When I started this blog, 2 years back, I never had any problem or questions in mind. I just turned on my computer and started writing! It was as simple as that. And now, two years down the line, I ask this question to myself and to any secret diarist or even a published author somewhere in the corner of the world: Why Write?
I have been asked this question a zillion times! And when I start to find the answer, I give up. But, only till now. Now, I have the answer. In fact, it was always right in front of me! I was maybe too lazy to open my eyes and look at it! Well, let me cut the chase and give out the answer. Here it is: I write, because I need to breathe. When I kept digging for the answer, this was what I could get.
Me, you, everyone of us is so damn busy in doing something we don't like, and then trying to forget it over the "so called two day break" we take every weekend. Yes! Those two days... when we stay glued to our phones and computers and anything, that keeps us in touch with our work & our responsibilities! Anyway, I am not here to give you a piece of "don't live someone else's life" shit. Believe me, I am not trying to do that.
I am here today, to write! And that is what I do!
I may be wrong, but the past few months have made me realize one very important thing. That it is WE who make the rules, and it is WE who decide to follow them or not and it is also WE who frown at someone not following them! But there is one thing that distresses me to the very core. We always crib about these rules which WE have created!
As I mentioned earlier, I write because I need to breathe. But if I follow these "rules" to express my love for writing, I would have to say, "I write because I like to! Because it's my passion, etc etc...
But NO, I have decided to take it to the next level. Today, I am confident to say, that I write, to breathe. If I don't write, or even scribble down something in a very long time, I do get upset, I tend to literally lose my breath.
In the past few months, I have met people who have followed their dream, and the others who have not! You know what? All of them seemed happy to me. But very few of them were who had a reason to breathe! They breathe to keep themselves alive, which we all do naturally. But I am talikng about the next level.
I think that everyone has to find this "BREATHING REASON", this exclusive thing. Believe me, maybe you don't know, but it is already there... Your reason to breathe might be - your quest for love, your special friendship, your silly hobby, your sport or even your family! Who knows? There are more than 7 billion people in this world, there can be 7 billion reasons to breathe!
Now, after telling you a little about my beautiful realization, let me also give you a disclaimer. Some of you might wonder, that what should one do with this reason to breathe? What part does it play in one's life? I also wondered that! And the most difficult question to me was that: What do I do when I find my reason to breathe? Do I leave everything and run to achieve it. Do I forsake everything to do the one thing which keeps me breathing? The answer is NO. Though this reason of yours will keep you breathing, it is not the only reason that will do so. Let us say that it tops the list of many other reasons that make us breathe.
Today, I make a promise to myself. A promise where I ensure that my reason to breathe will not be the reason to cast away anyone or anything dear to me. I promise to keep on writing and thus breathing, but I won't shed away everything just to run after my writing. I pray to everyone of you, to give me strength to keep my promise. I have made a promise, and I hope you do too.
After reading this, you might question yourself, "How do I find my reason to breathe?". Well, it is quite simple to find it. Just hold your breath for a moment, and think of something that you lack in that moment other than air... to breathe!
Bis dann, till then,
Atharva
I have been asked this question a zillion times! And when I start to find the answer, I give up. But, only till now. Now, I have the answer. In fact, it was always right in front of me! I was maybe too lazy to open my eyes and look at it! Well, let me cut the chase and give out the answer. Here it is: I write, because I need to breathe. When I kept digging for the answer, this was what I could get.
Me, you, everyone of us is so damn busy in doing something we don't like, and then trying to forget it over the "so called two day break" we take every weekend. Yes! Those two days... when we stay glued to our phones and computers and anything, that keeps us in touch with our work & our responsibilities! Anyway, I am not here to give you a piece of "don't live someone else's life" shit. Believe me, I am not trying to do that.
I am here today, to write! And that is what I do!
I may be wrong, but the past few months have made me realize one very important thing. That it is WE who make the rules, and it is WE who decide to follow them or not and it is also WE who frown at someone not following them! But there is one thing that distresses me to the very core. We always crib about these rules which WE have created!
As I mentioned earlier, I write because I need to breathe. But if I follow these "rules" to express my love for writing, I would have to say, "I write because I like to! Because it's my passion, etc etc...
But NO, I have decided to take it to the next level. Today, I am confident to say, that I write, to breathe. If I don't write, or even scribble down something in a very long time, I do get upset, I tend to literally lose my breath.
In the past few months, I have met people who have followed their dream, and the others who have not! You know what? All of them seemed happy to me. But very few of them were who had a reason to breathe! They breathe to keep themselves alive, which we all do naturally. But I am talikng about the next level.
I think that everyone has to find this "BREATHING REASON", this exclusive thing. Believe me, maybe you don't know, but it is already there... Your reason to breathe might be - your quest for love, your special friendship, your silly hobby, your sport or even your family! Who knows? There are more than 7 billion people in this world, there can be 7 billion reasons to breathe!
Now, after telling you a little about my beautiful realization, let me also give you a disclaimer. Some of you might wonder, that what should one do with this reason to breathe? What part does it play in one's life? I also wondered that! And the most difficult question to me was that: What do I do when I find my reason to breathe? Do I leave everything and run to achieve it. Do I forsake everything to do the one thing which keeps me breathing? The answer is NO. Though this reason of yours will keep you breathing, it is not the only reason that will do so. Let us say that it tops the list of many other reasons that make us breathe.
Today, I make a promise to myself. A promise where I ensure that my reason to breathe will not be the reason to cast away anyone or anything dear to me. I promise to keep on writing and thus breathing, but I won't shed away everything just to run after my writing. I pray to everyone of you, to give me strength to keep my promise. I have made a promise, and I hope you do too.
After reading this, you might question yourself, "How do I find my reason to breathe?". Well, it is quite simple to find it. Just hold your breath for a moment, and think of something that you lack in that moment other than air... to breathe!
Bis dann, till then,
Atharva
