Letters

A note of kindness for myself

Does that sound selfish? Oh no! It’s self love. Last month, I attended a virtual talk of a friend who is a counsellor. In the talk, we were asked, who is the most important person in your life.

While many of us consider our families as the most important people in our lives, we forget to count ourselves. That’s was the point those counsellors wanted to put forth. Interestingly, my answer was:

ME! SAUMYA!

Dear N

You laugh
You make others laugh
You are helpful
You care
You love

Dear (Un)known

You are wondering
How different life would have been
If you had not opened
The road on right

Dear March 2020

You know I don’t remember mistaking you for February. In fact, I don’t even remember mistaking 2020 for 2019 in the last 91 days. Quite surprising!

Dear Stranger(s)

We were on the same train. Not only were we unaware of each other’s presence but also existence. In all these years, I have met so many of you. We may have had eye contact, we may have passed each other a smile or may have just walked past each other.

A letter to an old friend

Dear V

I still have that letter that you gave me. It’s been a long time since I read it. I don’t know what made you write it. I wrote you a letter a year later, on your birthday. I was missing you. But we lost touch. Just like that!

Dear G and R

I know you both would not have been expecting me to write a letter to you.

Dear Dream

You seem like an unachievable transitory thing to me. There was a time when I lived for you, then there came a time when I gave you up. A little more than a year ago, I saw you again. I started to believe in you again. But I didn’t know if I’d ever be able to meet you.

Dear Time

Dear Time

It’s been a long time since I wrote to you. To be precise, it’s been 1 year, 11 months and 26 days. A lot has changed in this period. I have started to realise your worth and that I should not let you slip away.

Dear Zindagi/ Dear Life

Dear Zindagi

Aaj socha humne
Thodi guftagoo tumse ki jaaye
Kaisi ho tum?
Socha puch liya jaaye
Bahut samay hua
Baat-cheet hum
Tumse nahi kar paaye
——
Dear Life

Today I thought
I’ll have a conversation with you
I thought I should ask you
How are you?
It’s been a long time
Since we didn’t talk

A letter to my present self

Dear Present Me

I don’t know why everybody is panicking but you am not. Is the world mad or are you? You have stepped out of the house just once since the evening of 13th. And now, we finally have a nationwide complete lockdown for 21 days. I don’t know if you should be happy about it or not.

A letter to my 60-year-old self

Dear 60-year-old Me

Hi! I know that you are doing rocking your old age. You have lived your life to the fullest and yet there is so much more that you want from life. You want to love yourself a little more. Do it! You grew up into a beautiful person that I always wanted you to be.

A letter to my 15-year-old self

Dear 15-year-old Me

Congratulations!

You performed so well in your exams! I am proud of you. I know the result did no make any difference. The board took away the excitement of the declaration of the result by postponing it again and again.

Dear 2010s…

Dear 2010s
I was 14 when you arrived. I was a naive school kid back then. Today, I am a mature adult.

A humble gift from secret Santa

“Dear Saumya, I was told that you are concerned about social issues and also visit NGOs. With this gift, I hope you can spread some happiness into the lives of some kids. Here’s wishing you and your family Merry Christmas. Secret Santa.”

Bag of happiness!

I’ve never received any authentic letters. But I have received notes. Handwritten notes have that personal touch that give me a different sense of happiness. I believe people leave a part themselves in their handwriting.

Dusk: Conflict with Self

A series of letters exchanged between Saanjh, her Thoughts and her Soul.
Read more to know about the story of Saanjh.

Blogging Chums Award

I am on top of the world right now as I start writing this post. Just another award post? No! My friend Robert over at The Non- Alcholic Student got a thousand followers on his blog and for the celebrations he invented this award called The Blogging Chums Award! Isn’t that great? What makes me happier is that he nominated me for this award. Thanks Robert for considering me! And I apologise for delayed it for almost a week. 

Dear Time

I always heard that you heal everything. But I could never believe it. I could never consider you a friend of mine. Now when I rethink of what I just said, I realise I never had the thought of having you as my friend. It seems like I’m just playing with words.

I Understand: A Letter to My Younger Self

Originally posted on RWT:
Dear 17 year old Me I know things are not going as you wanted them to be. I know you are sad. I know you are lonely. I know you wish that someone was there to to hold your hand and make you feel that everything is going to be okay sooner or later. I understand what you are going through.…