They Say, "Your destiny may not always be what you dreamt of".
I've always struggled to accept that, Maybe because I've been stubborn believer in stoicism, In the idea that a person can write his own destiny with discipline, Intent & Relentless efforts.
But then comes the inevitable question,
"If I believed that so deeply then why wasn't I able to Destine Myself to NLS/NALSAR Or any top 5 for that matter?
Why did I make peace with CNLU Patna?
Answer sits in blurred multifaceted dilemmas of efforts, Distractions, fate & Fairness.
Some answers I do know infact but they are really hard to accept,
Some are burried deeper in the question of fate and fairness
I may never fully know that was it the ink that spilled writing my destiny or it was the pen that dried out at the wrong moment.
But atleast I realised that life isn't a page but a book and now I have flipped the page again from CLAT (1126) to AILET (674) to CBSE Boards (90.8%)
It took me time to realise it's always reading the book even after the page doesn't turn out the way you imagined.
Silky satin sheets and pillowcases
recipe for a comfortable good night's sleep
~ welcome dreams of soft caresses
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025
Today I hit the kitchen
With my apron neatly tied,
Preparing many recipes
My file did provide.
For each year on the holiday,
I measure, chop and mix,
To make the dishes that tradition
Taught me how to fix.
If I have the ingredients,
The project’s kind of Zen.
I get into the zone of knowing
That I’m back again
To carry on like I have done
So many times before,
Reminding me of who I am
Way deep inside the core.
The patrons in the glory
with such nobel
esteem
gather as one
to form a great noble team
the make rules ofr the sports
the structures of the games
the dived to be officated
in these nobel bouts
The New Borough's
one team call's it self
the Other uses the Moniker
Of Madawaska to
decribe themselves
We together are holiest
no one is good
without us
each and every glory
Adhere to such beliefs
the patrons of our bouts
respect such belief's
the gather in spectacle
speak of who won
or beat
Ruh-Ruh the chants
the story the fans tell
oh ye oh nobel
patrons oh
then due tell
each challenge
and each obstacle
the officated game
cheerest the patron's
no one bout the same
oh ye that cheerest
oh ye that cheer
Saint Sabastian the Patron Saint of Wrestling
"bless ye in endurance"
the emblem on the trophy read.
All the items on the walls
Must go, before the painter calls
And when they’re down, I’ll see the dust
So cleaning everything’s a must.
Then where to put them? There’s no room.
If closets are what you’d assume,
You’ve never really had to face
A New York home with not much space.
My sister says, your digs are small.
It’s easy to prepare it all,
But when confronting all my stuff,
I know my prep time’s not enough.
Still, I will do what I can do
And though my place won’t look like new,
It will be fresh and clean and then
I’ll hang each item up again.
First rule
Stay cool
Keep calm
Chant psalms
Destress
God bless
At ease
World's pleased
SPRING GARDEN PREPARATION (20150213)
After the winter season
But before the rains begin
Catalogues of heirloom seeds
Delivered just in time
Earmarked and prioritized
Farmer’s Almanac consulted
Given planting periods
Horoscopes included (but useless!)
Individual seed varieties ordered
Junk mail shredded and added to compost
K (potassium) added as potash
Lumber purchased for trellises
Mulching around transplanted seedlings
Non-Genetically Modified Organisms only
Organic fertilizers only, too
Planting by phases of the moon
Quick-fix pesticides are anathema
(Round-Up kills everything--US, not just weeds)
Seed boxes keeping seedlings warm
Testing the soil for minerals and organics
Unleashing ladybugs and pollinators
Vertical gardening to conserve space
Watering just enough, but not too much
Xenocide, killing unwanted weed species
Youngsters helping (or hindering)
Zoning plants to vary root depths
raw canvas stretched tight
primed with neutral gray and white…
composed late at night
< Peter ~ Piper ~ picked ~ pickled .... peppers
Ate ~ one ~ turned ~ into ~ hot ~ salsa ... stepper
Cherry ~ Banana ~ .... Bell
Boy - his - tongue - throat - did ... swell
Couldn't ~ even ~ yell ~ at ~ packs ... prepper
Entry For
Destroyer {Poet's }
Pickles & Tickles Contest
G.L. All
My mind, it often jumps about
So much I must contain
With work and tests and home life, too
I feel I’ve hurt my brain
I’m reading all I have to read
To prepare me for my test
But life interrupts, calls attention
And gives my brain more stress
I must focus now on studying
It’s truly now what I must do
So, if I’m gone away from here
It’s not because of you
All of you are pleasant distractions
That relieve my weary mind
But I must get back to my studies
Because I fell behind
So, if you see I’m not about
Please consider this I’ve said
My studying is priority
And I must fill my head
To those who have done prep
Prep up for break, hanging in morning dew
Made fast with sailing twine, awaiting dawn
Brass belaying pin holding halyard to
I glimpse across harbor, Third Fleet’s mowed lawn
My eyes upon OTC, I await
One whistle, the yellow and green closed up
As I snap nylon, open pennant break
Out she flies into the morning, sun up
Tie her off and break third sub, black and white
Three whistles and downward goes, out night light
Rolled and made, starboard, outboard back up tight,
Downhaul tied, gleaming pin, ready for night
My sunrise duty, flags to break and make
In paradise the day begins like cake.
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