This post is about one of such wild thought. Its about life, and how we don't prepare ourselves for dark days in life! We are so careless and carefree, its like the story The Ant and the Grasshopper, and we all behave like the Grasshopper, hoping that nothing will change, and our good times in life will continue!
About two months back, I went on to a 3 day trip to Pune. It was a family visit to meet my friend and spend some time in a resort for both of our families, catch up on old times, have fun with our kids! That was a good experience, but I am not talking about the fun we had together. While returning back, I clicked few pictures on the Pune - Mumbai expressway, and came across some wild thoughts. This post is about one of such wild thought. Its about life, and how we don't prepare ourselves for dark days in life! We are so careless and carefree, its like the story The Ant and the Grasshopper, and we all behave like the Grasshopper, hoping that nothing will change, and our good times in life will continue!
About two months back, I went on to a 3 day trip to Pune. It was a family visit to meet my friend and spend some time in a resort for both of our families, catch up on old times, have fun with our kids! That was a good experience, but I am not talking about the fun we had together. While returning back, I clicked few pictures on the Pune - Mumbai expressway, and came across some wild thoughts. This post is about one of such wild thought. Its about life, and how we don't prepare ourselves for dark days in life! We are so careless and carefree, its like the story The Ant and the Grasshopper, and we all behave like the Grasshopper, hoping that nothing will change, and our good times in life will continue!
Let's move to the pictorial, and then we will continue with the text.
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| Sometimes, we are so busy looking at around us, enjoying our life....we forgot to look ahead... |
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| ...that there might be a tunnel ahead... and we did not plan for it.... |
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| ...initially life looks brighter in tunnel as well... but we do not see the light at the end of tunnel.... |
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| ...and slowly the light starts dimming... with still no light at the end of tunnel... |
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| ...most of the time, we only woke up to realise the problems in life, when the lights are very dim, and its almost dark... with still no light at the end of tunnel.... |
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| ...But trust in GOD, perform your duty truthfully, do not hurt others, and believe in yourself! There will be light at the end of tunnel! The phase we spend in tunnel might seems like a lifetime, but once we are out of it, things will be different, our perspective to look at the life will be different! |
So, we are back from the pictorial, and I don't think I need to explain anything after the pics and captions. Our life is full of surprises, and uncertainties. So, we should always be ready to fight any adverse situation, as that is called life. But when we are in the good phase of life, we just think that this time will keep on continuing, not knowing that its a cycle, and no one knows the status of road ahead! We all have heard about the story of Grasshopper, and what happened to him, but still we all think that it will not happen to us, even if we live our life as that Grasshopper.
In today's fast track world, we are becoming self-centered, and do not think much about what is happening with others around us! We enjoy our life with those who are also enjoying, and leave those who are left behind or just having a bad time in their life! But we should know that there may be a time when we will be having a bad phase in our life, and needs support from others! So, it is very important for all of us to take a step back, look at our life, the way we are living it, and take the corrective action before its too late. I am no expert in this field, and in the same place with all of us Grasshoppers here. So, I don’t think I can provide a full proof plan or solution. I just started thinking about it now, and whatever I thought of, can only give you that. But I have only just thought about it, not yet implemented in my life, as it may take some time to change a lifestyle, but I am definitely going to try my best!
Need vs want
The lifestyle we have, is full of greed. We are not needy, but greedy! We want all the expensive things in life, cloths, gadgets, cars, and forgets that life is not about buying expensive and new things, but about enjoying it! If we look at the kids, you give them expensive toys, but they can play with the empty carton box of the toy with same joy and enjoyment! So, its about enjoying life with the need, and not with greed! As greed can never let you enjoy things for long. You get a new Car, but very soon another car will be launched with more features, and you start thinking, I should have waited! This applies to everything we buy! So, why not think about our need, and go for something which is really needed, and then be happy about satisfying our need, rather than getting us something we don’t need, but we want! Next time think – You need it or you want it?
Friends & Family
Make sure you care about your friends and family. They are the one who can stand by you when you need someone! The more we grow; we keep on adding friends, but don’t leave the old friends behind! Try to be in touch with all the friends you made in past. Same goes for family, we take them for granted, and don’t care about them. We need to change our attitude!
Learning never stops
We have to keep updating our knowledge, skills and be ready for all kind of change. The world we live in is very dynamic, and things change so rapidly, we hardly have the time to catch-up. So, learning should never stop! This also helps us believe in self and boost our confidence in life!
I only have the above three points so far, but I am sure it is not the full list. Do let me know if you think of more, as it will help me transform my life from a Grasshopper to a person. Now going to enjoy a lazy afternoon with kids!
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