Aphorisms

A few aphorisms that I have coined up:

• If you wish to take a bath, you better well be prepared to get wet.
I coined it up when talking about relationships. Many a time we are afraid to take the plunge being unsure of ourselves. But then, if social obligations are to be met, and marriage is on the cards, go in ready with experience.
• Peace comes onto oneself only when one comes onto peace with thyself.
We so often are unhappy with the world in general, inevitably not realizing that the cause could be that we haven't realized what we ourselves truly are. I can vouch for this from personal experience. We spend our life masquerading to be that person we want to be, but in that quest we lose out on that wonderful person who exists. Be happy with what you are, and things shall fall into place.
• A soul mate is one who is blemishless, or more aptly, one whom we have come to terms with.
When we can accept all the faults that our parents have (whom to be are blemishless), why not someone else?
• Happiness stems from being happy for others.
I have spent a considerable amount of life being selfish, and can now say that realizing joy from others' success, is something words cant express.
• A beautiful woman is one that tingles not just the eyes.
This one is for all us men.
• The conquest of a woman is a victory that is at most Pyrrhic.
A lie, but what the hell, let me say it nonetheless!
• This is Gautam Buddha's, but something I greatly believe in. “From expectations stems sorrow.”
We end up being so unhappy with the people around us, primarily because we expect them to conform to the way we want them to behave. When we ourselves might not conform to their ideas, how can we expect them to do so? This is also in line with a previous post.
• The concept of feminism is as chauvinistic as that of chauvinism.
For an elaboration, look up chauvinism in the dictionary.
• The endearing human frailty of hope is both an aphrodisiac and an indulgence.
Too often, at least in my case, I hope for things that I know I shall never possess. Yet, we are so enamored by the thought of possession that we never want to let go.
• Life is the longest game of musical chairs that you shall play. (My most used)
I wrote this in reflection of the many groups that I have been in. Its amazing how we flit through life living with some people and then so easily move on. And we return to see them so different, almost alien at times.