Hope Against Hope

'Everybody's got a hold on hope, It's the last thing that's holding me.....'

Lines from the song 'Hold on Hope', im listening to right now...somehow makes me realize how we all cling to a hope, for some miracle to happen to turn things our way. There are certain things that you have no control over, and they sort out with time.

Why is that we still want to give time to things when the gut feeling contradicts it.Yet you find yourself so helpless at times. Maybe because we dont want to regret later that we gave up, when hanging in there for a little while could have made things better. After all when the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

Im clinging to a hope, that i might be able to get what i want, despite the odds. Im playing the waiting game but dont know what the outcome will be.

Im just like a passive player in a football ground. Have run around the ball a lot and am tired of doing that. Standing still for the ball to come my way. Yet im not leaving the field, dont want to quit. Then what am i doing in the field? I wonder....

That my friend, is hoping against hope!

Next song on the playlist, 'Time of your Life' by Green Day...

Another turning point;
a fork stuck in the road.

Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go.

So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.

It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.

It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life

Of the non-living bed bugs!

I recently read an article about how technology is invading our bedrooms. The article mentions how most of us interact with technological gadgets in the last moments before we sleep. It had a startling fact '20% of the people surveyed have checked social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, Chatted online, played computer games or listened to MP3 players between the sheets just before sleeping.'

Most of us follow the same trend. The web is a place where people can find a comforting ear. Whatever the reasons for being unhappy, the internet can become a tempting distraction from the problems in life, heartache and the hassle of tackling relationship problems.

These non living bed-bugs are affecting our lives in a big way - sleep patterns get altered, we deny our bodies the rest it needs to re-charge for the next day. Between all these things, unknowingly our relationships are being hit. Ideally when one retires at the end of the day, it should be the time to assess the day , spend some time with self or to talk to one's partner. The bedroom should be the place to spend good quality time. That the time to bond before turning the lights off and calling it a day.

Technology makes it easier than ever to stay in touch these days, but can make it difficult to stay connected to our relationships.Ultimately its the relationships that matter to us.

This weekend, i re-arranged my bedroom. Other than the electricity points, all gadgets - my laptop, radio set, a pile of Cd's,phone have been kicked out. Books have taken their place. Some fiction. Some textbooks. That reminds me of the MBA exams i have from next week and the syllabus i dont know :(