Devika Pathak
Stories (14/0)
Divine Timing
"Why do you travel alone?", my date asked. "It's because I am trying to prove to myself that I can do it all by myself. I want to feel self-sufficient and independent. When I travel alone it makes me feel as if I have made it in life", I realize how stupid it sounds but I said it. **Bad decisions make great stories**
By Devika Pathak2 years ago in Fiction
Not Your Valentine
What is love - Haddaway This is the song that is the beginning of everything. We want love but we don't want to get hurt as we have always been told that love is pain, love hurts and love is hard. This song is literally the prayer of not getting hurt in love - "Please don't be like everyone who played me".
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Beat
Angel Hair
"You are a good f**king person", he said. "I know", I replied, "because bad f**king people like you do terrible f**king things to good f**king people like me". It's not about who I was, it's about who I have become. The coldest hearts were the warmest places once upon a time. It held desires, pain, anger, love, jealousy once but now there was just an endless fog of numbness. It has been a while since I felt anything. I don't remember anything except for the traumatic memories that I have of the year gone by. I am so grateful that God gave me enough strength to face my troubles. I am grateful that God gave me enough capability to go through things on my own. But most of all, I am grateful that he made me crazy enough to instill terror in the minds of all who have hurt me. Now, they will remember me before they even attempt to do the same with someone else. They will remember my name before the thought of hurting someone will even enter their mind. My hounds will always follow them, waiting, hiding, lurking in the shadows until they think that they are finally free, that's when most people make mistakes but once they do, my hounds will do their part. Hell is so much better when you are the Queen surrounded by all the riches that it provides. My days of lack have become a part of a distant forgotten past.
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Horror
Unfinished Business
New York is lovely in fall and I had an entire afternoon free to wander on my own and do touristy stuff. I saw the Statue of Liberty and climbed up the crown room (I am glad that I was able to do that). **To be young and in love in New York City (in New York City) **. I like climbing tall buildings and observing things from a great height. It feels good to remember all the terrible stuff that you went through because you had a good heart from high places. All the times when you thought you would not be able to make it through but you did, somehow, with the Universe.
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Viva
Three Tales and a Happy Ending
Life is what you make it and everyone experiences life based on their own perception. Whether the perception is good or bad, coming from a place of love or fear, filled with pain or happiness depends on the programming that you received so far in your life. Every thought is a product of the conditioning that we have received while we were growing up and experiencing life. I am not going to say that I received healthy programming because I too acted out of fear and pain many times (still do). In fact, most of the unrest going on in this world is due to the programming that we constantly receive through the society that we exist in, social media and news. Even the most polished and open-minded people are subject to this subconscious programming. Let me explain this through two stories that I read on the internet.
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Longevity
My Choice
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - J.K. Rowling I talked to a friend after a very long time and he told me how confused he still is and how he still hasn't figured out what to do with his life. It made me realize we are, perhaps just bohemian souls born in a generation meant to question things and set new norms. People who have a strong belief that there is more to life than what we have actually been taught to believe. The conversation went from relationships to lifestyle choices to me explaining the energies and the philosophy of life - Every person you interact with is a guide sent to teach you something. I learned what impartial, non-judgemental listening can do for a person from our rendezvous and also that I have been living in the hermit mode for a long long time. Once you start dwelling in the peace of solitude, you find that it is pretty addictive and don't want to deal with the noise of the world.
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Motivation
A step closer to light
Everything around us is continually teaching us something and bringing us closer to our inner light. Even someone as little as a puppy can teach us some essential lessons in life. I dedicated myself this year to learn from everyone and everything around me. It is beautiful to recognize how everything is connected in a beautiful symphony spun by the ever-mysterious Universe. We are continually getting guidance from the Universe and all we need to do is be still to get it.
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Motivation
Venturing into Terra-Incognita
As I sit in my room while we are in the midst of a global pandemic that has devoured thousands of people across the globe, my mind wanders off to the days when we were free enough to travel across the globe and have adventures. I am not sure what the future holds for me in the post-covid era so I want to utilize this time to write about my travel experience to Europe. This was my first time traveling alone and it was an exciting experience. The solo-travel inspiration came from a friend who traveled alone before and booking a tour group to do it came from another concerned friend who feared for my safety. I felt safer booking a tour that made all the arrangements as a first-time solo traveler. I grew up in many cities as my parents were always moving across the country. A predominant part of my childhood memories consists of packing, unpacking, moving, adjusting to a different climate-culture-people and then bidding them adieu as if my entire life was teaching me to let go. To some, it was a broken childhood and to some, it was a life full of new experiences but to me, it was all I had. What I really wanted in life was to escape, to dream, to do more, to be more and travel all the distant and friendly lands. This felt like my chance to live my dream, so off I went to London.
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Wander
Coming home to your soul
Agreeing to things just to keep the peace is a trauma response and so is the need to stay busy all the time. I wish someone would have told me that earlier so I could have begun my healing journey sooner. Children who grow up with broken foundations often do not know that they have deep hidden trauma and feelings of worthlessness in their minds. The whole ‘I am not good enough’ record playing at the back of your mind whenever something good happens to you or is offered to you, holds you back in life on multiple occasions. I don’t think that I ever wanted anyone’s sympathy, I just wanted people to understand. I craved the love I gave, and I expected it from the ones who could not give it to me. Maybe that’s why now I know what love is. Another thing that I did not realize earlier on was that if something is for you, whether it is a relationship, a job, or a friendship you will not have to force it.
By Devika Pathak3 years ago in Psyche