One Life

 
  “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
-Mae West


          Life is not always about having lots of achievements. Its about living, about doing the right things, about being oneself and much more.
          We are often lost in our own ego and forget that happiness is indispensable. Realizing what to do and what not is really important. We just have a single life and if we waste it over petty issues we definitely will be in great loss, and this loss cannot be covered.
         I can recall instances when I didn't talk to people I love for long time because I did not like something they did. Neither they approached me to apologize and nor did I but when I now look back, it wouldn't have mattered if I took the initiative and ignored to save the relation we held.
You might be wondering how easy is it to say such things and how difficult to implement. It is indeed very very difficult I must say. And sometimes it is about our self respect. But we must understand the difference. Trying for the first time does nothing to the self respect.
        There are numerous things which try to knock us down but we can't just give up. Every individual possesses strength enough to defeat the demon. It resides in us. It's just when we give up and fail to realize what potential we hold does the evil get stronger.
        Never should we behave with others in a way we wouldn't like for ourselves. Being mean and ignorant takes a toll on our energy and the extent to which it hurts others is immeasurable.
        Even the universe says "You're good to me, I'll do anything for you and if you aren't; sorry I guess you forgot, the devil resides in me too."
        Sweetness should definitely not be fake but we should be so real and content that we never need to be harsh.

       There will be times when you'll feel how true and humble you had been but still you were rejected and thrown for no fault of yours. You will feel the never ending heartache, praying hard for things to get as they were. And then will come a time when you will come to know that all that happened was nothing in front of what you have now received. There are always little hurdles in every path. Sometimes they are too big but won't it get boring if you keep walking in a straight line always and never get to encounter anything else than joy?
       The universe is a symmetrical 'little' thing. One will tend to experience hurt and joy in equal amounts but it's our own attitude as to what we think how our life is. We can make the happy times too happy to cover up the sad ones or vice versa.
      We are the poets and we are free to frame the verses of our life. It can be a jovial one or even a melancholic one. We are the masters of our own existence and there is nothing that can stop us because the potential to do things lies in our soul. We can put our best foot forward or we can even put it back.
      Every spice has it's own taste and you certainly won't like if they are all sweet....
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”