Journey to the Graveyard

Today, woke up with a bad phone call. It says someone really close to you has left, you behind, to the heavens. I cried, cried a-lot, like never before. I felt lonely, sad, very sad. Everyone else seemed far distant from me. I reckoned each moment i spent with the person and could not believed that it actually has happened, someone has really left us behind to fight in this cruel world.

Time, the biggest palliate, gave me the nerve to believe that it actually has happened. I ponder over what exactly is a man's journey to the graveyard. There are many phases in ones life; good, bad, happy, sad etc. But what exactly is the man thinks of himself when he goes to his graveyard. How does he judge himself at his very last breath. Whom does he miss on his journey to the graveyard. Moreover does the man satisfy himself that he lived his life to the fullest ? 

There cannot be any particular answer to this. However there is a saying "It's your road yours alone, many people will walk it with you but nobody will walk it for you". Also "The goal should be to balance a life that works with a life that counts". Still life is a bitter truth as

Life has never promised you anything...

Nor has Destiny..

But people did..

Some said they would never leave you.. Lie!

Some said they would love you until death.. Lie!

Some said you were the most precious one.. Lie!

Life is made of such Lies...

All that matters is, how you faced the time you finally realised those were just lies...

We may ask, "Wouldn't life be much better without these lies?"

But the truth is, the times you lived on those big lies were the only times you lived.

P.S: Some shared stuff.

Moderation

"I have one life and i just wanna spend the rest of it happily. I wanna second all the negative emotions like anger, anxieties, fears, etc once for all". For many days, i went to the bed mesmerising these words. Even for a few days i exercised a small task; i go to some place, pick anyone at the random, ask her/him what does s/he wants from life? The unanimous answer was happiness. Amidst all, arises the million dollar question:

"What exactly is the happiness?"
Is it just a state of mind, rather a temporal state of mind. Some humour, jokes or entertainment. Surf it on the Internet, it's written everywhere that it is within us itself. It is hidden in our own mind. But where exactly is this treasure box in our minds.

Examining the situation with the view of economics suggests that demand of happiness is extremely high but supply abysmally low. Everyone looks in need of it. Which implies that the one who can sell happiness can become the richest guy on this planet, perhaps without incurring any sort of expenditure. Be the richest guy by making people happy around you. You'll be the richest, in-fact the happiest, person. Happiness grows by sharing happiness. It's in "Be good , Do good"

Happiness is always in disguise. There is nothing like absolute happiness. It is in talking to your best buddies. Happiness is in being inane, being crazy, being yourself. It is in helping, in giving, in blessing and many more. Happiness is not spending the rest of life looking for it. It is in forgiving, it is in living; Living the life itself.

PS: Do read the comment mentioned below.

Contemplation

Someday, sitting hand in hand with someone at a road side cafe enjoying the coffee, exchanging sweet-nothings. The ambiance seems to be appealing one. But suddenly out of nothing a bunch of impoverished beings surrounds you. You refute to pay the alms and manage to escape the situation leaving the place with unhappy face.

Wait-a-minute you just refuted paying alms to the needy. This reminds me of the old 70's Amitabh Bachchan movies in which some old crook man reuse to pay or misbehave with the needy. And one day, Vijay (A.Bachchan)  wake-up to become the superman, an angry young man, who later spoils life of the crook. Isn't it sound uneasy to deal with an angry young man in your aged days. As in the movies, Vijay beats the crook to death, punching him, throwing him out of the landscape.

Jokes Apart; I want to raise a bigger question out of the scenario. It's that every-time i see a beggar, i do think that "What makes a beggar a beggar?" My consciousness says everyone wants to live a life of dignity. Everyone wants to enjoy the leisure of life. Then what is it that makes a needy beg for his alms? Whom should we blame for his pathetic situation? Government, discrimination, corruption, his karma, his unawareness, god, we ourselves or anything beyond our conscience.

I frequently ask many child beggars why are u doing this. Why are you begging for something. Why don't you go and study at a school where food, books etc are given for free. Why do you people want to listen some bad words for you have done nothing bad to anyone. What is it that is pulling u people back to this bad life. And mostly all reply saying either they are unaware of such freebies or their parents are making them do this. However, what may be the reason the fact is everything is wrong in begging for living.

Also one day, while i was on a train, i saw a visually challenged man. He was a hard working man. He was selling some eatables and was working enough hard to his abilities, more than i do. Much more than that beggar ,who keeps blessing to earn a living. This man is really a big inspiration for all of us, majorly for all the impoverished ones. I venerate him for setting an example that if we really want to live a life of dignity, we can. All we need is a will. Besides i believe, there can not be any end to this write up and i want to leave it with the question that still remained unanswered that :

"What makes a beggar a beggar?"

