The nostalgic insomniac

The ancient truth withstands: Selfish people cannot muddle through the thought of existence of other selfish beings. In order to live peacefully, a selfish person needs a selfless person. Sounds insane, doesn't it? This world works in a weird way. Though it has a monotonous moment, it sure doesn't make the world flat as a pancake. They don't say ' opposites attract '   just for the magnetic effect but maybe just maybe it had a deeper , more significant meaning like the universe was talking about selfish people. "Profound" , I know.  But the moment I realized my swollen eyes had taken control over my legs and I decided to pause and take it all in before it all blacks out , Everyone around , the children whose parents were holding their hands everywhere they went (No reason to be jealous) , the couples who couldn't keep their hands off each other, the single rider who could've easily been confused as a pedophile ( well, for...

When I was eight , my parents took me to a theme park . That morning I woke up feeling giddy in my stomach because I was excited but I didn't know what to expect. This one quote I came across years after what had happened ; 'The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.' - Grey's anatomy. The first time I read this, that blurred memory of the theme park and what I had attempted to do struck me in the gut.  A night before we went to the park, my dad had mentioned all the rides that we were going to experience and he tried to make it as scary as possible to boost my excitement. But even as a kid , I wasn't scared of the roller coaster.  Then finally , the day came. All that excitement faded away when they measured me. I was a child. Not by age, because that's apparently not important. But my height. I was so mad because my parents left me alone (My version of 'alone' ignores the o...