‘A HAPPY REPBULIC DAY TO ALL MY READERS IN INDIA AND THE WHOLE WORLD TOO.’
It was on the 26th of January that India became a Republic with a Constitution of its own. Everyone of us need to have a constitution to be adopted personally to live our lives in the way we want.
Thank you so much for the feedback on my last blog, the Egalitarian life. A lot of you have expressed happiness on the article which shows that you all approve what I express through my writing. So, in this blog too, I have decided to continue the same concept.
I have always believed that Life is Beautiful, and one should Live Life to the fullest. But off late, there has been a trend for many to take their lives rather than live. As I was thinking about it and discussing the same with my friends, the lyrics of another song came to my mind.
Pyar na Karna Nafrath Karna Seekh liya,
Sab Logon ne Ladna Marna Seekh liya,
Inko Jeena Kaun Sikhaye,
Ek Ritu Aaye,
Ek Ritu Jaaye,
Mausam Badlena,
Badle Naseeb.
The above lyrics are from a popular song from the movie Gautam Govinda released in the year 1979. The song talks about the famine that raged across some states of India during that time. The words in the above stanza mean that we should continue to live life no matter what.
Pyar na Karna Nafrath Karna Seekh Liya Learnt not to love but to hate,
Sab Logon ne Ladna Marna Seekh Liya Everyone has learnt to fight and die,
Inko Jeena Kaun Sikhaye Who will teach them to Live?
The words written in the lyrics are prophetic. Humans have learnt to hate, fight kill and die but have never learnt to love. It is so easy to Hate rather than Love. We have all learnt to fight and die but have never learnt to live. Everyone is interested in Do or Die rather than Live and Let Live. Throughout our lives we have been taught that Life is not easy, and you must fight every day and every inch. Unless you fight, you cannot succeed. My question is simple, what are we fighting for so much that we have forgotten to Live? The simple things in Life don’t matter anymore!
Happiness is in the small things that we enjoy unabashedly. Instead of just enjoying the Joy of Living, we are forever in a race to achieve. I am not by any chance here, advocating that one should not aspire for Success or achieving goals, but focus also on Living Life to the fullest. Today, gadgets are there to measure your stress but no gadgets to measure Happiness. Was a Happiness Meter ever invented?
My guru once told me, you don’t need a reason to feel happy. I would say you don’t need a reason to enjoy life. Live Life as it is, as you want.
Ek ritu aaye Ek ritu jaaye. A season comes, A season Goes,
Mausam Badle na Badle Naseeb. The weather never changes but Fate Changes.
Seasons will come and go, Friends will come and go, Enemies will change, Success comes, Problems arrive, continue to Live. As they say in Hindi, Jaan Hai toh Jahan hai. If you have life, the world is yours.
The Pandemic has thrown many lives off gear including mine. However, let us Live Life as Life is for Living.
Maggie and Jaggy will be back in the next blog to discuss saving lives, till then
Stay Safe, Be Safe and Live Life.
Seshadri Varadarajan.