Today , I read a blog from a good friend about the musings and difficulties of a Working mom! About the challenges in managing a home, career and a child and how thankless this juggling is!
Yes, in today's world fast paced world it is indeed difficult to lead this highly mechanical life but its our own choice to live this way. The pressure is high to keep up to the socially acceptable standards of living, expenses are hitting the roof, our needs, wants and desires are beyond simple pleasures (which by the way we do not consider a pleasure any more). Our holidays are more motivated with places which are exotic and expensive, our local outings are to luxurious restaurants and multiplexes, our groceries and provisions are from high end and fancy stores which claim the convenience of a one-stop-shop for all your needs, which amusingly, either out of pride or the culture which is prompted by such places does not encourage any kind of bargaining.
Our kids go to famed schools - even though it is far-flung and pricey. Of course , with due respect to all parents who have nothing else in mind but to provide the best to their kids (in all probability I will be playing the same role few years down the line), I have one question - Are we really getting what we want to actually get out of our lives ,our kids and our home?
Reminds me of this beautiful scene from the movie Zindagi Milegi Na dobara where Laila asks Arjun if money gives him happiness and he say's yes and then she asks why then did he cry at the bliss and happiness that he felt after his Deep sea diving experience - we don't cry when we get money!
Ladies and Gentleman, Mind you, by no means am I even trying to say that money is not important.It is by far the sole means by which we source most of the materialistic pleasures which is almost impossible to live without today. I too bow down to the God of money, knees down without any iota of doubt.
All I am saying is that, while certainly money does buy us happiness ,(a new phone, a new Laptop a new house, a new car - pumps redder blood, drives faster heart beats, tingles all the good nerves and pushes all the great energy into our systems) but, are we today enjoying these pleasures completely that money buys us?
We buy big houses but do not spend time in them with family, we buy bigger cars but use it mostly to commute to and fro from office, we buy new phones and laptops to ignore family and stay glued to it. We buy bigger Televisions , but do not watch one common soap or event together, we do all the savings and re-invest it in stocks to keep it locked for 3 years and then compromise on everything else. We go to ornate gyms, forgetting the essence of simple late night or early morning walks - which can do wonders and create magic between a couple.
Words can be so beautiful and alive!
Why are we compelled to live this life the way we are living it - Point to Ponder!
Yes, in today's world fast paced world it is indeed difficult to lead this highly mechanical life but its our own choice to live this way. The pressure is high to keep up to the socially acceptable standards of living, expenses are hitting the roof, our needs, wants and desires are beyond simple pleasures (which by the way we do not consider a pleasure any more). Our holidays are more motivated with places which are exotic and expensive, our local outings are to luxurious restaurants and multiplexes, our groceries and provisions are from high end and fancy stores which claim the convenience of a one-stop-shop for all your needs, which amusingly, either out of pride or the culture which is prompted by such places does not encourage any kind of bargaining.
Our kids go to famed schools - even though it is far-flung and pricey. Of course , with due respect to all parents who have nothing else in mind but to provide the best to their kids (in all probability I will be playing the same role few years down the line), I have one question - Are we really getting what we want to actually get out of our lives ,our kids and our home?
Reminds me of this beautiful scene from the movie Zindagi Milegi Na dobara where Laila asks Arjun if money gives him happiness and he say's yes and then she asks why then did he cry at the bliss and happiness that he felt after his Deep sea diving experience - we don't cry when we get money!
Ladies and Gentleman, Mind you, by no means am I even trying to say that money is not important.It is by far the sole means by which we source most of the materialistic pleasures which is almost impossible to live without today. I too bow down to the God of money, knees down without any iota of doubt.
All I am saying is that, while certainly money does buy us happiness ,(a new phone, a new Laptop a new house, a new car - pumps redder blood, drives faster heart beats, tingles all the good nerves and pushes all the great energy into our systems) but, are we today enjoying these pleasures completely that money buys us?
We buy big houses but do not spend time in them with family, we buy bigger cars but use it mostly to commute to and fro from office, we buy new phones and laptops to ignore family and stay glued to it. We buy bigger Televisions , but do not watch one common soap or event together, we do all the savings and re-invest it in stocks to keep it locked for 3 years and then compromise on everything else. We go to ornate gyms, forgetting the essence of simple late night or early morning walks - which can do wonders and create magic between a couple.
Beautiful poems in the movie - ZNMD by none other than Javed Akhtar Saab - Taking the liberty to copy one of them below :)
Dilon mein tum apni
Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Nazar mein khwabon ki
Bijliyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Hawa ke jhokon ke jaise
Aazad rehna sikho
Tum ek dariya ke jaise
Lehron mein behna sikho
Har ek lamhe se tum milo
Khole apni baahein
Har ek pal ek naya sama
Dekhen yeh nigahaein
Jo apni aankhon mein
Hairaniyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Dilon mein tum apni
Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Nazar mein khwabon ki
Bijliyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Hawa ke jhokon ke jaise
Aazad rehna sikho
Tum ek dariya ke jaise
Lehron mein behna sikho
Har ek lamhe se tum milo
Khole apni baahein
Har ek pal ek naya sama
Dekhen yeh nigahaein
Jo apni aankhon mein
Hairaniyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Dilon mein tum apni
Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Words can be so beautiful and alive!
Why are we compelled to live this life the way we are living it - Point to Ponder!
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