Contemplation

It’s quite impossible to explain the impact some incidents in life have on you. Suddenly, the things that seemed the most important till today become insignificant and man begins to appreciate and reconsider his stand.

So unaware a being has Providence made Man that he lives every day without having the slightest hunch of what might happen the very next minute. That makes him adept at complaining, fighting and hating another. Be it on a larger level- terrorism or at a more identifiable level- being jealous of a friend.

We know how it is all going to end and baffling enough don’t know when. Then why do we put ourselves (me included) through all this drama of love, hate, sorrow, anger? Why is it that we crave for appreciation? Why is it that we want to have it all when we very well realize it’s not for keeps? Why is it that we always feel that we deserve more? Why is it that even when a friend or a relative is going through a bad patch it’s still ‘I’ that matters? Why is that the one person who doesn’t seem to care much about us, is the exact person we are in love with? Why is it so difficult to forgive? Why do we always have to win an argument? And why for crying out loud is the grass ALWAYS (always always...) greener on the other side?

I think that it’s only when one experiences unhappiness that these thoughts cross our mind. But then again as time passes it’s all back to how it was! However when the episode leaves a mark causing you to open your mind and heart,  you as a person begin to grow. Rarely do we realize what a waste all this is and try to make the most of our short lives. If we look at the big picture, we’d notice that somehow all of us are heading the same way. We run on different tracks in life but isn’t it towards the same finish line?

I’d like to believe that god gives us only things he knows we can handle. So I always tell myself whatever happens good, bad or ugly is for a reason mostly to our advantage. That sort of lightens things up and makes the journey worthwhile coz I better stick around to find out why did it happen after all and more importantly why me? ;)