I never credit myself to be highly intellectual or being blessed with abundant maturity; however I always knew that I have a gift to absorb, to understand, to appreciate and to accept. Yes, that's what makes me feel good about myself, to never be judgemental.... to never have an absolute sense of wrong and right but to accommodate for the greys and the other shades in life.... in myself or in others.
I have known people throughout my life,..oh I love them,... meeting new faces in new places,... in some of the most unassuming and unpredictable circumstances... chanced encounters, a beautiful opportunity to know someone new,..a stranger. Its like being presented with a small window.... and its upto me to open it to let the breeze of a new life come in.... and in some cases of certain no-no's (here i refer to the polluted air and hot smoke) its again upto me to keep that window closed,..or better latch the bolt tighter and use a lock :P.
More importantly... I always believe in the greatest gift by God - this life, an opportunity to know, to try, to do whatever you want,. to go wherever you to want to go, to see this world for all its heavenly beauty- divinity in nature, diversity in its creatures, to feel humility in the vastness and the variety of mother earth, to hear the sounds of life, to be blessed with near and dear ones- who care and whom you can care about... isn't all this simply fantabulously miraculously wonderfully amazing!
But many a times, more often than not...all of us get happily lost in our own constrained and limited worlds... our homes...our jobs...our salaries...our goals & targets,...our friends & families...our infatuations & dreams....just a limited cozy cocoon of self-absorption and self-comfort "Our" world. We don't have the time nor the inclination to stop by and see something more than we want to, hear something that is not important or entertaining to us or do something apart from the mundane chores beyond our immediate self-interest or preferred comfort zones. In short we become trapped in our self-created world.... and need a reminder or a remembrance which can pull us out of it for a while... show us something which is beyond our needs and make our hearts to appreciate and understand things that are new... to look beyond "US".
I got my reminder a few days back when I met a new person. She seemed just the average next door girl at first sight,...loves to sleep once back from office...quite honest and frank (more than average people) one who doesn't feels embarrassed to admit her lack of finances, one who doesn't shy away from accepting frankly the male attention she received & expression the desires she feels to have a special someone in her life... in short an average, simple, fun-loving, happy-go-lucky, most fascinatingly normal girl with not a single care in her life- how lucky!. Just that yesterday night I found out that this lucky carefree girl was not forever so,..she had a chronic case of blood cancer as a child and had multiple blood transfusions over her life time and two major bone marrow surgeries over a period of several years to get cured of this malignant ailment....thank goodness! To think of the fact that this happy-go-lucky sweet girl standing next to me has suffered years of pain and torture facing her own death and defeated it,..is doing well for herself & her family filled me with a sense of respect & admiration for her....a true warrior!
Everything said and done,.... the point i want to convey is that is important to take some time and smell the flowers....to know people...there is so much to learn from everything and everyone. Not every smiling face is always happy, neither is every tear a declaration of final defeat. Each one of us has something unique to learn and appreciate....it is only upto us to open our eyes and hearts to them.
A toast to such people around us!
I have known people throughout my life,..oh I love them,... meeting new faces in new places,... in some of the most unassuming and unpredictable circumstances... chanced encounters, a beautiful opportunity to know someone new,..a stranger. Its like being presented with a small window.... and its upto me to open it to let the breeze of a new life come in.... and in some cases of certain no-no's (here i refer to the polluted air and hot smoke) its again upto me to keep that window closed,..or better latch the bolt tighter and use a lock :P.
More importantly... I always believe in the greatest gift by God - this life, an opportunity to know, to try, to do whatever you want,. to go wherever you to want to go, to see this world for all its heavenly beauty- divinity in nature, diversity in its creatures, to feel humility in the vastness and the variety of mother earth, to hear the sounds of life, to be blessed with near and dear ones- who care and whom you can care about... isn't all this simply fantabulously miraculously wonderfully amazing!
But many a times, more often than not...all of us get happily lost in our own constrained and limited worlds... our homes...our jobs...our salaries...our goals & targets,...our friends & families...our infatuations & dreams....just a limited cozy cocoon of self-absorption and self-comfort "Our" world. We don't have the time nor the inclination to stop by and see something more than we want to, hear something that is not important or entertaining to us or do something apart from the mundane chores beyond our immediate self-interest or preferred comfort zones. In short we become trapped in our self-created world.... and need a reminder or a remembrance which can pull us out of it for a while... show us something which is beyond our needs and make our hearts to appreciate and understand things that are new... to look beyond "US".
I got my reminder a few days back when I met a new person. She seemed just the average next door girl at first sight,...loves to sleep once back from office...quite honest and frank (more than average people) one who doesn't feels embarrassed to admit her lack of finances, one who doesn't shy away from accepting frankly the male attention she received & expression the desires she feels to have a special someone in her life... in short an average, simple, fun-loving, happy-go-lucky, most fascinatingly normal girl with not a single care in her life- how lucky!. Just that yesterday night I found out that this lucky carefree girl was not forever so,..she had a chronic case of blood cancer as a child and had multiple blood transfusions over her life time and two major bone marrow surgeries over a period of several years to get cured of this malignant ailment....thank goodness! To think of the fact that this happy-go-lucky sweet girl standing next to me has suffered years of pain and torture facing her own death and defeated it,..is doing well for herself & her family filled me with a sense of respect & admiration for her....a true warrior!
Everything said and done,.... the point i want to convey is that is important to take some time and smell the flowers....to know people...there is so much to learn from everything and everyone. Not every smiling face is always happy, neither is every tear a declaration of final defeat. Each one of us has something unique to learn and appreciate....it is only upto us to open our eyes and hearts to them.
A toast to such people around us!
