We have proclaimed ourselves as the dominant species
of this planet in spite of a not so striking physical structure when compared
to certain other species. Ironically human infants are the most helpless of all
mammal off springs. We spend a lot of years growing up and it’s only fair,
considering the challenges waiting for us out in the real word; most of them
human made.
Time has always been time, moving in its own steady
pace waiting for none and nothing; like a boss. Human perception has labelled
time as slow and dragging until the late end of the 19th century and
now people have got time for nothing. Impatience is the new mantra; or at least
they make us believe so. The world knows of the American Dream and the people
of other developing countries are hopefully awaiting their own versions. In the
thick of all these is life prospering in this fast forwarding world or is it
struggling to keep up to it?
The idea of
being the dominant species is a much generalized one. No individual Mr. X or
Miss. Y thinks about it because as individuals we are occupied with a lot of
other pressing things; things like clearing school and college, fetching a
decent job, finding a life partner, securing one’s life with a comfortable
retirement plan. Whether these expectations are self-made or were thrust upon us
by the society is a whole new argument.
Life as such is simple. Maybe it’s not as simple as
in the animal world where every life is born with an equal chance whereas here
with our ever so efficient and equivalent social systems lives are born with
different social statuses which are going to chase them life-long. But on a
positive note one can say people with lesser means have a natural hunger to
succeed and that ought to cancel out the head start which the people with a better
social status enjoy. But the real problem with us is never about the money or
is it? The real problem is more of a subjective thing, our emotions and
feelings. Its these subjective things that give meaning and importance to the
objective things such as money. In reality, reality itself is just what is left
off after our emotions are done dealing with actual reality.
Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, said that life
is really simple but we insist on making it complicated. Quite true and these
complications arise because of our choices are being made not by intellect but
by our emotions. And because of these emotions even though we have a thousand
things to be happy for, we still mull over the one thing that worries us.
Don’t blame it all on the emotions and feelings just
yet; cos these emotions are only synthesized by our brain based on how we
interpret the things going on around us. Two different persons might portray
entirely contrasting emotions towards a same situation. So it just boils down
to the type of person you are.
Imagine a growing up kid; so full of excitement
about the things he/she learns every day; so full of happiness.
It doesn’t mean
that grown-ups don’t have anything new to learn. The world is filled with unparalleled
awesomeness that this single life is not sufficient to see them all. Open your
eyes and open your heart. Un-complicate yourself. It is for the same reason I
am keeping this article short where easily it could have been a 100 page
detailed essay. You can either choose to grow old and die or you can LIVE Life.
You only get a single shot at this life; your call.
Swasthika
Sang
