What will your verse be?

 

 

 A classic inspiration to every poet who ever lived

Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,

Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,

Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)

Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,

Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,

Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,

The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

                                       Answer.

That you are here—that life exists and identity,

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

 

- Walt Whitman

Rock Pebbles and Sand

A teacher walks into a classroom and sets a glass jar on the table. He silently places 2-inch rocks in the jar until no more can fit. He asks the class if the jar is full and they agree it is. “Really,” He pulls out a pile of small pebbles, adding them to the jar, shaking it slightly until they fill the spaces between the rocks. He asks again, “Is the jar full?” They agree. So next, he adds a scoop of sand to the jar, filling the space between the pebbles and asks the question again. This time, the class is divided, some feeling that the jar is obviously full, but others are wary of another trick. So he grabs a pitcher of water and fills the jar to the brim, saying, “If this jar is your life, what does this experiment show you?” A bold student replies, “No matter how busy you think you are, you can always take on more.” “That is one view,” he replies. Then he looks out at the class making eye contact with everyone, “The rocks represent the BIG things in your life – what you will value at the end of your life – your family, your partner, your health, fulfilling your hopes and dreams. The pebbles are the other things in your life that give it meaning, like your job, your house, your hobbies, your friendships. The sand and water represent the ‘small stuff’ that fills our time, like watching TV or running errands.” Looking out at the class again, he asks, “Can you see what would happen if I started with the sand or the pebbles?”

Nautanki

“Zinda ho haan tum koi shak nahin, saans lete hue dekha maine bhi hain

Haath aur pairon aur jism ko harqatey khoob dete huey dekha maine bhi hain

Ab bhale hi yeh kartey huey honth tum dard sehtey huey sakht see lete ho

Ab hain bhi kya kum tumhaarey liye, khoob apni samajh mein toh jee lete ho”

- Piyush Mishra

Poetry!

When you find a man

Who transforms

Every part of you

Into poetry,

Who makes each one of your hairs

Into a poem,

When you find a man,

Capable,

As I am

Of bathing and adorning you

With poetry,

I will beg you

To follow him without hesitation,

It is not important

That you belong to me or him

But that you belong to poetry.

- Nizar Kabbani

Vision of Independent India

“The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; 

not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; 

and not to realize truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in the actual experience of daily life; 

social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy;

universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life.

— from Bhagat Singh's prison diary, p. 124”
Jai Hind.

He

"He's not perfect. You aren't either. And the two of you will never be perfect. 

But if he can make you laugh at least once, 

causes you to think twice, 

and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, 

hold onto him and give him the most you can. 

He isn't going to quote poetry, 

he isn't going to think about you at every moment, 

but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. 

Don't hurt him, don't change him, don't expect more from him than he can give. Don't analyze. 

Smile when he makes you happy, 

yell when he makes you mad, 

and miss him when he's not there. 

Love hard when there's love to be had because perfect guys don't exist, 

but there's always one guy that's perfect for you." 

~ Bob Marley

Being Human

• You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.
• You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."

• There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."

• Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

• Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.

• "There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."

• Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

• What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

• Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

• You will forget all this. ;)