Sunday, May 20, 2007

Out of Box Thinking!!!!!

Friends enquired what happened, its been long since we havent read anything from you. Have you stopped writing or stopped blogging? I really wanted to write but didnt get a topic. Thought for long time but couldnt come up with a real topic. Nothing seems to come to my mind, so thought of having a look inside myself.

It seems like we are keeping up pace with this fast moving world or we have become an integral part of this non stop world. It feels like we are carrying this world along with us, but deep inside a certain type of loneliness is growing up. Its not exactly a feeling of loneliness, its a question that we frequently ask ourself. Am I satisfied? or putting it more appropriately Am I happy with myself? Every person ask this question to themselves throughout the life. Whats the answer we get or rather whats the answer we expect. "Yes I am happy". Keeping aside all the other factors such as family, career just as an individual are we happy within ourselves? If we are really happy then our family life and our much concerned career will be perfect.

This faster world consumes more than it what it gives.What does it give us? Nothing but some monetary benefits along with some real work pressures, tensions and sleepless nights. And what does it take "Our whole Life". We work all along the day and sometimes end up working all through the night. Where do we live? In what time we live or where is the time to live? Ya may be in weekends. Why life has become so dependent on weekends? And why weekdays became an symbol of non living, hectic schedules,work etc. "There's a release on this Sunday and you should be available for presentation" your boss conveys. There goes a weekend.This weekend itz gonna be hell.

" Hell" it used to be an afterlife concept long ago, but now it has become an day to day entity. Words like "Heaven" and "Hell" had lost their internal meanings. I remember grandma used to tell" we need to be a good person from heart and do good things to get to heaven after life and if we dont we will end up in hell". But today we tell her"grandma heaven n hell are here itself. Even if we do good things, hardwork we still end up in hell".We are so much binded to things that we tend to forget how to live happily. Ya itz true "Its Kalyuga now". We resigned from a life where we lived to join a life where we search for time to live". Am I right?

Coming back to the question "Am I happy?". I will ask myself this question and in the meantime you ask this question to yourself and lets see what answers do we get. Be frank to yourself coz the question is for you, asked by you only and only u will be benefited with a true answer. Being true to yourself is the greatest thing a man can acheive in his life. Thahts my point of view and I am true to myself and in that way only I assess myself. In that way we will atleast endup in trying to live n enjoy in the small moments of happiness that we all usually tend to overlook.

Once one of my friend asked "Why you always travel by train when you go to Kerala?. It will take only 5 hrs if you go by plane". Tell you one thing this person always took flight to anywhere he went. I replied " you dont know how it feels like when you travel by train. Slowly watching the busiest city fall far behind. It brings a special type of happiness. You gradually move from a place where time flies , to a place where time stops just long enough so that you can live in it. I took train just to elongate those moments of joys to see things fall behind myself eventhough I know I have to be back here within days. But I lived in a moment, and thats what matters." He didnt understand, he will never coz he still took time ahead of life and I took life instead.

I hope you will understand things. I cant explain or give anyclue to how to be happy coz itz you who is living and you will better know what things will make you happy. Be ready to think Out of the Box, then only you wil know better what to do and how to be happy. I think you have got your answer, and I hope the answer is "I am happy". And as far as my answer to myself is concerned "I am .......".

I hope I havent strayed away from reality. Waiting for you comments coz they help me in a great way to pen down my feelings. So what are you waiting for? Havent got any answers yet..... Com'On.....


Dont limit your thoughts it will inturn hinder your doings and dont limit your doings coz it will put barricades to your thoughts...........
Dont give excuses to urself coz if you give excuse to urself you will end up fooling you only.
Be ready for out of box thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11 comments:

Jishad said...

That explanation of reason to travel in train is really nice.

Sandeep.S said...

dai......
aliya nee ottakkirunnu athikan chinthikkaruthu...
vattavum(atho aayo)...
hehe..
nice one man.

Shameer said...

Sreeku..
Its hard to believe that life is like Hell..
Its the way one see... or one's aproach towards life..
Enjoy each moments...
Enjoy each seconds...

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Zreecu.... said...

ya Ikka ..
Life is not like hell...but slowly it will be hell if we 4get to live each moment....

Unknown said...

Man...had a glance to your inference on life...good work, appreciate you having spent some time for it.

Life takes it all in its stride, the good and the bad and the varying amount of it in everyone's life makes the difference. Some people walk along and some step aside to make a difference. still situations and circumstances have a role to play..just strive to get things better.

Deepu George V said...

Good article dear Sreekumar.

Work\Life balance becomes an art. Soon you will find out that you are working throught out the day for some one dear to you. Some times there won't any more complains then. Life is funny.
As you said, should not forget to enjoy.
--Deepu George V

Sridevi Sankaran said...

Sreeku...
enikku ee article vaayichittu oru difference um thoni illa..
nee ente koode samsaarikunnadhu pole thoni..
as u always say, rather than expecting for some things to happen,its always better to take small small incidents going around us to make us happy..
as u said the train travel may be a usual thing but it makes u to feel happy in some way.. likeways lets enjoy each and every moment of life.. in all the work u do.. in all the conversations we make.. in all the things we do.. in all the simple moves we make.. Be happy man.. :-)

rafeeqpc said...

Sreekumar,
Can u identify what u r really expecting from the life. If u can do that then the way to happiness can also be find it out.
Of course this is relative.
One may find happiness in travelling train. Others may not. They will find happiness in other things.
If we are really satisfied with Our Job and partner(family) we shall make our life happier. Life may have bitter moments also. Accept that as part of life. This is my theory (may be differernt for others).
If u r too much concerned about the society, their problems & worries and about the world etc., a romantic good hearted man like u will never be happy.
Generally about Life & World, I remember the poem of "Kunchunni mash".

"CHINTHINCHAL ORANTHAVUMILLA
CHINTHICHILLEL ORU KUNTHAVUMILLA".

Junaid said...

Sorry Sree for going through your blog so late. Its again an indication of how life has kept so occupied.

I really appreciate for bringing out such thoughts which are very much relevent to today's lifestyle.

I feel is something hidden inside oneself. Its like a specail deer, called Kasturi(kind of scent) Mrig(deer), which is in such search of such scent thinking that its somewhere in the ambience.
Its human being who can better know his own happiness but unfortunatly tries to look outside to achieve it . In this pursuit he become dependable on some worldly things.

Anonymous said...

Hello Sreeku.....
Really good one.

MumLee said...

Really nice article.. I also like traveling by train than flight, coz travel by flight is sometimes damn boring. Watching the sceneries running behind by sitting in a window seat in train is really wonderful experience.

THanks for pulling out these..!!