Found but Lost

I found her one day,
enjoying the warmth of life
loving the feel of freedom
eating the fruits of her labour;
lost in her own world.

I found her again one day,
looking for something
searching her retinue
emptying her bags;
lost in her loss.

I found her yet again one day,
confused in herself
finding her identity again
solving her life's puzzle;
lost in her lost world.

I found her again & again,
more confused than ever
bewildered with events
begging for some familiarity;
lost in a strange world alone.

Maybe I will find her again one day,
enjoying the warmth of life
loving the feel of freedom
eating the fruits of her labour;
lost in her new world.

Words - Are they important?

Communication is 7-10 % words , 25-30 % tone and rest is body language. The percentage may vary a little but I think we all understand that words make only a small part of the actual communication. So, are the words that important? If gestures, actions and touch could say it all , what was the need to develop languages?  Off late the question has been bothering me a lot as I have used the same statistics endless times in my sessions. But going through them now I realise , tone belongs to words - tone isn't non verbal. Therefore, words even by these stats constitute a big 35-40% of communication.

Remember Boyzone's song - "It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away". Words have a taste , a power that makes people your enemy or friend. Words can hurt , words can heal, words can change the world so in other words - words matter. Still we choose not to speak about the things that matter the most to us - to the people who matter the most to us, of the feelings that matter the most to us. Because speaking makes us feel vulnerable, maybe that's why we all wait for the others to speak out first. Ironically, this is what makes us  the most vulnerable - not speaking , it keeps everything bottled inside and we become an emotional volcano. Ready to burst anytime and making each moment till then an agony. Words win world, hearts and people and may end up doing just the opposite, it is this power that makes us afraid.

Don't we always or most of the time hurt the people we care about - our friends and families -  by not speaking about what they mean to us and what we feel. We assume they understand us and we do not need to speak. But given the power of words , this is the group that should never be deprived of words of care, wisdom and love. Sometimes a few words convey what our endless actions can not. Making you and your stand clearer than any other means. Read this a few days ago - "Sometimes hearts are broken by words left unspoken". So take chance, it is really a sign of power when you can let go of your fears and speak.

Words do not make the complete communication, but they are an essential component of the same. Sometimes that first 10% , without which the rest 90% of communication becomes meaningless.

P.S - Sometimes words are better left unsaid, other times those unspoken words could have made all the difference. So think, choose with care but speak out , you owe it to yourself.

Oh Life, you are

Woke up early, it was raining but still bright,

a thought came from deep inside...

Oh Life, you are confusing at times,

and I wondered if I was right.

With your valleys and mountains,

Highs and lows,

tunnels and burrows,

New and old,

Oh Life , you are my friend or a foe?

You stand beside me , whenever I feel alone,

yet make me frown so near the crown;

you cry with me and share my misery

but laugh at me and put me down,

Oh Life, you are the teacher or a clown?

Some say you are the past,

some search for you in the future,

yet some find you in the present;

Still you remain elusive,

Oh Life ,you are a mystery or its solution?

You are the goal or the journey?

A part of a jigsaw or the puzzle?

A beautiful poem or the part unleft?

Or a manuscript in some long lost language?

Oh Life, Whatever you are,

I embrace you with whole heart,

And welcome you into my soul;

 with you, I feel whole!