Hello Everybody,
I'm back again with yet another interesting post for you.......but hold it...this time I have a surprise for you. In our post today we have Manpreet Walia from India sharing some interesting facets of life. Through the heart-rending story of his friend, he explains us the quintessential meaning of life. After all what is life? Is it all about Money? Owning a Rolls Royce? Spending time with your loved ones? Or what? Does anyone have a perfect definition and answer of LIFE itself?
To find some answers to the questions I have raised above...read on and share your thoughts with us by posting in your comments.
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Sonyaa
Sonyaa
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Manjeet (name changed to protect identity) was a Gursikh, who wore his beard and turban with pride and religiously visited the Gurudwara (a place for holy place of worship of Sikhs) without giving it a miss even though he lived in Egypt, a pre-dominantly Muslim country.He did his MBA from Punjab University, Chandigarh (India) and went on to join Asian Paints. He always desired to become something in his life time - own a Mercedes, enjoy the best comforts of life and flaunt the power of money. In short his needs were all materialistic. During this time, he was importing goods into Egypt and selling it, following which he made a lot of money.
He was my best friend from my childhood days and I remember the times when we went cycling down the lake on rainy days. At that point of time I clearly remember his desires were far different than they were now. There was a particular girl in the neighbourhood whom he loved and we use to talk about her and the little things about her made him smile.
But with time he started expecting much more from life when life finally ditched him. Just a few months back I learnt that he died of a massive heart attack. He was overweight due to his bad eating habits and his working hours were such that he had little or no time to rest.
He was my best friend from my childhood days and I remember the times when we went cycling down the lake on rainy days. At that point of time I clearly remember his desires were far different than they were now. There was a particular girl in the neighbourhood whom he loved and we use to talk about her and the little things about her made him smile.
But with time he started expecting much more from life when life finally ditched him. Just a few months back I learnt that he died of a massive heart attack. He was overweight due to his bad eating habits and his working hours were such that he had little or no time to rest.
By now after reading the first three paragraphs, you must be wondering as in why am I talking about him? And what am I trying to come at? The answer’s simple, all I’m trying to understand is the real essence of life. What are the things which are important to us that we are living for? Why is it that we tend to forget the little things happening around us and rush after the worldly/ materialistic desires which don’t even last longer than one’s memories?
I remember walking with him along the lake on a cold night of January this year where we chatted for four hours discussing all about LIFE. I asked my dear friend "Veere what are you running after? What do you want from life?” He smiled and replied, “I want to gift my dad a Mercedes in the next one year”.
There was really nothing wrong in what he said, but the approach was all wrong. I tried reasoning and explaining him on prioritizing the most important things in life he was missing out on like spending some time with his diabetic father; his mother who couldn’t walk and another priority was to get his younger sister married off.
We are running each day from pillar to post to satiate our unending materialistic desires without giving a thought about things which are yet to be explored.
Just think about the people in your life whom you have met and you look forward to spending your time with and what effort do you make to meet that person. Life never gives us a second chance and we tend to forget how many people love us and care for us.
When was the last time we saw our childhood photographs and discussed those wonderful moments with our loved ones? How many times did you cry after reading Erich Segal love story and thought why did she die? In life, in order to look good you don’t need to be fashionable or wear branded clothes. Riches are important but at what cost when you are not alive to reap the fruits of your labour is what I am trying to figure out.
How can we measure life with our bank balance? I know it is very easy to say such things, certainly these things do come handy when you have to recharge your mobile and even if you don’t have the ‘so called bucks’ to recharge your mobile, what will we lose? How would you define a priceless moment in your life? Would it be spending some time with your grandmother (or for that matter anyone) and listening to her stories of her childhood spent in Pakistan or working overtime to earn those extra bucks to recharge your mobile? At what cost should we bargain with life?
This is something I’m trying to figure out and feel strongly about as I remember my dear friend Manjeet as he transits for his next journey into Life -Eternal.
There was really nothing wrong in what he said, but the approach was all wrong. I tried reasoning and explaining him on prioritizing the most important things in life he was missing out on like spending some time with his diabetic father; his mother who couldn’t walk and another priority was to get his younger sister married off.
We are running each day from pillar to post to satiate our unending materialistic desires without giving a thought about things which are yet to be explored.
Just think about the people in your life whom you have met and you look forward to spending your time with and what effort do you make to meet that person. Life never gives us a second chance and we tend to forget how many people love us and care for us.
When was the last time we saw our childhood photographs and discussed those wonderful moments with our loved ones? How many times did you cry after reading Erich Segal love story and thought why did she die? In life, in order to look good you don’t need to be fashionable or wear branded clothes. Riches are important but at what cost when you are not alive to reap the fruits of your labour is what I am trying to figure out.
How can we measure life with our bank balance? I know it is very easy to say such things, certainly these things do come handy when you have to recharge your mobile and even if you don’t have the ‘so called bucks’ to recharge your mobile, what will we lose? How would you define a priceless moment in your life? Would it be spending some time with your grandmother (or for that matter anyone) and listening to her stories of her childhood spent in Pakistan or working overtime to earn those extra bucks to recharge your mobile? At what cost should we bargain with life?
This is something I’m trying to figure out and feel strongly about as I remember my dear friend Manjeet as he transits for his next journey into Life -Eternal.
1 comment:
Well, according to the ancient Indian scriptures, the life of every human being has 4 aims:Dharma(following the right principles), Artha(materialistic achievements),Kaama(satiation of physical desires) and Moksha(liberation from this life and union with the ultimate reality).To achieve Moksha,it requires a balance of Dharma,Artha and Kaama!!!
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