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I am Okay – An ode to our biggest Lie

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 Lancelot Quadras Leave a comment

How are you?

I am okay/fine.

This is the most fake conversation you are bound to have many times during your lifetime. Yes, think about it. How many times have you used this phrase without speaking the truth? We are stressed, tired, irritated, angry, disappointed but we will say that we are fine.

Why do we lie?

Firstly the main reason for doing this is because we want to dodge the next conversation that will happen the moment we say “I’m not okay/fine”. Also, we don’t like sharing our feeling at that very moment with everyone. That is a right thing to do but it’s a small burden you carry lying around people telling them you are fine when you’re not. The people around you will go around their business and will talk normally. They wouldn’t know the storm brewing inside you. They also wouldn’t be able to figure out that you’re crying from the inside.

Why would they?

You just said that you’re fine.

Instead of doing all this, why don’t you start to tell the people around you about what you feel. Yes, you don’t need to tell them exactly what the issue is. Just say the words “I am not okay. It’s something I’m dealing with which I cannot discuss”.

Speaking like this helps. First, the people around you are conscious of the fact that you’re not okay. Hence the way they speak will change. If you have a comfort friend, talk to him/her and get it out of your chest. Keeping the storm inside of you won’t stop anything. It is just a delay. This delay will result into a catastrophe someday!

If you cannot divulge any details, it’s fine.

But don’t lie when asked, “Are you okay?”

Okay?

P is for Paragnosia – A to Z Challenge 2018

April 18, 2018April 24, 2018 Lancelot Quadras 2 Comments

P is for P is for Paragnosia which means misunderstanding.

This has to be one of my favorite choice due to the meaning. For everyone, paragnosia does visit once a while. Some do that on a regular scale. We tend to understand what we hear or what we thought we heard. This often leads to a lot of confusion and that either ends in an argument or weirdly works in your favor. Unfortunately, the possibility of the latter happening is very less. But for you to have an argument will be of the highest possibility.

But why does all of this happen? It’s simple… We don’t talk.

It can be ego or the friction caused doesn’t let us go ahead to talk and clear out with the other person. But we simply don’t talk. Since no one initiates the conversation, the misunderstanding surely escalates into a fight where in the end both the parties lose their favorite friend/love etc. Why make life so complicated. Just ask. Yes, it will make you look dumb and a possibility of it being your mistake can arise. You can apologize and get back on track. If there was confusion, talking would erase it or the friendship but it will be beneficial. Why I say beneficial is because when we keep all this in our mind pending, it affects us in our daily life. Our decisions, movements, sleeping, eating etc everything will have this running around in the back of your mind.

You have one mind and it has a lot of productive work to do. Instead of letting it do that one important job, we run these issues up and come up with possible scenarios that result in overthinking and ultimately into disaster. Don’t torture your mind and self so much. The next time if you feel someone misunderstood what you said or felt, just go ahead and talk. Do not expect the other person to come ahead and discuss that. They might be clueless.

This post is part of the A to Z Challenge 2018.

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What If God Fulfilled A Wish Everyday?

July 9, 2017July 9, 2017 Lancelot Quadras Leave a comment

What if God fulfilled a wish every day?

Just a random thought cropped in my mind today.

What if God has decided that randomly he shall choose a person and whatever he wishes for shall be fulfilled.

Just imagine, there are so many instances when we actually wish things go our way and they do.

What if that day God actually wanted to give you what you want.

Also, Imagine you waiting for the train or bus which is late. You wish that it arrived soon so you could go home. And God fulfilled your wish.

Does that make you happy? Yes..

But after you know God would have fulfilled anything you wished for.. Would you be happy? Doubtful..

Obviously if we’d know that the almighty would fulfill any wish, we’d definitely ask for something extravagant.

Agree?

But how many of us would decide to wish for something else like erasure of poverty, wars, debt etc? I think only a few of us would. I’d ask too for something like a never ending bank balance and travel all the time without any worry or get some super power.

Either this way or that way there are many such instances when you thought things were not going your way but it just took a u-turn and everything went your way! There’s no explanation for that sometimes, right? What if that day God decided to fulfill whatever you desired?

Just a thought.. Think about it.

Happy Sunday!

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Just Enjoy The Show (Lenka) – Rainy View in Mumbai

June 30, 2017July 27, 2020 Lancelot Quadras 4 Comments

Mumbai weather today reminds me of a song by Lenka. Here’s how the story unfolds to the song.

It’s a Wednesday morning and the view from my desk is serene. The clouds seem like there would be no scope for the sun to shine on today.

It’s 11.15 and it looks like it’s almost 19.00 hours. There’s a lot of raindrops passing by the window pane. I can hear the sound of the wind and the rain clashing and it’s quite scary if I may add.

So when I watch those drops pass by my window at a fast pace, a random thought just passed by. There are so many moments and situations we have to go through in life.

Some of them get through in a jiffy while some take longer than they should. The good moments get done quickly and the sad ones stick to us longer than we want to.

Our life is like a see-saw. Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. Life is also like a never-ending slide. You’re always in motion. No stoppage in time.

So instead of ranting, dreaming, and being tense, why don’t we just sit back and enjoy the show? Life is not boring. It can give you so many moments where you can laugh at yourself or cry!

Here are some amazing instances:

1. One of my school friends has a habit of missing a train/plane/bus journey every time he visits us. That’s called determination of legendary levels.

2. You can copy an entire paper including the roll number of the person too. ( been there, done that) Got famous too.

3. We were stranded without a place in Manali for a few hours (actually we hadn’t booked a place either so it fits). How spontaneous right!

4. I went trekking in shorts with my school friends and the temperatures fell below 5 degrees. How sweet, ain’t it? (That’s what you get Lance for being too smart).

These are just a few of the things I could mention which at the time were very serious but now when I look back, I can laugh over it.

As they say, Life is what you make of it. So stop being tensed. Just enjoy the show! And while you’re at it, listen to this song by Lenka. It’s really touching!

I listen to this song and I instantly feel good. Lenka has given us an epic song. I hope you will like this too.

You can also check out some more sky pictures here – Skies @ Kaziranga National Park

Thoughts – 9

December 8, 2015March 26, 2017 Lancelot Quadras 4 Comments

For this version of “Thoughts” I’d like your help..
I’ll display an image below.
All you have to do is come up with the best tag line in your mind for it..
Easy?

Here’s the image.