Reena’s Exploration Challenge #106- Paradox

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #106

Welcome to a space beyond the Equinox, where equality becomes a myth again! If the Sun and Moon are not equal, can day and night be? The strength of the stars and power of perception gain importance here. It is all a matter of underlying meaning and perspectives.

PROMPT 106

Our theme this week is ‘Paradox’.

Some well-known examples are

1. Your enemy’s friend is your enemy.
2. I am nobody.
3. “What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.” – George Bernard Shaw
4. Wise fool
5. Truth is honey, which is bitter.
6. “I can resist anything but temptation.” – Oscar Wilde
7. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” – George Orwell
8. “I must be cruel to be kind.” – Shakespeare
9. “The earth that’s nature’s mother is her tomb;
   What is her burying grave, that is Rainbow in her womb…” – Shakespeare
10. “The child is the father of the man…” William Wordsworth

You are free to use any of the above, other examples that you like, or invent some of your own.

I came across a new one today – All of us have a lesser number of friends than our friends do.

Incorporate the sentence in your piece – be it fiction, poetry, essay, anecdotes, memories or any other format that you choose.

Post it on your blog, and link it up here. If the pingback does not work, please copy-paste the link. Tag it ‘Reena’s Exploration Challenge’ for easy search in the blog roll.

Enjoy a blast of creativity…

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My take-

Deafening Silence

 

whenever

we disagree on something

you withdraw and

go into a shell

I find

your

silence  so deafening

should I feel happy

that you don’t fight back

but

this happiness is killing me

emptiness is filling me

the void between us is deepening

loneliness is crowding

with thoughts that you are thoughtless

you always make me feel guilty

your indifference widens the differences

is the depth of love is so shallow

that it will break

with few fights, that

difference of opinions

will make a rift

so wide

which we could not fill

and drift apart

 

GOALS

SUNDAY POST :GOAL

” It’s one of life’s great paradoxes …
Accepting with gratitude whatever life throws at us
is critical to happiness.
Yet without a goal and commitment, life lose much of its value.
The best we can do in the face of this paradox
is to play to win, but be cheerful in defeat
and ready to play again.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie ”

My goal is to learn or try as many things as possible before I go. Sometimes I succeed sometimes  , due to my own limitations, I have to retreat . I feel frustrated and depressed for some time then try some other thing.

My only consolation is that even GOD has limitations.

Even GOD can’t put the clock back.

As I’m unable to draw and paint due to eyesight problem, its photography I have started. Inching forward, I may one day capture a masterpiece.

Hope for best.

I’ll quote Jack here-”  Efficient goal work includes recognizing and resolving all guilt, inner conflict or limiting belief that might cause one to sabotage one’s efforts. By setting clearly defined goals, one can subsequently measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. One can see progress in what might have seemed a long, perhaps impossible, grind.”

Here are some of photographs taken by me.