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Nelson Mandela on how the greatest glory in living is not about never falling, but about getting back up every time we fall

Quote #135 | Nelson Mandela | The greatest glory in living (…)

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Nelson Mandela Unless you are one of those rare gifted people who have never tasted failure, you must have experienced your fair share of disappointments. More often than not, such negative experiences tend to sap us of all Read more…

I Will is a poem by Ria Mishra about despair and the promise of a better future

I Will | A Poem | September 2020 | Ria Mishra

I will live in the in-between land where the far-off murmurs of the crowd give me company while I tell stories to myself. I will build a hut in the fringes of fraternities and forests, where I’ll plant a garden for the deer and demons. I will write poetry from treetops for the life of Read more…

Autumn is a poem about hopelessness and depression

Autumn

Autumn always reigned on the tree of my dreams Multicolored leaves and angling twigs   Leaves always seemed to leave on pilgrims To the god of death and his temple of twisted limbs.   Passersby always heed the aging hues of their rims With a kind word or two, adieu they always bid.   Buds Read more…