I am the Master of My Fate...

Thought of sharing this poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.  

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Ohh This Waiting...

Ohh this waiting…

bringing bitterness to the hollow heart..

Cursing today for not prospering….

Regretting the times passed by...

Blaming others for the miserable boredom...

Waiting for the dawn to bring the light to life..

Ohh this waiting….

Happiness submerging in a sea of emotions…

Never to surface and see the light of joy…

As the soul gradually surrenders,

To the thick darkness of void….

Running restless in the rat race to no where..

Ohh this waiting…

Unaware how to make peace with life…

Never letting the heart seizing the day...

Content, wise, bold souls disappear…

Darkness creeping in to the minds...

Giving birth to zombies of sheer fear…

Ohh this waiting…

Never ending unhappiness….

Destroying the mare value of living…

Ohh this waiting…

Unless rationally stopped…

Will ruin all souls  for eternity...

A Reason to Smile...

A reason to smile
Is that it looks better than a frown
It makes you feel happy
With no sense of feeling down

A reason to smile
Is that your smiles so bright
You could replace our sun
Your smiles full of light

A reason to smile
Is you’ll always look your best
Even though you always do
You’ll feel more blessed

A reason to smile
Is others look up to you
They want to be the same
Someone who is true

A reason to smile
Is that it shows who you are
So just go on and smile
And shine like a star

මගේ සද ඔබ….

බොද වෙලා හීනයම අදුරු තිමිරෙක වෙලා
වසාගත් කළු වලා තිබුනි එහි පැතිරිලා
මගේ සිත් අහස තුල ඔබය තරුපති වෙලා
එලි කලේ විජිතයම අදුර හැර පලවලා

වෙලී ගති ජීවයම ඉසිබුවක සගවලා
ගොඩ නැගූ හැම  පවුරු නුඹ ඇවිත් සුනු කලා
සතුට සුන් දිවිය තුල සිනහ මල් පතුරලා
මගෙ මුළු ලොකයට නැවුම් බව මුසු කලා

මගෙම සොයුරකු විලස නුඹ ඉන්න හිමියනේ
නැත වරම් මගෙ ලොවෙන් පිලි ගන්න නුඹ අනේ
කුමට අප මේ ලෙසට ජීවිතෙන් හමුවුනේ
ඔබයි මගේ සද සදාකල්ම  මිහිරාණනේ..

Emotional Intelligence ...

Have you ever felt the numbness or the void of life, no matter how well your life flows. The high profiled job you do, your professional achievements,  the great education you have had, the society you are in, the activities you do as routine, sometimes doesn’t seem to make any sense. No matter how much of a busy life you may have, the void fills in somehow. It has kept me thinking, does any of this matter.. The way we dress, way we talk, what we do, it all boils down to nothing in the end.

I have been meditating since I was young. It has been my passion to understand dharma, to life a better lay life and to make the journey to enlighten my self ( nirvana), shorter. As a step towards the path of dharma, its best if one can live their lay life with emotional intelligence.  If you are wondering what emotional intelligence is, it can be described as the ability to identify, assess, manage and control the emotions of one's self and of others. Having the know-how of your emotions can help you gain the control of the day today activities and keep you in control.

What is known in Theravada Buddhism as the  right mindfulness ( in the Noble Eightfold Path) is the base of emotional intelligence. Make an effort to be emotionally intelligent and it will pay off a great deal in achieving the goals of your life.

Head Bump...

හා හා දොරෙ  හැපුනා හැපුනා
මට හො හො ගාගා ඇඩුනා
එ වාගෙ දොර පලුවක හැපිලා
මම පුදුමයි ඉතුරු වුනා

Yes.. it was such a hard bump. I couldn't figure out what happened till seconds passed by. I wanted to cry, but I didn't, it was that terrible. Luckily my friend came in for rescue and did the best to summon the pain. A whole day has passed by after the incident but the bump is still on and the pain is still not fully gone. I have better things to worry about right now, such as submitting the already lagging behind assignment to Uni, but had to write to about this.

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