Thursday 14 April 2016

As I don’t want to give the post a negative title, I will go without one. The post will not be about anger, jealousy, or hunger for power. Much has been spoken about these. I want to talk about the things which we, as individuals, hide in the darkest corners of our minds, push them away thinking there are watchful eyes on us, and also kill them so that they don’t re-appear without notice.

Let us look at the times when we are not truthful because our minds have cobwebs of thoughts all over the place. We are not truthful because we are driven by fear- fear of the past and uncertainty of the future. Have we forgotten to take chances? Why do we force our brains to dive deep into calculations? When did life become Pythagora’s Theorem or Darwin’s Theory of Randomness? Wrong decisions can be forgiven but being untruthful to any body and essentially to ourselves is massively wrong. When we look outside for help to take decisions, we are untruthful to ourselves. When we do not rely on ourselves and shy away from seeing through clearly, we are untruthful to ourselves. When we try and justify and walk away from situations, we are being untruthful to ourselves.

In another story, we have also stopped being “good people” in its simplest form. We end up sitting with others and discuss life and its ways, but we fail to do the minimum which makes us considerably “good.” Good people generally don’t judge their fellow beings, good people are warm and love openly and are open to love. Good people don’t blame others for their states of mind and situations. If not always selfless, good people are more or less kind.

This brings me to regret. This feeling has been hugely ignored and is an under-rated driver of human emotions. In this run for self-achievement, self-loathing, narcissism, self-propaganda, and self-involvement, we overlook the possibility of neglecting simplicity around us and regret later in life. Regret has the capability of making a hole in the soul and brings an overcast of never-ending grief. If we are not attentive now, we will later regret the people who came and left us, we will regret “that which could have been ours,” we will regret “the place where we could have been.” Now is our time. Let us be our best selves for ourselves. Nobody can take that away from us. This will just ensure that we trust a little more, love a little more, be loved a little more, and live a little more.


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