Life is like a Ludo game-- NaPoWriMo Day 11

Life is like a Ludo game, 

Different colours, same goal, 

Those who start early may not win.

Fortune plays a part. 

You don't get what you want. 

To succeed, you need to strike out others, 

And, It's not over till it's over.

So, keep playing. 

Losing NaPoWriMo Day 2

Not every friendship and relationship is supposed to work out well. With that in mind, I penned this.

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Losing

I have lost people,

and not always to death. 

It's a slow, persistent ache,

It's like watching an apple rot, 

Or an iron rust:

Irreversible, inevitable 

The mind gives no reprieve:

It wields its own misery. 

It revisits the memory lane, 

When the apple was fresh, 

When the iron didn't rot. 

No explanation reasons, 

Where it went wrong. 

What changed? 

Who changed? 

No need to debate, 

Worthless questions. 

It's bound to be, 

Such a train is life. 

Passengers board, de-board, 

All stations offer, 

Unique, experience. 

Choices (A write up)

It can be a curse to have choices.  When we accept failure as an option, we head forth for one  It is those who taste success, who never programme their taste buds for anything else.They have set goals and they can channelize all of their energy to realize it.  While those who have the misfortune of having many choices in life,  are chasing multiple goals and eventually not reaching anywhere. Suppose Gandhi telling himself that he would take this freedom fighter thing for sometime and see how it goes. Or BR Ambedkar telling himself that if the constitution would not go well , he would take up rapping as a back up option. I think you got my point without these examples.

How to cut down choices? This is where a person should sit down and try to find his inner voice.  The counselor can tell you what is the ideal thing to do, but he may not tell you whether it is ideal for you. You have to figure it out yourself. To achieve any goal,  incredible amount of hard work is required, whether it is writing the constitution or successful rap songs. Only if you are convinced about your goal can you put in the serious efforts required 

Ask yourself what is it that you can't stand failing at. What will give you the most joy in not just in its accomplishment but also in its process.  When you figure it out,  you would be sorted of sorts. There will be a lot of hard Work and voices against you,  but atleast you would be preparing yourself to become a matter at something and not  a jack at many things.  So don't be a jackass  be jhakkas! (See what I did there? I shouldn't have done it.  I had a choice to keep it or delete it,  and I messed up.)