Power & Control

This was a very long year. But you learned a lot. You learned that you can’t possess people. Power and control is always just an illusion and has no real basis. Yes, some people live under an assumption that there are rules, morals and ethics but in reality an individual does what an individual does. 

Realizing that there’s no control or power [over individuals] makes everything simple. Love is never constant and differs every day. Those who try to enforce any kind of stability into their feelings and emotions are bound to eventually fail. Perhaps, a monk that spent most of his life in meditation will gain the ultimate control of self. But us, mere mortals, can only try.. Once we accept that feelings are similar to weather and ocean tides we can live with them. We can recognize them and let them be. But we shouldn’t force anyone to feel what we feel. We can only try to understand others. Understanding someone is a key to all of his/her secrets. Even though some things are better to remain a mystery.. We just need to learn to tread lightly assuming responsibility for our actions. Because those who don’t have the same understanding of feelings can easily get hurt. Hurt is a product of self-pity and self-entitlement. We experience them when we don’t get what we want. 

Realistically, how many times do we get what we want in life? So why live in almost constant disappointment when we can just accept that we get what we get and sometimes we get what we deserve. 

A.K. 

Mind Is A Prism

I am too tired to live in illusions

To foster and dwell in denial

I have awareness and there’s 

Nothing I hide from myself

How many more shades of grey

Do I discover? Perhaps some day

Everything will be just grey

Mind is a prism that makes all colors

A.K.