Pushkar Bajpai Stars In.......

.......his LIFE! Now that I've your attention (or do I?) you'll have to read the next few lines too. If you don't read.......don't worry, nothing would happen that wasn't suppose to happen already.

Lately I was a bit unnerved by a few events and was feeling low. Everything around me was suddenly looming over me with imminent risk lurking in the shadows (I know that's too much of imagery).

The essence of the above feeling can simply be summed up as - feeling like s$%t. We all have suffered through a time like this in our lives. And I hate it (.....duh)!

And music of The Parlotones came to rescue me. I started to hum their song "Life Design". This is our story, this is our life design. We'll face demons despite our verve, Fear is our greatest curse.
(More lyrics here)

I was like "OMG". This is my life and I'm the star of my life. I'm the Jackie Chan of my life story. I'll kick and weave through all this s$%t flying around. I'm crazy but I'm not stupid (said Mr. Chan once).

Letting the s%$t affect me, that is stupid. I was letting the villain(s) of my life win - My Life. I was letting my voice lose to the person who can shout the loudest. That's what the world hears.

In not hearing to myself, I'm letting go of my origins. It's simple as that. I'll be the star in my life. I'll design my life story based on my own belief system (so many my's..I'm a humble guy you see).

A note from the author

This post was written for me. Although thank you for stopping by my woods. This was an experiment in keeping the paragraphs as small as possible and be lively with words. A pinch of sarcasm too.

You can check more about The Parlotones here. To listen to the song "Life Design" click here. They have an interesting cover art to the album, check out. You can make out a rhino and a hippo, it's Africa.

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