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  If someday you feel like growing different Or decide to give up on things If you feel quiet or need to speak To your mind but not your child I’ll be there As a person who doesn’t know you but there to heal you. If the next morning sun doesn’t rise And darkness rides the knight If you feel like crying Or have lost your sight I’ll be there To fix your parts and Mend your broken golden heart. If you’re unsure about the future Or maybe of your sixties If the changing seasons change you And the mirror threatens you I’ll be there With a shoulder to lean on And hands to move on. If your smile turns into worries Of my siblings and me If you’re unsure Of our failures and winnings Trust me, You’ll be there And you’ll see us grow in beauty Like you’d always dreamt it would be.  

  I go about life thinking about this one question, hoping to get answers from the higher powers. I don’t believe in god as an entity with an identity but I believe there is someone out there who is looking out for me. And so I seek. But what is the truth that we all seek in our lives? And is it possible to ever seek it fully without reaching self actualisation? I think there are various truths that I have received as answers and various other ones that I am building upon. Whenever I talk to a person, I look too deep into their eyes to try and figure out their intent. What motivates them to go ahead in life, what is it that they want to build and break? I do this because I once lost the will to live. And when I do catch that fleeting sense of someone else’s purpose, I fall in love with my life more! A lot of people I have met want to make a difference. There is a whole industry that thrives on doing this. We call it social work, where we all get together to support a ‘cause’. We ...

  IF If you can learn from past, and not sink into remorse treat every defeat, like a pinch of salt, not viewing its significance in solitary but in enhancing the recipe of nearing triumph.   If you can realize behind the veils of victory lurks the opportunity for a potential downfall for in snap, strength could evolve into weakness, befriending arrogance   If you can think and not let thoughts wander, through abysmal thinking. Strive for peace in deafening silence not let fear reign in loneliness and grow stronger   If you can walk through life and not lose the genuineness in the smile while sculpting a heart that pumps resilience, which is more- You have mastered the art of life !  

If you have happened to come across a framework named Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, you must have noticed the third level that speaks of Social Needs. Before you begin to wonder what this framework is, let me explain – It is a motivational theory primarily studied as a part of psychology that specifies the importance of human needs in a decreasing order. A typical Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs pyramid will tell you about social needs on the third level which is generally exemplified as a sense of love and Belonging. Being a fairly important non-materialistic need, belongingness has a number of interpretations – to some it is acceptance, to others it signifies feeling one with an emotion, person, place etc. The feeling of security and protection, able to let go of inhibitions leading to free expression are a few other connotations of belongingness. You may be a social animal, you may love your solitude. What is common here is that you still have the need to belong. Most of us seek valu...