Writing on Tejas Jog

Affinity / Affinities

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530

natural liking for someone or something
both fulfillment and longing, it does bring

you are captivated and you don’t know why
it doesn’t fit with obvious logic, but you still try

you’re drawn to things that have a certain appeal
or to people because of how they make you feel

a four-legged friend who is eager to please
the solicitous demeanour which puts you at ease

the open countryside and quaint simple folk
the obvious grin and chuckle on your inside joke

Affinity / Affinities

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0530

natural liking for someone or something
both fulfillment and longing, it does bring

you are captivated and you don’t know why
it doesn’t fit with obvious logic, but you still try

you’re drawn to things that have a certain appeal
or to people because of how they make you feel

a four-legged friend who is eager to please
the solicitous demeanour which puts you at ease

the open countryside and quaint simple folk
the obvious grin and chuckle on your inside joke

Muse

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530

at times you are distant, even when with the crowd
though you are really not, sometimes you do seem proud

powerful like the tempest and gentle like the breeze
you navigate places and people with such quasi-ease

you are totally fatalistic and that’s how you choose to see
your multifarious affiliations, they are just meant to be

affinities come and go, but some things stay the same
how you give, what you get and how you play the game

Muse

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530

at times you are distant, even when with the crowd
though you are really not, sometimes you do seem proud

powerful like the tempest and gentle like the breeze
you navigate places and people with such quasi-ease

you are totally fatalistic and that’s how you choose to see
your multifarious affiliations, they are just meant to be

affinities come and go, but some things stay the same
how you give, what you get and how you play the game

Melancholy

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
you continue to tread the usual path, despondent, but without a pause

when? where? how? and why? did all of this have to start
who has put you in this quandary? your mind? or is it your heart?

you want to wish away this frenzy, things should be steady, even slow
but what is the solace that you seek? i think, even you do not know

Melancholy

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
you continue to tread the usual path, despondent, but without a pause

when? where? how? and why? did all of this have to start
who has put you in this quandary? your mind? or is it your heart?

you want to wish away this frenzy, things should be steady, even slow
but what is the solace that you seek? i think, even you do not know

Decision Tree

Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530

First of all, it’s hard enough for us to remove ourselves from a state of inertia and try something new. We tend to get comfortable very easily and don’t really make any effort for change as long as the going is good.

It’s only when things don’t really go our way that we tend to sit up and take notice of opportunities suitable for us. Our approach to decision-making tends to be more reactive than proactive most of the time.

Decision Tree

Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530

Be Careful What You Wish For...

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530

… Because It Might Just Come True!

Life is strange. It has you running after things which you’re not even sure you want. And if you do want them, you’re not sure why.

What you want, may clearly be something which is not best for you. The question is: When do you realize this?

All through our life, and more consciously in our adult life, we chase after people or things which we seem to want in our lives.

Be Careful What You Wish For...

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530

… Because It Might Just Come True!

Life is strange. It has you running after things which you’re not even sure you want. And if you do want them, you’re not sure why.

What you want, may clearly be something which is not best for you. The question is: When do you realize this?

All through our life, and more consciously in our adult life, we chase after people or things which we seem to want in our lives.

Great Expectations!

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530

I know you’re thinking “Charles Dickens”. But not this time. This is different.

We go through life and cross paths with multitudes of people. People we’re related to, neighbours, friends from school/college, colleagues/friends from our workplace, etc. But surprisingly, only some of these make a meaningful impact on us.

We are, more often than not, drawn to people for a couple of reasons: first, they make us feel good about ourselves, cared for, and/or protected; and second, they have something which we admire, appreciate, or want to emulate.

Great Expectations!

Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0530

I know you’re thinking “Charles Dickens”. But not this time. This is different.