" Feelings Are Untrue And Momentary, Emotions Are Not! "

Have you ever got a really strong feeling about something, but it lasts about a minute or so? I had many of those; for instance, I become upset by one person and suddenly my anger sweeps away in a nanosecond. Sometimes I feel like studying but when I sit to study I don’t feel like studying anymore. It’s quite funny but I’m pretty much sure, we all come across these oddities in life. The following is a good example of such eccentricity in our lives. Nowadays people break up four to five times and get back together. It is because sometimes there were off times where they could not stand being around each other. The problem is not their relationship, problem is that the feelings change and rechange constantly, because the circumstances surrounding the feelings change. We say, "People change, feelings don’t" but in genuine feelings inside the person change very often which changes the demeanour of the person too. Feelings are momentary, what we feel at the particular point of time and nothing remains same after the lapse of time.

As people who change are deceptive or love which change is fake, similarly feelings are also untrue. They change with circumstances and time and are no longer the same. The same feeling could give birth to a different opinion depending on what way we view it.

Our heart’s climate is dynamic, where feelings are like seasons which change, but emotions are like Sun which remains invariably in every climate. Emotions are more similar to conscious thoughts because thought is a deep experience, while feelings are intense or shallow but not deep. Emotion is something which takes more energy to maintain and lasts forever. If someone is punched or hurt, they are only likely to be mad for a brief period of time, but the anger and depression that it arouse might last for a much longer time. We forget something easily which we touch and feel (something related to the material world) but we never forget feelings actuated by experiencing things like love, hate, fear etc in the real world.

Emotions are the things which emanates from memory and feelings are something which are more tangible. Our intelligence is driven and thoughts are guided by feelings, whereas our emotion helps us to experience joy, sorrow, love etc in affective state of consciousness.

When someone hurts us we feel the pain which is transitory but the sadness incurred by that person lasts forever in our heart and mind, leaves an imprint of emotional reaction and side of someone’s character. Similarly when someone embraces and pats with affection and care we feel it for a while and forget but the emotional state and response it brings forth remain forever and true to us in our reminiscences.

We should always trust and rely on our emotions rather than taking decisions by depending on our feelings.

~Sneha Singh

"Home is where the Heart is"

Between the stars, through the cloud and over the world, no matter wherever we sail and jaunt, there is really no place like home. Home is a place where the sun brightens my every morning, where love resides in each brick and stone from ceiling to the cellar. For me Home is the symbol of togetherness, where all my innermost feelings, affection and devotion are concentrated in that one little place in the world which God gifted me, where I have been brought up, where I learnt the first step of my life, where since childhood I have seen my father and mother returning home after their day’s hard work, where we gathers and enjoy the cheerful sugar-coated chat with sugary cup of tea.

Home is place which people treasure, where beautiful memories are built and enwrapped in hearts, where people considers and regards each individual evenly and affectionately. Home is a place which embraces and awakens good reminiscence; it is the symbol of wellness and solace which always defends us from calamities and difficulties. It is just not an edifice hold by cement but a home embedded of bricks of love and trust, and painted by colors of care and understanding. Home is a place that gold and wealth can buy or create; whether it be an apartment, huge bungalow, or a house at the seashore, or a tiny room, the size and fascination of home does not mean anything, the things and people inside it mean all. As the time goes on, we find we wouldn’t part with anything we ever had or have- they have grown into our hearts: the antique furniture, moth-eaten yellow books, or the inanimate walls.

For me Home is a place where I gather grace of life and peace of mind. When I come home after a hard tedious day and lie on bed, I forget the mundane life and feel paradisiacal which no other enterprise can. Therefore, Home is the sole centre of peace and bliss and a place on the earth supremely blessed, dearer and sweeter than all the rest.

~ Sneha Singh