Let Go

"Was it hard?" she asked. "Letting go?"

"Yeah," I replied quietly, "but not as hard as holding on to something that was not real." 

Here I Am.

So, here I was, wearing an over-sized sweater sitting cross-legged on the carpet and holding a cup of spicy herbal tea I was trying for the first time. And here I was meeting his intense gaze from time to time while talking - speaking about things I hadn't talked about in a while, and some I hadn't spoken about at all before. Just little things. Important things. Sad things.

Here I was - slowly confessing: telling him about the scars on my back and my arm which he had already seen. Telling him the real reason behind why I wouldn't go swimming or why I hated eating rice. Here I was explaining to him why it was so important that I always wear heavy mascara or why I never style my hair away from my face.

Here I was, telling him about the wrongs that were done to me, and all the wrongs that I had done. All the people who were cruel and about the people I had been unfair towards. Here I was telling him all about my sins.

And there he was, looking at me as if I have saved his soul - as if I was the purest, most beautiful angel.

And there he was, falling in love with me.

A Hug

When someone hugs you and tells you that everything is going to be alright, you know it quite well that they don't know what you are going through and their hug will not take the pain away. Once you are done hugging them and talking to them, they will conveniently go back to their own lives. But you will still be the one left there to face your fears alone and chances are, the nightmares will come again. So, telling someone that everything is going to be alright does not make it alright but just for a moment or two all the things that are going wrong don't seem all that wrong either. For just a moment or two, you feel better.

And sometimes that's all you need to face your fears and to actually make it alright - a hug.

Life Is Funny (28)

 For your entertainment, here are a few conversations with the wonderful people in my life... :-) 

 I can't even tell you how much little stuff I got from them.  It's going to be like all our birthdays and Christmas all wrapped up together!
-Jenn, on getting new office supplies.
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Hey guys, look we just did an awesome job of not dying!
-Sleighing down the hills with cafeteria trays!
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About Raajii always making crazy plans...
Raajii: So what exactly is your height?
Marvin: 5'8. Why?
Raaji: Just wondering.
Marvin: What are you planning?
Raaji: Nothing.
Marvin: Ok,  *pauses* I don’t like dark coffins...
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"Dude I'm going to be 20! That's the oldest I have ever been!!"
-Angie, freaking out about her latest birthday.
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Oh shit, this is not my apartment [runs away while Pooja and I stand in front of the door]
-Stephanie, on keying in the neighbor's apartment.
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While crossing a road in London...
Lyndsay: Terry, don't argue with the car. The car will win - this is London!
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In Anthropology class…
Professor: Well in third world countries they don't really use anesthesia - they put them in the state of trance and I think they tie them up and then chop the skin off
Cruz [loud enough for the whole class to hear]: JESUS!
-on Circumcision.
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Prostitution is a problem in this country but you can be a slut - that is not illegal.
-Criminology professor, on Morality.
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“Don’t look at me with that tone of voice!”
-Emily, just a little tipsy.
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And at night I hear the raindrops fall on the window panes, applauding the quiet love we make.

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