All
my life
I lived by
a set of rules
and beliefs;I stuck
to them through high and low
Putting all my faith in their truth
And working, and struggling for
the elusive goals.I sweated;
I met disappointments
Yet, stuck through
Just because
I believed
in what
I
believed
in.
It worked.
Finally, one day
I did get to my goal.
I got what I had been
looking for; And just when
I took a moment off. To catch my
breath, with a sigh of contentment,
of delight, of reflection and of a search
for a new goal. Just in that moment when
I stepped back to look at myself, and the past
To find the seeds of my future.
I suddenly realised, my set of
rules and beliefs that had
made me what I was
were all so
untrue.
False.
Baseless.
Now what?
Where do I go?
What do I trust?
Who, at the end, am I?
18 comments:
:-o :-/
The same old you + achievement= New you.
New you- contentment= The same old you with another goal.
If they'd worked earlier, how could they become wrong all of a sudden? And how lucky that is, untrue beliefs working! Maybe merely acting according to our present beliefs is enough for them to work.
Nice poem!
[raja]
:-w
[the introvert]
the equations of change are not that simple...
[V]
Moving while believing in the had worked then, but who knows what was it about me or the circustances (or maybe simply chance) because of which it did turn out ok somehow. And now it is known the belifs were untrue. Now, where to?
Beliefs are never true or untrue. They are just beliefs, and they are bound to change when your knowlegde base changes. Its natural, and I guess it shouldnt bother you to this extent.
On this and the previous post:
Most of us search for a 'self' within us everyday. The 'bulla ki jaana mai kaun' syndrome is valid at all times. We always want to know more than what we already do about ourselves.
:-)
:-( exactly where I stand today
"The selfish theyre all standing in line
Faith in their hope and to buy themselves time.
Me, I figure as each breath goes by,
I only own my mind.
The north is to south what the clock is to time.
Theres east and theres west and theres everywhere life.
I know that I was born and I know that Ill die.
The in between is mine. I am mine."
presently njoying this lovely song by Pearl Jam
liked d ups and downs of ur post :)
There is no right or wrong, true or false in the set of rules and beliefs set by you. Just follow your heart.
like it is said...never doubt your beliefs and also never believe your doubts!
The question here is not who we are...'I' cahnges everyday...with every experience...the question is WHY we are here?...
[tapasya]
The quest is not all that bad either...helps us keep from stagnating or drifting away
[arpana]
what happened to u baby?
[desperado]
you are a storehouse of quotable lines!
[bellona]
True.
[venom]
the problem, my dear, is I hate why questions ;)
Dont you think this is also a kinda a change..People change and so are their beliefs
It's just evolution :)
storehouse of quotale lines...naah...just random song postings which go a long way in showing off and impresing oders :)
Interesting structure (the way the lines reduce and increase in length)...it could have a meaning of its own...
[forgetful functor]
Beliefs evolve, but this is drastic!
[brood mode]
Yeah, drastic evolution...disproportionate time scale.
[desperado]
Nice tactic.
[Siyaah]
Well, it's not an original certainly the structure, albeit rare. but yeah one can find a meaning wherever we look.
worry not your little heart.. especially not over the megaton question: who, then, am i? it's like a deja vu... and let me tell you, it'll take very very very long and lots of strange circumstances to really find out who you really are.
as long as you have your ideas/values/thoughts to prop you up, carry on. but a time will come when everything will feel just wrong.. or something to that effect. so hang on.. worse is still to come.
yikes, i sound like my own worst nightmare!
Wow, so meaningful..simply superb.. But I so wish that it shd never happen to any1..
[anubha]
Yeah you are right..thats the magic of life..it's never so bad it can't get worse..yet the only way to get through it is to hold on till the phase is over!
[amod]
Thanks for the visit and for sharing your comments. Yes, it's an awful thing to happen
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