Expectations hurt

What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?

Alpathar lake

You work hard for something and you don’t get desired results.

You love someone wholeheartedly and you  don’t get the same love.

You help someone in need and when you ask for help , you never get.

Heartbreaks , pain , disappointment, frustration all are born out of expectations, one of the biggest reasons you are not able to live your life happily.

Let it go , all the expectations are mere seeds to unsettle you. You can have all the peace, happiness, satisfaction if you just think you have given everything you can , maybe you don’t get the same vibrations but your smiling face is happy enough to not feel the pain life can give you.

You are in harmony with the universe and you will adapt to whatever direction it will try to mould you.

A Small Spark

A tiny glow in the dark,Shivering with the cold wind.Tormented, scared to surrender ! A struggling ray in the dark Dented and stabbed to limp , Trembles by holding his heart ! A tiny will in the dark,Waging a war with his broken sword, Tries to vanish an army of dark! A fading spark in the dark, Ignites the hopes […]

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A Small Spark

Like a Sunflower

At Night
In daylight

I recently planted sunflower seeds and it grew very fast. I guess within one and a half months the plant gave flowers. But what I noticed throughout its growth was that the bud took many days to fully bloom.

Once it bloomed the flower continued to bloom for many days without withering. It shows that nature has its ways of educating us. You just have to obey it and listen to its whisper.

While your hardwork takes time to fully bloom ( success )but once it blooms it stays and heals all the pain you have gone through .

Like a sunflower ,
You shined in the darkness
To bring joy to the world around.
Like a sunflower,
You fought with the turmoil
That bruised you within
And your feet on the ground .
Even the time cannot bend you,
As you push it under your feet.
Your life ignites with your will,
And not with any illusory evil..

©2025 Piyush Singh

First post of 2025

Alpathar Lake Gulmarg

One of my finest moments of 2024. Read here for that

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We all have our superstitions about the first day of the year and the most famous of them is that we end up doing the same things again and again throughout the year which we do on the first day.

So it is mandatory for me to write today . I hardly posted last year and I don’t think my superstitions work. Anyways, the beginning of the year always lifts up the spirit and  it’s better to write now. A few more minutes passes  and this post will also end up in the draft.

Lately, if you are reading my blog these days, you will know I have started opening up about my imperfections. I become anxious pretty quickly and every now and then I get a reason to procrastinate.

I know if you overthink,you will end up doing nothing. I know you should do things just for the sake of doing them without thinking much. Well 30s is a kind of age when you know you aren’t doing right(or probably doing nothing) but still you don’t change your course. It is like you have become a robot who refuses  to budge outside his code. Maybe that’s a midlife crisis or maybe something else.

Resolutions to improve

Anyways, one more year to look forward to. I will try to improve and will not set up big goals (as they make me anxious). Small goals will do. Some of them could be

  • Exercise more
  • Read more
  • Write and blog more
  • Think less
  • Travel more

Apart from this , I will try to fight my biggest enemy- procrastination ( who is already cursing me for writing this post)

Thank you for reading, I hope you are not bored. I will try to improve my writing too….

Who are You ?

Desire, hope , expectations and aspirations are the driving forces of human civilization. If someone asks ,”who are you ?” What will be your answer? After contemplating it for few seconds you will get to know that your desire or aspiration is your description. Your success or failure in pursuit of your desire becomes your […]

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Who are You ?

Unconventional Mindset

How are you creative?

Dal Lake Srinagar

Creativity is something which comes from an unconventional Mindset. From the beginning our minds are coded with rules , regulations and customs of the society.

If we learn a skill , we are hard wired to do it in a specific way. Therefore it’s difficult to innovate but those who dare to do so , more often than not become a sensation and people follow that afterwards. These people are highly creative but sometimes in order to become more creative people spoil the basic part.

So , creativity is quite difficult to follow. And for me too it came with difficulty. Whether in music or in sports I wasn’t able to do much because I didn’t dare to venture into unknown territories. I guess overthinking is the biggest enemy of creativity. When you overthink you mostly venture into negative mindset territory and come back to your usual path.

You can fail a few times if you venture into new territories but you should always have a strong faith to keep going. The world we see it now is purely because of few people who dared to venture into unknown territories. Their creativity built our modern world.

So break all the shackles that are stopping you and become who you are by being creative. You may fail a few times but you won’t have regrets that you didn’t try.

Merry Christmas to all


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Our Identity

Who are the biggest influences in your life?

Contemplating at Kuari pass

We are born as nothing. Then we embrace everything from our society and finally become a reflection of them. But what really stops us in becoming a bad version of our society?

Our Parents

They nurtured us, made us a better version of them and tried to give all the happiness of the world. But sometimes we lose our way, become arrogant or sometimes distressed.

In those moments if we are under their shadow or try to remember them, then their words come alive like a source of strength etched in our memories. And once again we stand up, correct ourselves and become what we truly are, a better version of them, our true identity .

This is the biggest positive influence on many of us . So whenever you feel you are lost just try to remember them or be in their company, it will surely help.

Happiness on the trails

When are you most happy?

Alpathar Lake

” The secret of happiness is something to do” – John Burroughs

To Keep moving is the way of life. You face the worst of days but to get stuck and keep cursing those negative moments, only ruins everything good that might happen next.

Yes, it’s difficult to not give a damn about disappointing or sad moments but  just keep one thing in mind-

You can’t change your past so just forget about that, so now what’s next you can do?

And just like that make plans for your next commitment. This will make you forget those negative moments with the hope of something better in the future.

When you are so engrossed in your work so much that you forget the passing of time, you live in the ‘Now’ without the worries of the past. That is true happiness which resides deep within.

For me, I feel most alive when I am travelling or when I am trekking  in the mountains. It’s like a meditation in the wilderness of nature when your entire focus is on the tricky trails without the thoughts of past and future. Here ,your biggest reward or happiness is being present in the lap of mother nature.


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Lord Shiva’s Trail-Kedarkantha

Kedarkantha Trek is the most famous trek of the Indian Himalayas. It becomes a winter wonderland in the winter months (December to February) due to plenty of snow. Many take this trek as a pilgrimage because of various Legends related to Lord Shiva. The name itself is connected to Lord Shiva – Kedar means Shiv […]

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Lord Shiva’s Trail-Kedarkantha

A Father’s Sacrifice

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.

A man who stood tall,

Against the cyclone of time.

A man who stayed with his love,

Till her last breath,

And kept his promise.

The promise to be the mother,

To be the perfect father,

To their most beautiful creation,

Their kids….


Mussoorie mist

Most of us believe that God has created us, but some skeptics want proof. I guess the biggest proof is always around you, they not only created you but also ensured that you grow up under their shadow to become a perfect image of them .

Yes, they are your parents, they are living Gods around you. They are the epitome of sacrifice , a perfect example that God not only takes care of you but also forgives you if you lose your way.

Exactly 13 years ago ( quite a coincidence with this prompt) my mother took her last breath. She was suffering from kidney failure. My father stayed with her till the end like a pillar.

He used to stay all night with my mother when she felt the pain after every dialysis to give her comfort and in the morning without any sleep he attended his office duties . My mother in her last days was extremely worried about me and my 2 sisters and so my father promised her to be the perfect parent to their kids.

Since then that man has ensured everything in the world for his kids. Like a mother he cooked food for his kids, like a father ensured the safety of his kids and like a God stayed with his kids in their bad days.

It’s quite impossible for me to give back everything to him but I will try my best to be a perfect son. I guess you should worship your parents every day, a time also comes when that baton is passed on to you to become an image of them.

An element of that light is there in all of us and it’s up to us how soon we recognise or realise about that .