Never settle for less

It's quite nerve wrecking to sit back and really see the life you always have dreamed of. Everything that you have worked for, pursued and wanted with all your might just so close. Failure is always around the corner, success always seems to be at the highest peak to climb. Audacious is one to accept the relevance of failure in the path of success, while gaining momentum with each fall during his climb. Your fate is for you to decide, your will is your concern. Where you place them both is how you reach that peak. Climb away friends, because the peak only gets higher as time passes by. Never-settle-for-less.

Random thoughts

The sanctuary of peace lies in your home, find it bestowed under the feet of your parents.

Rab toh kehra ohla (How could you veil from god)

Tu banda apni rah nu bandh ankh toh vekhda ni,
(You keep your eyes closed while trying to stare at the path of life)
Te kadi rah takne da honsla na kitta,
(but you never kept faith in your vision)
Kinne buzorghon ne darshan kitta,
(so many prophets - written that as elders in punjabi -  blessed us with their comings)
Par tu beparwai vich sang renda
(but you've kept up solely with carelessness) 
Kadi na mandiya dua rab toh
(never did you pray to your lord)
Na kadi tu ne bharosa kitta
(or hold on to your faith)
Jag de piche ral diya apne aap nu
(you wretched yourself chasing the world)
Tay tu ape nu beghana kitta
(and you alienated yourself)
Ghareeban da tenu fikar na faka
(you never cared of the poor)
Aiyashan vich tu doob gaya kaka,
(yet you drowned yourself in the joys of the world)
Naikiyan nu khaak kitta
(you left your good deeds in the dirt)
Akran di aag vich tenu sirf sanghna
(you have infested yourself with the fire of narcism) 
Ohdi nijaat laake tenu suli te tangna
(that will only lead you to the gallows)
Duniya de rog tenu qaid kitta
(the disease of this world has kept you caged)
Hor rab toh kehra ohla
(how do you expect to veil from god)
Jad rab ne tenu jind ditta
(when he bestowed life upon you)
Aukhe zamane nu tu apna samajhda ve
(you think these deceitful times are yours for the taking) 
Par zamane waleya nu kadi na labdha
(but you forgot the one who made this time)
Rab de karam toh vichar ke tan azmaya inj fasla
(you left the blessings of god and gained such distance)
Emaan de darr nu chad ke turr pae, kadi rab de khauf nu na morh laya 
(walked away from the house of faith, never once did you return back your fear of god)

Benevolence

With the hollow sounds that have shaped our time,
The world churns for tomorrow and longs for flow of the divine.
The sun still rises with hopes of grace
Benevolence has left without a trace

Man moves forward hooked to his desires
Ignoring the fruits for his soul he should acquire,
Wretched and deceived they hide their face,
Benevolence has left without a trace

There were days when man had loved
Never to doubt the message sent from above,
But now those teaching have departed in haste
Benevolence has left without a trace

When life was precious and wars refrained
And modesty was never rare to pertain
Those times of charity are all in haze
Benevolence has left without a trace

In times of greed and sovereignty
Man beheads another for certainty,
Life remains endangered, survival a race
Benevolence has left without a trace

Now the only thing we carry is what we portray
And hope to hold those values that never lead us astray
Life is nothing but a time lapse in days,
Benevolence should've remain in multitudes of trace

Sanguinity

Slipped and fell countless times while trying to truly find myself, optimism had help defy the emotions that would otherwise demise my health. Perfection was never produced to actually acquire, in the path of life it had always remained an outlier. Never was fond of being pointed to and guided, bounded by faith with success I only collided. Determination is not the only entity I'm surrounded with, my motive is grounded so I never quit.

Duniya aur Dil

Dil ki gehrayi mein bhi ek dariya hai,
Jidhar misal bante hain duniya ke,
Ek aas hai us dariye mein,
Joh sans bharte hai uske karam ke.

Khuda gawah banta hai bande ka,
Jab duniya daron ko fursat nahi,
Tare jawab dete hai virani mein,
Jab jeene ka koi maqsad nahi.

Taane milte hai jogion ko,
Jo apne rah badal dalte hai,
Ankhein dhoondti hain us khoobion ko,
Joh insan na kabhi azma pate hai.

Ghurbat mein bhi ujala hai,
Jo jalata hai chiragh umeed ka,
Dil mein bhi ek tala hai,
Jo chupata hai khauf har gharoor ka.

Kehte hain aman chahiye toh duniya ko paraya samjho
Toh azadi ki khushal har admi ko sar basse gi
Agar duniya ko tum apnalo
Toh rooh ki pyas kabhi na bujhe gi.

Paths of life

It's inevitable to induce aberrations in life which lead you to paths you thought you'd never face. Sometimes neglect and ignorance empowers one with bliss, the bigger picture is never really that big after all. Find reasons in yourself first and then others to move forward for, life is one vehicle that does not carry a rear view.