Yes,
it’s been quite a while since I wrote something for myself. Or rather did
something to ‘self’. To admit, life has been clogged down to postulates of
career and expectations of great standards. It’s good, as you realise and
sharpen your substance that way. It’s bad, as you tend to disengage with the
sensitive side of your present, going nowhere in ecstatic bliss which was in your soul
always. In the past.
Now,
what I have done is what I thought I would share with you. Hope that helps. At
least to someone out there who think life has become monotonous. Or to incite a
debate on this. Trust me; I love both magic’s and logics J
- Point 0: Break the rules. Just do it. People defy them because they don’t fit to one's intellectual grounding or happy zoning. That’s no offence. Go create a ‘your’ music band in a coffee shop or sell newspaper along with your paper boy some Sunday. (# In no sense I meant to break the traffic rules or the criminal law here)
- Point 1: Spend time with family. You know you have been great on this planet so far. (It doesn’t matter even if you don’t think so, because you have - Just that you are due realisation), Spread your socialising and re-bonding with family as well. Because at one point of time, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram will all lose their charm. Family hugs would not. Ever.
- Point 2: Try out smiles on absolute strangers. Help them out. Ah! Here comes the pessimist Human inside. What if the society harms me even if my intentions are noble? Well, Okay. Be good, nothing defenceless in that. As I dint negate you not to be careful as well. I started teaching my mess delivery boy how to speak decent English. 5 minutes a day. Is that huge? Yes, to that boy.
- Point 3: Love the animals around. I was this woman, who would hate the mere sight of dogs/cats. And, ironically I started feeding this stray dog with Parle-G biscuits thinking 3 rupees per day is not much a deal. Trust me, after the 4th day, you WILL get connected. Now, I wait for the tail-wagging part when it sees me return home.
- Point 4: Read books as well as people. Bookish knowledge will give the base; social outlook will build your superstructure of attitude and empathy. Nothing beats a person who understands everyone. Respect starts there. Self and external. If you come across a person who hurts you, congratulate yourself. You just hiked a mountain. Of self-assimilation.
- Point 5: Travel. Without a camera. Yes, that means no thoughts on Picasa, DSLR and a profile pic change. Life is so simple that way. Think. Ponder. Dwell in them while you travel through those dusky roads or these concrete metros. You will realise you no longer have to make a lot of time with your heart. You already have it.
- Point 6: Awaken the artist in you. Paint. Music. Philosophy. Strategies. Dance. Just begin. You don’t have to win an Oscar. So no pressure. You will know how your thoughts flow. The best part is, you can change your flow charts through modulations :)
I
can list 100 such. Even you can. Infact anyone can. But that’s not the point.
We
have to start implementing them. With true spirit and accountability. To
ourselves.
Don’t write daily/weekly/monthly plans. They don’t work. Even if
they do, you are just translating yourself, not to strengthen your
conviction. Training yourself to be self-tuned robot. Don’t do that. We are
animate. Let that inherent quality be with our tiny fingers till the end. To
draw our big Painting. Of life.
Yes,
we are yet to showcase it. Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost !!
P.S
I am all okay. Just that I pasted a diary extract to my blog. Godspeed !
