I marvelled at my 6 year old niece Miraya when she softly told her 13 year old sister, ‘You don’t need to do it, you WANT to do it.’Choosing words so carefully at her age, she provided a wisdom far beyond her years. Then a new mother explained the concept of ‘paralysing by over analysing’, where we beat the scenario to death in our minds, then not enjoying the scenario when it happens in real life. A good friend shared about being ‘too committed’, a trait seen as a hinderance in the work place and relationships in the modern world. An old friend asked me ‘So are you back to square one?’ I replied, ‘Nope, I am in a whole new board game now’. Watch out for the voice of reason, it can come from any age and person you meet. Sometimes you hear words uttered by yourself as if they were by someone else, because your understanding of the moment is greater than you would have imagined.
Tag: mini musing
Still or Sparkling?
Sometimes I get lost in the mundane. Movement around me hypnotises me. I sink into observing people, the actions of others are blurring around me as I stand still. My thoughts slow down and become spectators. I am inert in a world of frenzy. Other times I feel I am not only present in the moment but learning from it. The landscape of ideas connects to me. I hear frequencies I wouldn’t normally, see more than meets the eye. I feel the vibrations of energies around me. I can only take this sparkle for a few moments, for the clarity it brings is vast and great. One state survives so we can process and recover from the other.
Ask and ye shall recieve
Standing in queue for the Saturday prayer at the Shani Mandir (a section devoted to the planets, majorly Saturn, at the temple) I realised how prayer is so different for various people. Some simply pray (like me), some have a set of protocol they follow whilst performing the prayer, some bow and move on whilst others push and shove, thinking that being closer to the deity will make their wishes heard better. The bottom line is, people either come to express gratitude, share their worries or ask for something. The question I always ask is; Will I get if I ask, even if I don’t deserve it? Or will I get what I deserve, even if I don’t ask for it?
Read the movie, watch the book
The second oldest debate in the modern world, (you decide the first); what was better, the movie or the book. Many times, we watch the movie and then head to the book, which is usually a far richer experience. Other times, we read the book and are sad so many plot points were left out in the film(s) (Harry Potter fans will know the feeling). Sometimes the film is as good as the book (The Namesake) and other times, the film is the living, breathing, personification of the book (The Fault in our stars). I am sure some will disagree, but for me it seemed like the soul left the pages and enchanted us from the screen in the cinema. We had out-worldly, static-disconnected experiences alongside the pain, love and everything in between suffered by Gus, Hazel and their loved ones. Bravo John Green (writer), Josh Boone (Director), Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (screenplay). The stars were perfectly aligned when you worked your magic!
30 second relationship
If you live in Mumbai, you will inadvertently know which traffic signals are going to have hawkers and where you will expect not to encounter them. It was one calm sunny afternoon where I matched eyes with a young, energetic lad at a busy junction. He must be a teenager, trying to forge a connection by making me see my need for his wares, more than his need to make a sale. Time was limited, any movement from my side would be seen as a positive sign towards my wallet and a sale would be initiated. I, on the other hand, was just staring into his eyes, transfixed, as if I was getting a mental relay of his story. His and many others who share his plight, of how difficult life is but he is still making an honest living by selling something. Alas, the connection was broken, the signal turned green and before I could even buy something to support him, or contemplate what he was selling in the first place, the moment was over. We had moved.
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