Have we ever wondered what a child imagines the world and people around him to be like? I guess not. In a world too full of 'life made easy' things, I believe we have no time to even think of what we want. Do we want ourselves to have a monotonous life governed and controlled by the click of the non-living mouse or the ring of an instrument singing out loud? Do we have time to remember that we had once been happier to have nothing; when we were kids of age 3 through 5 we did not even bother to eat at times. Let me not generalize but I never bothered about anything.
I remember those days when my mother would give me a glass of milk and I would say a big NOOOOOO; when my brother teased me and I fought him back; when I loved to play the sand and the mud. I know I sound kind of irrational, but it is true; we are not ourselves anymore. We grow up to be fine kids with a good determination to have a decent job, become rich, have a car, own a house and be comfortable in life. Have we ever looked back at our lives and counted the number times we hurt someone dear, the number times we have said NO to a mom's dinner, the number of times we had forgotten our parents' anniversary or the number of times we don't happen to listen to anyone.
You may be thinking I am crazy. Hey! but look at me. Writing a blog with a laptop in hand and the mouse to maneuver. I have started thinking.........
Kavita
ReplyDeleteSomewhat surprised that you are speaking like this in your 20s Kavita !
But its so true ...
My fondest memories of my teens are playing marbles, pithoo (you know what that is ?) flying kites and playing holi
Life keeps getting more complicated with new electronic gadgets and other diversons enticing us every day.
Its a hard choice we have to make .... whether to succumb to these temptations, or to reject them and keep dreaming abt the good old days
(which will never come back)
What say ?
we are ourselves but not in the way we were
ReplyDeleteonly a child proably sees in us,a tiny reflection of him somewhere !
when we were young, there never was a care
but if time stands still would you like to remain there?
if not for a lifeless mouse i couldn't read some of your poetry
but on the other hand if there was no mouse
i probably could have saved a tree!
jd