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1) There is a saying about bad pennies, women, and lost socks. They always turn up again.
2) The quiet kills some people because they can't make peace with their thoughts. 

Tuesdays with Morrie

Just finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. I get to know about this book via quora and instantly started reading. Its simply awesome and life changing book. It is in the league of Alchemist. A true must it is. Some important lines from this book are:

1. Death is a great equalizer, the one thing that can finally make strangers shed tears for each others.
2. Isn't it strange that when you are suffering, you feel closer to people who suffer then you ever did before.
3. “People are only mean when they’re threatened,” “and that’s what our culture does. That’s what our economy does. Even people who have jobs in our economy are threatened, because they worry about losing them. And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.”
4. "Be compassionate,”“And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place.”
5. You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you.
6. Death ends a life, not a relationship.
7. It hurts when you can’t be with someone you love. But you need to be at peace with his desires. Maybe he doesn’t want you interrupting your life. Maybe he can’t deal with that burden. I tell everyone I know to carry on with the life they know—don’t ruin it because I am dying.
8. Sometimes, when you’re losing someone, you hang on to whatever tradition you can.
9. We should be more open, to ignore the lure of advertised values, to pay attention when your loved ones are speaking, as if it were the last time you might hear them.
10. Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won’t be dissatisfied, you won’t be envious, and you won’t be longing for somebody else’s things. On the contrary, you’ll be overwhelmed with what comes back.”
11. There’s a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need.
12. There are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don’t respect the other person, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don’t know how to compromise, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can’t talk openly about what goes on between you, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don’t have a common set of values in life, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike. And the biggest one of those values,“Your belief in the importance of your marriage.”
13. Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
14. Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I’m sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you’re looking for, no matter how much of them you have.”
15. These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.
16. All younger people should know something. If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.
17. Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
18. Everyone knows they’re going to die,but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.”
19. Everyone knows someone who has died.
20. There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.”
21. Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.” I’m lost.
22. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you’d always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.” 

गुफ्तगू (११)

सुना है जब से उजाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ
चिराग फूँकने वाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ
नसीब ये कि अंधेरों में ज़िन्दगी गुजरी
कमाल ये कि उजाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ
तुम्हारी जुल्फ की खुशबू है मेरे शानों पर
तमाम गेसुओं वाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ
मेरी वफा ने मुझे क्या से क्या बना डाला
तुझे तलाशने वाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ
इलाही खैर मेरी तिशनगी कहां पहुँची
हसीन होंटों के प्याले मेरी तालाश में हैँ
सुना है जब से वजारत में आने वाला हूँ
ज़मीर बेचने वाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ
अमीरे शहर की दावत से कोई आर नहीं
कि मुफलिसी के निवाले मेरी तालश में हैँ
मैं रौशनी में नहा कर जो गार से निकला
सियाह रात के पाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ
मुझे ना रोको मैं सेहरा में जाऊँगा "कौसर"
किसी के पांव के छाले मेरी तलाश में हैँ |

हुसना - पियूष मिश्रा

लाहौर के उस
पहले जिले के दो परगना में पहुंचे
रेशम गली के
दूजे कूचे के
चौथे मकां में पहुंचे
और कहते हैं जिसको
दूजा मुल्क उस
पाकिस्तां में पहुंचे
लिखता हूँ ख़त में
हिन्दोस्तां से
पहलू-ए हुसना पहुंचे
ओ हुसना
मैं तो हूँ बैठा
ओ हुसना मेरी
यादों पुरानी में खोया
पल-पल को गिनता
पल-पल को चुनता
बीती कहानी में खोया
पत्ते जब झड़ते
हिन्दोस्तां में
यादें तुम्हारी ये बोलें
होता उजाला हिन्दोस्तां में
बातें तुम्हारी ये बोलें
ओ हुसना मेरी
ये तो बता दो
होता है, ऐसा क्या
उस गुलिस्तां में
रहती हो नन्हीं कबूतर सी
गुमसुम जहाँ
ओ हुसना
पत्ते क्या झड़ते हैं
पाकिस्तां में वैसे ही
जैसे झड़ते यहाँ
ओ हुसना
होता उजाला क्या
वैसा ही है
जैसा होता हिन्दोस्तां यहाँ
ओ हुसना
वो हीरों के रांझे के नगमें
मुझको अब तक, आ आके सताएं
वो बुल्ले शाह की तकरीरों के
झीने झीने साये
वो ईद की ईदी
लम्बी नमाजें
सेंवैय्यों की झालर
वो दिवाली के दीये संग में
बैसाखी के बादल
होली की वो लकड़ी जिनमें
संग-संग आंच लगाई
लोहड़ी का वो धुआं जिसमें
धड़कन है सुलगाई
ओ हुसना मेरी
ये तो बता दो
लोहड़ी का धुंआ क्या
अब भी निकलता है
जैसा निकलता था
उस दौर में हाँ वहाँ
ओ हुसना
क्यों एक गुलसितां ये
बर्बाद हो रहा है
एक रंग स्याह काला
इजाद हो रहा है
ये हीरों के, रांझों के नगमे
क्या अब भी, सुने जाते है हाँ वहाँ
ओ हुसना
और
रोता है रातों में
पाकिस्तां क्या वैसे ही
जैसे हिन्दोस्तां
ओ हुसना