Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Let's Do It !!!



I do what I do.. I say what I say… cuz if I feel it… nobody’s taking it away… nobody else decides what I should do… nobody else decides what I should say… lemme jump… lemme take my fall… lemme make my own mistakes… I WILL own them… I WILL be proud… cuz they STILL will be mine… lemme fight my own battle… lemme get hurt… cuz I love my scars… each one teaches me something new… don’t ask me to give in… don’t ask me to accept what the stars say… Tarot cards… gems & stones… all the shit aint taking me their way…

I don’t do what I do cuz I think im always right… but really, its just that im NOT AFRAID of being wrong… & what can possibly happen if I do what I wanna do.. say what I wanna say.. propose what I wanna propose… ill possibly be proved wrong… ill probably take a fall… I may just get rejected… but haven’t you heard… the things you regret most in life are not the things you did… but the things you did not do… lemme tumble… lemme break my bones… at least I shall never be in a state of “what if I did???”

I say what I believe in… & I ask to learn more… I listen & remember… because whats the use of the talk if it doesn't mean a thing? You ask “why me?” I say, “why not me”… life’s too short to not do… I do… I do… & I do some more… I teach & then I push you to the stage… because what’s the use of learning if you cant even show it off? Show it… if you feel it… if you mean it… SHOW IT… show what you know… show how you care… hug… kiss… love… get your heart broken… do it all… cuz there really is so much to do… so little time… no time to waste… let’s do it all… RIGHT NOW!!!

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Heights of Love… The Tease!!!


//Oh! So Matt is in a band… & something got into me//

“& I agree he sings well… but you DID NOT DO what. you. did… I mean he ain’t your property… you wouldn't let any girl near him… he is tall… fair & bloody handsome… you aren't supposed to c-block a guy like that by NOT letting. him. have. any. options. a t  a l l!”

Grata said, “aaaaaai absolutely don’t remember anything about what you saying, but I THINK, I will owe you one for the rest of my life… just temme 2 things, was the guy about 6, fair, stubbled, zero razor shaved with a mole over his lip?” Mel – “I don’t know about the mole, but everything else stands”, G – “Do we know his name?”, Mel “uuuuuuum”, G “was it Adam?” Mel “I think so!”

G - “I  A B S O L U T E L Y  love you!!”

Mel, “Okhaaaaae, sooooo whats going on?” G, “Later!!!, what I really needa know now, IS, shit… I don’t know where we stayed last night, so we don’t know where he lives… Did we exchange numbers? *check mobiles..check purse..check hands* no numbers… he should have at least given us his no… what if we left some stuff at theirs… WE BROKE THEIR TABLE… We have GOTTA pay for that…think… think… how do we get their no.. how do I get to speak to him???”

Mel, “Darling, he is just a guy who can sing well” G - “who has the perfect set of teeth… a great smile… the cutest mole above his lips… who took us to his place & bore my tantrums, Im sure *rolling eyes*… ensured I get home safe… & Iaaaah totally love him!” Mel – “I am missing something, aren’t i?”

Fight or Flight ?

We battle with problems every day... sometimes, we choose to ignore them... at other times, we fight... For humans, the ANS "autonomic (also called involuntary) nervous system" acts as our control system... affecting our heart rate, respiratory rate, digestion, salivation, perspiration, even our sexual arousal... blah blah... basically the ANS controls a big part of us... the ANS also controls the physiological reaction that occurs in us as a response to a perceived attack... this reaction is commonly known as the fight-or-flight syndrome! but how does the ANS control our fight or flight behavior i wonder? isn't it a personal tendency to either always choose fight or always choose flight? isn't that the reason why some people are brave & some cowards? But what decides if fight is brave or stupid??? & what decides if flight is coward or smart???

So here's a story about a world famous spider... it's bloody world renowned... so you may have heard it before... actually, read it... it was in the CBSE curriculum...

According to the legend, in the early days of Robert the Bruce's reign, he was defeated by the English & driven into exile... he took refuge in a cave on Rathlin Island, where he observed a spider spinning a web... time & again, the spider would fall... slowly climb up & try again! Inspired by this, Bruce returned to inflict defeat on the English at the battle of Bannockburn... This very famous story illustrates the maxim, if at first you don't succeed, try... try... try again!!!

we humans, are generally programmed to take inspiration & fight, even though our initial reaction is to take flight!

So here is another little story... About ummmm; "frogs"... well, its pretty known too... so you may have heard this one before as well...

Once upon a time... a frog was placed in boiling water... it jumped out immediately... another frog was placed in cold water... this water was gradually heated... frogs are ecotherms... i.e. they can control their temperature with their bodies... hence, this frog regulated its body temperature till it could sustain the heat no more... then, it decided to chuck it & jump out... what it did not realize is, it had used up most of its energy in trying to adjust & regulate its temperature & hence, got boiled alive/cooked to death!

This anecdote is often used as a metaphor to describe human tendencies... we "humans", react when we see danger right in front of us... sometimes, we see it loud & clear... mostly, we know its lurking, but as we do not know the depth of it, we test our perseverance... & when we find out how close it is, we are not sure if it was worth that fight!!! Sooooooo, we come back to square one, FIGHT or FLIGHT?