TO THE ONE IN BLUE AND BACK
CONTENTMENT IS BETTER THAN CONNECTION
Here comes a story which can be seen differently from different eyes. It is more into interpretation than its presentation. I am essaying to display and expound this from what I captured.
There were four friends who were travelling from one village to another. The sunshine had already left after its daily quota and the moon was settled in its role. It was dead black in the streets of village. Theses friends were sensing each other’s presence just by voice and touch. Suddenly, there was a ray of light on their estimated path. It was more than a nightmare for them. Everyone thought that this darkness was way better than this sudden light as it was fairly suspicious. They had to stop till they could assure themselves of what is happening.
A male bold voice was heard after few seconds. It just said, “The thing that will come your way will make will happy and disappointed. You can decide and take it”. There was extreme silence after this, and that ray of light collapsed. All four friends were confused as to why and what was this for. They were in dilemma on what to do next. Should they follow the advice and take that variable with them or just leave and ignore this nightmare. Majority of things we do nowadays is not because we believe in it or we do not, but because we do not want to miss anything in life. Whether we believe, want, need, or aspire for it, we MUST do because we are too special to miss anything that we encounter. We are next to God to understand and get everything in life ¡
These people, having same thought process, took handful of things which was laid on their path. They travelled from sun-down to sun-up. Upon reaching the other end, they managed to find a place to spend few minutes. With shivering hands, when they checked what they unknowingly picked from their path, they were awestruck by seeing real diamonds and gems. Instead of being happy for this unexpected gift they gained, they felt acute disappointment as they only took handful of these stones. Rather than celebrating their attainment, which should be a celebration, they felt dejected.
There are multiple take-aways from this story but what is hidden is the reason behind these people’s approach. They neither fully believed in that divine voice, nor denied his words. They took a middle way of taking few stones only to convince themselves that their decision was right, either way.
Sometimes, the most courageous thing is to believe in self, even after making mistakes, like believing in process and not on implications of results. Only because someone else is viewing the object from front face, does not mean our cross-section view is incorrect. We must tweak the camera lens when we focus towards an object from our eyes. Taking an independent decision based on self-understanding in life, is as crucial as intentionally getting aloof from people. We should be ready to revive own peace at the cost of warming hands and eyes. It is as easy as sitting under moonlight on seashore and equally difficult as counting all the stars.
Another aspect to note here is Solitude of our insights. We consider solitude as a negativity spreader but, it is a catalyst. Solitude for self and only our owns is mandatory to make sure we survive in good sense. We get exhausted with the opinions and judgements for us, for everyone. We set ourselves apart from people, we withdraw our thoughts and emotions from our circle. We deserve the space with our soul and our own people as we need solitude to blossom. From all the people I know, a huge mass of them knows everything about almost everybody. When I meet these kinds of people, I literally get into thinking mode as to how they are known to each thing pertaining to others. They do not share anything about them, but they can spend indefinite hours talking about others. I personally believe, they are not proud of how they are conducting them and their life and that is the reason they keep finding people and their stories. Being satisfied and content by self is much more prestigious than being an onlooker.
It takes years to unlearn what we have been taught to talk about. If gossiping and criticizing others life ever crosses our mind, we should be educated enough to understand there is another side of the story too, that he/she is going through which we do not know. If we get few weeks or months to weave stories about others, there will be a time when people will have years to criticize us. Let us make a genuine attempt to connect our energy only to the one sitting in the Blue.
In the world of quantity, let us be a quality human. Sometimes, all we need is a date with mirror. When we will blossom ourselves with our peace and solitude, it will make us understand why it was done to us.
