Tag: life lesson

Bringer of Happiness and The remaining two weeks…!
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
12/04/2026 @Waakiye

Hey..

I hope all of you are doing well…!

After straying away from my routine after I picked up a suitcase wrong,

I was in my bed trying not to move,

because each movement caused more pain;

—

After two sessions of physiotherapy and another one on Monday,

I think I’ll be well…!

I’ve killed a few more tasks,

and we will get the bhaji on Monday and the distribution will start on the same day…!

Other than that,

shopping is done,

A few things might be left,

And,

that will also be completed as soon as we get boxes and I will tell my mom and sister to give them to those who live nearby…!

A packed week we have ahead;

—

I have to go to work today and finish a few tasks alone,

As my uncle and brother are going to the bhog of my paternal aunt who passed away on April 1st;

Coming back to the prompt

Five Things that bring me happiness..!

There are few instances of happiness in my life,

but,

I work hard on making it worth living,
1. First would be my family’s and my well being; they are my priority and anything/everything that I do is ultimately to their benefit, No matter the path I choose I see that it benefits them in the long run…!
2. My friends take a special place in my heart and whenever we get a chance to get together, we make it absolutely fun and something that we talk about every time we meet…! The last thing we did together was ice skating and that was fun and we got hurt; All three of us at the same time…!
3. A loved one; I wouldn’t say anything else but the fact that their presence makes us feel like we are special and I hope they feel the same way too about it…!
4. Morning walks and being one with nature is something that makes me feel happy and that feeling is elevated when I am visiting a place like a park or a place that is filled with trees and plants that makes me feel happy…!
5. The last or the first thing that makes me feel happy(the way you look at this list)and this life worthy of continuing is writing; Because of it I have been able to meet wonderful people and I’ve got a chance to work with some who I couldn’t even think of working with even from this country and beyond this one…!
Some things that bring me happiness and joy…!

Have forgotten to mention travelling and the love paper brings me isn’t that same for the all of us,

we forget to mention things that make us who we are and define our hustle isn’t it…?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye
12/04/2026

“You Owe Me One”

(PART 3)

Trigger Warning: This piece contains graphic violence, murder, references to child abuse, and disturbing themes including body disposal and psychological trauma.

The smell hit before the place did.

Then the sound.

Pigs Everywhere,
as far as these Eyes could look;

⸻

We stopped near a dimly lit office.

“Stay in the car,”
I told him.

He didn’t argue,
or utter even a single world…!

⸻

He was waiting outside.
Mr. D.

⸻

I walked up to him.

Didn’t say much.

Didn’t need to.

A look was enough,
A gesture was enough to jog his memory and made him realise our connection…!

⸻

His eyes shifted toward the car.

Toward Ravi.

Then back to me.

For a moment—

he smiled.

⸻

A slow nod.

Accepting the deal.

⸻

“Remember this,” he said quietly,
“you came to me in need of help…”

“And someday…
I’ll come to you.”

⸻

Fair.

That’s how it always works,
isn’t it…?

⸻

They took the bag.

No questions.

No hesitation.

Just another night for them.

⸻

I handed him the knife.

“I owe you one.”
I said;
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He laughed.

Not loud.

But enough.

⸻

As I walked back—

I could feel it.

Ravi’s eyes.

Burning into me.

⸻

Not fear.

Not yet.

Something else.

⸻

A realisation… 

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[END PART 3]

12/04/2026

A call that changed the course of the night…!

Trigger Warning: This piece contains graphic violence, murder, references to child abuse, and disturbing themes including body disposal and psychological trauma.




It was a lone night,
I was travelling all alone and before I could reach home,
I got a call from my friend…!

It felt like either his life was in danger…
or he had taken someone’s;

G0d knows what it was,
but fear was resonating clearly from his voice—

Ravi—
“I did it bhai…
I found that man and I did what I had to…”

Me—
“What are you talking about Ravi…?”

Ravi—
“The same man…
the one who brutally assaulted and k1lled that little girl from our vicinity—”

I cut him off.

The connection was poor.
I told him to move somewhere open.

But my mind…
it had already started running in all directions.

Ravi—
“I found him…
and as soon as I got a chance,
I pounced on him…
A fight broke out…”

“What happened next… Ravi?”

Ravi—
“I knew he’d overpower me…
so I took out the knife I kept on my waist…
in case I ever needed it…”

My thoughts went to the worst place.

A brief pause…

“I had to, Waakiye…
I had to do it…”

“She called me her brother…
I watched her grow up…
and I—”

He stopped.

