Life is what it is

Bill Watterson, the creator of the cartoon strip 'Calvin and Hobbes' wrote: "Life is never so bad that it can't get worse" - a highly meaningful statement that wreaks of sheer positivity and optimism. For those who have watched the beautiful movie 'Fault in Our Stars' (one of my favourite movies) or read the same book, will know the meaning of 'saving the ten' for the ultimate pain. Till then it's always a nine!

Life's so unpredictable and short that we don't have time for grievances or complaints, let alone being dissatisfied. It is we who are instrumental in lending meaning to life. 

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.” 

(Viktor Frankl)

Let's make our stay more fruitful by leaving all grudges, resentments, animosity, grievances aside and make the most of what's available to us. That's a life's little lesson, worth following every inch of it! Amen! 

~ Amritbir Kaur 

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The Writer's Words

The past stood witness to my present uncertainty while future was evasive. And it is this uncertainty of the present and the evasiveness of times to come that gives birth to poetry and poetic words. The standstill time stays put, the  moment doesn't pass, yet the day is gone. In gathering these moments the life is gone. What gives us a reason to wrap up these bits into one whole is our dreams, the reason to live. Dreams, even while staying silent, speak volumes. Give words to your dreams and they come alive!

Turning the pages of life I find some words half-baked, some half-erased, others half-written. I choose to tell those tales now. 

I too have grumbled at bitter loss, have experienced the pain of being a lost winner, my eyes have  had tear behind laughter and lips trying to hide pangs of pain. Yet I always believe one should hold on and keep trying to string the fallen beads. In the end, the story of what has been will connect to what will be, though the moorings of the past will never be snapped!

Latest Issue of 'The Literary Jewels'

'The Literary Jewels'  Issue: January-March, 2012

The latest issue of 'The Literary Jewels' - an online magazine of Art, Culture and Education is available now. You can access it here: The Literary Jewels

A GLANCE AT THE CONTENTS:

Cover Story
Chetan Bhagat: The Story 'Seller'

Book Review
Revolution 2020

Photo Essay
Faith and Nature

Special Features
Jaipur Literature Festival 2012

Other Columns:
Telling a Tale
In Philosophical Terms
Words' Worth
Poetic Pleasure
Art and Artifacts
Letters to the Editor

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Inaugural Issue of 'The Literary Jewels'

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