A grand old lady at a family gathering asked me ' when was the last time you slept like a baby?' Here it was obvious because of the dark circles around my eyes, which had obviously shown up because of work and household and most of all the newly aquired post of a being a mother. This question obviously made me sit back and think..well thats when my house was quite as my little daughter wakes up even at a pin's drop.
Every walk of life we try to be competitve, set and reach goals which not only makes us apprehensive but also wanting us to get more. We hardly think for a moment "what if this moment stops? ". We try thinking of our past generations, to lead a life better than them, we strive and toil to make our comming generations safe and give them a struggle free life.
Its a little unfortunate amidst all this what happens to "US". Societal norms would of course what us to stay in trends, but how many of us actually want it? Little and simple pleasures of life are forgotten by all.
We have gather on occasions with friends, relatives and colleagues. How many of of can surpass the talk of work, business or hunt for growth. We try to find oppurtunities in the little time we get. How many of them today get time to forget all the regular mechanical life , chores and all and step out to actually enjoy time with themselves?
Having a limitied interaction with the outside world for now, thanks to my little infant, all the people i get to meet are stay at home moms who are desparately looking at a few minutes of break from mothering, including myself. We get that share by leaving our babies in each others care every once in a while.
But even in those moments all we can think is what is the next chore that can be finished. How many of us pull back time just to relax and breathe the fresh air? This is something that just doesnt apply to women , but also to men. Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, but we all live on earth making this world more and more complicated.
Every now and then I get this thought, wish we had a pre nomadic living. May be sometime or the other even you would have gone through the same.
What does serenity mean to us is something we need to answer. There are books on yoga, health etc etc. How many of us actually go to a Gym to stay healthy? why do we need a workout? every question and every answer to it is still questionable. Why do we land up leading a lifestyle that makes us lean on such outside workouts. he answer is to keep in trend. Factuall you dont want o be fatter than a friend, or a colleague, you want to look more handsome and beautiful. Ever since the civilizations' birth these things have been a part and parcel of our life.
It would however just take a moment for us to realise that these things will end sometime. A lovely friend of mine önce said " we should catch up". PLans were made, and I was all excited that I would be meeting him after 9 good long years. And then I see , he is no more. Yes it is Allen Mendonca, who actually made me think all this. Life begins with a wish and all I can hope is it should end like magic.
The little fractions, and perceptions should lead us , to lead a life for us. Alteast for a moment.......
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