Patriarch
Dreams
Choice
Creative passion is linked to carnal passion by
veins, or so they say. But an Agatha Christie still conceived her future story
plots while doing dishes.
Fear
Of all fears, the fear of being happy is the worst. It
does not just rot your present and your future, it rots you.
Only human beings can, or so I know.
What I don’t know is, is that a blessing or a curse?
The choice is simple. You find your equal, and they’ll
try to exceed. They’ll, at the least, put themselves first. And you find a lesser,
and they’ll wrap you up in cotton balls and treat you like a princess. Your
choice!
Fair, but, oh so difficult!
Some of these, i guess, are explained by perceived values and actual values? Especially the dreams part.
ReplyDeleteWhat is actual less perception?
ReplyDeleteSo, when you dream and you are either elated or afraid, when you see the choices of your friends or they see you and then try to evaluate whether they are equal or not, they usually perceive them in their own ways because often dreams or emotions cannot be measured in the market. But sections of the dreams can still be measured. E.g. I dream of buying a TV of 20K when I know u have a TV of only 15K and hence I perceive to be wealthier than you.
ReplyDeleteEnd of day - everything balances out - everything else in between are just perceptions which are basically baseless.
Not in sync somewhat.. It’s not about weighing out options or using an yardstick.. it’s about happiness, contentment, fulfillment, of having lived a life with little regrets, of being able to die with a smile.. So, I don’t think at the end everything balances out and it’s all good this way or that way.
DeleteHow you feel matters, and it matters a hellva lot!
At times, it’s not until very late that you realize you haven’t been feeling too well, but then that’s another story for another day.
But, how you feel matters. I repeat.
Sure it matters, but I feel it depends on the individual and not on a particular task or work that s/he performs. Happiness, contentment - these are all measured against yardsticks in most cases. E.g. I am happier if I perceive that I am wealthier than you are. But then if I earn wealth, I lose on something else - and this 'something else' is not something that is always very intangible (e.g. happiness), but can pretty much be measured against some yardstick, need not always be on a monetary scale though (Opportunity cost). How you feel matters - and here, I believe, you are talking of strategy (closing of doors/options). So, for me, I feel sad now, in hindsight, because I did not take maths/stats or eco during my graduation. But at that time, engg was what I really wanted to do. So, I opted for a strategy because of certain reasons and did not exactly listen to my heart at that time - though to be very honest the feeling in my heart was not strong enough at that time. I guess the same happens when a person is dying - he is sad because he sees, in his hindsight, the doors that are surely closed for him/her. But in most cases he is happy because he knows that there is just one door left open for him and he does not exactly have any doors or strategies to take. And hence he smiles, nonetheless. I have never seen a person dying without a smile, except maybe when s/he dies in an accident.
ReplyDeleteAnd again, have you really felt happiness which is much better than a sadness? Marginal differences I am sure is present, but somehow I feel pretty indifferent when I get richer or poorer, when i get promoted or demoted, when a birth or death takes place within the family; the feeling is also short lived.
'Fulfillment, little regrets' - seriously? I thought these are words you get in novels and mega-serials. I think I have already lived 50% of my life, at least, and I have never felt fulfilled yet, at least the way I think of fulfillment.
Yes. I have really felt happiness which is much better than a sadness. :)
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