Saturday, February 2, 2008

Living in moments !!

Living life in moments is a feat most of us cant achieve , i mean most of us live in the moments yet to arrive rather than the ones right on hand . Its like if i refrain from spending too much now, i cud have a secure future , if i can work hard at this time , i cud have a better career in times in come , if i didnt smoke , it wud be better for my lungs ..its like every moment now is a plan for a moment in future. Not saying that this is wrong , rather its the sensible thing to do if u can see the bigger picture in life but sometimes, it would be worth staying in the moment and only that , not thinking about one in the past and not living for one in the future. Right here , right now approach , explained so well in a popular hindi track ..and taken to another level by another one ..Har pal yahan jee bhar jeeo , Jo hai sama kal ho na ho . Its so much easier said than done , i mean as humans we are programmed to think about the future, rather almost all living organisms do , in the animal and the plant kingdoms. Even animals save for the cold weather in the spring , they wudnt survive if they weren't futuristic. So maybe this NOT living "moment by moment" is a survival technique, most of us have mastered by default without even realising it .. and the ones who havent just dont ... i mean look at all teh great rockstars , most of them live in the moment and die young... so is it better to die young and happy than to be all cautious about life and live to a grand old age with all the wisdom , you cant use urself but only share. . It is a tough call to make , this one .. personally , i believe in the living in the moment only when it is convinient...Like i know i shud be dieting and come across some ice cream or any other high fat foods , i wud go ahead and eat it with the philosophy of , ,kal ho na ho .or if i really wanted to be with someone , long term or short term or very short term. I remember a incidence when i was in IMT for Wisebyte and came across a real stud and for 3 days , i just lived with the idea of him in a different plane, well i had almost all my girl friends for company on this plane one but it was three great days ...i mean no jealousy even when we all were in the game together, sportsman spirit at its best ..it ended with a invitation to dance on the last day of the fest (yeah i won )...and it was over the moment we were on the train back ..i can hardly remember the name now, aseem or azeem ..or something similiar , university was jamia milia islamia... see it is much easier to remember what u already kknow that things you learn for the first time...i mean the name of a stranger .. now this was just harmless fun but sometimes it is not soo harmless and then u have to decide on the greater evil and make a choice ... not easy ..why is to so much easier to do the wrong things in life than the right .. assuming i am sticking ot the stereotype definations of right and wrong...am sure some of my more illuminated friends will definately come up with the theory of there is nothing wrong or right just perceptions of people who look at it ...hence the definition ..i mean examples here are, it is wrong to kill someone , it is wrong to double cross , it is wrong to pretent to be great , it is right to be loyal and honest and trutful .. so u get the point here ..it is so much easier to come up with a lie than the truth , to be a nerd rather than a nice human being ..to just solve issues by killing people .. you dont like ...well i guess am getting off track again , the question was and remains ...which is a better pay back mode in life , to live by moments or to plan a zillion light years ahead .. .my vote is for the first option ..and i wont defend it , it is just what i feel in this moment;-))

2 comments:

Another traveller said...

Moment schoment, that's all overrated :). I already have a plan -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4tcRlHY-3Q

Sheik said...

well said :)