Change

Any change is always hard to digest. Man gets so comfortably settled at one place, that any change is met with resistance. Why is change not welcomed? Is it because man is afraid of taking risks or it that the anticipation of something new and unknown that creates a lurking fear in him. He adheres to the maxim ‘A known devil is better than an unknown God’.
I am writing all of this because change is there in store for me; it could be a change of my place or could be a taking up a new activity in a new place. So the one thing that’s playing in my mind constantly is my hesitation in accepting that change if it happens inevitably in my near future. I really do not know what the remaining year of 2008 has in store for me. I do not have an iota of knowledge about the new place where I would be moving to. So I keep imagining will I have friends there, will I miss my folks, my near and dear ones a lot once I am uprooted. Will I have a shoulder to lean on , will I have a friend to speak out my heart once I go to the new place. Once I move, will I pine for familiar sounds and familiar sights? All questions remain unanswered and time itself will unravel what’s in store for me. Till then I need to brace myself to enjoy the present, to store in my heart every familiar sound and familiar sight so that I can cherish later. I need to cash in every moment, spend more time with my close ones because change will take me away from them.
I know change should be welcomed with open arms because its change which lets us appreciates both the present and what’s in store. Sometimes change also has its drawbacks, but how does one appreciate the goodness if one doesn’t see the drawbacks. But things are easier said than done and that holds true for me too.

Helen Keller rightly said ‘When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us’. How I wish I could adhere and practice it in my daily life. I believe I need to first accept a change in myself so that I can gear up face any physical change in my life.

I wish to share this post so that anyone who has undergone recent changes in job, place are free to offer their suggestions and advice.

Ennui

'I am feeling bored, what do I do now' is the oft-quoted question running through every human mind when he gets a little of leisure time. Has boredom crept into our mundane lives so much that we fail to enjoy our leisure or is it that we are so occupied with work that when we get spare time, we feel our life has come to a standstill. Why is there a continuous desire to keep doing something always, maybe its an identity crisis, maybe it's an urge to keep doing something to prove to oneself and everybody around. Are we afraid to face ourselves the few minutes we get? I am sure boredom did not even exist in our forefather's dictionaries, but it is a common phrase of every person today.
I myself have never heard of such nomenclature in my childhood. Where was the time to get bored ? My parents had taught me to enjoy my moments of sheer emptiness. Hence I view boredom not as a prolonged, agonizing nothingness, but as an attempt to find beauty in the non-space of work. What a joy it feels when we are just waiting for absolutely nothing to happen. It is pleasure to just sit back and enjoy the beautiful ideas floating by or maybe just bask in the glory of chirping birds, the setting sun, and the rustling leaves or maybe just listen to my inner soul which lost it serene voice in the frantic pace of modern life. No wonder ennui has its own moments of unraveled beauty........