"Life is what happens when you are busy making plans" - John Lennon.
Have you even been out of your home for a long and relaxing holiday and missed home while you were there? I doubt it. No one does, although at some point, you do wonder about what all has changed ever since you left, I'm sure you do. What happened in the episodes of the sitcoms you missed? What were the reviews of the movies that you wanted to watch but released while you were away? What is going on with your friends? How much work will you have to do when you get back? These are a few of the common questions that spoil the famous 'holiday mood'. The way I see it, you can either worry about the big things and ruin your time off or enjoy the little things and genuinely make do with what brief moments of relaxation you were able to steal from the cruel world. Ever entered into your house after the long holiday and thought,"Ah I am back home finally, Phew"? No one does. The first thought that enters into everyone's minds is "Back to reality. Darn". So why is it this way? Some people call it 'escapism', some people call it 'being anti-social', more prominently people say "he lacks a life". I say "we people are too good for reality". Reality is what often slaps you down when you are in the skies thinking about how relaxing your holiday was. Reality is what that stops you from enjoying your holidays, because perhaps you have a lot of outstanding work. Reality is what stops you from getting too attached to things because everything does come to an end. Always. Be it holidays, stress, pain, love, happiness... it all ends.Trying to have a good time is not escapism. Being content with the tiniest of materialistic gains and not having the same tastes as everyone in your age group does not make you anti-social. Everyone is different. The uniqueness is what separates us from one another. Reality is when you make plans with a special someone after you start going out and they turn you down. Reality is when you wish to sleep for hours at en end and realize that no matter how much you sleep, you have to wake up. Reality is when the person you like is looking for a "Mr.Perfect" and ends up with the exact opposite. Reality is the thin line between being a boyfriend and a boy friend. Reality is what you return to after watching an amazing movie and feel lost. Reality is the misery you face when you are done reading a book and do not know what to do with your life anymore.
The elders always say that procrastination leads to the piling up of work which leads to failure in one or the category. Society on the other hand, has a very rigid outlook on this matter, i.e people who do their work early so they can enjoy later are "nerds" or "geeks" and the ones who keep piling it on until the last moment are "good for nothing". So what exactly is one expected to do to complete work, in the eyes of society, shall forever remain a mystery.Where the good and bad meet and where the light and darkness stand face to face, that is a 'perfect life dilemma' or as the elders cal it 'teenage'. Though we make the choices, it is eventually our choices that make us. Reality is what happens when you say "no" to drugs and "yes" to studies and yet your parents accuse you of not taking life seriously. Not that our parents do not understand us, it's our age and society that conditions them to question us. Reality is when grades attest your intelligence and your social behavior decides your capabilities and not your vision or your actual talents. One is not deemed worthy by his talents, but his reputation in society, that is how the world seems to be at the moment.
So what is reality? The curse that slams you on the ground when you are on the brink of achieving some true happiness? Or is it the blessing that keeps you on the ground so you can grow? Or is it merely The Almighty's way of adding some flavor to life? A question that we must all ponder over to get an answer. Someday and that day may never come, we will have an answer, until then it will be a curse for students procrastinating with their homework, the workforce avoiding office and a blessing for visionaries who survive in the hope of doing something, the aged people who know they are living a little owing to reality.
Have you even been out of your home for a long and relaxing holiday and missed home while you were there? I doubt it. No one does, although at some point, you do wonder about what all has changed ever since you left, I'm sure you do. What happened in the episodes of the sitcoms you missed? What were the reviews of the movies that you wanted to watch but released while you were away? What is going on with your friends? How much work will you have to do when you get back? These are a few of the common questions that spoil the famous 'holiday mood'. The way I see it, you can either worry about the big things and ruin your time off or enjoy the little things and genuinely make do with what brief moments of relaxation you were able to steal from the cruel world. Ever entered into your house after the long holiday and thought,"Ah I am back home finally, Phew"? No one does. The first thought that enters into everyone's minds is "Back to reality. Darn". So why is it this way? Some people call it 'escapism', some people call it 'being anti-social', more prominently people say "he lacks a life". I say "we people are too good for reality". Reality is what often slaps you down when you are in the skies thinking about how relaxing your holiday was. Reality is what that stops you from enjoying your holidays, because perhaps you have a lot of outstanding work. Reality is what stops you from getting too attached to things because everything does come to an end. Always. Be it holidays, stress, pain, love, happiness... it all ends.Trying to have a good time is not escapism. Being content with the tiniest of materialistic gains and not having the same tastes as everyone in your age group does not make you anti-social. Everyone is different. The uniqueness is what separates us from one another. Reality is when you make plans with a special someone after you start going out and they turn you down. Reality is when you wish to sleep for hours at en end and realize that no matter how much you sleep, you have to wake up. Reality is when the person you like is looking for a "Mr.Perfect" and ends up with the exact opposite. Reality is the thin line between being a boyfriend and a boy friend. Reality is what you return to after watching an amazing movie and feel lost. Reality is the misery you face when you are done reading a book and do not know what to do with your life anymore.
The elders always say that procrastination leads to the piling up of work which leads to failure in one or the category. Society on the other hand, has a very rigid outlook on this matter, i.e people who do their work early so they can enjoy later are "nerds" or "geeks" and the ones who keep piling it on until the last moment are "good for nothing". So what exactly is one expected to do to complete work, in the eyes of society, shall forever remain a mystery.Where the good and bad meet and where the light and darkness stand face to face, that is a 'perfect life dilemma' or as the elders cal it 'teenage'. Though we make the choices, it is eventually our choices that make us. Reality is what happens when you say "no" to drugs and "yes" to studies and yet your parents accuse you of not taking life seriously. Not that our parents do not understand us, it's our age and society that conditions them to question us. Reality is when grades attest your intelligence and your social behavior decides your capabilities and not your vision or your actual talents. One is not deemed worthy by his talents, but his reputation in society, that is how the world seems to be at the moment.
So what is reality? The curse that slams you on the ground when you are on the brink of achieving some true happiness? Or is it the blessing that keeps you on the ground so you can grow? Or is it merely The Almighty's way of adding some flavor to life? A question that we must all ponder over to get an answer. Someday and that day may never come, we will have an answer, until then it will be a curse for students procrastinating with their homework, the workforce avoiding office and a blessing for visionaries who survive in the hope of doing something, the aged people who know they are living a little owing to reality.
No comments:
Post a Comment