My girlfriend would always tell me... "your old..." I would never want to accept that but the more i tried, the more i started believing her. The number of useless words i uttered regularly had come down drastically during the years. The need to talk less was eminent in most of my conversations. A more gentlemanly poise made me feel comfortable. How others percieved my composure has become an integral part of my living. All these have turned me into an "old" man among the ones i know.... For good or bad... well only time can tell
In my quest to know what are the other finer things that lets one judge you age, i recently acquired a lot of inputs after my trip to Wayanad. We were in the company of two kind of people, one, very young bunch of college going students and the other was a couple few years older. Both played a very vital role in my understanding of the word "Age".
The younger lot were really cool in terms of their limited understanding of the generic term called life... with the attitude to live for today, they were very happy as the minute passed by. Unlike most of us, who keep working our heads on the next days issues or trying to solve trivial problems, they have free minds. The reason for that is that they are still not independent in the ways of life. I believe that unless people start earning their buck and spending out of it, they would never realize its importance. Since one is free from so many thoughts, one tends to have a smile always.... The other thing is that, they are so self contended with everything they have, that the need to have more is hardly visible. As we grow older, the need to have more becomes prominent in our thoughts. This is the most important thing that i learnt being with them. "Keep things simple and you will be happy", is what comes to my mind when i relate to them.
The couple was very happy and self satisfied, they came with the idea of having fun, in company of others or without. They danced with each other, walked with each other and cracked jokes on each other... they were so lively with each other. The need to think about anything else never came up as they had left those thoughts back home and had come to relax. "Knowing your need to do what you are doing now will take away all other thoughts and keep you free". I never kind of figured why i went on trips with friends.... why i wanted a vacation? If one knows the reason, he/she would be so contended that he got it, that other thoughts would never crop up.
I learnt that no matter what age or what thoughts one has in mind, if you have a reason to enjoy, you would stay young forever... (will do more research and post them later)
In my quest to know what are the other finer things that lets one judge you age, i recently acquired a lot of inputs after my trip to Wayanad. We were in the company of two kind of people, one, very young bunch of college going students and the other was a couple few years older. Both played a very vital role in my understanding of the word "Age".
The younger lot were really cool in terms of their limited understanding of the generic term called life... with the attitude to live for today, they were very happy as the minute passed by. Unlike most of us, who keep working our heads on the next days issues or trying to solve trivial problems, they have free minds. The reason for that is that they are still not independent in the ways of life. I believe that unless people start earning their buck and spending out of it, they would never realize its importance. Since one is free from so many thoughts, one tends to have a smile always.... The other thing is that, they are so self contended with everything they have, that the need to have more is hardly visible. As we grow older, the need to have more becomes prominent in our thoughts. This is the most important thing that i learnt being with them. "Keep things simple and you will be happy", is what comes to my mind when i relate to them.
The couple was very happy and self satisfied, they came with the idea of having fun, in company of others or without. They danced with each other, walked with each other and cracked jokes on each other... they were so lively with each other. The need to think about anything else never came up as they had left those thoughts back home and had come to relax. "Knowing your need to do what you are doing now will take away all other thoughts and keep you free". I never kind of figured why i went on trips with friends.... why i wanted a vacation? If one knows the reason, he/she would be so contended that he got it, that other thoughts would never crop up.
I learnt that no matter what age or what thoughts one has in mind, if you have a reason to enjoy, you would stay young forever... (will do more research and post them later)
1 comment:
A very nice post, and a well thought of analysis of the perception of age. I especially like the part where you mention that if one knows what they're after, and get what they want they're content. Well i think that goes without saying for almost everything we face. Its just that life isn't that easy, that we always get what we want easily, that it inevitably makes us seem preoccupied with other things on how to tackle the obstacles to get there. But i think its just imp to constantly remind ourselves to enjoy those obstacles and know that you can overcome them, and then we will learn to live the moment. Personally for me i think this is the phase in my 'young' life that's slowly showing me what it takes to be 'older'.
P.S. Hope to see more regular posts! :)
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