There are times when the mind goes on a path of its own and comes back with ideas we feel scared to ponder upon. Something like this happened to me yesterday.
My mind returned to me thoughts about life, the meaning of life and why and what do we live for. We all live for a purpose, someone or somthing. Usually its our family, our parents and our loved ones. But what of those who aren't blessed with having someone to live for? How do they plog on through this journey called life? And what of those who seem to have lost their purpose? Yet, they continue to go on...
There are occasions when most things around you seem meaningless. What is the point in slogging over books, burning the midnight oil, or winning at everything? The future is so unpredictable, one minute you're here, the next ....who knows? And yet, at the same time its the small things that make you go on...a smile, a pat, a word of praise, a joke with friends...its the small gestures that make up life, not the accolades and trophies and certificates bunched up in a box. After all, without the small droplets, you wouldn't have the great ocean.
How do we want to be remembered we are gone? As an over-achiever, who strove so hard to be the best at everything and forgot to live, or just as a plain human who had the time for everything...
No denying the big things are important, you won't be able to live unless you can feed yourself, you can't share a laugh when you don't have a roof over your head. But the drive to achieve those "bigger things in life" shouldn't be at the cost of living. There will be no achievement if there's no one to share the joy with you. There may be only place at the top, but it won't be a happy place if you're all alone up there.
Don't forget to live..there's always time for everything else. An important lesson I learnt from a very dear friend who knew how to live life to the fullest....while we pine for you on earth, we know that you are at peace finally with the Creator. May He give your family the courage to see themselves through this dark hour.
2 comments:
excellent blog ! kudos! you made me stop and think for a minute.
Its easy to live by and for others. Its hard to live for oneself. But the truth is - at the end we are all really alone. No one, except myself, will be there with me throughout the rest of my life. Thats an eternal truth we all try to deny with all out consciousness, but which we all know deep down.
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