Accept Except

I have always been a people person, open and easy to get along with. A friendly 'Hi' and some small talk and some coversations later - the person for me is no longer a stranger or an aquaintance. And that has always come naturally to me. In the process have come to know many people and a lot of them more closely. Each got connected in a different way. I believed in accepting people for what they are. I believed they are what they are by chance and not choice.

My belief system is shaky right now. These days people repel me.People are making me sick. People who wont lend a helping hand. People who are self centred. People who are uncurteous. People who have misplaced heads. People with ego. People with unnecessary airs. People who dont value relationships. People who dont respect. People who cant appreciate. People who only criticise. People who are judgemental. People who are crude and rude. People who are insensitive. People who dont pay heed to your words. People who are superficial. People who dont value people. These are choices people make conciously or subconciously.

I guess about time I make my choice - What to accept and What to not!

Accepting'ly yours
Faded Glory

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Thoughts that are frightening
Strike like lightening
That I am stuck
And out of luck

For what its worth
Life, Death and Birth
Act, Think, Live Now
yet life fails, and How

Someday Il learn
To play a good turn
Till then I wont quit
Reaching there bit by bit

Building Bridges

There are journeys to places, cities, countries. Then there are journeys of a different kind that involve people. They say sometimes the greatest journey is covering the distance between two people. Thats a timeless and a limitless journey. A neverending trail to set foot on. Strangers become aquaintances. Aquantainces become friends. Friends may become foes. Strangers and friends may become partners. Partners may become estranged. Transformation and Metamorphosis -All on the journey!!

At times, it takes a lifetime to really know people, and even after an eternity you still dont understand them even when they communicate through words. Sometimes, if you are lucky enough, the opposite happens, ie you finding people who understand even the unsaid from the look in the eye. Its a tightrope walk between being yourself and projecting a certain image, letting yourself loose and holding yourself back, percieving and judging others. The beauty is that the person on the otherside is just like you, walking a tightrope too, on the same journey to knowing you. You need to bare it for others to see you and for you to see them. Complexities galore.

Despite all the fallouts from it, being quite friendly and open to people, I have felt, it can take a minutely small insignificant gesture to bridge the gap between two people. A bright smile. A routine sms. A human touch. A tight hug. A funny joke. A warm kiss. A friendly hello. A catchup phone call. A small email. Thats all it may take. Isnt undertaking this journey of knowing people great for what its worth.

And as Joey would say it - How you doin ;)