Aliens amongst us

Where do the ideas for science fictions and aliens sprout from? We have never ever had a face-time with aliens then how do they just take a shape in our minds one fine day? Maybe these creatures don't just develop out of the blue...Maybe they are right around us all the time, watching us, breathing the same air as us....

 Look carefully at the next grasshopper or any other insect you see. Don't they inspire a mental slide show of starwars, ET and all other aliens that have mesmerized us on the big screens ? :)

I have always proudly claimed to be a complete owl, but a  few days back I miraculously woke up at about 4:30 in the morning and my thirst drew me to the water cooler in my dorm, only to witness a view of the early morning sunlit cooler that looked something like the millions of spaceships that we've repeatedly experienced descending on our movie screens. 

So I am sure I just unearthed the origins of aliens, at least the once we are familiar with, and signing off hoping the next grasshopper sitting on my window sill doesn't turn out to be an alien spy that might lead to my alien abduction for unearthing their truth. shhhhhhhh ... :P

Alien twin 

The spaceship like cooler

Once upon a time...

Whenever I hear this particular phrase "once upon a time...", it automatically gives out a magical and enchanting aura. The story following the phrase might as well be a very realistic and dry one, but some how the magical opening phrase makes it all a fairy tale .....

It's probably due to the connection our brains have been accustomed to since we held in our hands our first copy of a fairy tale. Even a very valuable life lesson, warning or moral, seems less intimidating and more inspiring when its presented through a little story that has the " once upon a time... " feeling about it.

A book by Paulo coehlo I've been recently reading follows the same principle, of sharing the writer's thoughts, experiences and reflections with the reader and thus also imparting beautiful life lessons encased in amazing stories.

CHANGES

CHANGE ..... The word somehow manages to give a cold scary chill down my spine as well as feelings of excitement bubbling out in my heart ....
I never have been able to determine whether to hide in fear from it or walk faster towards it. I guess that is what enthralls us about changes, the concoction of feelings it manages to brew in our hearts.
Just like everyone has referred life to a box of chocolates of varied flavors...so are the results of changes...

Sometimes you thank your lucky stars for a change that occurred, other times you curse every second that lead to a particular unfortunate change.... But at the end everyone converges to the option of accepting the change and moving on, sometimes with pleasure and sometimes with a weak grin and hopeful eyes....

At the end of the day, learn to befriend changes and embrace them and smile your way through life..... and in your mind replace one of its alphabets to view a CHANGE as a CHANCE to do things better than before :)....

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