from a caterpillar to a butterfly

  What is the trickiest thing to manage and is very difficult to control in life? It is a master manipulator and has us dancing to its whims most of the time. Getting a leash on it is something most of us struggle with all the time. Any guess? Many of you think it is news or social media related. Interestingly the thing I am talking about is in our head. It makes us set a wake-up call the previous day and not wake up to it the next day. It is what makes us cheat meals on a diet we voluntarily chose. It makes us go back on our word and not meet our commitments. Yes, our mind is the part that both desires and dislikes. The human mind, they say, is an excellent servant but a terrible master. Taming it is both a materialistic and spiritual pursuit. Many take different routes to reach this destination, like discipline or deprivation. I kept searching for mine, hoping to find the magic spell that could do the trick. It took an email from my mentor to help me see the obvious. One line in ...

  Noise, noise, everywhere. I woke up in the morning. I switched on my Wi-Fi. The noise came in the form of zillion notifications. I went about my morning routines of cleaning, cutting, and cooking. The noise came in the form of devotional chants, from the neighbouring house. I made my cup of tea and sat on the balcony. I was inhaling the freshness around. I was taking in the beauty of the rising sun. Soaking in the change of colours  and the mild warmth of the golden rays. Tring, Tring, Beep, Beep, the noise of the vehicles moving. It brought me back to the reality of all that awaited my day. Ah, how I wish everything could pause,  just for a little while, allowing me a few more minutes, of quietude, of aloneness, of nothingness, of losing myself to the experience. Before my household wakes up, And my chores take over.  How I wish I could hold on to it, This state of happy nothingness, Just for a bit longer before I begin the day! To live in this state of happy noth...