Creative without strategy is called art.
Creative with strategy is called advertising.
– Prof. Jef I. Richards
I was late.
Way late.
I was having a ping pong match with my mind since one week. My mind constantly trounced in disapproval, “Friday to Monday? Nu-uh, not done.”
Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
– J. K. Rowling
I believe everything that occurs (good and bad) teaches and prepares us for the next stage of life. Join the dots, you will realise nothing is wasted (Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address). We cannot rewind (I wished that multiple times post my accident: I & II), but we can turn the page. Be careful to not slam the book though, it is not the end. Like me, if life is bringing you the darkest nights, dawn will certainly greet those thirsty eyes.
Colons, hyphens and close brackets were seen everywhere!
When our eyes twinkled and sparkled, we got a let’s-uncork-champagne news: “All our colleagues are coming to see you next week!”
‘Not if it’s troublesome,’ I wanted to say but no words came out. ‘Oh no! I cannot be dumb. This is cannot be happening!’ I furiously wanted to rewind.
“Are you insane, Richa? The bomb blast is all over the news!” he yelled over-anxiously. It didn’t matter at that second, it was my bestie’s last night in town. So to hell with him (my boyfriend). I resolved to face his music later. We were busy selfie-ing our superstar poses in the cab, taking us to an uber lavish lounge having a floor-lit bar and city’s birdseye view. The cab honked and I dolefully realised that I was in Mumbai and everything was poles apart. That thought escorted me to how that inevitable spectacle happened, changing my life forever.
If you are offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask which seat. Just get on.
Opposite sex has become such a colossal infamous topic. Or maybe it always was.
“Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.”
– Alfred