in homes where love existed but arrived unevenly, or where silence spoke Continue reading
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The Beauty of Stitched Hearts
Perhaps perfect hearts are not the ones that look flawless, but the ones that have been broken and mended with care. Scars, after all, are silent stories—stories of love, loss, and resilience. Every stitch in a heart tells of a moment when someone chose to give love freely, without calculating the cost or expecting anything Continue reading
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How Zubeen Garg Shaped My Writing
I am a person who grieves in private and laughs in private. Though I may appear to joke around, I am fiercely private, and expressing my emotions openly has never come easily. Naturally, my feelings find their way into my writings and poetry—a silent language through which I communicate the depths of my heart. Looking Continue reading
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Dress the Way You Want to Be Addressed
We often hear the phrase, “Dress the way you want to be addressed.” It’s more than just about clothing—it’s about presentation, presence, and the message you silently send into the world. People form impressions within seconds, and whether we like it or not, those impressions shape the way they treat us. But dressing is only Continue reading
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Prisoner of the Past: What Elephants Teach Us About Ourselves
What makes humans and elephants so alike? It’s not our strength, nor our social structures—though both species are known for those. It’s something subtler, more psychological: the ability to remember. Let’s step into the world of elephant ethology for a moment. When a baby elephant is born, it experiences something rather unexpected. Before it even Continue reading
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A World Without My Dreams
The world without you feels… hollow. Not in the obvious, earth-shattering way—but in the quiet spaces, where something used to live. A kind of stillness has crept in, not peaceful, but barren. Like islands that once belonged to a continent, now separated by tides of time and hesitation. You were my dream.Not one dream, but Continue reading
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Letting Yesterday Die
There comes a time in life when you don’t fight the past anymore—you just let it die. Not with hatred. Not with vengeance. But with quiet acceptance. A nod to all that was, and a soft, silent farewell. My yesterday is dying. And for the first time, I’m not trying to resuscitate it. It held Continue reading
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Old Scars, New Leaves, Life, etc.
In one quiet corner of my homestead stands a Japanese maple—slender, graceful and deeply meditative in its presence. Each year, it sheds its leaves in winter, leaving behind a bare, delicate frame. It never fails to catch my attention, this ritual of letting go. The once fiery foliage falls away, one leaf at a time, Continue reading
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What Is Left at the End of the World?
In her hauntingly reflective novel Good Morning, Midnight, Lily Brooks-Dalton poses two profound questions: What is left at the end of the world? and What is the impact of one’s life? These questions linger like whispers long after the final page — a quiet yet powerful reminder of our impermanence. Adapted into the 2020 film Continue reading
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Timeless Love: A Thousand Years Ago
Some emotions transcend time—love, longing and the echoes of a connection that lingers through centuries. Have you ever felt as if your soul remembers something your mind cannot? As if a love, once lost, still whispers through the wind, waiting to be found again? There are places in this world where the past and present Continue reading
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