{"id":815,"date":"2009-08-07T01:17:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T19:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=815"},"modified":"2009-08-07T01:17:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T19:47:13","slug":"do-not-look-in-the-past-for-clues-that-explain-your-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"do not look in the past  for clues that explain your ambitions,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" \/><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\" \/><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" \/>\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cnif%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   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wish to be insured against<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">all setbacks<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">in personal spaces or otherwise<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">will you bless yourself for<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">all the beautiful memories you have etched<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">in the places you walked by<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">will you only curse yourself<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">for not being able to sense the signs<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">of impending dust storms<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">because some light posts, some streets, some places<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">did not deserve you<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">why weigh your dreams in the balance<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">that you did not design<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">you do not know even if that was a real balance,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">may be the scales were tilted against you<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">from the beginning<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">but so what if these were not<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">why let any one judge<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">what is the worth of your dreams,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">do we need to ensure that we sow<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">only those seeds which sprout<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">what will happen to squirrels<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">and gophers and all the life<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">that you love to see, and nurture<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">tell me, will you see them quietly die<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">then donot just heave a sigh<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">and run, run fast on the track<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">that will instill in you all the power<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">you need to reach bigger goals,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">and I agree,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">goals are not outwardly embellishments<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">that we adorn our walls with<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">goals can also be to dig deep into<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">the abyss of our inner <span>\u00a0<\/span>identities<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>from which we ran away years ago<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">some are doing even now, like me, like you,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">like all those who are seeking meanings in the<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">meandering rivers<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">as if they will reveal those,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">even if they had one<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">do they need to have one, as you will ask\/assert<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">without thinking twice<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">bless you<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">that you can oscillate between these extremes<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">and be sane still<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I have no doubt some crown prince will<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lift you in his arms and sweep clean<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">All the dust from the window panes<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Of your castle<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You have built brick by brick<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">All these years in your dreams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>do not look in the past for clues that explain your ambitions, desires, dreams to be some one, some where \u00a0 we can not wish to be insured against all setbacks in personal spaces or otherwise will you bless yourself for all the beautiful memories you have etched in the places you walked by will &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anilg.in\/?p=815\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;do not look in the past  for clues that explain your 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