The Monkey Mind

Kindness of Stranger A beautiful memory, as fresh as the morning lilies swaying by the cool morn; it visits my forgettable mind with unforgeable warmth. Breathing deep in its vivid depth of remembrance, its ordinariness is what makes it remarkable, to me. Both in form as well as in the essence, a brilliant spark of clarity blazing amidst the murky world, it invites recollection in the tranquility of solemn silence. The beginning of this remarkable memory, an ordinary memory, was the end of a fateful another. It was the time when COVID-19 had just retreated from its ruthless sojourn, and its retreat had endowed my reality with a sense of normalcy. Finally, I was set free. Free from the suffocation of four walls, which were meant to protect me. There, I survived dwelling in a perpetual echo chamber of the self, scrolling up and down, the boiled-down version of the daily expiration of lives , desensitized by the rising cold hard numbers. It was simply boredom retiring with a sigh, wh

Even with so little time, so little energy we hesitate to do the unfamiliar, explore the unknown, find the passion.  Afire with motivation, the blaze of consistent desire, then new  is not to be feared but experienced to full. The motivation so mentioned could be external or even internal. The external refers to that which is influenced from outside; money, reputation, knowledge, relationships and on. and they in-turn motivates the inner child called curiosity; the drive to discover the layers after layers of unknown. More so, when you travel, a destination just once and feel so comfortable so mystical then  without a doubt you will visit that place next time or maybe even a number of times. Its magical experience draws you in again and again, and each time with familiarity it becomes your second home. It becomes so because it draws something one values most but has yet to be sure and thus at the first time it begins with curiosity. The feeling of what's next!  be it culture, hist