Scarlet Writes

She tried to fly. Fly high. Unaware that the wind was strong and her wings so weak. She remained unflustered. Unperturbed. Put up a brave face but with a trembling heart. Slowly, the gust of wind underneath her wings carried her higher. Then, she soared. She soared so high. Never to look back ever again. Have you ever felt like giving up? Not knowing where you went wrong and what you didn’t do enough. I have felt like that. So seldom but yes, I have. The last few days have been tough with a few mishaps here and there and every day bringing a new challenge. Sometimes I feel like I haven’t made the right choices and a thought has crossed my mind, more than once, that may be I overestimated myself. I have reflected upon my decisions and wondered where I went wrong.   And just like that, I have also realized that there is no right or wrong decision. There are only decisions. Decisions made. That decision may have proven not to be the best one with time but it wa...

As I scroll down the news feed on Facebook, I see a lot of friends. If I had to categorize them, this is how I’d do it: a. Close family members and friends about whom I’d know even if facebook wasn’t there. b. Classmates and friends whom I haven’t met since the last day in school. c. Friends of friends who are now my kind friends, the kind I wouldn’t meet without that one common friend. d. Friends I have never met in my life but became friends on facebook somehow so now we are friends who never meet. e. Friends who were once only coworkers. Or coworkers who could never be friends. f. Neighbors and their friends. g. (And this is the most interesting of all friends) Once best friends. Well, there aren’t many of them. But I do visit their profile every now and then to see what’s going on in their life. And there is also facebook sending you daily reminders of how life once was with them through “See Your Memories”. I never miss out on seeing my memories. It tells me ho...