Change

It is intentional to move forward with time, you must not remain in one place. Change is necessary to move forward in life. If you look closely, change is actually good in the long run, though it may not seem so in the present. Change can take many forms: in your personality, behaviour, perspective, the way you think, or the way you talk. Most of the time, it’s good for your future, but not always. It really depends on which direction you lean.

At times, change is confusing. For instance, my coffee doesn’t froth the same way it used to. I wonder what changed? Apart from my coffee, what truly bothers me is this, *is change really intentional?* Do people really want to change themselves, or does it happen naturally, unintentionally?

Maybe people don’t really want to change in the ways they do. Maybe they even try to fix it, but since the change happens unintentionally, they can’t really reverse it.

Personally, I’m not a big fan of change either. I don’t like when something changes. I don’t like when I change. Yet these changes often turn out to be good in the future. Still, they bother me so much in the present that I can’t help but dislike them.

And despite knowing this, it remains confusing because my coffee doesn’t froth the same way it used to, and I can’t really say if that’s good or bad.

Thank you
-Kritika

A Silent Race

At times people don't seek any competition in life, nor do they want any rivalry with anyone, or perhaps, sometimes they do. There are many people around you, and most of them want to prove themselves and hence, continuously look for opportunities to do so. There is nothing wrong in doing that, there is no harm in trying to prove yourself till the time it is done in an ethical way. These people, they just know that they are capable of something and so, it is fair to call them achievers.

Apart from the above group, there is another set of people who are either too self aware, or they are not aware at all. They simply give up before even trying, maybe due to the lack of confidence, or maybe they are too afraid to lose. There can be many reasons for them to not show up. And hence, they don't understand the competition and moreover, don't even want to understand.

But somewhere in between these two lies another set of people, who know what they are capable of and are somewhat fine with proving it, but not in a competitive way. They don't want to seek validation, they don't want to get ahead of anyone. I personally adore these people. They live with a very settled mindset. But is this mindset a pro or a con? While it's valid to not seek out for competition, it's invalid to avoid it completely when it arises. What I have inferred from these people is that they don't want to compete in a toxic environment. They seek a healthy competition which is actually a good thing, and hence, they even initiate a healthy competition.

But do you think in today's world, is it possible to have a healthy competitive environment? Personally, I don't think so. People are too composed in themselves that somewhere they forget to show some empathy towards other people, and that proves a lot.

Thank you
-Kritika

Influence

In order to blend in or in order to pull out a better version of ourselves, we often set our idols. We often idolise people around us, who we think are superior to us in some or the other way. And being influenced by others is normal. Influence is powerful, more powerful than we often realise. It can shape opinions, build beliefs, and sadly, distort reality.

Influence drives a person astray from their own reality.
If we set our idols, we often let go of our originality and start to embody their traits, for it makes us think that we can be better if we change and moreover, be like our idols.

What we often don't realise is that when we embody someone else's trait, we often lose our own. And that's how we slowly lose ourselves. 

In the pursuit of becoming someone better, we must not forget who we are. Influence isn’t always harmful, it can also inspire, uplift, and guide. But the moment it starts to blur the edges of our own identity, it becomes a danger we don’t always notice until it’s too late. Growth should feel like evolution, not imitation. So admire, learn, be inspired but never at the cost of losing the parts of yourself that make you, you.

Thank you
-Kritika

A reflection on ''CURE'

 As I believed that meeting the people we love/our loved ones is a cure. A cure to our sadness, our misery, our no so happening life. But this feeling or rather say this interpretation is not SO accurate, it can be a contradiction too. 

The same people who were once so kind to you, the same people who made you feel loved can turn against you. They once loved you because they saw the good in you and maybe, also ignored your flaws. But now those same people see all the bad in you.

And it hurts me as I say it, the reason of them turning against you can be 'Influence'.
Influence is something which may give a person vision but make them completely blind at the same time.

So, while love and presence can feel like a cure, they’re not always constant and that’s the hardest part. People change, sometimes not by choice but by influence. And it hurts when warmth turns cold, when the ones who once saw your light now look for your shadows. But even in that ache, there’s growth. You learn that healing doesn’t always come from others, sometimes, it begins when you decide to be kind to yourself, even when others forget how to.

Thank you
-Kritika

The Temporary Cure

There are days when sadness settles in your chest, quietly, but heavily. On those days, it’s not easy to just “let it go” or distract yourself from it. Even the things you usually love lose their color, their comfort. And honestly, lifting your mood feels like a task in itself. It’s normal. We all carry things that weigh on us, worries, responsibilities, unfinished stories. Things that keep our minds busy and our hearts a little bruised.

But you cannot just sit with it, nor can you run away. 

After trying out different methods, I came to a conclusion:
In order to get rid of your misery, or in order to get over it, YOU NEED TO FEEL IT!
Pain demands to be felt, and you can never get over it without feeling it.

But if we seek another way, a temporary way, then it has to be going out. Going out, talking to the people you love. I won't say anything scientific, but it has a huge psychological impact. 

Lastly I'd say that love is in the air, and it reveals itself more when you surround yourself with the people you love. And as always, one of the best feelings is offering love that is returned.

Thank you
-Kritika
 

A Beginning

 I needed a start for sure now.

This space is for thoughts I carry too long, the poems I never finish, the questions that don't need answers. I'll write about what I love: poetry, the mind, meaning, and the strange ache of being alive.

If you're here, thank you. I hope something in these words feels like yours too.

- Kritika