Some things are so beautiful and meaningful in life that you never understand its beauty until you lose it. Last day I was going to the railway station with my friend on his bike that I saw the sky so beautiful in all those shades of red and orange and I could see the sun hiding behind the clouds and slowly going down the hills. The view led me to wonder why I don't see such things often ? I didn't have another view stamped in my memory of such similarity , not in the near past. I couldn't fathom what happened to me to not have enjoyed such small things of joy and beauty. Suddenly, my mind asked me back, "As if you come out and enjoy such views at this time ? When did you last see the sun setting ?" . And yes, that was a self-realizing and embarrassing question to which I didn't have an answer. Yes, am not talking about the sun setting down the horizon to be enjoyed playing with your friends on a beach or a snow fall atop the hills of Himalayas. Am talking about a view you could enjoy from the terrace of the building you live in.
A morning walk through the same busy streets you see while going to office and coming back is filled with so much joyous moments that the scenes you watch would be instilled in your mind forever. Last day I saw the man who serves me idlis and dosas at the restaurant near where I live coming out of the temple early morning. His god-fearing face told me how he prays to god to have given him a life that at least helps him make ends meet. I saw a school girl praying to god at that time when we would be fast asleep after having watched a Jack Nicholson movie from our 1 TB hard-disk movie collection. I thought how morons we are to think how our life's miserable and monotonous when we see people working hard to get themselves three meals a day. We complain about the food in our canteen whereas those people don't complain as they would not have had a meal even. For us the day after 10 in the morning is so unknown that we dare not go out at that time. We say its too hot ! I was dumbstruck to see the roof of the mall I go twice a week for late night shows. I visited the mall on a weekend when it was broad daylight and noticed that the roof was transparent and the mall needed no lights as the sun rays where coming down and it was bright all around. I thought how I didn't notice such a roof till then and realized that I was out at that time of the day after so many days. Yes, congratulate me.
We all have become so busy with our lives that we forget to enjoy very small things. We have to check our Facebook wall and twitter timeline , post pics in Instagram , watch movies in multiplexes and shop in malls. We have to go to discos and pubs to drink with our friends or go out on a weekend road-trip to come out of this busy life and enjoy it. But we don't see the beauty that's around us, through out the day. We miss to perceive the beauty of small things and we fail to understand the difficulties of others, how small it may be. Life's taking a toll on us right ? Really !
A morning walk through the same busy streets you see while going to office and coming back is filled with so much joyous moments that the scenes you watch would be instilled in your mind forever. Last day I saw the man who serves me idlis and dosas at the restaurant near where I live coming out of the temple early morning. His god-fearing face told me how he prays to god to have given him a life that at least helps him make ends meet. I saw a school girl praying to god at that time when we would be fast asleep after having watched a Jack Nicholson movie from our 1 TB hard-disk movie collection. I thought how morons we are to think how our life's miserable and monotonous when we see people working hard to get themselves three meals a day. We complain about the food in our canteen whereas those people don't complain as they would not have had a meal even. For us the day after 10 in the morning is so unknown that we dare not go out at that time. We say its too hot ! I was dumbstruck to see the roof of the mall I go twice a week for late night shows. I visited the mall on a weekend when it was broad daylight and noticed that the roof was transparent and the mall needed no lights as the sun rays where coming down and it was bright all around. I thought how I didn't notice such a roof till then and realized that I was out at that time of the day after so many days. Yes, congratulate me.
We all have become so busy with our lives that we forget to enjoy very small things. We have to check our Facebook wall and twitter timeline , post pics in Instagram , watch movies in multiplexes and shop in malls. We have to go to discos and pubs to drink with our friends or go out on a weekend road-trip to come out of this busy life and enjoy it. But we don't see the beauty that's around us, through out the day. We miss to perceive the beauty of small things and we fail to understand the difficulties of others, how small it may be. Life's taking a toll on us right ? Really !
