'Right Now'

Why do we look deeply inward into things that need emotional thinking only when we are hit badly or when we are in sorrow? We never stop or pause to gauge where we are during the normal routine course of life. There is a lack of an interim reality check and lack of realization. We all know that we will realize the value of what we have only when we lose it. But, do we consciously rejoice it when we have it?

Let’s take a step further right now and think what would happen if something went wrong from our current course of normal routine life. Right now we want the latest mobile gadget, new clothes, dinner at fancy restaurants, party life, new car, foreign holiday, spa treats, catch the latest movie, a better job, more money, sexier body, jewellery, accessories and what not? The list is never ending.

When I look around me (friends, relatives, colleagues) I see people living with so many problems-
having a family member battling cancer, close friends suffering painful break-ups, loss of job for a long period of time, extra-marital affairs ruining a marriage, death of a close one in a vehicle accident or natural cause or even worse- suicide, living with a disease, permanent disability, divorce, cancelled engagement, house owner problems, mother-in-law problems, victim of physical abuse, victim of substance abuse, bachelors not getting suitable alliance for marriage, couples not able to conceive, troubled parenthood, still born babies, raising a special child, your friend and your ex hooking up, parents opposing love marriage, house burgled, a court-case pending...

I am not talking about issues such as poverty or starvation. I am only talking about things that are very much part of our day-to-day issues faced by normal people in our social circle. While some of these may be temporary, perennial, part n parcel of life, common problems or cyclical, it ultimately deprives you from having any peace of mind. What wouldn’t anyone in any of these situations not give to get things undone or to get peace of mind? No materialistic pleasure would provide any solace at all. Many of us are, I believe, sailing in the same boat as I am and probably have people in their lives with whom they can associate the above situations with and would also probably be able to empathize with a few of them!

I don’t know what’s in store for me in future, but right now, the Blackberry, the Ninja, the quest for a five-day-work-week all can wait while I sit back for a moment and relish what I already have in life. I don’t have much, but it is more than what many yearn for, right?