Tuesday 5 August 2014

Uncertainty of Life!

'When I'll be back, we'll go for dinner in a fancy restaurant' said a mother to her child before getting on MH370. 'Dad, please come back soon, I have a lot to tell you and have a safe flight' said a child to his father who was getting on MH17. 'I love you and I'll surely miss you. Don't worry we'll meet soon, it's just a month' said a person to his wife who was later killed in a car accident.

There is nothing as such, 'Will meet you next time', there is nothing as such, 'will do the rest tomorrow.' There is nothing like tomorrow, there is nothing like future. What's there for you at the next turn, no one knows. What's there for you at the next hour, you don't know.

Imagine those people how would they have felt when the person very close to them might have died. Not only this, what if the two had quarreled over a topic and the 2nd person would have left to avoid a scene and the next news he might have heard was the death of the 1st. It could be by anything, road accident, heart-attack, falling down from stairs, anything. Imagine the guilt the other person would hold. Imagine the regret the people hold when their loved ones suffer a sudden demise and they wouldn't be able to say the final goodbye.

I know a person who was in school when his grand-mother was very ill. Daily that person used to smile before going to school and the grand-mother would return back a smile with a few words like, 'Had breakfast' or anything while she remained in the bed. One day that person woke up late, he looked at her grand-mother who was sleeping, her eyes closed but in a hurry didn't wait for her to wake and didn't smile that day. While he was in school, someone came to his school to pick him up and to inform him that his grand-mother died. Imagine the emotions that person would have went through? He could have waited a few seconds to smile but it wasn't in his fate.

Life is too short and hating and fighting with the person whom you love should be considered to be a waste of time. You never know, one day you will hurriedly go for office without meeting your family members but you won't come back. Success, career, accomplishment should be important but keeping your loved ones happy should be the prime item in the list, because again you never know what will happen next.

What will you prefer? Final goodbye with a smile or final goodbye with a fight. Obviously the 1st option. Death is not controlled, it's not in your hands but keeping good terms, living happily, making everyone smile, that is in your hands and which you can control very easily.

At the end, everyone has to die, whether today or tomorrow, it doesn't matter. You will be left with memories which will make you cry, which will make you regret all the bad times which you experienced before. It's your choice, have those memories with everyone that you'll cherish even after the person's death, not those that you'll be succumbed to regret.

Personally, I'm not afraid to fail in the exams, I'm not afraid of failing to achieve anything, I'm not afraid to taste failure. I'm only afraid to lose the people I care about.

Stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about others. For me, I don't feel satisfied to make myself happy rather I feel the best to make others happy, to see people smile because of me. The idea of keeping yourself happy is long gone in the past, make others happy, make others smile, surely there would be someone to do the same for you too.

2 comments:

  1. Excellent. You have mature head on your shoulders. Many times we all miss out on enjoying small moments with our dear ones.

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  2. Reality of life. Heart touching and very nicely expressed.

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