R@J aur Sweety ka Scribble Pad

We spend our days clinging to moments, people, places, and outcomes, fearing their loss. But life, in its quiet wisdom, reminds us that everything changes, everything moves, and everything fades. That moment you thought you lost? It was never meant to stay. That opportunity that slipped by? It was part of a tide that’s always shifting. When we understand that everything is transient, we stop grasping and start flowing. We stop mourning the passing and start cherishing the presence. Because the truth is—nothing is truly lost. It simply transformed, made space, or returned to the cycle. "Life teaches us that nothing is truly missed, for everything is fleeting." In that realization, there is freedom. In that freedom, peace.

This morning, in yet another never-ending deep life talk, Sweety was trying to recruit me as her personal life coach. Spoiler alert: I wasn’t applying. We meandered through the usual playlist — dreams, goals, confusion, career, soul-searching — you know, the kind of existential crisis playlist that hits you twice daily:  One at 9 AM thinking about what work to do and One at 10:30 PM when Wi-Fi is strong and self-doubt is stronger. Somewhere in that intellectual dhobi ghat of thoughts, I had a brain ka bulb-on moment : "Understanding the difference between what you want to do, what you can do, and what you actually do… is the secret to shanti (inner peace)." Naturally, Sweety didn’t react. Lost in her world of ChatGPT searches like: “What should i write in my team members appraisals?” So I repeated it — in my best coach voice. This time, she paused. The gears started turning (finally). After a rare moment of stunned silence, she got it. I told her to write it down. She said, “...