Sliver

Holding on to hope is not for the faint-hearted.

It is similar to thinking your phone screen will not break after falling from the terrace, because you have the hardback flip cover.

Or expecting your 7-hr delayed train to cover the distance in record duration and make you reach your destination in good time.

Or dreaming that the 2-month of binge eating will do nothing to your 2-year trained athletic body/weight.

You can compare it to feeling like your family would never need to go to the hospital because we are the healthiest family in the world (touchwood).

Or to expect that your office will be only one that doesn’t call everyone back to office.

Or to think that everyone is waiting for you & not moving forward with ‘life’ & playing the roles they are supposed to.

It is similar to thinking everyone will be honest with their feelings and there would be
no miscommunication.

Similar to fighting everyday with your brain and the endless possibilities of pain it lists to you.

It is like trying to balance realism, cynicism and pessimism.

It’s like trying to live.