Hum Jaante Nahin

A short poem from my collection:--

Andhkaar ke peeche roshni!Hogi,hum jaante nahin.

Path mein keval tam tha,aage keval tam hai,

Paar kahin andekhi chandni!Hogi,hum jaante nahin.

Ek andheri chadar,jis par kuch likha nahin,

Yahin paas rangon ki ghata ghani!Hogi,hum jaante nahin

Chalte hi aaye hain,chalte hi jayenge,

Door kahin jyoti ki saray bani!Hogi,hum jaante nahin.

Andhkaar ke peeche roshni!Hogi,hum jaante nahin.

By:--

Anand Mishr

Takdiren

तकदीरें 

ज्यूँ  रेत  पे लकीरें। 
गहरी कभी इतनी क़ि दिल चीर जातीं। 

कभी इतनी धुंधली , समझ भी न आतीं। 

अभी अभी आंकी थी खुश हो किसीने, 

क्षण भर ही ठहरीं,फिर न देखी किसीने। 

सीधी कभी तिरछी, कभी यूँ लहरातीं ,

बीती हुई बातों के गम को भुलातीं। 

कभी फिर अचानक ये खुद ही खिंच जातीं, 

टेढ़े मेढ़े रास्तों पे बढ़ती ही जातीं। 

बनाये नहीं बनतीं,मिटाये नहीं मिटतीं, 
अनदेखे हाथों ने खींची लकीरें। 

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Three ways of defeating # General Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety,that terrible feeling of dread,can be extremely debilitating.It creeps up slowly upon your mind and by the time you realize it is playing havoc with your life,it is already well entrenched.You spend a major portion of your waking hours worrying about either your job,health,common everyday pending chores,or the health and safety of your family members.So much so,that negative thinking becomes a habit and you find it difficult to free yourself from your worries.

If you find yourself in a similar predicament it is best to take action at the first suspicion that anxiety has got it's hold on you.Consistent efforts will enable you to regain your peace of mind.It is not difficult at all--tenacity is all that is needed.Different people employ different techniques to kill anxiety.These techniques can broadly be categorized under three heads :---

ACTION

If you were energetic,practical and a doer before anxiety enslaved you,then that is where your salvation lies.Anxiety generates a surplus of adrenalin and cortisol,both of which are stress hormones that make you jittery.Vigorous activity subsumes this extra nervous energy,making you peaceful once again.

Take up a vigorous physical routine first thing in the morning.Make it a daily habit.

Line up a row of activities to choose from when anxiety becomes especially enervating.You can take your pick from running,swimming,cycling,dancing,cleaning,gardening,decluttering,organizing or a hard game of tennis ---anything which works for you.The more strenuous,the better.

THOUGHT

If you are basically a thinker and do not care much for physical activities,chances are that you will not be able to sustain physical exertion even if you do take it up on someone's advice.

You certainly need to junk those baleful thoughts but the mind cannot remain in a vacuum.Therefore it has to be filled with other,equally absorbing thoughts.The best choice would be brain games like puzzles,crossword or sudoku.Start with the moderately difficult ones--you don't want to be frustrated at the very beginning ;).

As you grapple with these games a new train of thought will take over your brain and you will,for the time being,forget your troubles.If you manage to do this repeatedly the cycle of negative thinking will come apart and you will experience peace,as well as the satisfaction of knowing that your mental faculties are alive and kicking.

The intellectual kind will benefit immensely if they write down their worries in a journal every day and review their jottings to find out how many of their fears were realistic.They will realize that worst case scenarios seldom take place--so why worry?

The artistic kind can find solace in music,sketching,painting or craft work.All these activities require undivided concentration,so that you will now be occupied with something other than your worries and apprehensions.

Meditation is another technique which you can try.It is a soothing balm for troubled minds.It takes time to show results but it is very effective.

MEDICATION

Despite all the suffering caused by anxiety many people become so apathetic that they fail to take any concrete steps to get out of this morass.Medication offers a workable solution.Let the doctor--preferably a psychiatrist--prescribe one for you.There is a vast variety available.If one medicine does not agree with you,you can always shift to another one.

Anxiety is annoying,enervating,exhausting and decapacitating-all at the same time.A chronic sufferer may sometimes be so overcome with lassitude as to resign himself to the fact that this is his fate and he has to live with it.Nothing could be farther from truth.It is true that today's hectic life is tailor-made for anxiety,but you don't have to live a sub-standard life all your life.Make a choice which technique suits you best of all and then stick to it.You can pull yourself out of it and regain control over your life.
All the best !