You learn to swim,
Then you swim so hard to get across the ocean
And you get far, so far, but not all the way across
And you can’t it seems.
You can’t reach the shore
Unless you give up and drown,
Drowning is the final step to that shore.
Humbling and rewarding in one breath,
Such is life.
I got everything I always wanted
Only when I gave up on it all.
I guess life wanted to show me
I don’t need anything
Before it gave me everything.
Nothing and everything
Two sides of the same coin.
Sometimes you have to lose to win.
How treacherous and how nurturing,
How horrible and how beautiful,
Is life and its ways.
I would complain
But after reaching the shore
You see the beauty
In the struggles of drowning
And love life all the more for it.
I love life all the more for it.
-N
Note: I have not been writing for a while, I could give you reasons but they are not important, they are never important, are they?! I want to thank Raj for commenting on my last post and asking me to wake up. Thanks, Raj. I am back! 🙂
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November 2, 2018 at 1:26 pm
nice!!!
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December 10, 2018 at 6:39 pm
Thanks Jim!! 🙂
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November 2, 2018 at 4:30 pm
Good to see you are back.
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December 10, 2018 at 6:38 pm
It is so good to see you too Anne…so good to know you all are around.
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November 2, 2018 at 8:19 pm
Humbling and rewarding in one breath,
Such is life.
I got everything I always wanted
Only when I gave up on it all.
These lines speak to me so clearly and feel true. So happy to read from you again – you bring the essence of life in a powerful beautiful way.
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December 10, 2018 at 6:37 pm
Thank you so much Pragalbha…for a moment I didn’t recognise you with your new picture. You look so beautiful here, almost as beautiful as your thoughts. 🙂
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December 10, 2018 at 9:59 pm
You are very welcome and thank you for such beautiful words for me! 🙂
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December 11, 2018 at 3:58 am
“as beautiful as your thoughts” couldn’t agree more!
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November 3, 2018 at 1:40 am
Thanks Niharika for a mention. Feels good to see that it helped you. 😊 ❤️
See, one thing in life, we don’t have to achieve everything! Sometimes you don’t have to reach the shore either. That doesn’t mean that you drown, you may just float.. life is not black or white.. There is a grey and layers of it… Infact when you feel alone you should write more.. well, that’s what I do and it always helps me.. cheers to you! 🥂
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December 10, 2018 at 6:35 pm
Cheers to you to Raj! That was very well said. letting go and just being is sometimes the grandest thing of all.
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November 3, 2018 at 7:40 am
Always great to see you back, and thanks Raj for the push 😉
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December 10, 2018 at 6:32 pm
hahaha….always so great to hear from you. Being back here feels like visiting my hometown. I can’t express how much I actually mean that. (Hugs)
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December 11, 2018 at 12:47 am
👍🏼❤️
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November 3, 2018 at 11:37 pm
Nice to see you back. I’ve missed your poetry!
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December 10, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Thank you so much!!! How are you? while reading your comment I just realised how much I missed the little circle I have made here at WordPress. 🙂
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December 11, 2018 at 3:40 pm
You’re missed just as much! I’m fine thank you 🙂
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November 4, 2018 at 2:51 am
This is a beautiful piece!
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December 10, 2018 at 6:28 pm
Thank you so much!
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December 8, 2018 at 8:55 am
Where are you missing? And right, the reasons are never important but we are always here, all ears. 🌸
I’m kind of missing you writing, that’s why came up here especially searching for your posts. Hope you’re good! ✨
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December 10, 2018 at 6:27 pm
That made my day today, Faraz!! 🙂
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December 11, 2018 at 3:12 am
I’m glad it did! Have a wonderful time, take care of your mental health and be back soon! ✨🤗
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January 4, 2019 at 9:30 pm
This is beautiful. So true how we can realize we have everything when we let go of needing anything. 🙂 Lovely to meet you, N. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Blessings to you,
Debbie
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January 5, 2019 at 3:56 am
Thank you Debbie. 🙂
And it was a pleasure visiting your blog, your writing is beautiful.
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