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The curse of having a Gigantic Dream

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Rage is basically an appropriate outburst of a  consciously  bearing mind.  The agony of Life and the daily difficult series of trials  Whenever my conscious self coils back into my past-formative years till now and witnesses the misgivings; which I didn't articulate at those times; when I used to be in utter fury and against the said, were not because of personal qualm but mostly because of my society's inability to be foresighted enough to look at the big picture and empathetic enough to share my dream.   The dream of an average person survives only in the rarest possible case.  Those with heaps of divine favour can only make it and realize their wish lists.  Lucky are those who succeed because the flip side to this is complete oblivion, or even worse; a complete disgust, most of the time wrapped under the veil of sympathy and remorse, from all the people around that were believed to be near and dear ones!   Such is a society that we live in, or at least,

The Epidemic called Sadness

This post is a lift from Live Laugh Love In today’s society, we have an epidemic fear of sadness . When we’re feeling down, we’re told to “Just be happy”. We’re told to “ Stop frowning and start smiling ”. And we’re told to “Think of all there is to be happy about and stop being sad.” Although the idea of happiness is wonderful, assuming that someone in pain can just turn off how they feel, is incredibly invalidating and ultimately sends us the message that we are wrong or bad for feeling what we are feeling. I’m here to tell you that you are completely, totally, and unconditionally allowed to feel whatever it is that you feel. Feeling sad doesn’t make you weak or inadequate—it makes you human. Sadness is a normal and necessary part of existence . Without it, we wouldn’t be able to cherish and truly appreciate the times we’re feeling good. Happiness is great, but it’s unrealistic to think you can experience it all the time. Know that if you feel something