Moments...

Chingari koi bhadke toh saawan use bhujaye...
Saawan joh agan lagaye, use kaun bhujaye?

Koi yeh kaise bataaye ki woh tanha kyon hain
Woh joh apna tha wohi aur kisika kyon hain
Yehi duniya hain toh aakhir aisi yeh duniya kyon hain
Yehi hota hain toh aakhir yehi hota kyun hain?

Just heard these awesome, sublime lines from two awesome, sublime love stories... Amar Prem and Arth.

Sung by Kishore Kumar and Jagjit Singh, respectively... these songs now evoke a deeper understanding in me. I feel better when I listen to these songs... I did not sing along. I purely listened.

Life sometimes presents such beautiful moments. Moments, which you would choose to live or observe as a bystander?

In my life, I had never been a bystander. I had always lived each and every moment.

Now, I choose to be a bystander and:
look how life weaves its own pattern.
watch where my feet plant its footprints.
listen to my favorite songs, and not sing along.
ponder about poetry rather than read it.
seek inside rather than outside.

For the first time, I know what I want from life. I know what I want.

I was taken on a ride. My roller coaster ride is over.

I know I am free. Because I hold no grudges, no guilt, and no pity.

I realize that I should love what deserves love. I realize that I should believe in my own truth. For there is no other truth than my life, which is my only teacher.