I think her face came in front of him.

“Is he alive…?”
I asked.

Ravi—
“He was…
gasping for air…
when I opened his neck…”

“I watched him suffer…
just like she would have…”

Silence.

“Where are you…?” I asked.
“Send me your location.”

“Okay…”

The call ended.

A few seconds later——
I heard a ping on my phone;

Just a few minutes away.

————

I drove there.
And I saw him.

Sitting cross-legged…
right next to the body.

Staring at the blood-soaked sand beneath him.

“Ravi…?”
No response.

“Ravi…!”
Nothing.

“RAVI…!”
On the third call—he moved.

He rushed toward me,
collapsed onto me…
and broke.

Tears;
Shaking hands;
A voice that didn’t belong to the man I knew.

“I just wanted to scare him…
but it…
it became this…”

“I had to k1ll him…”

“He would have escaped…
hurt someone else…”

As I looked into his eyes—
and then at the lifeless one behind him—

Only one thought came to my mind—
I have to save him.

⸻

“Give me the knife.”

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[END PART 1]

A story that expands beyond years and decades of built relationships,

Both legal and illegal ones..!

Part 2 out soon…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

10/04/2026

Delayed Advance payments and making exercises fun…!

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well..!

A hard day at work yesterday was,

Had a kill a few tasks by the end of the day and we secured a new order from a business that earlier used to deal with us directly,

But,

Now they have put an intermediary party that secures all of the material that is required to run their business;

A convenience for them,

But,

It waivers that dealings that we had with them and counts as a fresh start,

To which we said that we won’t work without an advance payment;

—-

And when this advance figure comes in,

It becomes difficult for all of us;

The order has already been delayed a week and a half because we didn’t receive one,

And after getting a minimal amount that doesn’t even begins to dent the total value,

We told them to give us at least 30% of the deal but they are still saying that we will give it to us in a day or so…!

Like we will start working without securing at least the amount of material that is required to accomplish the task…!

—

Because this is the first time we are dealing with them,

And they thought that we would work without any advance payment just because they supply to a company that we used to deal with…!

Things we deal with on the daily..!😅

Grown men acting like we are going to run away with their money after being in the business for 60+years,

Even after they got a confirmation from the company they are going to take it to,

To contact us for the material and final product…!

🤷🤷🤷

Coming back to the prompt

Fun ways to exercise

Well,

Let me begin you by telling you that I thought working out or even getting at least half hour maybe an hour of walk was trivial and no fun at all…!

But,

As soon as I found a way to pair it with an activity that gives me a sense of detachment from it,

While giving me motivation to continue on for longer,

It becomes easier…!

First one would be to involve a friend or a partner—

in the exercise or a set of exercises that you are doing…!

It creates a sense of friendly competition and pushes you to do better each day as they keep you or you keep them pushing in the at direction…!

A fun and interesting way to keep exercising…!

Second would be involve a pet,

Maybe go on longs walks while exploring a newfound place or take them on a hike,

Which pushes both you and them at the same time…!

Deepening the bond you have with them,

Make sure to carry some treats to appreciate their correct behavior and also keep a rubber stick to protect them from other things that might cause them harm…!

Third would be taking guidance from a trainer;

And this would better happen within closed doors like a gym or another training facility;

And under their guidance it would be better to work out or exercise while they improve your form and action…!

At last all of it would be supplemented by music,

Which gives me a boost and a will to work harder and push myself to my limits…!

In a crux,

Either working out with a partner/friend,

A pet or a personal trainer ;

Would be the way to go and make it fun;

If you’re a loner like me,

You can follow hiit workouts or basic exercises while sitting at home and seeing it on your phone or having a trainer in virtual to guide you…!

It can be fun if you work at a pace that build and maintains you even if you’re all alone…!

Isn’t it…?

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

09/04/2026

A letter penned to those who are long gone…!

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Yesterday’s prompt ended with a tragic news—

A paternal aunt,

Well the last surviving one,

passed away in her sleep…!

I wasn’t able to go because we are hosting the marriage of my sister this month;

Neither me, my mom nor my sister were able to go;

—

So,

My uncle went with his son,

To Ambala, Haryana;

Where she breathed her last…!

—

All I felt as I went to work were the blues and a sense of loss,

Because I do remember that we were talking about inviting her and her family by going to her residence this weekend…!

—

(Khair…)

Can we say anything in-front of the face of death,

Except—

Accepting the fate and clearing up all the problems and confusions…?

