the prophet's papyrus.

question: how does a girl,who jumps into a rabbit hole plummeting into chaos,come out of the other end, clean and unbruised??

answer: she doesn't.


now that im 17 im hopefully wiser than what i was some years back.
so here are the 10 basics that i live my life by.
and i wouldn't give them up for nothing.
the blog is my papyrus.
and im the prophet,
except the beard.


1) never betray.
ever.
it's the saddest thing that you could do to hurt someone.
i know i would never betray anyone because im scared of betrayal.
when you break someone's trust you break faith.
it's the one thing in life you just cannot undo.
and to go back to your bedroom everynight thinking that someone somewhere is crying because of you is just plain sad.


p.s-Omissions IS betrayal.


2)never equivocate.

its one heck of a tiring task,flipping between the opinions of people.
thats why i never like changelings.
they say something to you,try to win you over and then go and say something totally different to someone else.
but when they go and ask themselves about it they have no answer.just vaccuum.

i was like that till my sixth.
and then i realised that all i had was others opinions about things.
i had never really bothered with what i wanted.
and so i changed.
i don't anymore because i know i don't want to be 90 years old,lying on my deathbed wondering whether i really liked pancakes or not.

p.s-i don't like pancakes.i like bibinca.



3)always say sorry.
even if its not your fault.
yeah i know what you're thinking.ego and all?
i think people waste half their lifetime being sad about something,hating someone,feeling betrayed by someone.
to me,a person is so much more than my ego.
so i go ahead and say sorry.
someday someone has to.
and communication is the key to bliss.


every aquaintance today, is a potential best friend.




4)forgive.

for some reason forgiveness comes easily to me.don't ask me why.it just does.
someday or the other,the burden will take a toll on you.
better get rid of it.
when i was in the 2nd standard i remember very distinctly,i'd slapped my K.V p.e teacher.
he was a 40 year old man and an 8 yr old had just slapped him on his face.
i still remember the look on his face.
it was red.

but he just laughed.
he didn't slap me back.
looking back now,its not like i have been slapping my teachers just because i know they won't slap me back.
instead,
i feel awful about it now.
when you are 40,you deserve to be respected.
and i respect people because of that one shailesh sir.

THAT is the power of forgiveness.


5)express yourself fearlessly.

the very reason this blog was born.
im still trying with this one.
i have been told by so many people now that i've lost count.
i guess my cousin Rio put it across best.
he said-"i've always believed that you have great depth and a maturity that goes beyond your age.but you're too shy to show it.maybe a little afraid even.don't keep it bottled."

so i write.
i write what i feel.and i know there are people who keep telling me that im an attention seeker because i write about myself.
but i still write.
because its the only way i can express myself.

always write down what you feel,your thoughts.jot them down then and there.
you might need to remind yourself about your own thoughts later on.



6)never compare.

possibly the hardest thing to do.
because when you're old enough to realize that it was of no use all that time,
it'll be too late.
there will always be people better than you and you'll have to live with it.

each time i compare myself with anyone of my friends i realize i have just wasted moments of my life on absolute nothingness.
and i have 58 years more to live(considering i live till 75 average)
so i'd rather just move on.


7)always do what makes you happier.

even if it means suicide.
yeah if thats what will make you happy,go die.
there are things in my life that make me flippy.
and there are people who tell me to shut up because its nothing big enough to make me happy.
i don't need a reason to be happy.
so if you see me really happy one day,dont bother asking me for a reason.
because that'll burst my bubble.
and i'd be a little less happy from that moment on.

^this sounded really bad didn't it?


8)compromise.negotiate.communicate.justify.

a compromise does not make you any smaller,only more adjusting.

negotiate,because you get better at it with age.

communicate because without it you're just a cannibal.

justify,because you can.


9)always take the off-beaten path.

normal is boring.
weird is good.
striving for something different,carving your own way.its so much more fulfilling.
its the one thing im incredibly proud of in myself.
when people told me i was different in the sixth i'd take it the wrong way.
today everything i do i try and do it as abstract as it can get.
and it never goes wrong.
"the beaten path is the safest,but the traffic is terrible"
-jeff taylor.


10)try and remember the good things.

the things that remind you to breathe.and live on.
there are things in your life that make your day.your friends and all those who matter.
these are the people who will cry for you when you die.
they will carry forward memories of you and your life.
and thats how you become immortal.
if for nothing else,live on, for that.
you won't regret it.






p.s- i write way too much.and think too much.and draw too much.bah.forgive me.




^^ and this is the card i made for divya.splashing ink is so much fun.especially on your bum.
ok maybe not.