I've got you Babe

There's this person 

Who will always be with you

No matter what you go through

No matter where you go

They'll never ever leave your side

Through good times and bad

Through the thick of it all

Though people may desert you

Some may even walk away from you

But they will forever be by your side

They will always be there

To console you when you're sad

To hold and cover you with their warmth

Giving you a helping hand 

When you're fallen on the ground

Often picking you up

Dusting you off and helping you move on

They are your biggest supporters

The voice that eggs you on

In the darkest hour

They bring you hope 

Give you the faith that you lost

And provide you the will to move on

When you feel all hope is gone

And there's nothing else to live for

Like the little voice of reason

They will help you through

They see you through it all

They know your every whims and fancies

They see you bare to the bones

They know who you truly are

Nothing is hidden from them

Though you may deny or hide

They see you for what and who you are

They know what pleases, What hurts you

And through it all They take care of you

Often rationalising with you

When you veer towards the irrational path

They steady your shaky ship

And blow into your sails

Righting the wrong course

They care for you, they love you

They whisper words of wisdom to you

If you could only be quiet and listen

They have your back

Where others may stab

Never ever giving up on you

Cause they know what you are capable of

And they want to see you be that

They are your best friend

Your greatest love

You biggest support

You cheerleader, your lover, your friend

Like a shadow, always at your side

Never ever leaving you

'Cause that person is YOU

Life: an Introspection

Life is what we make it, 

what we choose it to be. 

Our decisions and choices 

govern the path we take. 

Our experiences help it take shape

It can be a bitch

Cause that's the way we make it

It can be lonely 

If we choose to live that way

It's all in the choices we make

There's always a way out

You just need to know where to look

The way you treat life

Life will treat you back 

The same way and in kind

Holding expectations from life 

Leads to disappointments 

Leaves us alone and lonely

So it's not that life is lonely

It is we who choose to live a lonely life

Life has so much to offer

So much love and happiness

Just keep an open mind

Hold no expectations 

Accept what comes your way

Life can be an adventure 

If you choose to go on it

A journey of self-discovery

Of pleasant surprises

A realisation of who you are

What you can be

There will always be obstacles

But then what's life without 

A little challenges

There will be ups 

And there will be downs

It's what shows us 

That we are alive and kicking

Life is anything but boring

Unless that's what you choose to be

Life will bring you love

Life will bring you happiness

But we can't always be happy all the time

We got to know some sadness

To truly appreciate happiness

To truly appreciate life

Experience it from all aspects

Life will show you love

Make you feel loved

Like you never felt it before

There will be moments of heartbreaks

But don't give up on it

Give yourself space

Give the one you love space 

Truly appreciating and respecting 

What you have for each other 

Cause life gives you trails

But it also gives you strength 

Cause when it meant to be

It is meant to be and 

Life will give you all the glue

That you ever need 

That no one can tear you apart

Life is yours

Life what you make it

Embrace it.. love it... respect it 

Happiness - The Importance of being Truly Happy

Happiness, oh how great and mighty and wonderful, but elusive you are! How we crave you, want you, desire you! How we search the whole world for a little piece of you, willing to sell our souls for you. But you just dangle in front of us, like a carrot on a string, at the end of a stick, always in front but never in our grasp. 

How often, when we do have you, do we find you as a sacrificial offering on the altars of the high and mighty one as appeasement for the sake of others. Haven't we done enough to deserve you? Why do we have to sacrifice you for that others? Don't we have the right to happiness? Why are we scoffed at, looked upon with shame and disdain when we put ours ahead of others? Why are we called selfish and heartless? What's wrong with wanting you to ourselves?

Tough we may seek out the pleasures of the flesh, the senses, the being, it still leaves us with a wanting, a longing, like a hole that's has temporarily been plugged, that will spring a leak at any moment. These may satisfy our immediate craving but they leave us with a sense of guilt from the indulgence, a temporary fix.

Tough we often block you, lock you, hold you down in the deepest recesses of our being, we need you. How often have we equated our share of you to the share of others, never truly understanding that we are in fact sacrificing you. In other words we are never truly happy for ourselves cause we killed you for others. 

All through our live we try to make others happy, as a child our parents and all through our growing years. Happiness for us then would have been being better than the best, be the neighbours envy, parents pride, trying to stay ahead of the rat race, always on the top. And then we begin to earn to ensure we keep the home fires burning and keeping the spouse, the children and the boss happy, never truly having you to ourselves. 

We live in constant envy, whether it is for good food, good clothes, better life, better grades, better looks, cushy jobs, higher salaries. But in the bargain we squander our chances with you. Money and all the pleasures of the world can only buy the happiness of the temporary kind. Even then when we chance to look back of time gone by we wished we would have taken the maximum benefits of having you in our lives. But then this is never possible, we can try to relive the days gone by but can never bring them back.

We need you for ourselves cause when we have you for ourselves can others benefit from it. Happiness begets happiness. Happiness grows from the seeds we sow in ourselves, providing shelter from the sun for all those who benefit from the shade we provide.

We need you to find the peace within ourselves. Cause when we have you, we find contentment, a sense of completeness, of wellbeing and of confidence that goes a long way in overcoming any odds that have been stacked against us. But most importantly you show us that we are capable of caring for ourselves, no longer dependent on others, no longer placing our reason for happiness in the hands of others. Thus making us self-reliant and strong.

God forbid if we may ever loose you, either of our own doing or that of others, we will find ourselves hurtling down an endless rabbit hole, into the darkness of a bottomless pit. Loosing all sense of hope and sanity, and a sense of being and time. Reminiscing of the happy days gone by, wondering where did they go? what happened to the man you had once known, could you be that man again. 

So it's important that when we have you, we treat you with care and respect and not take you for granted. We got to be alert towards you and make sure you don't loose you.

So there's no guilt in prioritising our happiness over that of others, cause after all, a little Happiness never killed nobody, so why shouldn't we want some self-happiness for ourselves.