Quote of the Month

Carson Mccullers once said:

"We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known....." 

And that is exactly how I feel.

Quote of the Month

"Life is a wave, catch it"

I read this quote a few months ago and thought that it was beautiful, though only now I realize why. 

Sometimes an opportunity comes into your life and if you don't paddle like mad to catch the ride it's going to take you on, you are going to miss out. 

I also realized that this quote means something entirely different too. 

Waves come and go. They are aggressive, immense, scary and beautiful... 

Sometimes you get dunked. 

Lately, I've paddled out into sets of waves that just keep churning me around under their unworldly strength. Things haven't really been going well and I always feel awful for saying that because compared to others I have it pretty damn good. 

But everyone has issues. Everyone gets overwhelmed with the crap going on in their lives at some point. 

From things with my dad, romance, friends, work, religion... every last thing has pummeled me down into the depths of the sea, far deeper than I have ever been thrown before. 

It's sink or swim; and I am trying really hard to stay afloat.

I'm cheating here by putting in another quote, but I just can't resist:

 

"Just Keep Swimming." - Dori, Finding Nemo.

So I conclude with this: everyone is going through their own tough time. No matter if you're starving and dirty in the streets of Bombay or otherwise. 

As a wise friend told me just yesterday, 'people adapt'.

So everyone's problems are relevant and important.

You just need to find the courage to find that wave and ride it with the passion and strength you know you have inside of you. 

Quote of the Month

Quote of the Day has fast become a popular blog post to work with...

As a new addition to my blog, I have decided to add one post per month containing my favorite quote I have heard in those few weeks. 

This month, I watched a movie called The Vow. It sent chills down my spine and within the first few minutes it became my favorite film since Pride & Prejudice.

A line from that film left me riddled with goosebumps and I just need to share it with you all:

“Life is all about moments of impact and how they changed our lives forever.

A moment of impact proves potential for change. It ripples effects far beyond what we can predict, sending some particles crashing together making them closer than before while sending others spinning off into great ventures.

That’s the thing about moments. You just gotta let the colliding parts go where they may and wait, for the next collision…….”