Speed..a rush to get someplace..an urgency to reach that milestone..devours me. Kills the joy of the journey, and the process itself. Someone very dear once told me, "The destination is really not worth it, if you don't enjoy the journey." I try to live by this train of thought. And when I say I try, I mean REALLY try because no matter how much I attempt, my mind gets distracted by speed, by the urge to get things done. Seldom do I stop to savor the fun involved on the way. So as I begin another rushed journey desperate to plant milestones after milestones, I am stopping myself to look at the time past my previous milestone and smile.
Smile...one thing (yet another thing) I hate about growing up is that we don't really smile so much anymore. We are so involved with our TODOs, have become so overworked that we don't push those facial muscles far enough. I so rarely have those crazy moments where I am laughing my guts out just for the heck of it. And isn't growing up the strangest thing? When I was young(er) :D, I was such a rebel. I always wished I was left to manage my life and make my own decisions. All my teenage life, I wanted just that extra pinch of freedom!! Self-sustained and independent, I called it. Today, I complain I have too many responsibilities. Too many things to take care of. Maybe we should all be given a sneek peek of our adult life when we were growing up. Another one in my list of things I'd want God to consider when He thinks about "upgrading" human race.
In my view, the benefits of the sneek peek are two-fold :D - 1. It helps us love and enjoy that "growing-up" phase much better. 2. It warns us before-hand not to run through life so fast. To smell the roses, to relish the summer morning, to know the joy in seeing a baby smile. I begin every single day, asking myself not to run..and yet I run, join the almost purposeless race towards yet another deadline, yet another "victory".
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Thats what hindsight is for !! We are overtly involved in each stage of life to look ahead and realize that what we have now is equally precious as any other milestone in life. For example, some day, when you are old, you will miss the "RUSH" that you have now. The term "wake up and smell the coffee" is what we need to remind ourselves. Each day is somehow unique in its own way.
Dont know if this has anyting to with it all, last time I was out, I kept telling myself, it's one less time I'm gonna do this and I really did not feel any guilt or remorse for having a GREAT fun time ( which included drinking and eating greasy food ). Put it this way, every day of your life is one less overall. What can be done with it ? Dont know if you saw Bluffmaster, there's a beautiful dialogue in that movie which goes something like "30 saal ki zindagi mein kitne din memorable hote hai" ?!
Take it EZ
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