In Search of a Happy Place

  There are times when my head is so full of thoughts and there is so much I want to speak that it troubles me. Somewhere in my heart I know there is a wide gap between what one says (wants to convey) and what is heard (perceived by the listener due to preconceived notions or conveyed due to lack of appropriate words) so I seldom speak what is killing me. I always end up telling myself that world will not stop if I have something in my head. And no one will change only because I see certain faults in them. I know I am not the center of the universe. Still, the problem remains. Today, I have too many why’s. Why are there so many emotions? Why are there so few words to express those emotions? Why do people always have their minds already made up so rigidly regarding the way they see some people? Why do not we walk the talk? Why do people have such fragile egos? Why can people not be biased? Why do people get satisfaction by blaming others? Why negative people are able to spread so ...

  Astrology, some people say, is pure science. For the others, it is a money minting business. I do not really know what it is. What I do know is that I want to stay away from it. And I have always made a conscious effort to keep myself away from any kind of fortune tellers. But not everybody is same. One of my friends consulted an astrologer yesterday. Let me give you a little background about her first. She is a strong, independent, witty, intelligent, compassionate person. The only mistake she made in her life was falling in love with a narcissist. So now, even after a decade of marriage and two kids, she seldom gets any peace as far as her marital life is concerned. I have seen her breaking down completely, crying inconsolably, contemplating ending her life- and then putting herself together, with new determination, to make things better. The cycle is never ending. It breaks my heart to see her like this. I often ask her why she tolerates all this? Why doesn’t she take a stan...