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Shifting Sand Dunes: Life Goals

 Everywhere around there are examples of people investing heavily to achieve their goals since childhood. But many of these get lost in the essence till the child grows up. This is the same thing and is evident of the fact that the materialistic world is not to be desired upon or yield to. I can relate countless incidents to this thought: One of them is a known person to me. He started early in his life and was enamored by a brand of vehicle that used to be very trendy then. But, as he started growing up, today the dream or goal has lost its relevance. To be precise, he settled with a second hand car. This is because the brand name of the car had stopped manufacturing the same. Quite appealing? Yes. But, it is the same case with me too. But my version of the car still prevails and I can buy it some day. It is wise to say that goals and dreams need to be set very high. This makes the saturation of it in our mind or the world less possible too. Anyways, the materialistic world was ne...

Favour Mirabilis

People do remember favours. But, it depends on whom you lavish a favour on. A materialistic person may ascribe your generosity to things such as money, attire, job or status as important. This casts a shadow on the love you had showered on him regardless of the type of a favour. I can recall an incident in my life wherein the  person was in need of love. He built some sort of escapist tendencies and sought it in a companion who had a sinister design for him. While the person in whom all the lacking in companionship was sought after appeared a misfit, he was woken from his sleep. Through this incident, one can recall that the right favour needed from anyone in this lacking person's life was love. No money would have satisfied his need for it. Just a timely amount of  love retrofitted could have meant a lot for him. The one who had fulfilled this wish in this person's life could have made a way into his heart and the favour remembered the whole of his life. Such nitty-gri...