The Thought Addict

There are different kinds of friends. Friends with whom you have a blast. Friends you make on a journey. Friends from school you have grown up with, who have seen you grow and evolve as an individual. Friends you love to gossip with. Friends you turn to for advice. Friends who you can depend on always for help. And then, there are friends who save you from yourself, even when you don't realize it. Life had very few surprises for me.  I knew I had a very cold, calculative personality, which had been built gradually with the  bricks of hurt and rejection that Life had thrown at me at various points of time. Encased deep within the thick layers of cynicism, was a passionate heart, that pushed me to act in a fashion, what would seem, out of character. But, in truth, though I may be deluged by emotions running amok inside me, there was a always a sane person standing outside me, watching, tut-tutting, asking me to pull myself together and snap up to order. Even when I appeare

Anything that comes for free is exciting. Some of us shop for things that have a 'free' tag... though nothing comes actually free, and most of us are actually aware of it. So why are we so attracted towards it? No answer, in most cases.  There's one thing, however, that no one would take for free. And it's a Compulsive freebie -- Advice. It is abundantly available on a daily basis, right from the time one wakes up. Parents, elders, teachers, guardians, well-wishers, friends... the list of advice providers is never-ending. Sometimes, we have to digest the thorn in the flesh, and take at least one percent of the Compulsive freebie that comes to us, unsolicited. Though we may be reluctant to accept it in the beginning, advice does a lot of good in the long run.  Sit back, relax and think, do not take any decision when you are under stress, or under compulsion. This magical tonic of Compulsive freebie does work wonders when taken in small doses, at the appropriate

A friend once told me - the greatest pain that can be possibly inflicted on a mankind is abandonment. I didn't realise the significance of those words at the time, but then, that's what life is, right? We encounter several people, live through several moments, not realising their true meaning and value they would later hold for us. But that's beside the point. Coming back to my original point in mind, what is abandonment? A prominent dictionary gives " ceasing to support or look after (someone)" as one of the meanings. This led me to think. Some of the more primitive life forms seem to survive alone. As the animals became more evolved, there is a distinct preference to living in groups, or the beginnings of  'social life'. Humans are highly evolved beings, with complex minds capable of thinking beyond the comprehensible. History has been witness to the rise and fall of several great civilisations with complex social structures. But suddenly,