वक़्त है बीत जायेगा।।

वक़्त है बीत जायेगा।

थोडा है या जायदा है
अपना है या पराया है
वक़्त है बीत जायेगा।

अच्छा है या बुरा है
सही है या गलत है
वक़्त है बीत जायेगा।

पूरा है या अधूरा है
तेरा है या मेरा है
वक़्त है बीत जायेगा।

ऐ दोस्त ख़ुशी ख़ुशी जी ले
तेरे साथ कुछ न जायेगा
वक़्त है बीत जायेगा।

वक़्त है बीत जायेगा।। 

मै आगे बढ़ चला ।।

गिरते संभलते राह में चलते
सब पीछे छोड़ चला
मै आगे बढ़ चला।
मै आगे बढ़ चला।।१।।

कुछ नया पाने कि चाह में बहुत कुछ खोकर 
नए सपनो को बुनता चल पड़ा
मै आगे बढ़ चला।
मै आगे बढ़ चला।।१।।

रूठते मनाते सब को रुलाते 
नयी दुनिया कि और बढ़ चला
मै आगे बढ़ चला।
मै आगे बढ़ चला।।२ ।।

कुछ यादों को संजोये कुछ दिल में छिपाये 
अपनों को पीछे छोड़ चला
मै आगे बढ़ चला।  
मै आगे बढ़ चला।।३।।

कबि मुस्कुराते कबि घबराते कबि दिल को सामझाते 
अपनी मंज़िल की और बढ़ चला 
मै आगे बढ़ चला।
मै आगे बढ़ चला।।४।।

Namma Friends.

This life was beautiful they made it even beautiful. I'll stand for them in need, i love each one, respect each one, they are the reason i smile. Now it feels that this life is incomplete without them. Many a times i miss the pals the most, wondering where the hell they are lost.

They are the people whom i met turning infinite pages of life. Initially they were somebody, now they are my buddies. Over the time they have become epitome of this wonderful experience. They are some special people, god presented me with, they are ...........

Our inside jokes-too many to name. 
When we're apart it's never the same.

When we're together it's nothing but fun.
Replacing my friends just can't be done.

As the years pass, and we grow apart. 
I want you to know, that you guys are still in my heart.

You helped me through problems, through things good and bad. 
You helped me keep smiling :-), even when I was sad.

You helped me in dire straits, you made me stay strong. 
How will I live, when you guys are gone? 

And where the years take us, no place is too far. 
We will think of each other, wherever we are. 

You're wonderful people, with good hearts to lend. 
And I want you to know, that you'll will always be my Best Friends.

P.S. : # Shared stuff  #Nostalgic

Being Superstitious.

"Superstition" The small world can debate long over this large word. If it works in favour, we name it fortunate (luck factor) or otherwise if it goes against us, we name it unfortunate (omens). Also, there are people all over the world, around us as well, who do all the bad unfortunate things still they master the world. It all made me think, is there something like superstitious power or not which is so potent that can better us in this rationale world. I believe it is.

When i look back in time even from childhood days, i had branded many things with the tag of my lucky things. Whether it be a pen, a pencil, a bag, a shirt and a-lot other. They were not brought out of some Pandora's box, they were same usual stuff that i came across in my daily life. But there was something special associated with that stuff. As, an exam written with my lucky pen/pencil turned out to be the high scoring one, so there must have been something hidden in that pen. Indeed there was something.

Let me put it the other way as well. We all are occupied by various rituals, many of these practises exist to rectify omens out of our lives. Also there is a term called triskaidekaphobia fear of number thirteen because in major part of the world the number thirteen is considered as an unlucky number. Does this superstition about number thirteen can bring bad luck to us. Can these ritualistic practises make us more fortunate. Lets bite some sour grapes now, i was born on the thirteenth does it make me an unlucky fellow. Also there is one more flaw, i haven't carried any of my lucky stuff with me as i am growing old, so does it mean that i have rejected my kismet ?

The answer is no, a big "NO". The rationale behind all the fortunate things is not there hidden in the stuff but it is there within us only. It's not the pen that escalated the score in the exam but the impression left by the faith did. The faith in possession of that pen made the exam a cakewalk. The positive energy of having the pen with me was the reason behind the success. Same goes in case of unfortunate or superstitious episodes, they leave an ugly impression in our mind that arises fear, in other words a lot of negative energy.

Besides, whenever we find ourselves in some pathetic situations, we pray to god. Because we have faith in god, so it is the faith that god has intervened, now everything will be all right make us better the situation. Furthermore reason behind people wining against the odds, despite doing all the so called unfortunate things, is for them all such things do not ever existed. Either they are alien to the unfortunate word or they just don't accept it. Therefore i believe it's not some mystic power in the stuff but the magical power of our mind that makes all the phenomenal happenings occur. Name it faith, belief, luck or anything. It happens because of the power of positive attitude of our own mind. Trust me, have faith in god; it has some incredible powers.