Theres this one thing that takes all of us, including staff, workers ,everyone living in this 100 acres campus, under it.No one is out of its reach. It treat all of us the alike, never biased, ever tall in front of anyone.
Its so simple looking , you might mistake it to be fragile for a moment but it doesn't take very long for it to show that it is well above you will ever possible go in your mortal life.
They call it the rain.
There you go , already losing grip as i said the word, cause its just a weather condition to look at first time.
Is it really?
As once someone said once, "Don't think as you hide from me in your stone built home while you destroy the trees, the home of my children ,killing them, without giving a second thought to the infants who drown in me, mothers who die in attempt to save them,
destroying communities, lives. Don't think that you've overpowered me this way. You're not going anywhere just yet."
Apart from the fact that the speaker for the above piece is the Rain itself and the writer was me, this somehow hints at the ignorance we as humans pays to the rain.
We don't normally realize how short it takes for the rain to make us feel, really miserably insignificant in front of it.
Don't know what i'm saying ?
Try to think about it when the rain only breaths at you, only gives you a glimpse of its true strength and you start running for shelter, to hide from it. Try to think of its magnificence then. It makes you keep your head bowed low, makes a bright day go as dark as night.
Of all the things I believe, one is " You can either hide from true power, or you can accept your powerlessness over it, the second might just make it easier for you "
So, Have you really feel that way in this year's rain at Juet?
If not, get out of your stone built hostel rooms, go outside and breathe it. Let it pour on you. Feel it on you, let it go deep down in your body,in your heart. Make it a part of yourself. Ive done it time and time again and every time i've felt a power beyond any humanly possible limit.
Ive Been Soaked. Have you ? :)
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Ever felt insignificant in the vast, unseen, cruel, cold universe?
Ever found your steps, your daily efforts, chores, even your existence so ineffective that you desire to ceased to be?
Time and time again life reminds us of our helplessness.Every now and then it would come around and mock us saying, "Do what you can to stop me doing what i am" and all we manage is to reach out with our hands in empty air and try to somehow freeze flowing time itself, trying somehow to reverse it so that we can un-walk a tiniest step, take back a single word, prevent a wrong turn,savor a precious moment, but the effort is as fruitless as the thought itself.
A good year is past since you visited this page, and i do hope as i write that you are doing your best in your life ,however uncertain it promises to be.
Starting on a depressing note is not at all a kind method of writing but denying and choosing to remain naive to the very fact of life does not bode well either. To really see the good in life is first to believe it. To the see the importance in any work you do is first to believe in your work. However small it might seem to you, its of utmost importance that you do it because if you don't, nobody else will ( thought borrowed from a movie ). Well at least Ghadhiji said so.
Often we find ourselves facing a situation which requires a mere effort from our side and avoiding it or remaining indifferent to it usually becomes compelling. And whether you take that tiniest, insignificant step or not, might make all the difference for the rest of your life.
Avoiding an old friend or to approach him, looking away hurriedly from sunrise or closing your eyes and letting the young sun rays caress your face, stepping away from somebody crying or to wipe the tears from their eyes, skipping or to confront an injustice, pass by or to drop a coin for charity, voicing your objection to it or just choosing to live with it, saying a word more to apologize, saying thanks again, turning back to look at the beloved faces as you part from them, laughing at a "not so laughable joke", waiting five more minutes at a cafe alone, sharing the last slice of a pizza or to just simply smile at someone. We almost decide without thinking twice at such situations. These smallest decisions of your life might reflect at it forever.
As i always believe that if a flap of butterfly wing can cause a storm at the other side of world( the butterfly effect ), it can just as well, prevent it.
So as you pack for the new semester, as you await for the new batch, give it a thought more before you take split-seconds steps for yourself. You might not be after all, insignificant because you are after all, unique. :)
Ever found your steps, your daily efforts, chores, even your existence so ineffective that you desire to ceased to be?
Time and time again life reminds us of our helplessness.Every now and then it would come around and mock us saying, "Do what you can to stop me doing what i am" and all we manage is to reach out with our hands in empty air and try to somehow freeze flowing time itself, trying somehow to reverse it so that we can un-walk a tiniest step, take back a single word, prevent a wrong turn,savor a precious moment, but the effort is as fruitless as the thought itself.
A good year is past since you visited this page, and i do hope as i write that you are doing your best in your life ,however uncertain it promises to be.
Starting on a depressing note is not at all a kind method of writing but denying and choosing to remain naive to the very fact of life does not bode well either. To really see the good in life is first to believe it. To the see the importance in any work you do is first to believe in your work. However small it might seem to you, its of utmost importance that you do it because if you don't, nobody else will ( thought borrowed from a movie ). Well at least Ghadhiji said so.
Often we find ourselves facing a situation which requires a mere effort from our side and avoiding it or remaining indifferent to it usually becomes compelling. And whether you take that tiniest, insignificant step or not, might make all the difference for the rest of your life.
Avoiding an old friend or to approach him, looking away hurriedly from sunrise or closing your eyes and letting the young sun rays caress your face, stepping away from somebody crying or to wipe the tears from their eyes, skipping or to confront an injustice, pass by or to drop a coin for charity, voicing your objection to it or just choosing to live with it, saying a word more to apologize, saying thanks again, turning back to look at the beloved faces as you part from them, laughing at a "not so laughable joke", waiting five more minutes at a cafe alone, sharing the last slice of a pizza or to just simply smile at someone. We almost decide without thinking twice at such situations. These smallest decisions of your life might reflect at it forever.
As i always believe that if a flap of butterfly wing can cause a storm at the other side of world( the butterfly effect ), it can just as well, prevent it.
So as you pack for the new semester, as you await for the new batch, give it a thought more before you take split-seconds steps for yourself. You might not be after all, insignificant because you are after all, unique. :)
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