PATHS...
As we chart the paths of our lives, we often are thrown into confusion. At different points of our life, we want different things out of our lives. And sometimes, we want so many varied things out of our lives that we have no clue which ones to pursue. To contrast this, by times we also have times of blissful contentment where we could ask nothng more of life. The funny thing is that these feelings sometimes have nothing to do with our life itself at that point, they seem to just be a state of mind.
How different would it be if the choice were taken out of our lives? I look at so many people, and see that their activities are not due to choice, but due to compulsion. And their complaints are endless. But we, who can exercise choice in our lives, are our complaints and grumbles any fewer? Some others, their activities are due to choice and yet, we may not know the compulsion behind their actions. At times, it seems to me infinitely simpler to have your path charted out and to follow it. But this is only in times of extreme weariness. When the 'ifs' and 'buts' and 'what-happens' are too contradicting and burdensome. At other times, it seems like the greatest gift in the world to have the freedom to make your own choices. To be aware of all the paths around you, and choose the one that you would like to travel by. Because, at the end of the day, maybe there is no right path, its just the way you walk on it....
BY NANDINI
As we chart the paths of our lives, we often are thrown into confusion. At different points of our life, we want different things out of our lives. And sometimes, we want so many varied things out of our lives that we have no clue which ones to pursue. To contrast this, by times we also have times of blissful contentment where we could ask nothng more of life. The funny thing is that these feelings sometimes have nothing to do with our life itself at that point, they seem to just be a state of mind.
How different would it be if the choice were taken out of our lives? I look at so many people, and see that their activities are not due to choice, but due to compulsion. And their complaints are endless. But we, who can exercise choice in our lives, are our complaints and grumbles any fewer? Some others, their activities are due to choice and yet, we may not know the compulsion behind their actions. At times, it seems to me infinitely simpler to have your path charted out and to follow it. But this is only in times of extreme weariness. When the 'ifs' and 'buts' and 'what-happens' are too contradicting and burdensome. At other times, it seems like the greatest gift in the world to have the freedom to make your own choices. To be aware of all the paths around you, and choose the one that you would like to travel by. Because, at the end of the day, maybe there is no right path, its just the way you walk on it....
BY NANDINI
posted by Nandini at 7:06 AM
2 Comments:
I dont agree with you when you say "The funny thing is that these feelings sometimes have nothing to do with our life itself at that point, they seem to just be a state of mind." I think one can achieve that state of mind only when one is satisfied with what one has done, has taken the right choices and is seeing the results of one's actions, or is certain enough that one shall see them. The feeling has lot to do with satisfaction, and that can be achieved only by the person himself.
Also, choice is innate in humans. Even under compulsion, we have to choose. For instance, we choose to obey or not to obey. That itself is a choice. But whether the choice goes with one's wishes is the quetion...
Bhargavi
Well, I have to agree with Bhargavi, EVERYTHING is a matter of choice. What choice you make may depend on a host of factors. Every day, everything, everytime is a choice. Whatever we do, we see, we choose, we hear is a choice, made by us or someone else.
The states of mind are an influence, yes but even the states of mind are choices. We can have many states of mind for a given situation. Say, your achievement. If you've achieved something, you have a choice of setting a higher goal and move further or else, You've a choice to become arrogant over your success, or you can feel satiated and deny further development of yourself.......these are all again choices........so, LIFE is a matter of choices......
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