She Meets Life

Love came when I least expected it but i welcomed it with open arms. Love stayed for few months, happy the first few days, love was at ease. But the longer love stayed, the less love enjoyed my company. love became unhappy, uncooperative. i became unhappy, uncooperative love slowly began to die. or maybe it was because life came over and wrecked the house. Life is almost always never in sync with love Love, life, and death the three guests that don't get along with each other unless they try. Love may not want to stay forever, let him leave. you may become sad and heartbroken but don't stop entertaining life. because the moment you stop hosting and comforting life, death will sneak in through the little spaces... spaces of the doors and windows. keep living and love will show up, just like before...when you least expect it.

Nothing ever stays the same. That's what makes life beautiful and painful at the same time. How do we endure it? Do we stay stoic through every experience or do we live and die, live and die over and over again until our body has reached its limit? Some choose to live with a thick skin while others dry up like a raisin in the sun. I went for a walk today in my flip flops and after couple steps in, the base of my feet began to hurt. I didn't let it bother me and instead continued to walk till the end. This brought back memories of my childhood. I remember running around our front yard in India, barefoot. We didn't care about the dirt under our feet or the hot gravel. Perhaps it was because of having gone out and playing in the front yard every single day without care, that we grew to be oblivious to the pain. Is this what life is about? We live in moments- happy or sad..then, we're given a choice from our moments that we participate in. A choice on whether we want...