Our hearts and minds are really weird organs. They never really worked well together. Yet during the little doodling or daydream sessions that we have occasionally they complement each other perfectly. Imagine yourself marrying that cute eye-candy of yours. Or perhaps experiencing the once in a lifetime nerve-wrecking, mind-blowing, spine-shocking kind of chemistry with a stranger you've never met. Or maybe just witnessing the the bitch you hate getting knocked down by a bike or something. Such thoughts are actually the ones that'll unknowingly lift the sides of my lips up. It's really like how we read quotes or listen to songs that we can relate so much to - We feel them.
Today I'd be sharing with you guys some of those thoughts that're captured in white little thought bubbles of mine; Really, they're all things that everyone and anyone must have talked about so here's just my humble take on them :)
First off,
Oh, don't we girls just love the discussion of fate? How the meeting of this guy thrice in a row is symbolic, how the way both your eyes catch other signals sparks flying, how the way your friends comment that you both have the 'couple face' means something. I believe in all of the above. Horoscopes, zodiac signs, elemental signs, fortune cookies - You name it, I believe in it.
Why, you may ask. Well,
Because I feel that things don't happen without a reason - they are meant to be.
Of course I don't link every single shit that happens (for example stepping on dog shit that's really just bad luck) to fate, but truthfully speaking I sometimes find myself childish for believing in it. For me, I feel that believing in things gives me hope - I believe that fate will lead two people back to each other if they're meant for one another. I believe it's fate that granted me my parents today. Fate that I'm studying what I'm studying, choosing what I chose. I don't know if I will ever be able to pen this feeling down in words but it's just this little voice, or thought in me that often tells me it's fate at work.
The thing about me is......................... I only believe in 'good' fate. Does that still make me a loyal believer??? I believe happy things happen for a reason but as for the unpleasant ones... Nuh uh. So therefore I'm an advocator for risk-taking! Obviously not the YOLO kind of risk taking (coz they're really plain dumb) but more towards the occasional cross-roads in life where you'd have to make a choice and it's at that point in time I'd encourage myself to pick the riskier choice.
What for, you may then ask. Well my logic is simple. In your mind there's bound to be a 'safer' and 'dangerous' choice. But what makes you think that picking the more 'dangerous' choice is likely to cause you detrimental aftermaths? For too long I've always been living in my shell of a comfort zone, never willing to try our new stuff or embrace change. That's unhealthy. So I told myself that I should really start peeking out of my shell and start looking at the world outside. And I loved it ever since. You wouldn't know what would happen anyway if you picked either choice, so why not take the risk and do something different, for once?
That's really how the quote "Blessing in disguise" came about right?
Next up,
Karma, karma, karma. My favourite topic anytime, anywhere. We often think, talk and (sometimes) feel karma but what exactly is it? Here's the dictionary definition to help you guys out :
kar·ma
[kahr-muh]
noun Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation : in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman.
On second thought, screw the dictionary definition. My take on karma is much more sophisticated and visual and it's likely to appeal more to you guys out there.
I always imagine karma to be a person. A lady in fact. An elegant, winsome and gorgeous lady with red lipstick and a smirk for a smile. She will always have a veil over her face, and wears a tailored dress, both usually black, and can always be found at coffee places sipping on cappuccino and reading a book. So far so good? She'll always be on the look out for good deeds and bad deeds being done by the people around her. So for every good deed done she'd smile and glance down at her book and something pleasant will happen to that lucky chap. For every bad deed/sin committed, she'd smirk and sip her coffee and watch something not too pretty befall on him/her.
That's my visual presentation of karma. Don't judge me, I'm a visual person so I tend to imagine things with images for myself to better understand them.
Karma.... Comes and goes. That's what I love yet hate about it. Why can't something bad happen to that bitch on the block the second she starts spreading shit about me? Why should I wait for something unpleasant to happen when I can immediately inflict harm? But ironically the wait is the most exciting part - It comes unexpected and honestly it just makes me smile and scoff you deserved it.
"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours."
- Wayne Dyer
I am never a believer of the 'An eye for an eye' theory yet I still practice it...... Occasionally just for the fun of it. Fine, guilty as charged. I believe in karma, and I've seen it happening. Friendship woes, relationship issues, you name it - I've seen karma at work. Maybe coz I've seen some bitch getting heavier and heavier as years go by and I can't help but................ Laugh and kiss karma on her red smirky lips.Of course not only the bad side, good karma happens too. Like for example I gave up my seat on the train only after sitting it for one station to a pregnant lady and on that day the moment I arrived at the station and bustop both transports arrived immediately, was on time for all my appointments because of that and my bestie Whatsapped me and told me she has something for me - It's a photo of us with a really sweet note, "made entirely out of randomness", she said. Coincidence? Perhaps. I still choose to believe in good karma.
Karma is accumulative. It voices down to that very line - "It's the little things in life that matter." So that is why I try to do good deeds now and then whenever I could - Donate to the Salvation Army, give up seats, listen to old people when they randomly speak to you, rescue stray animals, occasionally treat my friends to drinks, applaud the busker down the street even though his singing really isn't that good - There are really too many "good deeds" that could be done if you look hard enough!!!!
I know sometimes it's really hard to swallow it in whenever something bad happens to you, especially if you've got major pride and ego issues (like me). Whenever you feel that pulling the hairs off that bitch or kicking that jerk in THE area do remember that
“Don’t waste your time on revenge. Those that hurt you will eventually face their own Karma. Like, uglier new girlfriend for example.”
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Last off,
For crying out loud it's the twenty-first century love at first sight doesn't happen any more - Some may say.
So what if it's the twenty-first century or the thirtieth century? If people still have the ability to fall in love, love at first sight can take place. *stares*
“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Just saying, it's really just my own opinion. How do people even fall in love anyway? Majority of the time it's friends to lovers, and in between sparks will fly and they both start realising how they are actually meant for each other from the start. Why can't sparks fly at first sight? It is possible for two persons to glance at each other and inside them they know that THE ONE is right in front of them. It's not guaranteed that the love will last, but I'm affirmative that two people can fall in love at first sight.
Such occurrences should be really magical. Perhaps in my lifetime I'd never experience it but by far every daydream or doodle session I've had of it it's filled with flowers, hearts, blurring out of everyone else, blush, and an occasional cat. The thought of it is so exciting - I don't furiously pursue it but hello, the fact that we can fall in love anywhere and anytime is just... Amazing.
I can almost feel all the feelings of people falling in love at first sight simply by reading love novels, poems, quotes - Imagine you yourself experiencing it live.
What a heart-warming, tingling feeling that creeps up your entire body, from your head to every single nerve.
I choose to believe in such stuff that have seemingly no answers, yet I still constantly muse and ponder about them from time to time. In such a fast-paced world, do take a minute to think about such things. On the train, while showering, while walking home... It's a good stress-reliever and who knows, enlightenment might just be around the corner.
I believe, do you?
P.S/ Picture credit from tumblr