It
has been atleast two years since I have blogged. Years ago, when
rediffblog was still spam and clutter free, I used to write and had
decent reviews too. All this while I used to write poems and short
articles and published them on my google sites and scribd.
Today, I will try my hands at being a blogger again... lets see how it spans out. To begin with, I would write about "Aspirations."
A
friend of mine said she don't want to have babies since they do not
have a home of their own. And since she does not have a home of her own,
she needs to keep working. And since it is imperative that she keeps
working, she can't be with her husband (who works in another town). And
now comes the clincher! Since she cannot be with her husband, she feels
miserable! Thats when I asked her what babies have to do with a house of
your own and you needing to work?
She
then asked me about the things that drive me. Even as I write, I know
that my answer sound bullshit, but this was the closest I knew about my
own aspirations. My response was that all I need is three times food,
good night sleep and money enough to sustain the above. I know I would
not find many takers to this answers, but the more I think about my
response, the more I believe this to be true for me.
The
sea of time slowly softens up all of us. Over the years, I have seen
myself growing increasingly conscious about the growing list of things I
need in my life. I find myself fighting each addition to this list of
attachments. I know that even as I find myself winning this fight, I
find myself losing in other, probably more important aspects of living.
When
you are too worried all the time about your aspirations leading you to
live a life that makes you unhappy, probably you also lose out on some
of the best things in life. I am not very sure that I understand the
concept well enough presently, but when I see what I have come to be, I
believe that to need less is also someway a sure shot way of being
somewhat less happier that you always wanted to be.
More on this later.
Sometime in 2009
Sometime in 2009
