The Present.
Deja vu from Kungfu Panda. Yet again, like many other times. But it gets so relatable when it happens in real life, in a real world scenario.
There's not going to be a mention of the incident, simply because its worth straining my brain muscles if I get to read this blog some 5 years from now, and the other thing is that its not something worth revealing publicly.
When master Oogway said this in the movie, I was moved. It is because it inspired me then. There was no incident then, but I just admired the quote for, it was written too darned well. I must have used it when talking with friends quite a lot, but when and only when its used in the right moment, it makes such a profound impact.
We, (or atleast I, here,) have this tendency to brood over the past at times. Then follows the whole 'should've, could've, would've' nonsense. By past, I really don't mean 1947 alone, but even a grave life changing mistake that happened yesterday or the break up that was never meant to happen with the high school girlfriend. The milk spilt can't be put back into the can again. Past is only a reminder, or atleast, should be treated as one for, it has the power, if I may, to make you rethink anything silly you are going to do today and reconsider that. No matter how much you cry over it, you rue about it, nothing's gonna change. There's also the theory of relativity, a modified one at that. We relate stuff in our life to stuff in others' lives. At the outset, it gives all reasons to be jealous about, but its all different.
The future on the other hand, gets a little tricky. We are urged to save up money right from the beginning (by the wise men) for a tomorrow we have never seen. We are reminded every day by incidents that happen around us that if we had saved up money yesterday, we could have taken a kin or a friend to a better hospital. Then, there's also the surmounting pressure, of meander life activities like paying kids' school fees, saving up for a bike that's really caught your fancy. Money was the easiest example, the one that I could choose straight off my head, but there's also the fantasy - time. Future is a lot complicated than we assume. If you are going through a rough phase today, the friends who hear you out will want to make you feel better and assure you tomorrow will be better. It feels good then. But really, will it be? No one is as informed as time is. I wonder sometimes what if time was a living entity. It would surely be laughing its ass off knowing that it doesn't have a rewind button, but how we keep pressing it every now and then. So, combine both of the most complicated things - time and money. You save up the money you have today for a tomorrow that you aren't sure of living unto and to add to all this, you hope that it'll be better. Hope is one more delusional thing, but lets not get into bed with hope now.
Who's the friend we forget here? The gift we all have - the PRESENT. It so beautifully cuts itself from yesterday and tomorrow and teaches you each day to live. Its a little strange that we don't really motivate people that today only can be better. Why should it be tomorrow? Because a meteor is waiting beyond Mars to come and hit us? Honestly, its the today that has to be strong. Knowing the capacity of each of you who's managed to read this, if you have come thus far, trust me, you'll be able to sustain yourself for a considerable future. Not a big concern, given that the average living age is on the decline anyway. So it is today, and in effect a throwback at time that way, for counting seconds on us. So, it would really be safe to say that its now. This very moment is a gift. What you do now is what counts. Not how much money you save, not what property you make. Its the memories that you create now. That's again, hoping that you'll live for a tomorrow, the one where you'll have time to sit with friends, sipping beer and laughing about it.
There, did I just bring in hope again?!
Deja vu from Kungfu Panda. Yet again, like many other times. But it gets so relatable when it happens in real life, in a real world scenario.
There's not going to be a mention of the incident, simply because its worth straining my brain muscles if I get to read this blog some 5 years from now, and the other thing is that its not something worth revealing publicly.
When master Oogway said this in the movie, I was moved. It is because it inspired me then. There was no incident then, but I just admired the quote for, it was written too darned well. I must have used it when talking with friends quite a lot, but when and only when its used in the right moment, it makes such a profound impact.
We, (or atleast I, here,) have this tendency to brood over the past at times. Then follows the whole 'should've, could've, would've' nonsense. By past, I really don't mean 1947 alone, but even a grave life changing mistake that happened yesterday or the break up that was never meant to happen with the high school girlfriend. The milk spilt can't be put back into the can again. Past is only a reminder, or atleast, should be treated as one for, it has the power, if I may, to make you rethink anything silly you are going to do today and reconsider that. No matter how much you cry over it, you rue about it, nothing's gonna change. There's also the theory of relativity, a modified one at that. We relate stuff in our life to stuff in others' lives. At the outset, it gives all reasons to be jealous about, but its all different.
The future on the other hand, gets a little tricky. We are urged to save up money right from the beginning (by the wise men) for a tomorrow we have never seen. We are reminded every day by incidents that happen around us that if we had saved up money yesterday, we could have taken a kin or a friend to a better hospital. Then, there's also the surmounting pressure, of meander life activities like paying kids' school fees, saving up for a bike that's really caught your fancy. Money was the easiest example, the one that I could choose straight off my head, but there's also the fantasy - time. Future is a lot complicated than we assume. If you are going through a rough phase today, the friends who hear you out will want to make you feel better and assure you tomorrow will be better. It feels good then. But really, will it be? No one is as informed as time is. I wonder sometimes what if time was a living entity. It would surely be laughing its ass off knowing that it doesn't have a rewind button, but how we keep pressing it every now and then. So, combine both of the most complicated things - time and money. You save up the money you have today for a tomorrow that you aren't sure of living unto and to add to all this, you hope that it'll be better. Hope is one more delusional thing, but lets not get into bed with hope now.
Who's the friend we forget here? The gift we all have - the PRESENT. It so beautifully cuts itself from yesterday and tomorrow and teaches you each day to live. Its a little strange that we don't really motivate people that today only can be better. Why should it be tomorrow? Because a meteor is waiting beyond Mars to come and hit us? Honestly, its the today that has to be strong. Knowing the capacity of each of you who's managed to read this, if you have come thus far, trust me, you'll be able to sustain yourself for a considerable future. Not a big concern, given that the average living age is on the decline anyway. So it is today, and in effect a throwback at time that way, for counting seconds on us. So, it would really be safe to say that its now. This very moment is a gift. What you do now is what counts. Not how much money you save, not what property you make. Its the memories that you create now. That's again, hoping that you'll live for a tomorrow, the one where you'll have time to sit with friends, sipping beer and laughing about it.
There, did I just bring in hope again?!
2 comments:
So beautifully put! Very relatable. And I totally agree with how you say hope is just another delusion. xP
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