- What is it? Is it the experiences we collect
- Challenges we face
- Joys and sorrows
- Celebrations and achievements
- Income and expenditure
- Success and failure
- Assets and liabilities
- Highs and lows
- A bed of roses
- An umbrella of support system
- Is it love or hate
- An obstacle race
- Enjoyable ride or encounters
- Is it filled with riddles, puzzles and suspense
- Is it a pleasant breeze or wind storm
- Is it a trap or a cage
- Is there freedom or suffocation
- An entertainment or sacrifices
- Solo journey or do we need companion to go with
- Is it pleasure or pain
- Is it strength or weakness
- Is it a family, societal commitment
- Self-addressed problems and solutions
- Is it an adrenaline push or an adventure ride
- Is it a treasure hunt or a simple hide and seek
- Is it philosophical or psychological
- What is it
- Is it same for everyone or varies from person to person
- Is it black and white art or colorful
- Is it clear or filled with confusion
- Is it a known or an unknown mystery
- Do we have a choice
- Is it an examination then, are we the students or the teachers
- Whom should we report to
- Is it battlefield, full of ego and pride
- Or filled with hypocrisy and double standards
- Is there place for honesty and integrity
- Is life a profit and loss account
- Are there bad debts too
- Is it people oriented or money oriented
- Is there too much criticism or sarcasm
- Is there place for kindness and compassion
- Is there adjustment or audacity
- Is it you and me or US
- Is there clear difference in CLASS
- Does life frighten us
- Is it escapism or courageous action
- What is life
- Is it a calamity of emotional relationships
- Is it a whole number or fraction
- Is it a circle with a start and end or an indefinite line
- What is life
- Whom am I
- Where am I
- Are we the passing clouds
- If so do we bring rain
- Are we living to die or dying to live
- Or somewhere in between
- Are firmly rooted or searching for it
- If searching is life then can we spread our wings and fly
- Does it fill us with fears, sadness, insecurity and leave us depressed
- Is it filled with revenges or give and take so we live in harmony
- Do we have reigns of our life or are we just puppets
- Is it the survival of the fittest
- Is life a drama, then are we doing justice to all the characters/roles we play along
- Does life hold bitterness or happiness
- Is it real or dream
- Does it handcuff us with attachment
- Is it difficult to detach and stay neutral
- Is life full of goals and visions
- LIFE
- Is it how we perceive it to be
- Maybe we can BE or change the way we look
- Then life may be fun and filled with learning too
- May be filled with laughter
- Able to laugh at our own mistakes and let go
- To move forward without grudges
- Without rebelling/ silent tears
- Are we accepting the NEW self??
- Happy birthday to that SELF
Ms. Vallikannu K
September 2021