Saturday, 22 August 2015

Moments of Life and Hidden Nuggets






                                 At some moment in life, it seems life has lost its sheen and looks drab and stagnant. To make the matter worse, it appears to be moving at snail speed - this morbid feeling come to every one of us. At one time or the other , one is compelled to cogitate on the significance of life. Life is a chain of innumerable moments, a combination of good and bad both. Each moment is the grace of god, each moment adds experience to our life, and each moment is precious and has to be  lived and preserved. Moments are the basis of experience and cannot be repeated. Some precious exceptional moments are stored and preserved in the memory and that are cherished until the last breath.  Life moves through these small moments and these small moments weaved together form into time. By adding value to these moments, life becomes rich and happy. Waiting for an unseen destiny to change the course of our life is futile and endless. We have to change the course and master it, and lead a happy content life. Change in life is essential; life becomes magical and adorable when creativity is blended to these moments. Small moments with hidden pleasures are at our disposal, all the time. Only thing is, we have to unveil and explore the moment to find the hidden nuggets. We have to grab it and make it ours by living that very moment positively and creatively. Adding value to each moment means adding value to our existence, which brings meaning to our life. Life has to be lived with dignity, empathy, compassion, humility, and humor.

Each moment, each event teaches us how to live beautifully and experience life in completeness.

All most all events and activities had ended; the next day was the closing day of the Youth Festival. Young boys and girls enthusiastically had participated in many events like drama, singing, skit, painting and so on. As they were to depart the next day, all students had gathered near the food courts and were having tea and snacks, and were chatting non-stop. Suddenly it started drizzling, inspired and prompted by it the boys and girls immediately gathered in a big circle and started dancing and singing in chorus. The sun, who was watching the drizzle-dance amusingly, disappeared half halfheartedly as his duty was over, the electric lights were switched on in the campus, and the drizzle mixed with golden lights created an enchanting scene .The boys and girls, crazy and carefree, were dancing to the tunes of drums. To me it seemed the craziest and the happiest movement for them. At that precious moment, they were completely free and had lost into frenzy. There was no expectation, nothing to prove, nothing to lose for them, at that moment. When one is completely free from ambitions, expectations and desires, total involvement and pleasure are possible.  It was a sheer blissful moment for them. One cannot buy this pleasure for any amount of money. In daily life, a score of events take place one after another, only we have to free ourselves from our preoccupations and enjoy the precious moments. As a jury member, I had seen the boys and girls performing at the festival events, but this was their best performance. They danced and swayed until midnight, in the drizzle.
                                 


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