Time

Different circuits, different switches.

Some are triggered with a stranger's smile. Others require the cry of a dying person. While some, are sparked when they find patience to feel again.

And when the meter starts running, we realize how jumbled our wires truly are. It's this innate search for answers that leads us to wander. A vulnerable journey exposed to internal arrogance, denial, disgust, obscurity and postulation. It's puzzling most of the time. Well, the pursuit for clarity, ironically, is simply a hunt for ambiguity.

The archetypal 'X' on our treasure map is the point where we stop questioning everyone and everything else. It lies within. Things get progressively unclear when we have layered decorations for what we want to feel, achieve and receive. It creates a gap between one's real and declared aims, turning it into a breeding ground for shrouded insincerity. And when visitors come knocking on our sanctuary, it's all swept under the rug.

At times, reasons which seem justifiable with a fingersnap cause us to cringe when we recall about it. But slowly, we naturally grow to be better at things. Call it maturity. Yes. But essentially, isn't it the achievement of lucidity? It gets clearer when our lenses are clean. It doesn't make sense to walk away from our inner selves or distract our eyes with what we fabricate to see. Observe the veiled battle between the conscious and the subconscious, and pick both sides.

Grab hold of our true intentions and be brave to check ourselves with difficult questions. What's our purpose of friendships - mutual support, comfort of achievement, permanent interest, or a trophy? Why are we correcting a flaw - to display our personal righteousness, to paint an impression, or do we have a greater reason? The tone of our actions speaks volumes about our intentions, so take a step back to listen. And these are just dealings of worldly affairs.

Our heart is filled with beautiful abstractness that we should learn to understand its rightful design before anything else. It isn't our duty to question other people's sincerity. And if it's ours that is doubted, take it as internal guidance. Nobody's perfect - A beautiful phrase of tremendous honesty, yet we can't accept it when others present it to us. Rather than questioning their rights, give honest thanks to them. They don't control what we lose, neither do we control what they lose. Keep a polite distance if you wish and let the light of your heart shine truth in what they're permitted to see.

That's all it is to it.

If we truly understood, then why are we ashamed of fixed impressions, and carry the burden of acting differently to different people? Is it because we are also jumping the gun on them? People can change in the blink of an eye. Shame is reserved for feeding dark intentions to fool our own. To hold a negative impression of anyone from the past isn't right. It's a good advice for the people around me, but a greater one for myself.

Know our bearings when we stand, as courage comes to those standing for truth in the right direction. And if you are to see your feet in the clear waters, have patience. The sand takes time to settle.