Design the life,
The life you dream to live
Channel all your energies
In creating the masterpiece.
Let your life
Look like a beautiful artwork
Sound like an enchanting melody.
Yes, we can all do it
By blending the power
Of our Heart and Mind,
And not letting them
Be at constant loggerheads.
Design your life,
The life you dream to live
Adversities will spill ink
Mangle your design time and again
Adversities will spill ink
Mangle your design time and again
They'll cripple and discourage you.
Rest for a while, if you must
Take a deep breath
And start afresh again
Rest for a while, if you must
Take a deep breath
And start afresh again
Don't quit till you've created the masterpiece.
Linking my new poem on Design with Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Design
As 2015 is about to end in 2 weeks, let's promise to make 2016 an amazing year of our lives by designing it in the best possible way.
Beautifully uplifting Purba :D
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Sanaa :)
DeleteLove. And I have a special fondness of the word "loggerheads"--never thought I'd see it in a poem. You set up the contrast beautifully, and I feel encouraged to strive for a good design in 2016.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Susan. I was just wondering how we let the heart and the mind constantly be at loggerheads and this poem was thus born.
DeleteWish you a great 2016 :)
Full of positivity and inspiration...let's design the life anew with the new year... :-)
ReplyDeleteIndeed :) Thank you so much, dear :)
DeleteEvery day is a new beginning. Keep on keeping on striving. The constant struggle between the mind and heart is always a dilemma.Poets are always going to experience this one but then again it is a useful continuing source of rich material:)
ReplyDeleteSo true. I wish we can tune our heart and mind to the same level so that we can take better decisions in our life :)
DeleteNice one
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteMotivating Positive lines while moving into the new year!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rajeev :)
DeleteOh, I love that last line. This is very motivational. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked it, Myrna. Thank you :)
DeleteOf course..,one's own life ...the least we can do is attempt to make it our masterpiece!!
ReplyDeleteExactly! And we must do so :)
DeleteHow important it is to be in control of our own lives and follow our dreams.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it's very important :)
DeleteVery beautiful & inspiring lines dear..
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Anjali :)
DeleteThose lines are brimming with so much optimism dear. It so very inspires me to design my life as well with this new year. Very beautifully penned. :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked it, my dear. I am sure you'll be able to design your life on 2016 perfectly. Thanks a lot :)
DeleteLove the positive energy in every word, specially when mind and heart are loggerheads...the deep breath is so healing leading the soul towards light...beautifully done Purba...
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the appreciation, Sumana Ma'am. Means a lot :)
Deletedont quit!! my motto of life... :-) lovely lines sweetie :-)
ReplyDeleteMine too, dear. Thank you so much :)
DeleteBeautiful poem Purba
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ravi :)
DeleteVery positive and uplifting, Purba! Great..
ReplyDelete"Mangle your design time and again
ReplyDeleteThey'll cripple and discourage you.
Rest for a while, if you must
Take a deep breath
And start afresh again"...... it is concise, insightful, complete!! Inspiring piece, Purba!Love it!:)
Thank you so much. Panchali Ma'am. So glad you loved it :)
DeleteHave been looking all your post, It's a great pleasure in finding you. Thanks
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Such an uplifting piece - resting a while is so very important in our journey to strive for what we need
ReplyDeleteExactly. Sometimes a little rest can rejuvenate us to chase our dreams :)
DeleteEnjoyed the idea of designing one's life. I do think we each have a lot of control over our destiny....
ReplyDeleteI also feel the same. Life is what we make it, after all :)
DeleteA very inspiring and enthusiastic poem, Purba :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Ravish :)
DeleteAnd, seems you've just crafted a masterpiece for yourself here.
ReplyDeletePleasure sharing this on Twitter!
Thanks for this wonderful compliment, Alok. And thanks for sharing too :)
DeleteAn inspiring message as a brand new year draws close! Yay!
ReplyDeleteYay! Thank you so much, Sherry. It's been a great year with Poets United :)
DeleteLove the idea of 'By blending the power
ReplyDeleteOf our Heart and Mind,' to create the masterpiece art - our life. Sounds profound...
This idea is my dream. I hope I can perfectly blend the power of my heart and mind to take the best decisions of my life. Thanks a lot :)
Deletemotivating :) <3
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sachin :)
DeleteBeautiful poem, as usual. I loved this phrase - Adversities will spill ink. :) Btw, why your G+ link to Kolkatta post is broken?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Saru. Glad you loved it :)
DeleteI changed my blog address recently. May be that's why the G+ link was broken.
This very encouraging a lovely inspirational piece, and timely with year end just around the corner and a fresh new slate for starters. Happy Holidays
ReplyDeletemuch love...
Thank you so much, Gillena.
DeleteHappy Holidays. Much love :)
Thank you, Rajesh :)
ReplyDeleteSo beautifully penned dear, loved the optimistic concept.. it inspires me to start from a new beginning to redesign my life in a better way :)
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful and inspiring Purba.
ReplyDeleteGr8 inspiring lines Purba :)
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