Me&Life

This is a journal of all the lessons and failures I am learning along my journey...Some bad, Some sweet❤️

[thehopefulquotes]

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.

— Lemony Snicket

[siir-poesia]

Don’t sit with half-lovers. Don’t endorse half-friends. Don’t read for the half-talented. Don’t live a half life. Don’t die a half death.

Don’t choose a half solution. Don’t stand in the middle of the truth. Don’t dream a half dream. Don’t hang on a half hope.

If you shut up, shut up till the end. And if you talked, talk till the end. Don’t be silent, so that you can speak. And don’t speak, so that you can be silent. If you were satisfied, express your gratitude. Don’t fake a half gratitude. And if you are unsatisfied, express your disapproval. Because a half disapproval, is actually an approval.

The half is a life you didn’t live. It is a word you didn’t say. A smile you postponed. A love you couldn’t attain. A friendship you didn’t know. This half is what makes you strange even to the closet people around you. And It is what makes the closest people, strangers for you.

The half is to reach and not to reach. To work and not to work. To leave and to arrive. The half is you, when you are not yourself….Because you didn’t know who you are.

The half is that you don’t know who you are. And whom you love is not your other half. It is you in another place at the same time. Half a drink won’t quench your thirst. Half a meal won’t satisfy your hunger. Walking half of the road won’t get you anywhere.

Half of an idea won’t give you a result. The half is your moment of weakness, but you are not weak! Because you are not a half human. You are a human. You were here to live a life, not to live a half life!

-Gibran Khalil Gibran- (siir-poesia)

لا تجالس أنصاف العشاق، ولا تصادق أنصاف الأصدقاء، لا تقرأ لأنصاف الموهوبين، لا تعش نصف حياة، ولا تمت نصف موت، لا تختر نصف حل، ولا تقف في منتصف الحقيقة، لا تحلم نصف حلم، ولا تتعلق بنصف أمل، إذا صمتّ.. فاصمت حتى النهاية، وإذا تكلمت.. فتكلّم حتى النهاية، لا تصمت كي تتكلم، ولا تتكلم كي تصمت. إذا رضيت فعبّر عن رضاك، لا تصطنع نصف رضا، وإذا رفضت.. فعبّر عن رفضك، لأن نصف الرفض قبول.. النصف هو حياة لم تعشها، وهو كلمة لم تقلها، وهو ابتسامة أجّلتها، وهو حب لم تصل إليه، وهو صداقة لم تعرفها.. النصف هو ما يجعلك غريباً عن أقرب الناس إليك، وهو ما يجعل أقرب الناس إليك غرباء عنك، النصف هو أن تصل وأن لاتصل، أن تعمل وأن لا تعمل، أن تغيب وأن تحضر.. النصف هو أنت، عندما لا تكون أنت.. لأنك لم تعرف من أنت. النصف هو أن لا تعرف من أنت .. ومن تحب ليس نصفك الآخر.. هو أنت في مكان آخر في الوقت نفسه نصف شربة لن تروي ظمأك، ونصف وجبة لن تشبع جوعك، نصف طريق لن يوصلك إلى أي مكان، ونصف فكرة لن تعطي لك نتيجة.. النصف هو لحظة عجزك وأنت لست بعاجز.. لأنك لست نصف إنسان. أنت إنسان.. وجدت كي تعيش الحياة، وليس كي تعيش نصف حياة. - جبران خليل جبران -

[thespilledquotes]

I think too deeply about everything. I still don't know if that allows me to see more of the world, or less of it.

— Mobeen Hakeem

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

Phase

Uncertain. Confusion. Stress. Escape. Sleep... these all are the things that are on loop these days, how do i come out of it. It it like another burn out? Dealing with this is becoming tough. What should I do?

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas

Miserable or not, it’s easier to stick with what’s familiar. Do you notice that, too? How all of us just want to get through life as quickly and as easily as possible? And even though we know that without risk there’s no reward, we’re still so scared to chance it? I learned a long time ago that you don’t need to reveal everything inside of you to the people around you. They like to judge, and I’m happier when they don’t. Some things stay hidden. Reap, reap, reap, you don’t even know, All you did suffer is what you did sow! Alone, Empty, Fraud, Shame, Fear, Close your eyes. There’s nothing to see out here. We’re all ugly, Ryen. The only difference is, some hide it and some wear it. It gets better, you are important, and you can't be replaced. Hang on. You'll find you're tribe. You don’t have to be afraid or embarrassed. No one does you better than you. You can’t be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.” Life is fifty wrong turns down a bumpy road. All you can hope is that you end up somewhere nice.” The world isn’t always what’s right in front of you, you know? It’s below, it’s above, it’s out there somewhere. Every burn of every light inside every house I see when I look down from the rooftop has a story. Sometimes we just need to change our perspective. Speak your mind, and you give others permission to do the same.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

Everything Everything - Nicola Yoon

“Life is hard, honey. Everyone finds a way.” “You’re not living if you’re not regretting.” “Sometimes you fall off prematurely. Sometimes you get so damaged by other pieces of luggage falling on your head that you don’t really function anymore. Sometimes you get lost or forgotten and go around forever and ever.” MADELINE’S DICTIONARY o•cean (ˈōSHən) . The endless part of yourself you never knew but always suspected was there. “Maybe growing up means disappointing the people we love.” My heart is too bruised and I want to keep the pain as a reminder. I don’t want sunlight on it. I don’t want it to heal. Because if it does, I might be tempted to use it again.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz

