Walk Beside Me

If you wish to pursue anything in your life, never give up on it. You will undoubtedly encounter problems today or tomorrow, do you truly believe you can accomplish this? look at yourself first, stop wasting your time, you will gain nothing from this, and so on. Rather than listening to those who distract you, show them what you are worthy of by exceeding your own expectations. There is nothing in this world that you do not deserve to reach, all you need is confidence and the proper path, both of which can be developed within yourself. There are moments when you wonder if this thing doesn't mean for you, or if you're anything wrong. Forget it and try to prepare yourself for it.  Nobody is perfect, but you all find perfection in your own imperfections, perceiving that this is what makes you special. People do not mould you. It is your own hands, your own craft, that adds beauty to your achievements. Your skills and capabilities are not what determine your desires. It is your bel...

To the ones who feel a little broken inside. You've been through so much, I know. You've been lied to, and you've been hurt. Your heart used to be whole, but now its surfaces are full of cracks, concealed with torn-ups band-aids of the love that you try so hard to give yourself, but it still hurts. You try, you try, to hold on. You tell yourself that one day, it'd stop hurting so much. One day, this pain that you're carrying inside you, it'll go away. You're scared of letting anyone near you because, what if, they end up hurting you again and damaging your already half-dead soul. But that's the thing, you see. You forget. Souls don't die. And hearts - they don't stay broken forever. And all this hurt that you're carrying inside you, that you don't know what to do with one day, you'll wake up to find that they aren't hurting as much. They'll feel like memories from a dream, they'll feel like they're from a different era...

Loving someone Beautiful, Attractive, and Smart is easy as having a cup of tea. Everyone likes the water in coconut but none wants that hard surface around it. You can love the beauty of her, but are you ready to love her stoned heart? You can love the attention she gives you, but are you ready to love her unreplied messages? You can love the way she cares for you, but are you ready to love her rudeness? You can love the way she loves you, but are you ready to love her hatred? You can love the time she gives you, but are you ready to love the time she is with others? You can love her when she shares everything with you, but are you ready to love her secrets? You can love her choice, but are you ready to love her mood swings? You can love her hours-long calls, but are you ready to love her no calls? It's easy to love the beauty in her, but are you ready to love the scars she carries with her? It's easy to love when you are her forever, but are you ready to love when you are just...

Friend, I still remember First day of our school, we were standing in a queue, I was crying too loud, and you looked at me so amused, Gave your only chocolate to make our friendship. Friend, I still remember We opened our eyes in the middle of Morning Prayer Traveled the world holding the handles of your father’s scooter, Roamed through the corridors, making sounds more louder. Friend, I still remember The nicknames we kept for the students and the teachers, How you used to save me from the beating of my mother. I was your world and you embraced me more than your own brother. Friend, I still remember How we plucked the flowers from the school garden, There were no secrets, we shared every trick, From solving a problem, to the art of fighting. Friend, I still remember The last day of the year, The promise to stay friends forever, The farewell with eyes full of tears. Friend, I still remember Doesn’t matter even if you don’t remembe...

A lot of times in life we tend to keep things inside. Some of us have trust issues, some of us aren't comfortable expressing ourselves, some are tired of trying to explain and some don't know how to do that. No matter how many reasons we count for this, not being able to let things out usually takes people to dark places in their souls. Knowing those areas is important but staying in those places isn't right, I feel. I feel conversations are magic. It's magical when someone listens to you and tries to understand. It's magical when you can express what you think about life. It could be a 3 AM chat, a night-long call, a long walk, a peaceful drive or simply discussions over dinner. It could be anything, any form, it's always precious because it involves thought exchange. You listen to people, you understand how they feel you grow. A lot of conflicts are resolved, a lot of ideas are born, and a lot of things are understood just by having the right conversation with...

My mother has lived her whole life for others, being a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. never for once, she has had the liberty to be herself, to just be her without the roles assigned to her to serve others.  more than her giggles, I've heard her whimper and to hear her hearty laughter would be once in a blue moon. she has beautiful white skin and a natural rosy tint to her cheeks, but the unhealed wounds in her heart would tell you a different story.  I have never heard her speak ill of anyone, she always says that nobody is evil, it is the circumstance that makes they act the way they do, and I argue with her about people who purposely hurt her and make her feel small and she asks me to be kinder to them. she does not understand science very well, but she still teaches me everything I need to know to not just survive but be successful in life and I don't know how she does it.   from teaching me maths tables to prepare me for my interviews, from hugging me witho...

