The man from peru

There was once a man in Peru
Who never knew what he should do
Should he go left? Should he go right?
Should he wear black? Should he wear white?

He went for a walk one morning,
(Only he thought it was evening)
He found on his morning walk,
Two fishes that could actually talk!

The first asked him "Sir, do you know,
If no is yes or yes is no?
If there is dark in the light?
Is there sorrow in delight?"

The second continued to say,
"In your answer you mustn't delay,
For we are on our way to meet,
The King and Queen of tiny feet!"

He closed his eyes and thought for some time,
The answers he got were quite sublime,
He opened his eyes, the fish were not to be seen,
Probably on their way to meet the King and Queen.

Undeterred he walked on
when he saw a rat eating corn
As it saw him it asked him why
people can't laugh when they cry?

As he opened his mouth to speak,
The rat disappeared in a squeak
Because approaching him was a cat,
Wearing what seemed like a large green hat

In greeting it said "Meeeeeow!"
Then it said "Sir, why and how.
do thoughts come and thoughts go,
Do you think you really know?"

When he was going to give his answer,
The cat grinned and said "No sir,
Let me for myself find out,
What thoughts are really all about"

With all his answers, the man went home
He thought he gained wisdom after his roam
He then wore socks, they didn't seem right
Cause one was black and one was white!

This I assume was because
He was as confused as he was
For this man from Peru
Still didn't know what to do!

Through the looking glass

“It matters what is on the inside and not the outside” “The external beauty doesn’t matter it is your internal beauty that counts” these are beliefs that have been preached in the past and I am quite sure they will continue to be preached in the future. Then why is it that people still want to look good? Why do they take extra care in order to look good?

It is a fact that most of us like good-looking people. However my belief is that we don’t like them because they are good looking but because they believe that they are good looking. They carry around them an aura of confidence which makes them so appealing. I have observed that people tend to merely reflect what we feel.

My first exposure to this observation occurred when I was in 3rd standard. It was the first time I got glasses and they were those terrible looking plastic ones. Previously another girl in my class had got similar looking glasses and all my class mates made fun of her and called her a grand mom. I was quite sure that I would be subjected to the same treatment.  However when I did get my glasses I was very happy that I could finally see clearly that and I felt very confident about myself. Believe it or not my class mates did not tease me! At that point I was pleasantly surprised but now I realize that it was because of my confidence.
That event changed my perspective. I realized that no one could make me feel bad about myself. Only I could. The world around me was just a mirror that reflected what I felt and believed.

Another fact that I observed was that my external appearance was affected by how I felt. So wouldn’t the reverse also hold true? Could I not change the way I felt by altering my appearance? I noticed that I did feel a lot more confident when I looked good, when I took that little extra effort to pamper myself.
So I wonder is it so wrong to want to look good and feel good about myself? Is it wrong to want to pamper myself and want to be confident? I don’t think so. Do you?

A perfect relationship

Does a perfect relationship equate to never fighting?? If people fight does that mean that they don’t like each other?

I’ve noticed that fights tend to leave me frustrated and angry. At that point I cannot understand why a person does or says things. Why my friends who generally seem sensible behave in that inexplicable manner at that point I feel that I never want to talk to the person again. They leave me feeling extremely annoyed. Most people probably feel the same way. Hence is it any wonder that people tend to avoid fights?

Most times we dismiss our feelings or ignore them. We believe that addressing misunderstandings may end up weakening the relationship. Contrary to that I have found that in most relationships fights tend to strengthen the relationship. With time the fights get resolved. We may still not understand their reasons and we may continue to strongly disagree with them on the matter but we notice that after a while we tend to remember all the good times and we cannot stay long without talking to them. Moreover these fights instill in us a certain trust and belief that whatever be the situation we can count on friends to be true to what they feel.

So after some contemplation I have reached at my definition of a perfect relationship. It is a state of relationship where I am true to my feelings with a person, where we accept each other as we are. It is a state where I am confident that though I may disagree, fight, feel frustrated and annoyed at the end of the day I can count on the person to be there for me.

Alphabetical almanac for alternative abuses

Atrocious
Boisterous
Cantenkrous
Demented
Egoistic
Frustrating
Ghastly
Heartless
Inhuman
Jobless
Kleptomaniac
Lazy
Moronic
Nasty
Obnoxious
Pestering
Quirky
Ridiculous
Shameless
Troublesome
Useless
Vile
Weird
Xenophobic
Yucky
Zit!