Our brain is a brilliant yet biased machine. It constantly works to make sense of the world around us, especially in moments of emotional ambiguity. When someone gives us a hint be it a look, a gesture, a word we don’t just see it as it is. We run it through the filter of our desires, expectations, and personal narratives. If we’re hoping for love, we might decode a simple smile as affection. If we’re craving connection, even silence can seem like an invitation. We interpret hints not based on what they meant, but on what we want them to mean. We prioritize our emotional benefit, our hope for validation,…

Yesterday, a drunk man from our area lost control of his motorcycle and fell off the road. Fortunately, he wasn’t seriously hurt. But instead of being concerned about his fall, he stood up and began searching frantically for a package he had brought along. Despite help from nearby people, the package was never found. Eventually, still drunk and empty handed, he went home accepting whatever had happened. Today, I spoke with someone who had witnessed the incident. She laughed and said how funny it looked seeing a drunken man stumbling around, searching for something he might have already lost on the way. I get it sometimes, things do look funny…

Sometimes, our eyes speak far more than our words ever could. Just being around someone, even for a moment, we sense everything the warmth of comfort, the chill of distance, the tension hidden behind forced smiles. In those silent exchanges, a thousand conversations happen without a single word being spoken. Words often struggle to leave the throat when emotions run deep; they tremble, they falter, or they remain trapped inside, too heavy to carry into sound. But eyes they never lie.They reveal the truth we try so hard to hide: the hurt behind the laughter, the love behind the indifference, the longing behind the silence. A glance can offer reassurance,…