Coming back to the prompt

An already answered prompt…!

😅

No,

I’m not joking…!🙃

Here’s the proof…!

And I believe in not answering the same question in the same way without much considerable changes in the environment or the context of the question

I’ll be sharing what I wrote some time before but made the final edits yesterday…!

Which continued to reflect on death and its sweet nature..!

Kyaa Maut Khoobsurat Nahi…?

Aap ek baar—

Aakhri baar milte ho unko,

Jinka parbhaav thaa aapki zindagi par;

Aur,

Uske baad yaa toh woh shav lakkad’on ke havale hota ha;

Ya woh Kisi casket main,
iss dharti ke naam ho jaata ha;

Ya safed kapde main lapet,
Woh kisi kabar main dafan ho jaata hai;

——

Ek baar,

Bas ek baar mauka hota ha unko dekhne ka,

Unki chavi apne mann main utarne kaa,

Bass,

Bass ek mauka milta ha Unko aakhri baar,

Apni zindagi main—
Apni is choti se chaar dinon ke zindagi main,
Unko dekhne ka;

——
Aur uske baad kyaa…?
——

Kya yaad aata ha kisi paraye ko…?

Kya yaad aata ha kisi gair ko…?

Kya kisi ke khyaal main bhee aata ha unka chehra—

unke Kareebi’on ko chord;

—

Jo aaye unse,

Jinka unke saath roz ka milna,

Jinke saath bitaaye woh khushi ke pal,

Aur woh,
Jinke saath zindagi jeene ka waada kar baithe thay;

—

Unke bhee chet main aaye kabhi kabhaar abh woh chehra,

Dunya toh kabh kaa bhulaa deti hai;

—

Kabhi iss layak ho paaye toh akhbaar main patti lagwane par,

Kisi bande ke chet main aaye toh woh phone kar le,

Warna samay kiske paas itna jo mere saath baithe,
Dukh farol’ay—

Kya aisa hee hona mere saath…?


Kuch pal unn ghar walo kee yaadon main,
Aur phir kabhi kabhaar;

Par khusi iss baat kee,
Kee aaj bhee yaad aate hain,

Nahi nikle poore tareeke se,
Mere mann se—

Kya karu…?
Aaj bhee yaad aate ha,
bohot yaad aate hain,
Jo chale gaye mujhse dur—
—
—

Kya maut khoobsurat nahi…?

Jaane ke kayi saalon baad bhee yaad aate hain,

Woh jinka saaya aaj hamare aas-paas nahi,

Par kahi,
apne aap ko sukoon,
ke,
kisi tareeke se bacha rahe ha humay,

Woh jo gaye hamse dur…!!!

Kya,
Kya maut khoobsurat nahi…?

A treat to all those who went through the trials and tribulations of time and still remember their loved ones…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

02/04/2026

My morning ritual and A sad news…!

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

The boon/bane of doing this daily is that whenever there is a problem with grammar,

Punctuation,

Or anything related to the English language;

.

All of it is aimed at you,

Oh we know you write,

Can you look at something…?

And that something is a three page paragraph or an official looking letter that has to be submitted to the school or a bank…!

🫩

Other than that recently,

I was tasked to develope the wedding card that invites all the family members,

And let me tell you something…!

.

Each time I read it,

It feels like I don’t know how to write;

😢

Because I see mistakes,

And mistakes,

Sometime in English sometime in Panjabi;

.

And to get a fresh perspective,

I read it in the morning and come across new mistakes each time…!

😫

(Khair)

I’ll be finalising it today and giving it to print—

If things work out;

About the day before,

It was tightly packed and some of the work that was left will be completed today;

Most of the work yesterday was of turning and forming shapes of round metal blanks into the required ones…!

The same will happen today and I hope I will be free soon and will come back home to shop for essentials for the wedding…!

Coming back to the prompt

My morning ritual…!

Often the alarm wakes me up at seven in the morning,

But,

some days it automatically happens that my eyes open at 6 or 6:20 like today…!

.

When my eyes open, I wake up and check today’s prompt and mould my thinking into a certain way that takes shape into this days prompt…

.

After spending a few minutes on the phone,

I leave my bed and freshen up;

Wash my face,

brush my teeth and use the restroom…!

.

I usually eat a fruit or two before heading out for my morning walk,

where I plan my entire day,

And all the things that are supposed to happen…!

.

While I’m on the walk I write the morning prompt and pen down things that I have to do;

The tasks that I have to accomplish today,

While that happens,

The mind makes assumptions and sets targets on its own;

.

