A few words of hope

Today, where hope is dying, lives are crying and we are all trying - to make peace or war, for better or for worse, we need words of wisdom to come our way now and then. Here are a few words of Mother Teresa I found on the Internet. In this distraught world where we are all fighting little battles of our own, I hope these words help.

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. 
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. 
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. 
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. 
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. 
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. 
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. 
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

I dig the ones I have italicized.
Always Hopeful.

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Fantasy

You come, you go.
My heart says 'No more, No more'
Play with a toy, not me
Shatter not my world built on a fantasy

When it rains, it pours

That is something I realised today. There is nothing you can do to control the weather. You might want the sun to shine, but the rain will pour when it wants to. You cannot ever do enough to make sure there is cheer all around, all the time.

So from now on, I'm going to stop trying.. Because no matter how hard I try, what has to happen will. Stop picking up the pieces, because its never going to be whole again. Just look forward to what will happen in the future. Few things, few people, few experiences want to stay behind, or move forward to a place where you don't belong. Acceptance is the hardest thing to conquer, and that is something we are all trying to fight against.

WHY

It is an all encompassing question. Answers to which I do not have, and maybe someday you can give me an answer to that. For different bits of the question, there are different answers, but I wonder if there will ever be an all encompassing answer for the question.

Why am I asking this question you cannot fully comprehend, I dont know. That is my only answer now. There is void in our life. You, me, my neighbour, your cousin. There is a void that only completes after you have found answers to a few questions.

A few questions I found asking myself
- Why do we always chase what we cannot get our hands on, the elusive.
- Why do we exist, a question a few friends of mine have been asking themselves as well.
- Why do we keep questioning things around us - it gives us a little clarity, helps us know more, know better, but what do we do with the knowledge, apart from apply it in our day to day lives and pass it on; be it to our friends, loved ones or to our future generation.

What do we do with the knowledge we gain in our lifetime. Or is it just there, as a treasure house of experiences, to cherish memories; memories that stir us, make us smile or make us start a war.
The question can vary. Its a why for me, it could be a 'how' for you and 'when' for some.

Right now I am worrying about how and when too, but largely it revolves around WHY.
What are the questions that bother you?