A couple of days ago, a friend of mine tried to end his life. At the
last moment, he realized he didn't have it in him to do what would have been
the last thing he would have ever done. He was shattered, was pissed at
himself, for not being able to end his own misery. He broke down and then he
called me. I was shocked to hear this from him, to realize that he had given up
so easily on himself and the people who think are there for him.
True – life does get messed up sometimes. But life is also about relativity How much agony is enough agony? Is life all about figuring out how much despair we could take? Is it about finding our threshold for pain and trying to push the limits by a little more each day? Is life about finding those moments of joy in a journey of sorrow? Or is it about learning to deal with phases of pain in a journey of bliss? Is life about feeling sorry for the leaves that wither every fall? Or is it about being happy for the trees that endure, waiting for every spring?
Every
time I try to answer these questions, I also think about the people who have
gone through worse, managing a smile all the way through, irrespective of whether
or not they survived the phase. In the end, it all boils down to the theory of
relativity. How much are we willing to take? How many times are we willing to
fall? How much longer are we willing to hold? How easily can we lose a frown?
We set our sails and risk the ocean of life in pursuit of these answers. It
takes more than ordinary to fail with pride, learn the lesson and sail into the
unknown again. Maybe that’s why there are 7 billion humans on earth yet only a
handful of heroes.
The good news though, is we decide what we want to be!!
True – life does get messed up sometimes. But life is also about relativity How much agony is enough agony? Is life all about figuring out how much despair we could take? Is it about finding our threshold for pain and trying to push the limits by a little more each day? Is life about finding those moments of joy in a journey of sorrow? Or is it about learning to deal with phases of pain in a journey of bliss? Is life about feeling sorry for the leaves that wither every fall? Or is it about being happy for the trees that endure, waiting for every spring?
The good news though, is we decide what we want to be!!
knowledge is like the sand on the seashore but wisdom is the random fall of a star... you got wisdom. Brilliant piece ... :)
ReplyDeleteWell. a debatable topic you've chosen to write. although the situation you've probable written makes me decipher that its not your intention to debate. I'm reading the mahabharatha right now. and every page and every para if i could cite, explains this journey of bliss through pain you've described. Birth and death are predestined and all that we go through are merely nothing but the karma and we ourselves are nothing but puppets as we're chosen for the kind of work we're to perform. until then none can control or invite death upon ourselves. just like our births for which we have no control over it, death too doesn't have control by ourselves.
ReplyDeletehaha karthik...it is a debatable topic, yes...only b'cos there is no one answer to it...you talk of birth and death as predestined...who said so? how can one prove it? it's just an opinion of someone, and that rubbed on you, and now that's your opinion too...it's about how much you want to believe a story without facts..theory of relativity ;)
ReplyDeleteThat's some great stuff anna :-) Every struggle and every downfall will mould you into a stronger and much better individual. It is all about fighting your way down the lane and never giving up. Someday you will have your share of sunshine :-)
ReplyDeletewell said maha :)
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