One of my good friend was undergoing a major surgery.
Though a common surgery, she was an acute diabetic and post surgery she gave us a few days of intense stress and fear due to post operation setback. But now , she is on the road to recovery and we are hoping to see her back on her foot in a few months.
But during this intense period of stress and worry , I was just observing how the thought process of our mind works. All of us were worried about her. It was always there as a constant in our thoughts. However, each one of us,( her friends) were employed and had to carry out a number of activities during this period. Like, our domestic responsibilities, work related responsibilities, managing people and a lot of other day to day mundane chores. Attention that kids and pets needed were to be handled with immense patience and carefully in such a manner that our stress should not spill over on them. Simultaneously we had to carry on with our day to day mundane routine chores.Amidst the worry, we were able to appreciate the better things which we faced during these trying times like , the little pleasures of appreciation, understanding, recognition which we got at our workplace. A word of appreciation received brightened us up and allowed us to relish the moment.
I think our mind is also like the cosmos, where various activities of nature happens on each star, planet and galaxies, plus their constant movement and other natural phenomena outside them. No matter what happens on earth, each and every planet,stars, moons in the solar system continue to function independent and irrespective of any change. .
Similarly, no matter what, life teaches us that we can be happy and sad at the same time, worrying and planning simultaneously.
Understanding the working of a human mind is an awesome and productive exercise. There is so
much to learn , so much to unlearn , but at the same time nothing is of significance as our presence or absence does not really impact the earth.
Whereas our perception of ourselves, about what happens to us , about what is " right" or " wrong" is so huge. When something bad happens we crumple and breakdown and wonder " what next" when in reality life just goes on..Our joy , our sorrow, our stress , our, laughter, our tears, our expression of emotions, feelings does not in anyway impact the earth/world. What happens is, our perception about our importance is so huge that we fail to understand that in the larger schema of things , our presence or absence will have absolutely no impact at all .
At the same time if we do not change, adapt, alter or accept to the times and events happening around us we would be at a great loss.
Life is a journey in which each one of us should be ready to learn, unlearn, accept, adapt and keep moving ,else we will be losers as life passes us through.
What a wonderful journey our life is.! Once before , a friend said " Who said life is / has to be easy?". Yes.. if it were so ? How do we learn art of appreciation of the simple pleasures, the achievement of goals. The path of our struggle in living our lives, help us to enjoy and relish the miniscule achievements we make. A plain road and a long drive with no obstacle will be nice only for a limited period of time. The chance encounters , the change of lanes, the signals only will make that ride more pleasurable. The beauty of passing scene can be appreciated only if we happen to see something not at all beautiful. Our happiness and enjoyment, sadness and worries can be relished only on comparison . A daily feast is never enjoyed. Neither a daily dose of medicine..
Human beings are such wonderful creations who have the ability to see, learn, understand move forward, laugh and cry . How many of us realise the beauty of existence as a human being and appreciate the life we have. We squander it away in pursuing things which are sometimes unattainable, or do not find the ability and capacity to fight our battles and give up. As a learned Doctor told us " never give up " is a concept we should teach our children.
Life is to be lived.. no matter. Every being born has to die . The intervening period called life is the journey which should be pursued and not given up. I do not say giving up is easy, is cowardice etc.. but fighting our battles is more important. Life is precious . There needs to be no rhyme or reason for any happening. So every moment that we are alive and able should be celebrated and relished. If giving up is the option, then why is it that so many people without even the satisfaction of basic needs , who are not accorded the basic human dignity also continue to live?
Is it because they don't know to end their life, I think not. It is because , every one of us hope to see a better tomorrow. " Hope" that is the key word. Every injury, injustice, trauma, accident, mishap, bad relationships , physical , mental disorders and disabilities are definitely real. Not easy to traverse . But our fight and travel through this , however difficult, should be made. I want all the young children to be told that ,life is worth fighting for. Giving up is not easy but not giving up is to be practiced.
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