There’s something about darkness,Which makes you adore the light more.There’s something within us ,Which guides us to our soul ! What is it that keeps your fire alive,In spite of losing your shore ?Maybe the churning darkness within,That makes you adore the light more ! ©2022 Piyush Singh The picture above is of Manali valley, […]
The Valley at Night
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© Piyush Singh 2025
The love which is not returned,
Don’t hold it so close,
Maybe its bruises stay forever,
But you have to let it go….
The desire to fly in the sky,
May push you down again and again,
Maybe that sky is not for you,
So please let it go…..
The pain and joy,
Don’t stay forever,
One day we all have to die
And the soul has to let it go……
© Piyush Singh 2025
Which activities make you lose track of time?
The secret of happiness is something to do. And if that job is something you love most, you lose track of time.
From school timings to office hours, from healing physical wounds to recovering from personal loss, from day-night to seasons, humankind is governed by time. In fact such is the law of our universe that without time our existence would not have been possible.
But still, we are so scared of time. We are so afraid of the end that we hardly enjoy the rest of the time. To be honest this mess is not given by time itself but it is something which we have created . Why do we panic when we run behind time, purely because we wasted our present, our ‘Now’.
We wasted our ‘Now’ by doing nothing or by worrying about our past regrets and future worries. But there is a way out of this mess.
Do something which you love most, get lost in that hobby, job or work . Create that obsession which makes you blind to the negativities of past and future. This will make you truly present in the ‘Now’ as time ceases to exist in that moment, truly a happy moment.
For me , when I am hiking or trekking in the mountains , I lose track of time. My entire focus is on the treacherous trail and when I am tired I am rewarded with the beauty of the surroundings. Cold icy winds, snow laden mighty mountains, the wilderness of the terrain make me lost in the ‘Now’.
Also when I am blogging, I lose track of time. Yes, sometimes I lose my words too, but then I shift to reading.
In this way ,if you keep yourself busy and not wasting your present then you can at least eliminate most of the negativity if not being truly happy.
What bothers you and why?
Don’t know why it feels more than before , am I running out of time?
When you were a kid you hardly cared about time. You were engrossed in something or in some thoughts that you hardly felt anything passing. Time ran so slow that it felt like you have the power to dictate time.
Then you started growing and slowly it seemed that the time was running quickly and has almost surpassed you.
And Now, you are far behind it and slowly losing hope of ever going to catch up with it. Maybe there is a scientific theory behind this feeling but surely all our worries, all are disappointments have a great deal of time’ s involvement.
What I think I can do to tackle this feeling is to keep myself busy in one or the other thing. This will surely stop me from worrying about the past or future and keep me in the ‘Now’
It’s difficult to be consistent with this, but you have nothing else but this to save yourself .
List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain.
Are you seeking security or adventure?
Humankind’s biggest strength is its hunger for adventure. Humanity as a whole has progressed so much and became so dominant because of this hunger.
There is no meaning of life without adventure, without some risks and without exploring all the possibilities. Yes security sometimes gives you peace but progress most often goes to adventurous souls.
Yes, adventure sometimes hits you, fails you and you don’t get the desired outcome. But if you want more in life or finally want security in life then you have to walk on an adventurous path.
I seek a lot of thrill when it comes to travel and mostly I trek or hike in the mountains to explore amazing places which you don’t get in your daily life. It’s like food for your soul which is very essential to rejuvenate and to contemplate life in a more positive way.
Nature heals even the most tormented minds but for that you have to follow an adventurous path.
What do you think gets better with age?
To err is human and to learn from it is human too.
When you face failure you introspect , you try to know what went wrong and after knowing the cause you try not to make the same mistake again.
Similarly, if you face success then you try to repeat the same procedure or routine again and again.
As you grow old ,your experience of failures , success, loss and defeat makes you wiser than before. You embrace contentment and calmness becomes your strongest suit.
Life on our planet grew up to this level because it made mistakes, evolved from it and finally produced wiser beings like us. I just hope it only gets better.
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life?
In order to lead a comfortable life one should give workouts the highest priority because there is no comfort without having a healthy body.
I always try to take out time for proper exercise. It is good not only for the body but it also infuses positive thinking in your daily life. A healthy mind increases efficiency in your life and encourages you to take difficulties as a learning curve.
So exercise daily and if you are in the mountains then you are in for the treat. A small hike in the meadows can rejuvenate your heart and soul. It can heal all your wounds and can give you the true meaning of comfort…..
Calmness is not a weakness but a superpower to stay strong in the toughest of conditions. It makes you think clearly amidst a cacophony of noises and react in the most effective way.
Calmness gives you strength in the moments of disaster and grief. It gives you control over your heart and mind ,and prevents you from reacting in an erratic manner.
So cultivate this habit of pausing before reacting and detaching yourself from all the disturbing noises of the world.
What are you most excited about for the future?
A Future is nothing without the Present.
Our minds are coded and programmed by society in a way that we always hope for a bright future, without doing anything substantial in the present.
In fact there is no future if we don’t sow its seeds in the “Now”. It’s like growing a plant by sowing a seed ,watering and taking care of it every single day. Then hoping for the outcome.
Hope resides in the coming ‘Now’ . If you have done your part in the present then you can expect everything bright to follow. I am always excited to face the fruit of my hardwork though I don’t hope much as I haven’t always got the desired result.
Contentment is my only solace where I take a deep breath and say to myself, ” maybe one day”.
The Perceptions Square 