Untimely
death of Sunanda Pushkar has caused varied emotional responses. Speculations
about reasons of her death apart, there is one aspect of it which we can’t
ignore – that life in our present birth does come to an end and we can’t do
anything to prevent it from happening. That reminds me of the popular saying, “in
the long run everyone is dead”. So what does this mean of the long-term goals
and planning which we seriously indulge in? If one plans for something 20 years
from now, or even 5, and something happens in between, what could be said of
the planning and the goals? I think one effective method to deal with this is
to remind us of the idea that “excess of anything is bad”. We should certainly plan
for the long term but not excessively. There is always a limit on everything and
the key is in us knowing it. Still, we can’t achieve 100% perfection even in
this work. There always be loopholes and some work will remain undone.
But
this idea of an untimely end of life can disrupt everything. At any moment of
our life, can we be sure that we have done all and said all that we ever wanted
to; to be ready to go without regrets? Having a clear heart and conscience is
very important but practically one always has something unsaid, some things yet
to be done. Despite us having so many words, languages and skills to express
ourselves, gravest tragedy is the realization about how effective our
communications have been. This is why at times people say that best
communication in life is for which we don’t need to speak a word. A wife fights
her husband every day but deep in her heart she knows that her love for her
husband is deeper than the ocean; a brother fights with his sister but yet
given a chance he can sacrifice all he has for her; a boss reprimands a worker
yet respects one deep in one’s heart; examples can be here, there and
everywhere; we only have to ‘see’ with our third eye…
A
young girl keeps a two-dimensional rose bud in her book; a boy looks in a
particular direction while riding his bicycle; a mother looks at her kids sleeping
peacefully; a father taking deep breath when he finds his son at home when he
returns back from office; a lot of people looking for the deity while passing
in front of a temple; a pigeon flying off following another… a cat looking
desperately at the bushes when she returns home… where do we need words and
languages to speak? But it is also equally true that just looking at water
surface, not all of us can find its depth… Words, like measurements, reinforce
our beliefs and consols our insecure minds… Our plans, like words, mean
something tangible and give outside support to our frail confidence…
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