Now, you might be wondering where I got that caption from.
If you said Powerpuff Girls- The Movie, you get a double chocolate chip cookie with a dash of chilli sauce and a double scoop of chocolate icecream.
Why? Because it symbolizes sugar, spice and everything nice.
Yes, I do know that you can't start a sentence with because, but really, the use of the word was imperative.
I guess that from the caption, you might be thinking that I'm going to be talking about food.
Ah, you're wrong.
I'm talking about life and hopefully I'll leave you in as jolly(note the sarcasm please!) a mood as I am right now.
I was reading a few of my own poems and a poem in my Literature Textbook.
It got me thinking of what all I thought of life and what all I was wrong about.
I had two internals today and really, I didn't actually know why I was so afraid of them. I just was.
Now that I think about it, it was my fear that I would do badly, my fear that I would shatter the hopes my parents have on me( that they so sweetly try not to show) that made me so scared.
Even now, as frustration threatens to make me insane( I believe mood swings are very typical of my age) one sentence keeps on repeating in my head.
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
When asked about it's real meaning, I would say that it means to always look at the positive side of things.
Now that I think about it, it means that take whatever life gives you and use it to the fullest of your ability.
All those philosophical and noble things aside, I believe that all these years, I had the whole concept of life wrong and I can't believe that it took just one poem and a couple of amateur ones written in the heat of the moment to make me understand what I was doing.
Life isn't always about sugar or spice or everything nice. It is also about bitterness and sourness( by the way, I love sour foodstuffs) and overall it's what Tamilians call as 'Arusuvai'.
There were these two lines,
"... But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day..."
I guess, I already did my bit in making my tomorrow better than my today.
One main thing is that I finished my internals and I needn't worry as much as I did today, tomorrow.
Another one is, typing this out, sort of reduced my frustration and has made me more calm.
On a completely unrelated note though,
My mom used to say,
"Yashasvi, everyone here is there for a reason..."
"You are destined to become what you want..."
"If you are willing to put a bit more of hardwork, there is no one to beat you..."
"My daughter is a very intelligent and talented girl..."
"It's okay of you don't get good marks, you are a good daughter and that's all I want..."
And then I used to say,
"Amma, you have too much belief in me..."
"What if I don't get good marks..."
"It may not trouble you but it troubles me..."
"I am not that intelligent and talented..."
I realise now that whatever she said was to encourage me.
In my fifteen short years of life, never once have my parents ever imposed upon me to study.
They never helped me study but if I needed help, they were there.
They taught me some things about life and made me learn the rest.
And no matter what happens in my life from henceforth,
I know for sure that my parents would be included in the sugar, spice and everything nice category.
Everything else, if where you decide to put it.
Marks, school, friends, studies, etc. All have values you assign to them.
You don't need to decide between anything.
Believe in what you think and go and hold that supportive arm when you need it.
And yes, I can't guarantee you that everything will be sugar, spice and everything nice.
But then, even the sourest lemon tastes like heaven with a bit of salt and sugar.
And if you start thinking that way, trust me, all those lines my mom said, would apply to you too ( change the gender as applicable, ie. Daughter --> Son, Girl--> Boy.).
Hope that leaves you guys in as happy, melancholic, sad, jolly mood as I am in.
Do comment your thoughts on this post.
If you said Powerpuff Girls- The Movie, you get a double chocolate chip cookie with a dash of chilli sauce and a double scoop of chocolate icecream.
Why? Because it symbolizes sugar, spice and everything nice.
Yes, I do know that you can't start a sentence with because, but really, the use of the word was imperative.
I guess that from the caption, you might be thinking that I'm going to be talking about food.
Ah, you're wrong.
I'm talking about life and hopefully I'll leave you in as jolly(note the sarcasm please!) a mood as I am right now.
I was reading a few of my own poems and a poem in my Literature Textbook.
It got me thinking of what all I thought of life and what all I was wrong about.
I had two internals today and really, I didn't actually know why I was so afraid of them. I just was.
Now that I think about it, it was my fear that I would do badly, my fear that I would shatter the hopes my parents have on me( that they so sweetly try not to show) that made me so scared.
Even now, as frustration threatens to make me insane( I believe mood swings are very typical of my age) one sentence keeps on repeating in my head.
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
When asked about it's real meaning, I would say that it means to always look at the positive side of things.
Now that I think about it, it means that take whatever life gives you and use it to the fullest of your ability.
All those philosophical and noble things aside, I believe that all these years, I had the whole concept of life wrong and I can't believe that it took just one poem and a couple of amateur ones written in the heat of the moment to make me understand what I was doing.
Life isn't always about sugar or spice or everything nice. It is also about bitterness and sourness( by the way, I love sour foodstuffs) and overall it's what Tamilians call as 'Arusuvai'.
There were these two lines,
"... But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day..."
I guess, I already did my bit in making my tomorrow better than my today.
One main thing is that I finished my internals and I needn't worry as much as I did today, tomorrow.
Another one is, typing this out, sort of reduced my frustration and has made me more calm.
On a completely unrelated note though,
My mom used to say,
"Yashasvi, everyone here is there for a reason..."
"You are destined to become what you want..."
"If you are willing to put a bit more of hardwork, there is no one to beat you..."
"My daughter is a very intelligent and talented girl..."
"It's okay of you don't get good marks, you are a good daughter and that's all I want..."
And then I used to say,
"Amma, you have too much belief in me..."
"What if I don't get good marks..."
"It may not trouble you but it troubles me..."
"I am not that intelligent and talented..."
I realise now that whatever she said was to encourage me.
In my fifteen short years of life, never once have my parents ever imposed upon me to study.
They never helped me study but if I needed help, they were there.
They taught me some things about life and made me learn the rest.
And no matter what happens in my life from henceforth,
I know for sure that my parents would be included in the sugar, spice and everything nice category.
Everything else, if where you decide to put it.
Marks, school, friends, studies, etc. All have values you assign to them.
You don't need to decide between anything.
Believe in what you think and go and hold that supportive arm when you need it.
And yes, I can't guarantee you that everything will be sugar, spice and everything nice.
But then, even the sourest lemon tastes like heaven with a bit of salt and sugar.
And if you start thinking that way, trust me, all those lines my mom said, would apply to you too ( change the gender as applicable, ie. Daughter --> Son, Girl--> Boy.).
Hope that leaves you guys in as happy, melancholic, sad, jolly mood as I am in.
Do comment your thoughts on this post.
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