Holy Wild, Gwen Benaway

If you don't understand why someone has been grieving so much for so long, then consider yourself fortunate that you do not understand.

-Joanne Cacciatore

ਲੋਹੇ ਨੂੰ ਹਥਿਆਰ ਬਣਾ ਕੇ

Lohe nu hathiyar bana ke

They forge weapons of iron

ਬੰਦੇ ਭੁੱਖ ਪਿਆਸ ਮਿਟਾ ਕੇ

Bande, bhukh, pyaas mita ke

They forget thirst, hunger and people

ਆਪੇ ਘੜੀਆਂ ਮੂਰਤੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ

Aape ghadiyan murtiyan to

They go confront the statues of God, sculpted by the same hands

ਰੋ-ਰੋ ਮਾਫੀ ਮੰਗ ਰਹੇ ਸਨ

Ro-Ro maafi mang rahe san

They cry for their sins and beg for forgiveness.

-ਸੁਰਜੀਤ ਪਾਤਰ

-Surjit Paatar

Tu haathon mein to hai mere,

hai kyun nahi lakeeron mein?

It can be in the palms of your hand, yet not written for you!

Ab to ummeed hi nahi hai usko ru-ba-ru dekhne ki,

Bas ek khwab mein mulaqat ho jaye, to zarurat nahi rahegi marne ki

Tumhein jab ru-ba-ru dekha karenge, ye socha hai bohot socha karenge.

Whenever I’ll get to see you face to face, I think I will think a lot.

— Mohsin Naqvi

Wouldn't it have been great if the company amazon was owned by women and they just hired women? They could add an "s" to the name as well. I just think it would've been cool. Cooler than jeff bezos or amazon in general.

Me running from the emotions this quote is making me feel.

-William Wordsworth

We don't want to be loved. That's a huge misconception. We want to love. All of us would rather pick a person that we love, than a person that loves us with all their heart. We don't want to be worshipped. We want to worship. We'd all rather be murdered at the shrine of a person we love dearly, than be prayed for.

Maybe it's because we think little of ourselves, maybe it's because we think we don't deserve to be loved, maybe we think loving others gives us some form of atonement for our sins, who knows?

But the point is, when you say you want love in your life, don't lie and say that you wish someone would love you.

Tumhara hijr mana lun agar ijazat ho, main dil kisi se laga lun agar ijazat ho?

Tumhari yaad mein jeene ki aarzoo hai, kuch apna haal sambhal lun agar ijazat ho?

-Jaun Elia

باغ بہاراں تے گلزاراں بن یاراں کس کاری ؟

یار ملے دکھ جان ہزاراں شکر کہاں لکھ واری

Baagh baharaan te gulzaraan bin yaaraan kis kaari Yaar milan dukh jaan hazaraan, shukr karan lakh vari

–Mian Muhammad Bakhsh

What effect of this spring, of these garden, without my friends?

When friends meet, share the griefs, I offer gratitude thousand times

Always continue to better yourself and don’t wish bad upon others