Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Can I reverse things in time...

It's almost mid-night and the melodious songs of Jagjit Singh in the background seems so soothing. My room is dark with dim light coming from the street. As I close my eyes, it feels so emotional, the lyrics combined with the depth in his voice..."Tum chale jaoge toh sochenge..humne kya khoya humne kya paya...". Life is like that, you cannot go back in time and change things "Hum jise gun guna nahi sakte...waqt ne aisa geet kyu gaya"...so true..

We are born pure, no fear, no biases, and above all no selfish thoughts. As we grow we become competitive, join the race to achieve the so called "success". Life becomes a project, one ends another begins. School, college, corporate ...are the different life projects and "success" in each one of them becomes our central goal. But before you read more of this, can I request you to take a pause in your race to "success" and THINK..."humne kya khoya humne kya paya"

Every morning I get up and get started on the daily chores, getting ready for office, run to catch the bus to office, meetings after meetings, the pressure to perform, the relentless effort to get a great rating in the year end performance appraisal continues. Time passes by and we lose day after day of our precious life. At some point we lose it and we try to change the job, fed up with work, with people around you, the environment sucks. But do you THINK ... "humne kya khoya humne kya paya"

Do you ever say to some one close to you a gentle Thank You! for being part of your life...Do you ever stop by for 5 mins, close your eyes and think on who is making a difference to your life in their own small ways....Every time you buzz your friend on the messenger the first question that you shoot is "Where are you, what are you doing these days", but do you ever ask "Are you happy? Can I be of any help to you?"...You always pray to god asking for new things in your life...Do you ever thank him for keeping you healthy...I don't want to go on and on ... but the answer to most of these questions I suspect would be NO...

My grandfather died of cancer, his last few days were so painful. He was in the cancer hospital for the last 7 days having lost the sense to recognize me and others. I knew he won't be with me anymore. From my childhood for many many years he used to take me to school on his cycle, loved me, cared for me, withstood my tantrums, listened to my silly talks.....and I was not around when he took his last breath. I will never see him again I know but if I could hold his hand again when he was leaving us....

"Humne kya khoya humne kya paya"...everyone has his own story to say..in our conscience we know that we have lost many things just because we are so damn busy...the only point is...don't lose it as you move ahead...value those people more than your quest to "success" or else at some point in life you will say "Hum jise gun guna nahi sakte...waqt ne aisa geet kyu gaya"...

Good Night!
Rex...