Whispering Willows

A man as great as his words , Mark Twain once remarked ," Kindness is the language which blind can see and the deaf can hear ." The mortal struggle to exist in the diverse society many a times prompts us to take up the path of rudeness and stubbornness . Not only do these qualities hamper our internal growth but do also hamper the affection which might be imparted upon us .  People tend to regard others on the basis of their behaviour and expression . Let alone the personality they carry . The impression once formed in other's minds is often hard to mold and twist towards a new angle .  It is also argumentable that a person might not always be able to carry a lighter and positive , happy air around . Unexpected turn of fateful events often ruins one's mood and brings irritability in his actions . It is often said ," No man is born bad , but circumstances make him bad ." But , except all these minority feelings , what shall always linger into our behaviour be...

If we go down the lane hunting the meaning of life , several different meanings will be discovered . Some phylosophical , technical , deep and complex .  But to see life as from the bigger eye , it is mearly a book of lessons . Lessons learnt by every individual from his own life spent . Lessons which are deep , meaningful , precious and knowledgeable  . Several incidents throw light upon how much our lives are worth living for .  A person is made to suffer and go through a number of levelled difficulties so that when arriving at the end , he is able to extract the meaning of the whole situation . We don't always realise this at the wink of an eye but definitely later in life . This realisation makes us adopt a different approach towards life . Not many people are able to understand the underlining moral but only a few . Having an optimistic perspective will always help in opening the third eye and making us understand the reason of being put through hard times .  Th...

My mother had only one eye . I hated her , age was such an embarrassment . My mom ran a small shop at a flea market . She collected little weeds and such to sell , anything for the money we needed . She was such an embarrassment . There was this one day during elementary school . I remember that it was field day , and my mom came . I was so embarrassed . How could she do this to me ? I threw her a hateful look and ran out . The next day at school . "Your mom only has one eye ?" and they taunted me .  I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world so I said to my mom , "Mom , why don't you have the other eye ? You're only going to make me a laughingstock . Why don't you just die ?" My mom did not respond . I guess I felt a little bad , but at the same time , it felt goo to think that I had said what I'd wanted to say all this time . Maybe , it was because my mom hadn't punished me , but I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings ve...