Growing up in Rural Bihar, Independence Day meant sneaking off from School to watch a patriotic potboiler in your local cinema hall -reeking- of Tobacco and Pan Masala products! ;)
"You're destined for greatness,"
they said with a smile -
"You're destined for greatness,"
and after a while -
I almost believed them,
that that was my fate -
I almost believed
that I'd just end up great.
I waited for greatness,
to watch while it neared -
But something was missing.
It never appeared.
And life was a whole lot of nothing,
a mess.
And "great" sort of happened without me, I guess.
A restless body is often a symptom of an unsettled mind.
Subtle shakiness, unnecessary movements of some body parts, needlessly changing postures.
These are signs that your mind is not silent.
Inner silence leads to outer stillness.