Tu Zinda Hai

A Poem by communist poet Shankar Shailendra, celebrating the victory of life

Tu Zinda Hai , to zindagi ki jeet par yakeen kar
Agar Kahin hai Swarg to, Utar la zammen par
Tu Zinda Hai , to zindagi ki jeet par yakeen kar
Agar Kahin hai Swarg to, Utar la zammen par
Tu zinda hai…

Ye gam ke aur char din ,  sitam ke aur char din…
Ye din bhi jayenge guzar, guzar gaye hazar din..
Ye gam ke aur char din , sitam ke aur char din…
Ye din bhi jayenge guzar, guzar gaye hazar din..
Kabhi to hogi is chaman pe bhi bahar ki nazar
agar kahin hai swarg to , utar la zameen par
Tu zinda hai , tu zindagi ki jeet par yakeen kar
agar kahin hai swarg to , utar la zameen par
Tu zinda haaaaai…

Subah aur shaam ke range hue gagan ko choom kar
Tu sun zameen ga rahi hai , kab se jhoom jhoom kar
tu aa mera shringar kar , tu aa mujhe haseen kar
agar kahin hai swarg to , utar la zameen par
Tu zinda hai , tu zindagi ki jeet par yakeen kar
agar kahin hai swarg to , utar la zameen par
Tu zinda haaaaai…

Hazar desh dar par aaye, maut tere dwar par
Magar tujhe na chhal saki , chali gayi wo haar kar
Hazar desh dar par aaye maut tere dwar par
Magar tujhe na chhal saki, chali gayi wo haar kar
Nayi suabh ke sang sada tujhe mili nayi umar
agar kahin hai swarg to , utar la zameen par
Tu zinda hai , tu zindagi ki jeet par yakeen kar
agar kahin hai swarg to , utar la zameen par
Tu zinda haaaaai…

Closing Cycles by Paulo Coelho

_One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through._

_*Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters – whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.*_

*Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden?* _*You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened.*_

You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister.

Everyone is finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.

Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away.

_*That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home.*_

Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts – and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place. Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them.

Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.

_*Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood.*_

Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.

*Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the “ideal moment.”*

Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back.

_Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person – nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important._

_Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life._

_Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust._

*Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.*

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata".