Getting Back: LifeLately --3

 A’ight! So, I was early to college today, [ughh, day scholar : ( ], but yea it was really quiet and I was listening to a song and I was reading a really cool random writeup by one of my favorite YouTubers who also happens to write so well omg and it was really funny, I mean the writeup, and the weather was breezy and that’s when it struck me,

“Lazy pants! You need to get some writing done”

So, here I am scribbling in my notebook, I love the sound pencil makes on paper btw.

Ummhmm, so LifeLately has been random we can say. So much going on. Exams, projects, assignments, good weather, pretty clouds, lots of spaghetti, rain, and yes, good music ‘cus that should never stop, ever!

LifeLately has also been a lot about getting back to a habit I had built. It got left behind, as habits mostly do. But yes, I am getting back to it. Watching the universe go by. Observing every teensy bit detail. There’s something calm to be gained from watching random strangers go about their day, watching a scarf fly by, a leaf dance about in the breeze, an ant climb a tree. It makes us realize the smallness of oneself.

Watching sunshine light up a spider web perched high among the tree leaves, the satisfaction of seeing the first bloom of the season, the joy of experiencing the wind in your hair, so much to be gained from watching the universe be. All our problems and issues seem futile at that moment. It just brings you out of your head. Maybe the issues are not as huge as we think of them to be. As Ruskin Bond said, “When all the wars are done, a butterfly will still be beautiful.”

By just being a silent observer instead of a contributor. Being fully present without being a part. An observer rather than a contributor. Truly, experiencing the experience.

Been vibing to Katy Perry’s Roar and Alan Walker’s Alone(Pt. II), lately. Two starkly different but wonderfully complimenting songs.

“I got the eye of the tiger, the fire

Dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar”        --(Roar)

but,

 “We all need a soul to rely on

A shoulder to cry on

A friend through the highs and the lows

I’m not gonna make it alone”                                              --(Alone)

Beautiful how they stand as a stark reminder of how inner strength comes first. No one can push you around if you don’t allow them to. We are fully capable of conquering all our aims, winning in this life and fighting the hardest battles ourselves. Yet, with the support of the ones who truly love us, the wins would become so much more magical and showing up on the hard days won’t be that tough, really.

So my warriors, be the lion and roar loud, but also be sure to hold on to the ones who hold you up through the highs and lows, because even a lion needs a home to go back to.