SALT ~ This week ~ Listen
Sometimes it feels so great
to be alive, while sometimes we just wish we never existed at all; such a harsh
contrast for someone who is known as God’s most wonderful creation. He created
the whole world but we human are different for He gave us mind. Our minds, the
very thing that sets us apart from all the other living creatures on earth can
actually be called the root cause of all the problems. We think, we analyze, we
understand and we interpret – all with this mind. Like every action has a
reaction it’s these very thoughts which lead to all other reactions like anger,
jealousy and hatred. For every culprit there is a victim out there. And behind
all those smiling faces there is a tear being stifled somewhere. Question – Is
anyone listening to them?
Lesson
Learnt: It is important to give a voice to our feelings. And it is equally important to hear that voice when someone Else's heart is giving it out.
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PEPPER ~ This week ~ Feel
Life is so mysterious. We
meet someone, we love someone, and we get attached. When that person dies or
goes away we feel life has come to a halt. It does – only for some time. After
sometime life really goes on. Maybe a part of us dies with that person but we
are still alive.
We cry for a few days, lament
our grief but somehow we get the strength to go on. It is something like WBC
which stops the oozing of blood from our wounds. Maybe we have something like
that to stop our tears as well. We think we will never get over this but we
still do…we think we will die but we live…we think we cannot love but we do to
be hurt again…..
Lesson Learnt :Nothing is forever. Neither pain nor joy.
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yes! so good thought! i have always been thinking about that gifted ability to us - a mind. and as man has advanced, the mind has been advancing as well... The Epic line for me in your blog is - "Our minds, the very thing that sets us apart from all the other living creatures on earth can actually be called the root cause of all the problems. We think, we analyze, we understand and we interpret – all with this mind." I would like to modify this a bit. My version- "We think, we analyze, we understand, then we misunderstand and then interpret the misunderstanding, all with this mind." and that is why we are never satisfied despite of having every thing with us.. :)
ReplyDeleteSo true...thanks so much!
DeleteWelcome to my blog...hope to see here more often.:)
Very thoughtful and nice read!:)
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteSO veyr true the statement against the lesson learnt ..
ReplyDeleteand then so true about people we meet .. life does go on and that how it shud be actually life shud go on .. if it stops that when the problems come ..
nothing is forever i know but pain seems to linger on longer then joy
Bikram's
Yup... I agree to you. Maybe because somewhere in our heart we tend to cling on to it more than the joy that we get :/
DeleteJust few months ago, i was abandoned by my Best friend. I really didn't think I would survive, but not only I did survive, I have met wonderful true friends, and i know now that it was just a lesson I have learned.
ReplyDeleteYes you are right Nikky44. Just as Robin Sharma says it ' Sometimes it is important for us to undergo what we undergo in order to become the person we are destined to be'
DeleteThanks for being here!
Beautiful, thought-provoking reflection. I especially connected with the "pepper" side today. :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Wow....m glad :)
DeleteThank you so much!
Wow, this was thought-provoking. It is sad though that sometimes we, humans, don't use our minds, our intellect, the right way.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the last statement: "Nothing lasts forever. Neither pain nor joy." This gives hope, especially when it comes to pain. :-)
Thanks :)
DeleteI agree hope is something we all live by...!
True and that was a wonderful way of telling us the basics of life. Beautifully written.
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Thanks :)
DeleteListen:
ReplyDeleteyes agree with you...we should listen to our feelings and pay heed when someone else is doing the honors...
Feel:
Nothing is forever...yes and if we don't face the bitter extremities...we won't be able to appreciate the other extremities...God gives us both in appropriate proportions as such we may get a feel of it and keep our self footed on ground...and neither get carried away by happiness nor be too frustrated by our sorrows.
Good one :)
Thanks :)
DeleteYou know what I appreciate the most about your comments is the way you present your thoughts on the same with so much intricate details as it means you have put in a lot of thought and effort in it.
I genuinely appreciate it a lot and thank you from the bottom of my heart as it truly means a lot to Me. Very rarely do you find someone who does this..night after night...on every blog post!
Thanks a ton!
Please don't thank me for anything...your posts are as such i cannot keep myself off from it...moreover i try to keep my words as long as possible...(i have to read all your blog in within 12 months) :)
DeleteWow... I am overwhelmed after reading this!
DeleteThank you so much..looking at your pace, I am sure you will done sooner than that.
Take care :)
Salt and Pepper *slurp*
ReplyDeleteThis has been one of my favourite series on your blog (although your whole blog is my favourite) and will be always I know. So today I didn't see any Salt and Pepper so thought of reading some unread one so landed up here ;) Jokes Apart.
Listen: I got actually little confused because I couldn't understand the perspective of this part very much. Anyways I do like listening a lot and share a smile with them. Because I feel by listening with patience without interjecting or judging other person on that you can make other person feel relief and at the end you can say "Chalo ek ice-cream ke liye chalte hai " ;)
Feel : You know you are very right in this thought always. I have always thought a lot about it. I agree with you completely we always move even thought we don't think we will be able to. Because "This too will pass". I remember when I was kid (maybe in 5th or 6th class), I have spent almost whole night thinking about this fact :D ;). *don't tell anybody* You know you have always amazed me with your science. It has always surprised me and brought a huge smile on my face. Because I always feel mixing science with emotions is not an easy game :P
I can easily see the improvement rate in Salt and Pepper. :)
Keep writing them, will wait for your today's one :P
:)
DeleteThanks so much for such lovely encouraging comments!!
Its already up there . . . .