Another birthday and the wishes and remarks bring up a whole lot of thought ripple.One is constantly reminded of how old one is and how it looms large over every activity or action in one's life.
Life begins as a kid waiting to be older(to be able to stay up late,to drive...), progressing to where one wants to slow down the time line(wondering why one lacks the energy levels to stay up as one used to..!)to sensing the speeding by of time(i thought i had more time to do stuff...).All important milestones are highlighted by "too early" or "too late"- education,job,relationships, marriage,kids.The list is endless.
Some subscribe to the thought of age is how one feels..our action,behaviour,dressing all indicate ones image of self.How one deals with people's reaction and opinions of 'our age' - determines part of us. Scenario 1- at 38 one can be a married career woman. 2- Married,homemaker and mother of two.3-Unmarried man focused on career with no responsibilies towards home,4-Single working father.......One comes across innumerable such combinations.Look around -can you pick two people of the same age in a gathering ?
One gives up doing lots of things attributing it to age and in the process looses track of the big picture.While i turned 38 and felt my life slipping away and not having done enough(so one thinks from time to time) my grand aunt turned 88.
This brought home to me that while one scrambles to make each day count feeling that one is running out of time one could actually have only covered half of a wonderful,challenging,enriching journey of ones life.So enjoy every bit of your life whatever your age....no limits,no boundaries.SHINE....REVEL....LOVE...LIVE.
These are my sentiments precisely. Age is not a determinant of possibilities. The same status – marriage; children; work; becoming an artist; or becoming a movie star – only holds different characteristics for the self at different ages. The mind is the determinant. Always.
ReplyDeleteOur life is always on and full of possibilities that are new or continuing and therefore can help to go deeper. Even now this very moment. It really is rich. Thinking and waiting and holding things in abeyance doesn't result in 'living life' so to speak. Neither is it true ever that life is 'behind us'.
I agree with Ranjeet. 100 percent. But frankly its more procrastination rather that what we wanted to do and couldn't or didn't. Shilpa, your thoughts are what each one of us goes through every day of our lives. Even more complex ones actually... But the key is not to live life... but life to live you. There is nothing behind us nor is there anything ahead of us... Its just our thought and own ego that stands ahead of us... asking us to move ahead!
ReplyDeleteI am in neither of your four categories... But I feel that time is running out too. Not sure why... But when I see the suffering that others have around me, I think I am blessed... Truly Blessed!!! Frankly not sure why... Do not want to do another job for someone who does not care about you... No one that finances your dreams... And at times you do no have a dream to bring up your child and get into one of the categories you have mentioned... Just coz' you cannot afford it...
All the same, you think, you are way ahead of all the others that you meet in your daily life, at the traffic signal. The lady at the parking lot. The child at the hospital. The old woman at the garden... Frankly, this is what spells what your life is...
Not the guy in the suit jet-setting the globe to find the next day's meal and not finding it after a torrid pitch.
As an individual, I am worried about my next meal... Have you ever thought what happens to those who do not get a square meal a day?
I guess that life... Cheers!!! Live the life you have and give it to them who need a little more!!! Just a little more...