All we need is a stare…

Our life is ours not because of us, but because of the people and things who are in it. Many a time we keep running with our so called work and fail to take a break and spend time with those people and things who make our life.

                        As a child someone asked me what I loved doing. I was quick to retort that, “I love staring!” At walls, at people, at the deep blue sky, even at my books :-P (waise tho, given a chance I’d do anything but study with them) I just got a simple reply to my answer: A bloody cold stare as if I had attempted to kill that person.  But even then, I loved her stare, I loved staring at that person! Because, life according to me, is a string of thoughts woven by bundles of stares.

                        Consciously or unconsciously we ponder about what we like, whom we like or who likes us. Pondering makes us reflect upon what we have and what we don’t. When you know what you have, you’ll figure out whether you like it or not. When you know that you don’t like what you have, you’ll figure out what you really want. That is it!

                        Life is all about discovering simple truths. It is not about digging your thoughts deep for discovering an eternal secret. At least for me, there is no quest that I intent to do as I like what I’m doing. If at all I were to get set and go on a mission to discover something, that would be to locate a lost sock, some hidden money and unearthed pair of old jeans! :-P

                        A ‘quarter’ may be the crisis to some in life. Presently I have this ‘quarter life crisis’ which I have no clue how to solve! Thank God life is like nature because whatever chaos it creates, it will restore peace on its own! Believing in that magic, I set forth everyday hoping that it will turn out to be great… For someone who believes that every eye is the beholder of a million stories, it is impossible to keep staring, to keep visualizing.

                                    Many a time in life, all we need is a small thing of joy that will charge our batteries. Someone sarcastically said, “During an exam, everything in this world becomes interesting except studying. Even staring at a wall!” While most of us see the sarcasm in it, I see the reality in it. If what we are studying was interesting, we wouldn’t be staring at. I stare at the walls as I feel there s something intriguing in it.

                        I believe that the theory behind staring at a wall has more mystery surrounding it than the big bang theory. Someone rightly said, “Some questions are best left unanswered.” Because the moment we figure out our reason for staring at the walls, we would stop to go behind those intriguing thoughts which shall give answers to many of our ‘life matter’. (read in ‘3’ movie Dhanush’s style ;-))

                                    This note is simple enough to substantiate the fact that life is just a string of thoughts. I started to write this note with some thought in my mind I ended up writing many other thoughts that came along. Life is never definite. It is like water. Just as how water takes the shape of the container that it is stored in, life takes the shape of people who live it. (4^th standard science. ham ne pada tha, lekin apply karne ko bool gaya! We have studied about it. But forgot to apply it ;)

                                    Sadly, only some of us realise the fact that life is meant for living. If life was a destination, we would have been immersed in catching the right bus/train/flight to reach it. May be that is why life is just a journey. We just need to keep proceeding to figure out what is the next nearest destination.

                                    Referring to the fact that life is like water, people might ask what would happen if we led our life not caring about the shape that is it taking. Always remember, water from its point of origin is very pure. It is purer at the end of its journey. It is in the due course that it takes the turn of impurity. Some rivers choose to keep themselves clean, while some let it get dirtied. There are some more who love being dirty, some who clean the dirt. Life is just like those thousands of rivers. We choose to be clean or not. CHOICE IS NOT JUST THE ESSENCE OF ECONOMICS BUT ALSO LIFE!

                                    Teen favourite author Chetan Bhagat feels life is too short to be complicated. He says, “It is just 2500-400 weekends max! Don’t complicate it by worrying too much…” Life is just you. If you were to define yourself, you are restricting your room for improvising on your abilities and work on your short comings. Similarly, if you define life, you lose your right to modify it. There is just one definite thing in life, It is called ‘Life!” Whether we choose to live or not, life shall exist. IT IS IN OUR HANDS TO MAKE LIFE LIVELY, LIVEABLE AND LOVABLE .

                                                If life were to inspire us from just one point or angle, there would be no big change in it. Life is a kaleidoscope, full of changing patterns.

                                    Now to give a reason for me writing this note. It is just one simple thing: I write because I unwind this way. I connect with myself with what I write. I write because I have a story to tell. I have written this because, I am living my life!

                        The next time when some one asks you what do you do in life, just say, “I LIVE IT!” We need to ‘KISS’ our life damn it! That is, keep is simple, silly ;) ;)