On Education and Attitudes

"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."

-C.S. Lewis

Time and again, I am left appalled at the behaviour of some extremely educated and intellectual people. I find myself looking up to some people and admiring them for their achievements, and down goes my admiration the moment I find them looking down upon someone else or mistreating another individual.

I grew up learning from my parents that while education and knowledge were of extreme importance, they were incomplete without love, compassion and warmth towards others. My brother and I were always taught that people will, over a period of time, forget how much you knew, or what your credentials were, but they would never ever forget how you treated them and made them feel. 

What good are our degrees or our credentials if we can't bring a smile to someone's face? What good are your credentials if they can't mend a broken heart? What good is your education if you can't brighten up someone's day? What good is your degree if you can't bridge a gap between two estranged friends or brothers? What good are our achievements if we can't help someone in need? What good is our success if we can't appreciate the one who came second and helped us come first? 

On Hearts

"Duniya dil samajhti hai jise, woh dil nahin,

Pehlu-e-insaan mein ek hungama-e-khaamosh hai."

~Allama Muhammad Iqbal

The heart is a funny thing. It has highs and lows; it loves and it hates; it cries, it jumps with joy and it burns with anger. It goes through changes of seasons quicker than the Earth does. 

Equal to the size of a fist, yet so big, the heart seems to be a being in its own self, with a mind of its own.

The Arabic word for heart, 'Qalb (قلب)', originally means something that turns-around, about, upside down; something that switches and flips. That is probably why the heart isn't, never was, and never will be a static entity. 

Welcome!

"I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely"

-Curtis Sittenfield

Blogging is great! Anonymous blogging, even better! But when people you know personally stumble upon your blog and actually recognise you, the anonymity hardly seems to be working. Unfortunately, my previous stint with the blogosphere seemed to have digressed from the intention it was started with-letting my thoughts free without being identified as 'me'. My fault entirely for divulging a little too much information about myself on there. The realisation, as it dawned upon me, distanced me from my blog, and the result? Well, this! So, hello everyone! And welcome to the reincarnated version of me. You're at 'Serendipitous Reverie' and I am 'Miss S' (finally using my actual first initial). 

Hope to see you all around!