Provoked...!!!

As I look around, I find so much beauty that I wonder how much care and pain its creator might have taken to bring together this masterpiece of art and imagination. Its not an easy task, I am sure. But we, the ones who have been gifted with such beautiful place to live in, tend to take it for granted. Have anyone of us ever tried to know and realise the damage we are doing to it? Do we have the time to just stop and think? We are so tied up in our own lil world that we dont realise that we, knowingly or unknowingly, are scarring it........!

I have always been put to thought, forced by circumstances or by choice, and I have many a times decided to take the untrodden path, to realise my potential. And to be Different from others. But never have I thought of jotting down my opinions, my beliefs and my thoughts. But today, after reading another blog, I feel like speaking about everything that has been going through my mind for so long now.

We, as humans are said to be different from animals. Different 'coz we have the ability to think and comprehend. And 'coz we are gifted with brains that help us know right from wrong. I repeat we are "said" to be different.

Yes, I do doubt if we are different. 'Coz we tend not to think, not to realize what our actions might mean and do to someone else. Its so sad that we can not have a single day without violence! Just to speak about an incident which occured months back but has left a lasting mark on my mind.

Local trains are the lifeline of Mumbaitees. But it can very well become a reason for your death. Firstly, the trains are so jam packed that you rarely can breath when in it. And to add to it, you always have these fights for a place to sit or stand properly. Just imagine people already frustrated or irritated by their personal woes getting into a fight there, it can get so ugly. That is exactly what happened one morning....! The person who started the fight was very well to be blamed but, what happened thereafter was baffling. This man, strong and muscualr, gave a punch to a lean college guy. The punch was so hard that the guy started feeling giddy. Seeing this, others in the train, first bad mouthed the man. But later, they all came together and started hitting that person unmercifully. So many people against just one man......!!!!

Whatever be the extent of fault of the man, no one can justify such an unfathomable act!

How could we act in such a manner? How could we become so inconsiderate of others? How can we ever justify such an act? I can think of no way and no situation in which you can take such drastic steps! How can you be sure that - "that person did not act out of insanity?" Can not there be chances that the person actually suffered from some mental imbalance which made him act that way? Could you have done the same thing to your own child, if he/she were to be mentally imbalanced? You could not hurt /her yourself and you would never spare the one who would hurt your child....! Before you act, give it a thought. Think if whatever you are doing is right or wrong?

I, personally believe, that whatever the mistakes committed by a person, he/she should be forgiven. And in no way should he/she be treated so inconsiderately by others.

People are increasingly becoming intolerant. Whatever be the reasons behind it - stress, the ever-increasing workload- it can in no way be a justification for your unreasonable acts.

Another recent example to which everyone reacted, was the India-Australia series. The way Australians treated the "men in blue" is well known, by now. Indians did react, but intelligently. They did not create a ruckus on the field by retaliating verbally. Instead, they chose to react by way of cricket itself. And the rest is history.

They could very well have acted similar to the Australians and the result would have been ugly. And it would have tarnished the image of Indians. They could also have withdrawn from the match without fighting back. But no, they fought and they won. That is the right way to retaliate, to revenge, to strike back...!

It would do the world a lot of good to imbibe this quality within each one of us. To have patience and to act intelligently. To know that hurting others would do no good. To realize that - "an eye for an eye could actually make the whole world blind".

A NEW ME......!

A new year has opened up bringing along so many different possibilities of fun, masti, time pass, success, hard work, achievements, friends, happiness and some sorrow. It has just started and it has already thrown my way some good and bad moments.

A nascent leaf has just taken life. The pale green colour, the beauty that it withholds, it is wonderful. Its delicate structure, its vulnerability, its many possibilities can never be explained in words. A dew drop on this tiny leaf, the early morning rays penetrating this tiny being, one cannot ever fully describe such beauty. Words fall short.

Life in this New Year is just like this dew drop, dancing and playing lightly on the edges of the tiny leaf. As the rays penetrate it, it can either shine brightly, in happiness. Or it can slide down and SHATTER into innumerable and uncountable smaller drops adding much more meaning to life.

There have been so many wondrous moments after 2008 has rolled in that my life has been colored with bright shades. And the few bad moments that had been thrown in, that shattered me, have added a darker hue to my life. But these worse moments have mingled so beautifully with the brighter and much happier moments that they have painted a much more meaningful picture of my life.

The brighter shades have so very much overcome the darker shades that even in the presence of these dark hues, the portrait of my life seems lively with colors.

And I am only very happy to acknowledge and understand this NEW ME…! A girl who otherwise might have appeared to be depressed and heartbroken, shattered and sorrow-struck, is now smiling and happy inspite of the situation she is in!

I have just fallen deeply in love with this new girl, the NEW ME…..!

The past year has taught me 2 important lessons –

• However close you get to anyone, keep enough distance. Don’t suffocate and kill them with so much love, care and affection that they run away from you.

• Every individual has a particular role to play in your life, once he/she is done with that, he/she will not remain with you. How much ever you try to keep them, they will move away to lead their own life. You can’t tie them to you. In fact don’t even try to tie them, it will only bring you hurt and pain. Thank them for all that they have given to you and wish them the best in their life and let them go.