My Outlook

The most important thing in life is to be calm and composed. Most of the time we are in a hurry and we tend to forget the basics of life. When we are calm we tend to listen to more voices not just from outside but even from inside. When we are engaged in the rat race called life, then we will miss upon the beauty of life. It is always better to live breathing the tranquillity of life than inhaling the poisoning fumes of restlessness. I am reminded about a poem which I taught in MCC. All that I remember is that the poem deals with the concept of 'rest'. God bestowed all types of gifts except 'rest'. He wanted mankind to turn towards Him for getting rest. The advancements that mankind is making today can be compared to the 'antics of a madman’. The comforts and luxurious life style that defines the modern life is just a flash in the pan. There is little or no time to halt and think about the consequences of the actions. Some of us do try to make a difference. Good thing.

There is only one little snag about that-we are too conscious about the act itself.

“With a man it is otherwise. /Heroisms on horseback,/Outstripping his desk-diary at a broad desk,/Carving at a tiny ivory ornament/For years: his act worships itself - while for him,/Though he bends to be bent in the prayer, how loud and/above what/Furious spaces of fire do the distracting devils/Orgy and hosanna, under what wilderness /Of black silent waters weep.”

(Thrushes by Ted Hughes)