Almost three decades of breathing life in this world, decades of witnessing coarse despair and littlest of miracles, I wonder at the rate the determination clock actually runs! I have noticed nothing much that the yesteryear's generation must have. I am yet fully convinced that I am not far away from 'saturation'.
The laughter, joy, apparent love (that's in the air among kids around us) is all but at the mercy of tempting wealth and tantalizing beauty called alcohol. Just one fine day, I get a call and someone tells me, "....my girlfriend was out without information?" I ask him where he was and he promptly says, "At the pub.....had a great time ....got sloshed". A logical question is "Then why will she bear with you?" The again "why? should she not stop him?".
I read, I hear and I witness, employees and bosses getting into arguments in a situation so aptly described as 'under influence of alcohol'. I fail to understand the reason behind the destruction we cause ourselves for experiencing 'wild fun'. I am afraid of the evenings now; I walk back home and I fear others. I wasn't this way some 3 years back. I then stop to think "am I getting old?".
I don't understand why I make you friends read such absurd posts but I just can't help it. There seems to be very little good to write. At the thought of that, I smile thinking about the little miracles life holds like my friend's son has started calling me MAAAACHHI (Auntie). To think positive in midst of so much of chaos and misery is difficult. However, I realize the real essence of life is in its struggles, because without them we can never distinguish the good from the bad, love from hatred and cherish the beauty around us.
The laughter, joy, apparent love (that's in the air among kids around us) is all but at the mercy of tempting wealth and tantalizing beauty called alcohol. Just one fine day, I get a call and someone tells me, "....my girlfriend was out without information?" I ask him where he was and he promptly says, "At the pub.....had a great time ....got sloshed". A logical question is "Then why will she bear with you?" The again "why? should she not stop him?".
I read, I hear and I witness, employees and bosses getting into arguments in a situation so aptly described as 'under influence of alcohol'. I fail to understand the reason behind the destruction we cause ourselves for experiencing 'wild fun'. I am afraid of the evenings now; I walk back home and I fear others. I wasn't this way some 3 years back. I then stop to think "am I getting old?".
I don't understand why I make you friends read such absurd posts but I just can't help it. There seems to be very little good to write. At the thought of that, I smile thinking about the little miracles life holds like my friend's son has started calling me MAAAACHHI (Auntie). To think positive in midst of so much of chaos and misery is difficult. However, I realize the real essence of life is in its struggles, because without them we can never distinguish the good from the bad, love from hatred and cherish the beauty around us.
Saturation? No way!
ReplyDeleteAs we keep going, either we correct our 'doings' or we change our direction.
What we think we know, we doubt and in trying to know what is right we get a new perspective!
Simple knowledge such as what we know about Karna or for that matter about Draupadi, would undergo a change!
'wild fun'...they may be simply throwing out what is bad in them or what they see as bad in the situation; next day they would be cool again.Yes, it must be within limits..that is what they must catch up with.Anything in moderation must tolerable...
Children call elders by various names ! My grand son calls my wife by name, but he calls me 'Thaatha'..their trying to come closer is what matters..nice things indeed.
Struggle...yes, it is the essence of life...but while under going it , it drains our energy so much, leaving very less choice except to be correct to the context.And I am just reflecting on what Gurcharan Das calls "The Difficulty of Being Good", a good book as many other on Mahabharat.
Have a good day !
anbazhagan
Thank you. Indeed another perspective to life and its myriad tricks...
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