Monday, June 2, 2014

How I feel about it all.

I usually wonder, "Who am I?" Do I have any identity? Am i born to do something great or just to linger back among the crowd or to struggle between them to reach for the best.

This very thought strikes my mind whenever i see my parents working really hard for me and my siblings so that we could get the best food, clothing and education. However, they never show a sign of sacrifice and survive watching us happy. They have journeyed an uncountable miles, just to find themselves encircled with another domain of uncertainty and prospects and sacrifices.

My father always says that life is an admixture of joy and sadness, good news and bad news. And now I have got it imprinted in my mind. He also said that the sooner we accept this facts, the better will we be able to get along with the flow of our life. There was a time when those words meant nothing for me as I didn't know what he really wanted me to understand. But now, with the flow of time, I do. I now know that life has got no director as there is during film-making, who would find out things going wrong. We should do it ourselves, if not our world get mixed up.

It was my mother who always used to say, " to gain achievement in life all we need to do is face the difficulties and obstacles that appears on your way rather than running away from it. We should face our everyday life like a man with rolled up sleeves facing the tasks that you have got and always try and accept the impossible and bear the intolerable."

"Till now you have been known by our name, as our daughter but we wish to be known as your parents, by your name and that;s our only wish, dear," that was what my parents told me when I was busy packing my belongings in order to come to where I am now, the Sherubtse College. I found myself dumb-struck, not knowing what to say. For a moment everything went black. I wasn't able to answer them, all I could do was, nothing more than a nod.

Now, I am not sure about myself, when and how I would do that but one thing that I am sure of is that I will follow the path that you have shown me. I pray to the God to give my parents enough patience so that they could wait till I discover my identity.




Sunday, June 1, 2014

Lesson from Seasons.

Each time a seed drive its way through the soil in order to germinate, each time a germinating seed exert force in order to burst open the seed coat, each time an embryo tries hard to break through the hard ground to begin its life, each time a sapling fight against harsh weather in order to survive, each time a plant bear flowers and fruits, each time a plant wilts away, nature teaches us some lesson. Lessons on life and its realities.

For us season literally mean the periods of different weather into which a year is divided.
Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter 
These four simple words composed by the combination of six alphabet each, seems very plain. For us they simply mean nothing more than its literal meaning but it is not. When observed from a different angle, when analyzed deeply, it has got something more to tell us: something exceptionally valuable. 

SPRING: it refers to the idea of rebirth, rejuvenation and renewal. Plants which once shed all their leaves, begin to germinate giving out new buds and leaves and the flowers begin to bloom. Animals which once hibernated to save themselves from the harsh winters now comes out to begin their usual life. Birds start building their nests. The days get slightly warmer and the sunshine does not bother you on spring mornings. Rather it pampers you.
If we try to compare the context of the spring with our life, spring indicates the birth; a new life. It truly represents a man being born with all the abilities to lead a new life filled with new hopes and aspirations, wishes and dreams, determination and success. 

SUMMER: summer is something we usually all look forward to. The days become longer and warmer, the sun shines and every little aspect of nature around us is filled with greenery. It provide us with immense pleasure and happiness through its unlimited and adorable beauty. But sometimes the heavy rainfalls bring out floods, gives rise to landslides and many other natural disasters. Sometimes it is the scorching sun which lead global warming ultimately resulting to drought and famine. So summer is the time when the nature experience all the realities of its existence.
So is a human life. After being born, we need to experience and learn how to get along with our life. In course of time, we experience all the harsh realities of our life, be it happiness or sadness, sorrow and joy. It is here that we try and create a better human out of ourselves or else have ourselves ruined. 

AUTUMN: it is a season filled with changes. Plants have their leaves turned to yellow and gradually letting it fall from its branches. Nature, which was once all filled with greenery now loses its charm and beauty. Flowers doesn't bloom any more, trees stop bearing fruits, animals starts searching for place to hibernate, lands become barren.
So is our life, after having lived half of our life nurturing ourselves, we finally lose our beauty and energy as a youth. We find ourselves growing old with time.

WINTER: the last stage of  the season. The days become shorter and often very cold. The snows began to falls leaving everything frozen. From yellow, the nature completely turns to white.Snowfall makes the lives of the people harder. It does not let any plant to grow properly, then the problems like food shortages both for human and animals arises. Above all winter marks the end of the current year.
When our life is compared with a winter, it represents the death. After having lived our life, we eventually leave every worldly pleasure in order to seek a nirvana state.

Try and learn that when a year passes by, we are nearing to our end.