On our actions and their aftermath

For the past few days, I have been thinking a lot about actions. Most of us day-dream our way through life, without caring much about the repercussions of our actions. Even the tiniest of things that we do can have  such a big impact on the people around us. We don’t always get to see …

The choice

Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The time was ticking away. And I looked around to see if someone else was feeling the pain of noticing precious time running away just like I was doing. It was a crowded room; filled with friends, roommates, ex-classmates, parents, friends of parents, school time buddies, girlfriend, her friends; the list …

Just like everyone else

  The only way to know the truth of life is to stand apart from it, to see the consequence of every thought, every action, every word. But still, we are bound by time and space unable to steer a destiny. The man in the high castle   Once there was a young girl, born …

Closure

I took another shower at six in the evening, put on my best clothes, checked myself out in the mirror for the tenth time, felt sad that there’s not much I could do about how I looked, and finally left the room in a jiffy. The wait for the elevator felt like a really long …