Pensive musings

As I sit, bored more than ever, my mind drifts to the pensive state. Yet again, I catch myself wishing I were a kid all over again. More often than not, this is a mere thought passing me by. This time however, it looks like it is going to stay for a quite a while.( And what better way to get rid of it than write!)


I was watching UP, a children’s film with simple yet strong emotions.  Apparently, that had brought me here to this pensive mood. I wonder how easier life would be, if everyone remained children. As a child, the most you need to have on your mind is a bruise on your knee. But that, sadly, isn’t the way life works; you have to experience every single phase, every single emotion.


A quarter of an hour into the movie, as I watched old Mr.Fredricksen’s house rise with the balloons, I could see how elated he was. I then realised the aesthetic truth that every man is indeed still a child at heart. The old man really did touch a few strings deep down my heart!


We tend to make too much of our life; not that it is bad, but it invariably gets unhealthy after a while. And before we even realise it, we are already in the midst of a rat-race. And, then on, as they say, you can ill-afford to stop lest you get trampled by the rest. True- the end of the race does give you the satisfaction of achievement, but unsurprisingly, there is no end to it. Once you’re done with one, you already are in another, because it is only human to crave for more! There shouldn’t come a day in your life, when you turn back and you see that all you’ve been doing  was running races, without taking the time to bask in your feat, and feel the sheer happiness.


As unrealistic as it may be for a bunch of balloons to carry a house halfway round the world, it is a children’s film; and I must say – it has done a great job teaching me something really valuable. To work hard is a must, but not towards an unrealistic goal. Whatever you do with your life, take it as a child would- with the sense of longing (not greed) before, and pure joy (not pride!) after. There is nothing more soothing than the feeling of warm satisfaction engulfing your gut. You then realise how happier life could become. Whatever happens- it does for a reason, and the sole difference lies in how you see it!