I like these words of me

I like the sweet words:

I speak to me-

Not oft do I:

but it is the sweetest.

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Dripped in joy,

soaked in contentment

its a voice speaking through me:

but not my mouth.

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I like these sweet words:

I speak to me:-

they whisper of dreams

of ships of planes of floors and ceilings

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I like these words of me:-

these words that make me smile

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I like these words of me:-

these words that make me me.

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Dream On

It is not an MIT or Princeton or a UC - its Maine University - the last university whose decision was pending - It came on 21st March, a month before my birthday - They want me.

Its a journey that began 2 years back - a journey to study Maths : A journey that brought in contact with Ayesha - a fellow traveler along the same route. Our fates were entangled, and so were our lives. Today, both of us hold an offer letter to the same University.

The first things that crossed my mind when Ayesha called me to tell us we both got offers from the same University - I do not remember - I was sleeping after having meds for cold and fever. But I am sure it was disbelief.

Later on - its significance dawned - half way across the globe were a set of mathematicians who reviewed our applications and deemed us fit not only for studying maths but also for teaching maths.

We have both faced the same questions - Why Maths ? More so for Ayesha - Why Maths after a masters in Economics ? Most institutions in India deemed her ineligible - because the criteria for education is degree - not passion.

Individually, we dreamed the dream to study maths : together, we dreamed the dream to study maths together - today is the first step towards that dream. What the future holds, no one knows - it was not an easy journey so far - it was, but, a fulfilling one - a remarkable one, it will not be an easy journey hence.

But, at the bottom of it, is the Universal language - The language of dreams - spoken in soft corners of the mind and seen in the crevices of the shell that breaks through to light.

Dream On

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Some things never change. 

When i was 74 kilos, I felt fat. Now I am 92 kilos. I still feel fat. 

2 years back my life was in shambles. 2 years on I know i have come a long way. The fight will never end. 

They called me fat before, and they do so now. 

It affected me then, it affects me now. 

Some things never change. 

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People will make fun of others. Fun of their looks, their ways, their attitude.

People with grit will always move on. Always.

There will always be something in you that some one other can criticize.

There will always be a beautiful you, a you that is you. 

Some things never change. 

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I have not always lived for what i believe, but i have tried : I will not always live for what I believe, but i will try.

I have hated me for the opinions i keep for myself : I still do 

I have fought to change my life, and I always will

I have expressed the way I feel, and i always will.

Some things never change.

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But I will always do :

I will love me, because I am important to me

I will chase my dreams, because without them there is no me

I will hold me, because there is always a way

I will do anything for me : and I need no reason for that. 

Some things never change.

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But

There are many things that can be changed.