The Words with Wings

This is what my best friend suddenly said to me one fine morning and it made me realize that isn't it what all of us are doing? Aren't we all always chasing memories? The memories are what keep us going - both the good ones as well as the bad ones. The good ones give us hope to make even better memories and the bad ones keep us grounded and help us rectify our mistakes from time to time. This reminds me of my favorite line from the song, "Lost Stars" by Kiera Knightley. It goes as follows: "Are we all lost stars? Trying to light up the dark..." Because yes, we all are lost stars, who keep going by making memories along their way. These memories are like bright stars in our dark and difficult times. They keep us from losing faith in what's good in our life.  Our memories help us win over all the bad times because the sun shines brighter after every cloudy day. There are different kinds of experiences associated with every memory. Those experiences make us...

 The short answer is "NO!" But you may wonder if that's true because you've met some gullible people in your life who trust everyone. Have you ever tried thinking from their perspective? Maybe they aren't gullible. Maybe they just trust in giving people a chance to be trusted. And why would they do that, you may think? That's because they believe in the magic of trusting and being trusted.  Have you ever thought about why all of us crave being trusted? Why do we go the extra steps just to make our close ones feel protected so that they can share all their good and bad experiences and thoughts with us? The world will explode if people stop trusting each other. That's why we try to find people who we can fit in our inner circle and who can be trusted. But what happens if that trust gets broken someday? That is always a possibility but we don't completely stop trusting everyone because of one bad incident. This is because of that ray of hope within us. Th...