Life .. Do we own it?
“Life…
What
is Life?
Who/What
Controls it?”
A
recent incident that happened in one of my close friend’s families has popped up
many questions in my mind and mixed emotions in my heart. I am here trying to
share my raw emotions due to this incident; I call it raw because I am not able
to relate it to anything. They are just randomly pondering in me.
We
are so busy planning things in life that we fail to notice that everything in
our lives is already planned by DESTINY. We even fail to understand that the
control of our lives is also not in our hands. But still, try to control it. Do
we own our lives in any way??? We still fail to understand.
We
plan so many things in life starting from small things like what to eat, what
to wear, where to go etc. to bigger things like what to study, how to save,
kids' future etc. When we think that everything in our life is in place and life
is on a smooth ride, Destiny gives us a sudden surprise which comes as a shock
and the reason for our mere existence just vanishes with a blink of an eye and
we would be left with questions and only questions..
Why
did this happen?
Why
only me?
What
should I do now?
Why
am I still alive?
And these arise so many
unknown feelings in us. I call the feelings unknown as we wouldn’t understand
how we are feeling, what we are feeling, and why are we feeling that way. We
wouldn’t be able to comprehend these feelings and they become so unknown that
we would even fail to express them.
Destiny…
Who plans it for us?
I don’t know!
All I know is when it
strikes us like thunder it hits so hard that you fail to balance yourself.
Everyone in this world would have been already hit by Destiny or would be
eventually. Sometimes Destiny surprises us with a pleasant gift but sometimes it’s
so very cruel that your soul is just burnt alive.
This beautiful life even after such pain tries to fight
back slowly. Did I say slowly? No, not slowly but very slowly just like the
movement of a snail and tries to get back to normal. But can we really get back
to NORMAL LIFE? Are we really HEALED?
I read somewhere that
fits this bill.
“HEALING
DOESN’T MEAN
THE
DAMAGE NEVER EXISTED.
IT
MEANS
THE
DAMAGE NO LONGER
CONTROLS
OUR LIVES”
But this damage always teaches
a lesson and surely some realizations that life is UNCERTAIN. We should always be happy
and thankful for what we have. It can be Health, Wealth, Relations, and even
moments with your loved ones.
Treasure Them.
Love Them.
Enjoy Them.
Even after penning down so much I still feel that I am
failing to express what really is bothering me. See the UNKNOWN FEELINGS pop up
again. I am still left with the questions unanswered. Emotions are floating all
around. If this is how I am feeling, what would have been the condition of the
person who has actually gone through this? I guess we can’t imagine.
This is Vidya signing off with the same questions with
which I have started off.
“Life…
What
is Life?
Who/What
Controls it?”
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