Submitted to: Contest #46

Love : As easy as Pie?

Written in response to: "Write a story about someone experiencing a lightbulb moment of writing inspiration."

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LOVE : AS EASY AS PIE?

Once upon a time, it was a bright sunny day with birds chirping, sky bathing in the Golden rays of the sun and I, sun-kissed, blessed and gratified for life. Alright, I realize how funny that sounds and I will stop immediately.

Presumably, everyone reading this is Homo sapiens (Wise Man). I revere all the Wise men (women too) out there! 

Life teaches you the lessons that no one else can. Your Heart makes the noise only you can heed. The adrenaline rush caused by thoughts wrapped up in anguish, fear, anxiety and all the “What-ifs” flows through every ounce of your being. How at moments (come off as eternity) you feel restrained by a powerful foe referred to as Mind. The emotions drive you Mad as a Hatter and direct your choices, decisions and your life until you know of it. The choices are made from a place of agony and fright. Nevertheless, we keep striving forward with the conviction that we know What we truly want in life?!

You know that feeling where you base your self-worth on other people's opinions & judgements and believing it to be true? Or when seeking external validation occurs to one as a basic necessity for survival. Being loved, appreciated or cherished has earmarks of an Unimaginable Dream. Longing for peace & contentment comes to be a daily struggle. The Pain was then your Faithful Bodyguard, never leaving you for a moment and a pitiless friend.

Amidst all this heart-wrenching place that you are in, you yearn for solace, acceptance, compassion wherever you can receive it.

Instead, Don’t we live in a world and society where reckoning yourself and others based on appearance, status, accomplishments, social standing is all that matters? We are inured to define ourselves on these “idealistic society” norms. It prepares the ground for Judging yourself as well as others which eventually turns out to be your Fundamental State of Mind.

How incredible it would be if we could discern who we truly are and be our Authentic Self!! Isn't it? Well, for those who don't agree, I have another question. Living your life with a distorted view of self and comprehending it as the real self and not able to awaken to your infinite potential?

With your distorted views and identity leading to the conflict within yourself and supposedly trying everything out, you yearn for that One Person who will love you whole & complete and all your pain will vanquish just like a dewdrop in the ocean. Cooling one's heels for Love and putting your back into filling the void within. Slowly and gradually, the reel life transforms into real life and throws cold water on your wildest imagination. The world is not a place for Love Mongers.

We go all out until we get to a place of Isolation and abandonment. That feeling which leads to affect our mental and emotional health. This world looks like a cruel place and we have nowhere to go. My heart goes out for all those struggling with it, just Hang in there.

Are we all not desiring Abundant love? Love that is solace to our chaos, ecstasy to our desolation, a ray of hope in the darkness, a fervent solemn passion is conceived in our hearts!!

The human heart has hidden treasures. In secret kept, in silence sealed. The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures whose charm were broken if revealed.

Our behaviour and actions are based on our innate desires. Coming to terms with this, Can we take the responsibility of our thoughts and emotions gearing up to accountability for our own lives?

We are not taught how to do the same. Nobody taught us how important is our Inner State of Mind. We follow the same set of patterns and keep hustling towards Affluence. Never taking a break and questioning, Where are we actually going? What if we end up to nowhere, just a dead end? This thought was enough to bring on near hysteria.

I kept thinking for the way to step out of this vicious circle. When I racked my brain for the answers I conceded Myself as that One Person to be loved from. How preposterous!! The response showed up as Self-Love. Simple and easy! Agreeably as effortless as lifting a mountain? Do you think Loving yourself unconditionally is As Easy as Pie?

When you focus on the Inner richness of your Heart, you are able to fight back the vicissitudes of life. You only have to fight the devil within you because the cause of your unhappiness is you. By realising this, you take your power back from the hands of controllers, anticipators and the dominators. You set your healthy boundaries without allowing unnecessary intrusion from outside

Love resides within you which needs to be radiated. You are Whole and Complete. You are Enough just the way you are !!! Self-love is a journey of accepting and approving of all that you are including your flaws, mistakes, regrets and what not. Let Love for yourself do the healing!! Today, let it sink in.

In the journey of Embracing ourselves, we fathom our Real Self and learn to live our lives with full radiance of our being!! No validation, no living up to the standards assigned by the society rather breaking through the limitations and savouring the godsend blessing called Life. You live freely and unapologetically directing the pace of your life and coming to be the star protagonist of your life. The control is back in your hands and you take it into the direction where your life truly shines and you write a brilliant story without compare and declaring your WIN!

I hope it was fascinating & ecstatic ride for you along with my thoughts in getting inside my head. I suppose you two hit it off! I hang out here all the time. Is it a cool place to be? Stay awesome until we meet again!!

Posted Jun 14, 2020
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