Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Me? A Liar?

I will never understand what it means to be truly open with oneself.... Because most of the time I find that I have fed myself with the choicest of lies and made a mockery of integrity..... I wonder if great kings and queens along with the wise elders, who all paraded in court, ever had such moments? ..... Sure they did, otherwise where did we pick this from?

..... Lying to oneself is one of the oldest forms of denial and much more skillful than sweeping it up under the carpet.... there is finesse in the language you use, artistry in the story you manifest and prowess in the ingenuity it takes to convince oneself against the truth that we already know...... I wonder if one is ever, truly successful to rid themselves of this human affliction.........



Although countless fairy tales, uncanny coincidences and that annoying thought of happily-ever-after tell us that it is possible......  We may as well have to live with the fact that we look into the mirror and describe wrinkly and overweight as 'not in my 20's anymore'!




Image - "Liar" by Yvonne Mabs Francis

Thursday, November 1, 2012

A minute for Pause...

Have you ever heard of a race on pause?.... You probably wouldn't have because there is no such race.... I mean, what kind of race would it be, if you could take a break, recharge and switch back on like the flow hadn't broken..... but what we fail to realise sometimes is that is exactly what we do everyday..... This quasi-idyllic concept is part of a universal ritual, just like grabbing your umbrella when it's raining outside...... There are so many things on our mind.... so much to do, see and experience.... it's all so overwhelming yet we have to put up a brave face in front of an ever-judgmental society, like it's no big deal at all........ We are in such a rush to scale the mountain that we forget to savour the sight which is what makes it a truly magnificent feat.....


                                                       ... It is this sacred pause that we have to thank for all the right decisions and choices that we made...... If not for the rational calm and the reflective time that we took, we probably would have made the greatest mistake of our lives...... Ranging from a fateful tattoo or a delusional I Do....  and everything in between..... It is in these few moments and these lowly tributes that you take a minute and thank those life-saving pauses that do not come on a remote control.....