I come back wash my face and hands because my pet joins me on the walk too,

And

I pet her oh so much…!

—

Later,

I have my morning coffee and talk with my family,

Take a bath and leave for work after wishing them Goodbye…!

.

That’s the first few hours of my routine,

And the rest follows…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

A tragic news…

—

I just got the news that one of my bua,

For the English readers it’s my paternal aunt,

She passed away today,

Early in the morning around 4:30 or 5…!

—

I hope her soul finds peace in the afterlife…!

🕊️😔

Are we ever ready for someone’s passing…?

I thought to myself as I’m writing this,

Aren’t we afraid that something like that might come to us someday,

The sweet embrace of which we all have to get a taste of one day;

—-

To our surprise,

we will,

All of us will be there

to experience it,

But, never know how it feels…

—

01/04/2026
From Chawri bazaar to our minds :Aspects that make us unique…

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

—

This day started early as I think I fell asleep at 10 last night…!

I’m writing this at 7:10 in the morning…

I spent entirety of the day outside,

After waking up and making a post yesterday morning bere,

I freshened up and went to my workplace to give a bundle of material to hardening,

And before returning home I made my first trip to buy essentials like ghee and at home I had brunch…!

After that I went out to buy munchies and other kitchen essentials from Dmart near our residence…

On returning home and taking another shower, it was three by now…!

I got ready and went to Chawri bazaar for getting the card made;

We walked to metro and reached Chawri bazaar within 20 minutes…!

The wait on the yellow line was oh so much…!

And after walking another 10 minutes because we got off on the wrong exit we reached this shop that was in such a secluded spot I thought we were going to get lost there…!

A street leading to another smaller one and another one leading to another…!

—

After giving them the format that we wanted,

We waited and waited..!

After getting no answer because the person who had to type wasn’t free;

We decided that we will send them the pdf on our own and decided to return back home…!

On our way back we decided to stop for pista badam milk which is famous in old Delhi;

The name of the shop is

Sudarshan Refreshment Centre…

They also sell Kachori

The small compartment that has kachori above and sabzi in the box below…!

And on returning from the shop,

I stopped by the Shri Gujrat Namkeen Bhadaar…!

And bought some kaju both with pepper and plain salted…!

Along with some thepla and fafda

The fafda in question 😂

Side view of the shop…!

Before coming back home,

We decided to buy some burgers for people back home from jumbo king burgers at Rajiv chowk…!

And after waiting for it to get ready and sipping on our sprite;

My sister and I talked about things like her suits and dresses,

And on taking the burgers,

We walked to the blue lines that led to our station and we got on the metro…!

We decided to check out a Salon to get a basic idea of the rates of bridal makeup and they gave us a slip of 20k for bridal and additional 3k for each person that wanted to get their’s done…!

—

And we came out of the salon with a laughter on our face thinking it would be in the range of 10 maybe 15k range..!

—

So we will look for some more…!

What a day it was…!!!!

Coming back to the prompt…!

Aspects that make us unique…

If I’m asked this question,

I’d answer this by saying that,

the thought process

and

the behaviour

That guides us to arrive at a conclusion works to make us unique…!

If you have a corrupted thought process,

Everything goes down from that place,

Because it forces you to pick negative and bad thoughts more and after a point of time you feel forced to act upon them…!

—

And when that happens the behaviour reflects what goes on in the mind,

To all of the world…!

On the contrary,

If you have a better managed thought process,

A balance of both leaning towards good side more;

—

It reflects in the behavior and the people outside can see it too…!

My answer would be a correct mindset with a positive thinking process,

Along with that a behavior that reflects the same…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

31/03/2026
Two phases in my life that were hard to let go…

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

It feels after a long time a prompt has come that I haven’t answered, and I’m all in for making this one a good read also to explore an avenue in my life that I suppressed…!

A view into my life first, I’ve been looking for banquets each day after work and I’ve decided on two who are near the gurudwara which makes the travel easier and other programmes seamlessly connect with each other…!

Well both of them are far from our home because we don’t have a banquet near our home…!

So a lot of time has went into considering a good place and getting more out of our money…!

Other than that,

Work is going well,

Because we are working each day and exploring new avenues and way to achieve the goals that we desire…!

Coming back to the prompt

A phase which was difficult to say goodbye to

It isn’t easier to let go of things that made an impact in our lives isn’t it…?

But,

There are certain things that make them all worth your while and leave an everlasting impression on you…!

Well losing someone who’s close to our hearts would be the first one…!

