Time has this unique quality of going, even before one realises -the moment is lost. It is fleeting and it actually waits for no man.
Yet, how we are capable of frittering away time. Those moments lost in sulking, grumbling, feeling sorry for oneself. Those moments spent in self pity, anger, resentment go away as quickly as those happy moments spent with a loved one. All that remains are memories - memories where we re- live our past. Those happy moments keep coming back to us and remind us that the time that has gone was really good. Was it? Or is it just the memory of that moment which is good?
Every moment, every breath that we take is good. Every day is bright and beautiful, it is what we make of the day and how we spend the day that makes our memories sweet or sad.
Even if the day looks gloomy, dark and dismal, does the smile of a little baby not make the day bright and beautiful? We remember the laughter and the time spent with the little baby and not the dark and dismal day. The weather is of least importance when we are happy and love the company that we have. Yet, how often do we look out and grumble that the day is looking so dismal. That sets our tone for the day. If we start the day fresh, happily and cheerfully we will be happy that we have another day to spend as we want to spend it. The day is free. It is for us to make the most of it. We can create memories , live joyfully, spread cheer and warmth.
Why that grumpy face? Why that sitting in a corner, why should we not enjoy the joy of living? If we share what we have, whatever we have, goodness, kindness, smiles, they all come back magnified manifold. They are returned to us expanded.
Sitting in a corner all by myself, I will remain aloof and alone, as no one will want to enter my private zone of melancholy and solitude that I have chosen. If I am happy my happiness will draw people to me.
Spread cheer, friendship, compassion and see the spread of joy. Life is too short for petty bitterness and misunderstandings. Clear the path as you go. Clear doubts, speak up and remove all cobwebs. Let life go by happily. Let us make the world a better place, not a bitter place.
Let us live today - happily and leave memories for posterity.
4 comments:
Yes, you are right Varsha, time is fleeting - if we are not aware of it and in how we spend it.
And, just like two sides of a coin, you can't have one without the other.
Happiness comes with sadness.
Effort and success comes with fatigue and laziness.
One cannot exist without the other.
However, the negative can be minimised - if we are aware, conscious and have a purpose to our life.
Because when we have a purpose, all the bickering, inner wrangling, crippling self doubt... all that falls by the wayside because there are more important, happier things to engage our minds and behaviours with.
"Or is it just the memory of that moment which is good?"...a thought provoking statement.
What would the difference be- between the good moment and the memory of that good moment? If only the memory is good, then is it being implied- that the time (when the memory was taking place in) wasn't really good? And just the fact that it is in the past and unattainable, is what makes the memory better than the actual moment? Or is it the longing to get back to that particular moment in the past, that makes the memory feel more special than the actual moment?
Hmm...random pondering.
Enjoyed this read though =)
I must say that you have hit the nail on the head and I can see a message for me...
Good one Varsha!!! You are right.. time is for doing all the things we want to do NOW, coz if we don't use NOW we have lost the moment and we do not have eternity, just this one life!
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