Surviving the Rat Race

Apparently rat race is only way to survive and there is no other means. Everything around is moving so fast except the traffics hues! Technology is changing everyday, our smart phones are getting smarter and so are we. Are we? I am not sure. Our food habits have been really Instant. Instant Maggi to Instant Dosa's to Instant Paneer Makhni! I mean who thought Paneer can be made in 5 minutes! Anything Instant and we are upon it. So much so that even our sorrows and disappointments are instant. A day in our life goes upside down and we are done for weeks together or sometimes may be months. The wheels of our life is constantly moving that even a small bump feels like we are being stopped for no reason. The journey is long for sure, so aren't we supposed to get off the wheels and take a small breath if not a deep one. Of course the entire human existence is on ‘how much we earn’?? It is a basic question which disturbs all the levels of society at various intensity. An upper class individual might not bother as much a middle class one but still the race is on to take over his counterpart. The question is can ‘Money’ add to the quality of our life? The answer can be debatable. Some might agree and some may not. Money can be help full for collective well being and bring down the stress levels to various extent and even design our life in a certain way but it cannot fill the vacuum of our head space. An expensive gift might not make us happy while a walk on a sea shore or even a plush green garden might just make our heart sing. It is as simple as that. No matter to which class of society we belong, there is always an unpleasant feeling within ourselves. 

Not everyday we feel good about life especially when things din't go the way we expected. There are times we sulk and get into that cocoon mode and the marginal depression sets in. It happens unconsciously, gradually without the realisation that we are troubled by ourselves. The routine gets frustrated and we become zombie’s! I believe that everyone at some stage becomes restless and wants to silently give up. Everyday may not be overwhelming, exciting and bright as it is expected to be. But still we can live with hopes in our heart, smile on our face and count on the blessings that we made it until here. There are many who doesn’t even get to see the sun in the morning. Invest time on emotional well being, be kind to people around, appreciate and sleep well. Even though there is no promise for a better tomorrow, there is reflection of our deeds. Some act of kindness, somewhere to someone might just fall in our lap as gratitude. Be good, do good.

The World of 'Opinions'

It amazes me how every opinion out there on social media has got a counter attack in the form of an opinion again! Being an active user it scares the shit out of me that everyone just needs an opportunity to mock at each other.‘Trolls’ as what we call them has been overrated, overfed and has injected so much delusion in our mind that anyone in a good state of mind is considered insane. Opinion need not be vocal always specially when that it is 'hatred' or a ‘strong dislike’. Why do people always have that invincible desire to pen down their dislike? Don't like it!?! Move on leaving it behind. But why is it so much necessary to justify your dislike to the world out there. Dislike is liked again and that dislike has numerous other opinions thus forming a chain of banters which are unapologetic, ruthless and are brutally hurtful. As they say no bond is stronger than two people who hate the same person! When Swara came out with her point of view on Padmavat, there was a debate for and against it. Celebrities were questioned about her point of view, media did an autopsy on her statement and what not! In the first case, if she did not like the concept or the movie it is exactly her point of view. But was it really necessary to pen down those words cryptically about feeling like vagina which led so much turbulence!?! As celebrities there is a responsibility towards society to influence common man in a positive way and spread love. But they are doing exactly opposite by provoking the inner demons and creating so called fan wars. The so called ‘Right to have an opinion’ is falsely demonstrated and widely accepted to the core of its vulnerability. May be that's the way people seek attention or vent out their agitation suppressed for long time. The angst, jealousy and bitterness are rooted so deep that we are blind to see love, hope and happiness around us. Blame on people who consume and give so much details of their day to day activity online just to make others feel that their life is meaningless. When a picture depicts so much happiness(which may not be real) or stunning locations or fancy things it is bound to attract both likes and dislikes(may be hatred). Likes for believing that how exciting their life is and dislikes for not having such a life. Judging and opinionated comes naturally for us. So why is that so much necessary to give our moments of life to the social platform? May be people’s acknowledgement and admiration are soul satisfaction. But this in turn is creating havoc and bruising someone’s life.

Social media as it stands for, is to socialise with people and to bring them together from different parts. So sharing is absolutely necessary! Sharing happiness increases our happiness, sharing sorrows liberates our soul, sharing hatred spreads negativity. Too much of anything is good for nothing. Then How much is too much? Too much is the limit we define. Of course you cannot stop it if you don't want to stop it. The best way to learn is to go beyond and set your own rules. Rules for not to offend, rules for not to hurt and rules for living in the moment not in the post/picture.