A Torn Out Page from An Old Notebook
Questioning old ways
Found this piece of paper in my planner for the year 2023, hidden at the back, after a few pages of notes for work
Feeling terribly fed up of this unfair and unsound practices
How did I not see these red flags?
How do I deal with them?
My mind is my God
Why are there so many external facts that people believe in that make their own lives complicated?
And drag others down alongside them at the same time.
There is basic care and compassion but if you can't even give yourself that, why offer it to others who will just take a mile for every inch that you hand to them on a silver platter?
I AM SO....
Tired of the worldliness!
They talk about God and how we should fear...
But I talk to God who I love.
They practice outdated rituals to appease the heavens
But chase people and open, curious minds away with brooms.
They insist on words of prayer every morning
But then choose to speak loud and unkind words all day...
They place offerings upon altars
But don't respect what lays in from of them at home.
They suffer from lack of mindfulness...
They hate what others do.
They talk about the need to follow the righteous ways
But then forrget the laws of karma.
They say they don't deserve suffering
But then they stay attached to things and bad people
And when people do communicate what is needed from them
They realise their backwardness and lack of progress
Are the reasons why they cannot fulfill basic needs.
Heck...
Pray all you want.
Pray if you want.
Pray for peace and better days.
Don't pray for selfish, worldly needs and demand goodness from the greatness, when you are not fair to all yourself.
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I was clearly seething in some kind of anger!
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Manisha Dhalani
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Comments (3)
Some people are such hugeeeee hypocrites! I hope writing this at that time made you feel a little better. Loved this poem!
In college I remember a classmate whose father was a United Church of Christ (Congregational) preacher. He often spoke of the difference between fearing God & loving God. Having grown up EUB & with a fundamentalist (tinged with grace) background, I struggled with that a bit at the time, trying to hold both in tension. For the past decade or so (now as a retired United Methodist pastor), I have taken to boiling down the gospel to three things (actually just one with two corollaries): 1. God loves you & there's nothing you can do about it. (For me, the greatest demonstration of that is that after we have done our worst by crucifying Jesus, when it doesn't work & he comes back it's not for vengeance but to continue to invite us home.) 2. God's grace is always for you. (The prodigal father never gives up watching at the gate for the child to come home.) 3. All that God hopes/dreams/expects from us is that we afford one another the same courtesy. (This defines for me both our call to discipleship & what the reign of God is.) If ranting produces this kind of work & message, Manisha, I say rant away. Amen! Preach it, sister!
This is a bold and heartfelt critique of hypocrisy, emphasizing the importance of genuine authenticity rather than just putting on a show of faith. It goes beyond mere frustration; it’s a call to awaken, pushing for clarity and real change.