I
know it is so automatic and default that noticing it is the last thing we have
on our mind. But let’s take a moment to really recollect what we or others around
us really respond with when someone asks them – HOW IS LIFE?
I
don’t know….….…. Life, what Life? ….….….
It’s Boring….….…. It’s a total waste….….…. Just got better….….…. nothing much,
going on….….…. Perfect, just like me….….…. Am sleeping, stop bugging me….….…. Impossible….….….
Interesting….….…. Much better than yours….….…. Dude, do your work….….…. Its
OVER!!!
Interesting
responses… aren’t they?
But
wait, some of these actually look like a reaction more than a response…
As
if someone is threatening or hurting us… as if we need to justify... as if we
need to lie or hide how it truly is…
Some
of it is pained / troubled… some of it is avoiding… some of it is disbelief…
some of it is denial… some of it is total disinterest… as if life is just
something we are waiting to get over and done with….
Well,
you must be wondering why this sudden interest I have of how I or people
respond to the question “How’s life?”…
Well,
sudden as it may be, but if you look closely, you will see that our response to
this question actually resonates with how we respond to what we call “life” and
how our “life” occurs to us…
Since
last week, I am closely observing my ‘responses’ to life every moment of every
day… And when someone asked me how’s life… I suddenly had this to say…
Life
is as it always is and it has always been...
Full
of surprises and things that are unseen...
Some
days, it brings us the best of what it has got...
And
some days, to live we have to give our best shot...
Life
is about experiencing, not about anything to do...
How
you see every moment is completely up to you...
A
burden may occur like a duty to someone...
A
privilege may feel like dependence & burdensome...
May
be what you call 'truth' is a personal interpretation...
Your
view point based on some thought, some sensation...
Thus,
living each day of this experience called life…
Can
either be described as a victory or a long strife…
But
in all this never forget one very important thing…
It
is you and only YOU who is giving it any meaning…
~~ Written by Shweta Bashani ~~
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