A female dog birthed two kids and passed away right infront of our house;

We took in her kids and within a span of few weeks both of them passed away as they were very little and weren’t able to get their mothers feed which was very important for their growth and their first few weeks here on earth…!

We tried to get another female dog that also birthed a litter of puppies a few kilometres away but she rejected them and tried to bite them when we let them within her litter…

On the offset that she might run away from her kids we brought them to our home and tried our best to save them—

But fate had something else planned…!

(Khair…)

Another one would be parting away from someone who we thought were the love of our life…!

Imagine you building your life around someone and they give up on you because their family planned something else or they found a more viable partner…?

Something that breaks you from the very core and a mere sense of trust that you had breaks and shatters, making you lose yourself…!

Well I hope it doesn’t happen with anyone else ever again…!

I think,

The things that happen around us shape us in a way that we were meant to have a grab of—

I don’t mean passing away of a loved one is something that is good or builds character;

But,

It gives you a chance to see into the life by letting you see who is a real one and who was in just to leech off of you…!

Who stands with you when time isn’t working with you…!

And who all move away from you or face away when you get the short end of the stick…!

Let’s not forget that all of us have to taste the sweet embrace of death once in our life and we won’t be here to witness what it feels like…!

Keep those who are near to you near and tell them you love them…!

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

28/02/2026
Doing away with dual meaning and walking away from people…!

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

Hey…

I hope all of you are doing well…!

Another already answered prompt forcing me to cut short my answer and get into one of my saved posts or getting into my notes app to find something worthy of your time…!

Well an answer for the prompt would be something like this…!

I wouldn’t necessarily ban a word because I’m not in a position to do that,

But,

what I’d like to happen is to do away with the dual meaning of words that happen after another generation picks it up…!

For example the word

Cooked,

Meant that the “food was ready” but these days it means something else entirely…!

These days in slang it means “to be in big trouble or exhausted”

This duality has ruined a lot of words like

Slay

Glaze

Bet

Tea

The list goes on and on…!

I would do away with this duality because it’s hard for me to search for the meaning behind the slangs all the time…!

One of my posts underneath ⏬

You only see what you want!

Don’t you…?

No…

Sometimes,

They only show what they want to be seen as,
and they’re so good at it,
you come to know this later…!

They aren’t even a speck of what they act,
like their behaviour and their actions can be the polar opposite of what they are with someone else…

Glad I came and distanced myself,
or rather,
I’m glad things came up and brought distance between us…

Now that I sit back and see,
I cannot agree more with those pointing fingers at you because of who you are,
rather,
what sort of a person you are…

I’m glad and breathe in peace,
That,
There won’t be any fingers pointed at me,
for the fact that I am still in contact with you…!

(P.s.
I might have been in contact with you once,
but,
all of our connections are long gone,

And I have not a single speck of regret for that…!)

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

25/02/2026
A busy day and an advice to my younger self…!

What advice would you give to your teenage self?

Hey…!

I hope all of you are doing well…!

I’m making this prompt at 8:32 at night,

A nice change of pace this is…!

There are a lot of things that I had to do today, one of them being looking for banquets for my sister’s wedding function…!

And let me tell you this,

The prices are outrageous, even if we have a programme for lunch they are quoting 3.5 to 4 lakhs for a programme that lasts 6 hours—

10:30 am to 4:30 pm…!

I’ve been dead tired spending my evening from these past few weeks searching one or two banquets each day…!

Things that you have to do when you don’t have a father figure in your life…! 🤷

Well it would have been a better support and something of a confidence booster but,

There are something that you have to do on your own and life pushes you to do them too…!

Coming back to the prompt

An advice to my teenage self…!

Spend as much time as you can with your parents and grandparents because they aren’t going to be in your life much longer…!

And no matter how much the difference comes in within your thinking and theirs, you can nod your head and continue to work on things that you like, things that you love…!

Even if this won’t give you money or earning in the short run it will help you get experience and a way to live this life better…!

They won’t be available for all the time so just enjoy their company and the time that you can spend with them…!

Maybe ask them about their childhood;

How were they brought up and what they used to do…!

You’ll for sure hear some tales that you can tell your kids someday and if you’re fortunate enough you can get your kids to hear them from them directly…!

Well not in my case but it can be possible in yours…!

Well don’t forget about telling your younger self about buying bitcoin in bulk and keeping it until 2026…!

Remember the last advice and this is a last moment update(🙏🏻)

Cheers 🥂

Love Waakiye 🤍

23/02/2026