Wish You’d Know That
So, you think you know it all.
Oh yes, you know all about the heart and the head but wish you’d know what’s in my heart that weighs so heavy on my mind.
You certainly believe that crying is therapeutic, but wish you’d know why the tears stood still in the eyes despite threatening to spill over.
I know, you know that laughter is the best medicine but wish you’d know that behind my laugh, I’m falling apart.
They say, knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities, wish you’d know that!
Linking this to 100 words on Saturday at Write Tribe prompt of ‘So, you think you know it all.’
November 19, 2013 10:57 pm|
Beautiful! “Behind my laugh, I am falling apart”. Loved this one Shilpa. 🙂
November 23, 2013 4:46 pm|
Thank you Jo 🙂
November 19, 2013 11:19 pm|
I too loved the line Jyothi mentioned !
November 23, 2013 4:47 pm|
Thks Jo 🙂
November 19, 2013 11:22 pm|
Acting on the truth is the most difficult thing!
Destination Infinity
November 23, 2013 4:48 pm|
True that!!
November 19, 2013 11:25 pm|
this is so profound “They say, knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities, wish you’d know that!” loved it
November 23, 2013 4:50 pm|
Thank you Nischala 🙂
November 20, 2013 12:12 am|
Knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities. Amen to that!
November 23, 2013 4:58 pm|
Amen!
November 20, 2013 4:50 am|
Wow, I am left speechless, wonderfully creative use of the prompt
November 23, 2013 4:59 pm|
Thanks a lot, Jairam 🙂
November 20, 2013 7:54 am|
Truly, knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities.
Often, what we ‘see’ or ‘know’ as the truth is not the actual truth.
November 23, 2013 5:14 pm|
Oh yes, agree with that. Everything we see or understand is a perspective, and it may not be the truth!
November 20, 2013 8:04 am|
Wow Shilpa this is brilliant.Very beautiful take on the prompt.
November 23, 2013 5:14 pm|
Thank you Ma’am 🙂
November 20, 2013 8:22 am|
Good one. If some one thinks he knows it all that means he does not know a lot of things. There is a proverb in Tamil. “Katradhu Kaimman alavu. Kalladhathu ulagalavu”. (What we know/learnt is equal to the size of sand we can hold in our hand. What we don’t know/yet to learn is the size of this world.)
November 23, 2013 5:16 pm|
That’s such a profound saying and so very true too. Thanks for sharing it SG 🙂
November 20, 2013 8:52 am|
“…but wish you’d know why the tears stood still in the eyes despite threatening to spill over…They say, knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities, wish you’d know that!”
Truly deep and rightly said!
November 23, 2013 5:18 pm|
Thanks S 🙂
November 20, 2013 9:03 am|
That’s so beautifully put Shilpa… heart wrenching.
November 23, 2013 5:19 pm|
Thank you T 🙂
November 20, 2013 9:08 am|
Man sure is strong huh!
Loved your take, shilpa
November 23, 2013 5:20 pm|
Thks Ruchira 🙂
November 20, 2013 12:25 pm|
My heart goes out to that women there … so amny replays of this in all our lives!
November 23, 2013 5:22 pm|
Agree Meena and that’s so very true and sad too! 🙁
November 20, 2013 12:32 pm|
Wow Shilpa….this was so beautifully put! Lovely!!
November 23, 2013 5:26 pm|
Thank you Aditi 🙂
November 20, 2013 1:37 pm|
They say, knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities, wish you’d know that! How true.Lovely post.
November 23, 2013 5:27 pm|
Thanks Kalpana… glad you liked it 🙂
November 20, 2013 2:30 pm|
Yes often a smile or laughter hides the sadness inside. We don’t always really know do we? Very nice Shilpa. Quite a different take on the prompt.
November 23, 2013 5:35 pm|
Oh yes, we do that often and only very few can see that sadness behind that smile! Thanks Suzy. Glad you liked this story 🙂
November 20, 2013 2:37 pm|
Most of your 55ers and drabbles are over powering and thought provoking, shilpa. another good one from your stable. keep writing, am liking it.
November 23, 2013 5:36 pm|
Thanks a ton, Asha for all the encouragement and support! ♥♥
November 20, 2013 4:01 pm|
Lovely play of words……
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November 23, 2013 5:37 pm|
Thank you Smita, for liking this and thanks for the award too 🙂 ♥
November 20, 2013 7:08 pm|
At times what I think is the truth is not the truth and I try and hide behind held up tears
November 23, 2013 5:40 pm|
Yes, what we may see may be a perspective and not the truth!
November 20, 2013 8:29 pm|
Love the part about the three separate entities. Brilliantly done! ♥
November 23, 2013 5:41 pm|
Thank you so much, Kathy ♥
November 20, 2013 10:57 pm|
Prompt very powerfully put. Every thought so well-nuanced.
November 23, 2013 5:42 pm|
Glad you liked it, Jini. Thank you 🙂
November 21, 2013 4:35 am|
The last line about truth being multiple entities is true gem Shilpa. The sad truth is for whatever reasons, more often than not people tend to mask their true feelings.
November 23, 2013 5:45 pm|
That’s sadly true… may be that’s because not many can understand your sadness or hiding behind a smile is so much easier than showing your sadness!
November 21, 2013 9:27 am|
very poignant and touching
November 23, 2013 5:45 pm|
Thank you Ankita 🙂
November 21, 2013 3:22 pm|
Very true. Many times the masks we put on stays with us permanently, and I think it is good in a way, for we don’t want to spoil another person’s mood by spilling over them what we really feel at some moments. I maybe very troubled, but it can never stop me from being myself, that is always smiling, and mind you when I smile, I smile from my heart.
November 23, 2013 5:48 pm|
Agree with you about not spoiling somebody’s mood, but at times, you do want to share your sadness with somebody and hiding behind a smile… though we do it often is actually affects us in some or the other way!
November 21, 2013 10:05 pm|
SG that was well written. Quite power packed .
November 23, 2013 5:49 pm|
Thank you so much, Anil 🙂
November 23, 2013 12:06 am|
Very profound words and this is most intensely thought-provoking: ‘They say, knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities, wish you’d know that!’
November 23, 2013 5:50 pm|
Thanks a lot, Swapna. Glad you liked this piece of writing! 🙂
November 23, 2013 4:00 pm|
“They say, knowing the truth, feeling the truth and acting on the truth are three very separate entities, wish you’d know that!”
That is so true! Very well written.
November 23, 2013 5:50 pm|
Thank you Rekha 🙂
November 23, 2013 8:44 pm|
Beautiful lines, Shilpa and a very intelligent prompt:)
November 27, 2013 11:20 pm|
Thank you Vishal 🙂