At the table I sit, between him and her.
He fiddles with his phone, she timidly stares nowhere.
Their drinks lie untouched: hers milk, his cola.
He makes some small comment and I reply; she stays silent, giving a soft smile.
Time ticks on by, the remains of dinner cold.
He reaches for his cup and so does she, him taking a gulp and her a sip.
Silence is heard and awkwardly I sit, in between him and her.
I study them, one after the other.
She, fair-skinned, bespectacled, and long-haired; he, dark-skinned, tall, and daunting.
Polar opposites, so alike and yet so different.
He, whose heart belongs to someone else and she, whose heart will never belong to anybody.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Unclutter Me
Too often in our hectic lives, we are bombarded with things that vie for our complete and undivided attention. Many of these things tend to be minute, immaterial, compared to the vastness of everything. If we turn to these little things, chances are, we will lose sight of our original goal and focus solely on the unimportant item.
Consider the popular puzzle game Unblock Me, by Kiragames. The player is presented with a board filled with vertical and horizontal wooden blocks of varying lengths, and with one red block off to the left side. To the right side of the 6x6 square is a slot for the red block to leave the board, the goal being to move the wooden blocks so that the red block can be removed. That is, the ultimate goal of the game is to push the red block into the exit. Some players examine the setup and immediately come to one conclusion: the red block can be removed if the wooden blocks are arranged in a certain fashion. And so the player sets out to do just that - rearrange the wooden blocks into the position that the player believes will free the red block. However, the player is so caught up in this one position that even when a path for the red block is cleared, it is missed completely as the player continues to rearrange the blocks until it is in the "correct" position.
To avoid losing your destination, it's necessary to take a step back from the ever-quickening pace of life and glance at the big picture. Are you working toward your dream, or are you sidetracked by something that is irrelevant? Perhaps there's a clear path forward, and you are missing it by simply not paying attention.The key is to keep an open mind and to be aware of the possibilities that exist.
The bigger challenge, however, is to determine which items are important, and which are not. Only the self can judge.
Consider the popular puzzle game Unblock Me, by Kiragames. The player is presented with a board filled with vertical and horizontal wooden blocks of varying lengths, and with one red block off to the left side. To the right side of the 6x6 square is a slot for the red block to leave the board, the goal being to move the wooden blocks so that the red block can be removed. That is, the ultimate goal of the game is to push the red block into the exit. Some players examine the setup and immediately come to one conclusion: the red block can be removed if the wooden blocks are arranged in a certain fashion. And so the player sets out to do just that - rearrange the wooden blocks into the position that the player believes will free the red block. However, the player is so caught up in this one position that even when a path for the red block is cleared, it is missed completely as the player continues to rearrange the blocks until it is in the "correct" position.
To avoid losing your destination, it's necessary to take a step back from the ever-quickening pace of life and glance at the big picture. Are you working toward your dream, or are you sidetracked by something that is irrelevant? Perhaps there's a clear path forward, and you are missing it by simply not paying attention.The key is to keep an open mind and to be aware of the possibilities that exist.
The bigger challenge, however, is to determine which items are important, and which are not. Only the self can judge.
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