Life’s Ledger..
June 1, 2008
!!One day , some decades back my lungs tasted the first winds on earth …Days and then years have gone by …I am now a part of a story – like millions of others.!!
!!For some time i floated on the wings of life and it made perfect sense for me to embrace everything – the wind, the hurricane, the dust & the pollen , rose aroma along with the thorns & petals, monsoon nights to scorching summer days – all were so close to my heart, and why not? For Life was my best mate!!
And then basics of accounting were slowly introduced – The syllabus might look familiar -
Look for Good Friends..Well, how can a child know in such a short span? …Then Look for signs…
Get Good Grades..That’s the Life Saver
Be Punctual…
Always do your homework…
Go for the Eng. \ Doc degree …
Got a job in a MNC…Upscale apartment….Japanese make car will do for now
Huge pile of bills….To be paid on time..Then there are other things too – to be done on time else…
Nothing can be left for tomorrow since each day will accrue interests….
Yes, now we are on the treadmill….
The race gets faster & life seems such a distant thing…
The slow things are left behind –Including the hands that rocked the cradle
Got kids now…That’s good though
But, they have to be pushed to school…fast..or else how will they compete
THERE IS HARDLY ANY TIME TO JUST DROP EVERYTHING & SOAK IN EVERYTHING.
Now the twilight years are knocking…
Need to make plans for it…retirement plans
I am tired…I feel like slowing down…BUT, CAN I?
In the end, all of us are getting the same castle – Dust to Dust , Ashes to Ashes.
!! So there goes the years, faster than the hummingbird !!
!!Life is not a race…Its a Walk!!
January 16, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Your essay is profound at many levels.
I am a simple Old Disgruntled Coot lacking the wisdom so many others possess.
But I do have experience from my decades of living.
The push push push to work work work…….
how much of that is from indoctrination, from brainwashing, from the relentless mantra of achieving “success” emplaced within us as individuals and into society as a whole by a small minority of humans, the elite class within every society, in every organization, a class of elites who skim off the labors of the much larger mass of humans below them, obtaining the wealth that allows the elite class to live luxurious lives while leaving the labor to the masses?
Keep the masses working. Keep them tired so they do not question how “things” are and why “things have to be that way.
What a racket. Dangle a carrot in front of the masses of commoners to keep them working for a life time, hoping for some far-off day when advanced age and some pittance of accumulated savings will allow those life-long laborers to relax for a minute span before death beckons.
Part of the elite’s acculturation includes brainwashing as many commoners as possible that their real reward comes after death when the reward of shunning a life of ease or leisure will lead to an eternity of paradise or some other un-provable reward.
What a racket!!!!
The elite class of every country, every society, every organization, and every human-created institution has a hierarchical structure with a small percentage of elites at the top of the pyramid-shaped institutional structure. Those elites live so very well by funneling wealth upwards from the bottom to the top, living off the sweat and toil of those below.
As for the benefits that trickle downwards to the masses? Despite the propaganda to the contrary there is little to no benefit to the vast majority of those existing underneath the elite class level of existence.
Oh, yes, there is a small group beneath the elites who benefit; the bureaucrats within the bureaucracies that insulate the elites from the masses, the minions and lackeys of the elites who enforce the elite’s wishes, demands and desires.
Minions and lackeys who are loyal to pay and pension given by their elite class masters who pilfer the pockets of the masses to pay off the bureaucrats who ensure the status quo so beneficial to the elites (and to the bureaucrats) is maintained.
If you ever become a true threat to the elites and/or bureaucrats or their status quo you are in severe danger.
Sadly, the ongoing indoctrination/brainwashing the begins at such an early age continues throughout life, convincing the majority of commoners that as things are is correct, proper and as it should be.
Such is life.
Maybe some day, if the common folks can ever be enlightened, the elite class domination may be torn asunder. With human psychology the way it is, with humans instinctively a social species, a sort of “pack animal,” I fear the all-pervading hierarchical elites-at-the-top systems we all exist within are permanently emplaced.
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March 30, 2009 at 2:37 am
The days pass too soon, the pleasures flee, and the call to conform rings too loud. Perhaps, if one by one, we can be honest with ourselves and each other than a saner, better world can be created.
After all, consider the miracle of your blog post. You write somewhere, the signals travel to a satellite in the sky, and your messages reaches out to the world. That’s powerful – and progress.
So keep creating, sharing, and strengthening our own lives. Slowly, the circle of possibilities expand. Let us see our successes as well as our struggles.
July 9, 2009 at 4:42 am
To Eric & Obbop:
Its after a long time, i am back to my blog. I am a traveling type and write only when my heart cannot hold it anymore. I am back after some inspirational moments with my parents…
Its amazing how the feeling resonate with people at different corners of the globe.
I agree with both of you that – We are in some way pushed into a grind for the rest of our lives by a system created by few…Breaking the shackles is not easy but is the Only way to be honest with your soul…
look forward to more of your comments..
Hermit..