I didn’t know how to be his friend. I didn’t know how to be anybody’s friend. “Well, not all relationships are based on like.” I AM UNKNOWABLE The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more. I sometimes think that I don’t let myself know what I’m really thinking about. That doesn’t make much sense but it makes sense to me. I have this idea that the reason we have dreams is that we’re thinking about things that we don’t know we’re thinking about—and those things, well, they sneak out of us in our dreams. Maybe we’re like tires with too much air in them. The air has to leak out. That’s what dreams are. Maybe the dream came from a memory. Dreams don’t come from nowhere. That’s a fact. I think maybe I want to study dreams I think I should get a life. Parents are rule givers. Maybe they gave us too many rules, That was my life, all that dead skin. That list just about covered all my life. Maybe my life isn’t all that interesting but at least I’m busy. Busy doesn’t mean happy. I know that. But at least I’m not bored. Being bored is the worst. if I was going to be his friend, I would just have to learn to be okay with it. And, because he was in Chicago and I was in El Paso, it was easy to be okay with it. I think I was trying to make my life uncomplicated because everything inside me felt so confusing. My life was still someone else’s idea. Maybe everyone loves differently. Maybe that’s all that matters.” Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer morning could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder. I wondered if all boys had that darkness inside them. Yes. Maybe Maybe dogs were one of the secrets of the universe. I smiled at him. “You know what the worst thing about adults is?” “No.” “They’re not always adults. But that’s what I like about them.” I wanted to tell them that he had changed my life and that I would never be the same, not ever. And that somehow it felt like it was Dante who had saved my life and not the other way around. I wanted to tell them that he was the first human being aside from my mother who had ever made me want to talk about the things that scared me. I wanted to tell them so many things and yet I didn’t have the words. So I just stupidly repeated myself. “Dante’s my friend.” Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you’re thinking but because you’re feeling. Because you’re feeling too much. And you can’t always control the things you do when you’re feeling too much. Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. I’m sorry. It’s like I said, Ari, we don’t always do the right things, you know? We don’t always say the right things. Sometimes, it seems like it just hurts too much to look at something. So you don’t. You just don’t look. But it doesn’t go away, Ari.” I knew that a part of him would never be the same. They cracked more than his ribs. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed. Had I been hurt? Had I healed? Maybe we just lived between hurting and healing.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

The sun is also a star- Nicola Yoon

I’m not a cynic. I am a realist. It’s better to see life as it is, not as you wish it to be. Things don’t happen for a reason. They just happen. “Oh well. Whatever. Nevermind.” Instead of being ruled by logic, we are ruled by emotions. The world would be a happier place if the opposite were true. People spend their whole lives looking for love. Poems and songs and entire novels are written about it. But how can you trust something that can end as suddenly as it begins? They’re not talking about the real heart, the one that only needs healthy foods and aerobic exercise. But the poetic heart is not to be trusted. It is fickle and will lead you astray. It will tell you that all you need is love and dreams. It will say nothing about food and water and shelter and money. love is just chemicals and coincidence. Warsan Shire. You can’t make a home out of human beings We tell ourselves there are reasons for the things that happen, but we’re just telling ourselves stories. We make them up. They don’t mean anything. Natasha is different. She believes in determinism—cause and effect. One action leads to another leads to another. Your actions determine your fate. Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it’s difficult to imagine that everyone else isn’t feeling it too. We think we want all the time in the world with the people we love, but maybe what we need is the opposite. Just a finite amount of time, so we still think the other person is interesting. A simple search for connection. To see. To be seen. The trouble with getting your hopes too far up is: it’s a long way down. Am I making a mistake? Maybe. But it’s mine to make.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

I feel to share few lines I love the most in a book... You may as well as love it too. Its worth to read it.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

Being crazy is driving me crazy.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

It gets better, you are important, and you can't be replaced. Hang on. You'll find you're tribe

punk 57

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

THE ART OF DOING ONE THING AT A TIME

Recently, I have understood why I get stressed out or burned out sometimes. Its like I cant do this anymore, it is getting difficult. But its not the task that is different rather our thinking which is not stable. To do a task, stability is very important and it is a crucial part too. Sometimes you plan out different tasks and complete none, that would be one of the worst day. So here comes the art of doing one thing at a time.

My dad generally tells me whatever small thing you do, the fact that you do it with complete concentration and love will give satisfaction and happiness. Sometimes we do things just because we are told to do so, we often try to complete it fast rather than doing it neatly. I do these all the time. You don't always like the things you do, but if you do that with heart you get a kind of satisfaction which enlightens you. Its would make you stand out of the crowd and make you better you.

The art of doing one thing at a time also has the same concept. Out of million things you have in your mind, concentrate on that one thing and one thing alone, complete it and then move forward. Its a like a small milestone that you have achieved. These milestones matter and will push you forward to achieve bigger milestone. Also, in this process clarity of thought improves gradually.

[thehopefulquotes]

There are some things about myself I can't explain to anyone. There are some things I don't understand at all.

— Haruki Murakami

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

Thought you were permanent but now I don't feel it.

Can we feel back again?

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

And if don't like a thing you have started, carrying it on will only be a pain in your ass. It's good if you stop now than later.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

If you are not ready for something, don't do it. Sometimes it's good to skip than to be stressed.

[findingthesecretsoftheuniverse]

New lesson learnt:

While planning an event in your University, always have an agenda ready 4 months before the event.