Hope, finding the benefit of hope.

In the process of being the bigger person, people often think you're easy—someone who will always come back, no matter what. The art of being a better person is often confused with being the bigger person. For me, when you have to be the bigger person, you don't have to forgive every single person for their every single mistake. "Mistake" might be the wrong word, as who are we to judge, but if soemone has hurt you, then you don't have to accept their apologies without a genuine apology from them. In the act of forgiveness, you tend to carry all the dead weight of your life! Yes, you heard me right! Not everyone is genuinely present in your life, and life at times throws you off balance to help you understand this and to cut that weight. But no! You're told you need to be the bigger person, which in turn supposedly makes you the better person! If you don't make people face the consequences for their actions, then you're simply becoming a par...

Dear Ram,  I just saw you for one last time, when I left, I think a part of me left myself and stayed with you. Sitting here, putting up a smile, half genuine - I got to see you, half fake - I got to see you for one last time, I just zone out at our story. you were, and always will be, the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me—the most precious part of my life.  I carry so much regret for being so oblivious back then, when you loved me first through thick and thin. If I can't be your Sita, please know that I am completely at peace being your Ahalya, anchored entirely by the grace of your memory. Like Shiva holding onto the essence of Sati across lifetimes, I have realized that not everyone is destined to end up together in the physical world, but that doesn't change the fact that we can love each other forever.  The moments we shared give me more comfort and strength than anything else in my world, and I cherish every single second of them. I don't wan...