Forgive yourself for the vigorous tries that you have spent on people. Forgive yourself for meeting up to their expectations when you should have met your own. Forgive yourself for giving oceans to the people who deserved only a pond of yours. Forgive yourself for depending on others for your stand. And for running behind them with your tired legs. Forgive yourself for expecting gold from copper. Forgive yourself for falling hard when people push, knowing it's okay to get hurt sometimes. Forgive your belief which specified that they were real. Forgive yourself, cause that's when healing starts. Forgive, but don't forget. And change, learn and stand again, yet alone, this time.  It will be hard for sure, it may even seem impossible at the beginning, but dear, you are steel dripping with honey. You will bend, but you'll not break.  Believe in yourself and become stronger than before. Forgive, cause that's when healing starts. -Pranavi Darsi

Dear 2:00AM friend, You're the only person who knows the real me. you never asked me to justify my past, never hurt me even though I have hurt you so many times and have listened to me, always. Why can't people be like you? You stayed up till midnight to listen to my continuous idiotic talks and to clear my misunderstandings and problems just because you wanted me to sleep in peace. You always replied to my texts no matter whether you had a bad day or even had your exam the next day. No matter how bad my day is having you by my side gives me relief. You always have stood up for me and in return, you didn't expect anything. Sometimes I wonder, are you a human being or really an angel? The world needs more people like you. In the world of 11:11, you are my 24X7. The world would be a great place if it had a few more people like you. I thank god every day that he had given me a gem like you. And most importantly I cannot imagine a day without you. Have I praised you too much? N...

Loneliness is something most of us experience in life, [if not all of us] We're primed for connection, and yet the irony of  'social' media is that it can be incredibly unsocial Yep, it connects us with an amazing circle of people and may fill the need for 'like-mindedness' and support, particularly in smaller communities! Other times, the 'connection' we seek, can feel like... a bit of an illusion online We may miss the real-life, face-to-face connection and as our communities grow online, our confidence to meet people starts to diminish Not all of us belong to big friendship groups. Our friendships may be pretty singular; us knowing each of them and "them" not knowing each other. Which we like, but sometimes we feel we're missing out. Other times, life gets in the way. Moving, changing jobs, life upheavals, social anxiety, awful at texting back. Sometimes we grow distant or grow out of friendships. Nobody tells us how difficult it can be to m...

It's the way you take it. It's Scary. Each minute you are spending, and each move you are making is going to be there forever. In exactly the same way it happened. You can't undo anything.  You can't make anything happen exactly the same way it happened, twice.  And it becomes scarier when you realize that you can't tell how many minutes you are left with,  how many chances you are going to get to make things right, how are you going to end up with,  Who are you going to end up with? You are not sure about anything.  You have no idea whether it's all worth it or not. No idea about anything at all. It's Exciting too.  Not knowing anything at all about what it's going to end up like still trusting the process.  Not knowing your destiny still putting all your efforts to make it work.  Not knowing who you are going to end up with still trying to make it last each day.  Maybe that's what makes life worth living; The anticipation of a b...

Home - It was a kind of word that seems to be totally unfamiliar to you until you met that person. You met them when you were totally shattered into millions of inconsolable pieces. They compassionately collected those pieces of your soul and tried to put it all together in a beautiful way. That love wasn't all about the grand gestures and gifts. It was all about the small and simple gestures. Love was brimmed in the air when they hugged you tight when you were crying. That love is all about hearing you without any judgement and when you are speaking your heart out and hugging you tightly at the end of the conversation. Love is sometimes having someone who asks about your day and tells you to have a good sleep at the end of a tiresome day. In a world, where people often fail to understand your words, you are enough luckier to have someone who could even understand your silences. When the people around you find you as the happiest person in the world, because of your smiling photos ...

She is mine, A little messy, A little crazy, But that's fine, Because she is mine. Yes, she is mine, Very talkative, Always angry, But that's fine, Because she is mine. She makes me shine, She drives me crazy like a wine, But that's fine, Because she is mine. She is naughty, She is busy, She doesn't have time, But that's fine, Because she is mine. She is my words, She is my poem, She is my rhyme, Because she is just mine, And she will always be mine. -Pranavi Darsi

Even if it didn't work out, I am grateful for it... Meeting you. we were friends before we fell in love. all the times you made me laugh with your silly jokes and told me that I was beautiful. All the nights we spent stargazing and sharing all the things we loved and feared. we never needed words, we found comfort and understanding in our silence. All the times you pushed me to follow my dreams. you believed in me when nobody did, reminded me of all the next times waiting for me every time I failed and celebrated my wins like your own. All the times we didn't let each other sleep upset, we would talk and listen. we respected each other as individuals and gave each other space whenever needed. The way we both loved each other, selflessly. we loved all our parts, the black, the white and the grey. we liked each other's imperfections and healed our wounds. All the times you were patient with me when I wouldn't know how to tell you what was wrong. for letting me hug you and...

Dear Best Friend, I am lucky enough to breathe in the love you offer me. I need love as pure as yours, to heal those deep cracks and a shade darker buries. The way you allow me to open up every corner of my heart in front of you, no one else has the power and decency to give such efforts. The beauty in you makes me wonder how god has made such a masterpiece, studded with perfections and purity. I miss you. Being apart from you is like missing my other half. No one knows me like you do. You know so many secrets that I would not dare tell anyone else. Those secrets can destroy me but I trust you. Trusting you is easy because there has never been a day that you betrayed me. If there is one thing that I can count on, it's you. I never really get to explain to you how much you mean to me so just know you mean more than the world to me, and I cannot imagine life without you. This letter is something that needed to be said because you deserve to be appreciated. You deserve to hear how muc...