My little wonderland
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Moments
Recently I was trekking up a hill.A wide smile seemed to be pasted on my face as I trudged forward amidst the greenery.Dim sun rays just about managed to find the way through the trees and kiss the ground.The air was fresh.I could hear little birdies chirp away to glory at a distance.They seemed as cheerful as I was. Carelessly,aimlessly I walked .Suddenly a strange quietude prevailed.I stopped where I stood and the silence around me gripped me.Sudden astounding stillness.Not even a leaf moved.No breeze.I stared blankly at the sturdy trees and they stared back at me.The peaceful silence pierced through me,Ah!the sweet pain.
And I became aware of myself,my existence,my presence amidst the nature……..!It was a tingling ecstatic sensation.I was there, as still as I could be.The time ticked by but the moments seemed frozen.Even thoughts in my mind seemed to have wandered far away.A calm voidness.
The tranquility of the surrounding almost intoxicated me.The pleasure was unbearable to endure and instantaneously I blinked.AND I broke the stillness,the frozen beauty of the idyllic place.Everything resumed.Did I regret that?Of course not.However long it lasted,it was beautiful.Only few moments but some of the best I suppose.
Isn’t life very much like that?Many a times we come across wonderful people for a brief interval of time,but they leave behind footprints in our lives.More often than not,best incidents occur but do they last for long?No,they don’t.They take place and what we carry with us are those beautiful ,lovely moments,the memories .Why then do we try to cling on?Why get hooked at one point and make our lives miserable?Why expect them to last longer?We constantly fear change in our lives!!Why?when we all are very well aware, that nothing,absolutely NOTHING LASTS FOREVER!!!!!!
:: posted by Mili, 4:02 AM
11 Comments:
and abt the trek , i thinks its better appreciated when experienced
What can I say, we are after all, only human.
@unforgiven: well lemme quote a beautiful saying that i stumbled upon the other day:Something lost in the present opens up a space for something new flowing from the future.Let happiness go,let it flutter away,he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in eternity's sunrise!!!
IMHO,guess we can try to become extraordinary humans.
I will say this though (I hope you understand some urdu. If you don't, let me know and I'll translate),
Kabhi ye zindagi hi, ek lamhe mein guzar jaati hai..
Kabhi ek lamha hi, ek zindgai ban jaata hai..
Ek lamha hi zindagi ban sakti hai par us lamhe ko agar tum baandh kar rakhoge to shaayad woh lamha kahi kho jayega.
NO i do not expect you to agree with me at each level..
A moment in itself, can be a lifetime, hence one does not need to hold onto it. That one moment is worth it.
Hence the saying.
To continue with the shayari,
Ek lamhe ki kimat koi kabhi bataa sakaa hai kya?
Agar tolne ke liye pakad liya, to khaak ke baraabar hai..
Lamhe ko jee ke chor diya, to zindagi se bhi bhar ke bhi aksar hai..
Better? :)
Sacrificed rhyme for clarity :P
"Why then do we try to cling on?Why get hooked at one point and make our lives miserable?Why expect them to last longer?We constantly fear change in our lives!!Why?"
Who says we all do ? I don't. Very few people I know, do. A possible case of self-absorption where you assume everyone feels the way you do ?
Why is it that you feel that people screw up thier lives, don't enjoy the moment, etc? You seem to have a very cynical view of life. Why don't you think that this is the best of all possible worlds !
However, I do appreciate the questioning spirit ;)
Some of ur veiws are very aggresive.."u cnt find new places unless u r strong enough to search horizons".but nt evryone can do dat..people like to play safe.it all depends on ur comfort level with the type of life u r living..
if u r getting my point.. i'll bug u more.. stay tuned.. hehe
