Straight From The Heart!

As a child I always used to wonder what its like to be grown up…to know and understand everything…to earn and even know where to spend…I always thought it was so glamorous! Obviously this is not how it turned out. Being a grown-up is not all that fun after all. Come to think of it, we were probably more sensible as kids because we understood less. Sounds confusing, doesn’t it? Think a little and it’s crystal clear. We had a lot of innocence but more importantly we had fewer egos. And that’s what made all the difference. Why are there more tensions, more stress and more hassles when in fact our understanding of emotions has increased? Reason being at the same time our emotions have increased manifold!!

I often wonder what it will be like if we didn’t have so many emotions. Probably we’ll have lesser fights with our spouses, parents, friends; lesser grudges against those whom we cannot fight with. And more peace of mind….

My best friend did not tell me that she got a job. I was hurt; still am. But after a while I also started wondering why I am angry that she did not tell me. Instead won’t things be much better if I was happy about the fact that she got a job. My friends keep getting angry with me that I did not tell them this or that. Keep fighting with me about it. I know it hurts. That’s only natural. But I wonder how things would be if we forgot all these things and only react to things that actually happened. I wonder what it is that makes us react this way. Our ego? Or the fact that we care too much about that person? I don’t really know. And I don’t really think there’s an answer to this question…Each one has to answer his own question….

I read an excellent book recently-“Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom. Morrie is dying. He knows it and he’s trying to make the best out of what is left of his life-by living every moment, by trying to help others know what it is to know that one is dying, and what it is to live!!

He says-
Once you know how to die, you know how to live….
After reading this book I realized that all that matters in the end is not which one of your friends shared with you first and which ones didn’t, but that you have friends and family with you.

PS:Above things seem really obscure but they were thought provoking for me. I don’t know how much I could put them into words, but ya I did try!!

Cheers!!