Now and Then. Thoughts post watching the Iron Lady.

'The difference between now and then is that now everybody feels. Then it was all about thoughts and ideas.'

[The Iron Lady]

There used to be a time, when integrity meant the world. Honour stood before the rest. A word was a word. A promise was meant to be kept, and it was uttered only when it came from the heart and the promise wouldn't be broken. This was how the world sustained I suppose. The wholeness that came out of such noble thoughts brought out a love that much more pure. That much more sought after.

This translated into one's character, and as put so beautifully; Watch your character. It becomes your destiny.

Now, here as I sit, I've lost that world where doing things and doing them right were held by honesty, sincerety and respect.

Now, I sit in a world, where disillusionment crosses out every word. Where trust cannot be shared. Where a word is anything but that. Where all that everybody seems to want is to feel right. Never mind what anybody else thinks, nevermind what anybody else is put through. Its all about us. You and me.

Did our parents have to go through endless self help books? Did they feel the need to visit a shrink? Did they have identity issues? I guess for the most of it no they did not.

Then what's so different now? People all around seem lost. I wouldn't say I can't be excluded from them.

It's probably because of thoughts, or rather the non- existence of them,

for as the famous quote goes;

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

Watch your words, for they become actions.

Watch your actions for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become your character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

And as a friend recently put it,

'No matter how unpopular your opinions are, no matter how unpopular your thoughts are, you should stick by them. Because they are right. And that's all that matters in the end.'