Time goes, you say? Ah no!
Alas, Time stays, we go.
~Henry Austin Dobson
*Slowly opens eyes*
It's too bright. Where am I? So many people looking at me? OMG! Who are these people? Why are they touching me everywhere? Oww, that tickles! I'm feeling hungry! Am I crying?
*Blink*
They are with me all day. This room is pink in color!! They make funny sounds all day, why?
*Blink*
Mommy. Daddy. Granny. Grandpa. Started talking! And these people, they are my people. :)
*Blink*
Wow. I can walk now! :D This is interesting! So much to explore!
*Blink*
Why do I have to go to school Mommy? I wanna be at home with you! :(
*Blink*
College! Graduation! Hurrah! B-)
*Blink*
I work for a MNC now. Don't believe it! So busy.
*Blink*
Engaged! and finally, Married.
*Blink*
Mishti. She's so pretty. My daughter.
**Introspection**
Is someone fast-forwarding my life here? Who's doing this? I was just now born and within a few blinks I have my own new-born! Hate to say this but time really flies. :-/
*Blink*
Mishti's going to school!
*Blink*
My l'll girl makes me proud. Get's into IIT for Engineering! ;) ;)
*Blink*
She's growing up. I'm growing old..........
*Blink*
Mishti goes for higher studies. Finds a job. I'm graying and my back hurts now, often.
*Blink*
Mishti's getting married!
**Introspection**
Mishti's getting married? Just feels as if I got married now! Hate to say this but time really flies! Phew! Where did all that time go?
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Time which is actually a quantifiable thing becomes undefinable when it comes to life! We often talk about killing time, the truth is that time slowly kills us. We don't even realize when and how we move from one phase to another in life. Mighty changes just happen like that!! It is ironical that when you are 75 years old, relaxing in your rocking chair, sipping your filter coffee, thinking about life, you'd be clueless about how everything happened so fast! Saint Augustine rightly said, "What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know." That's the power of time! You'd be playing with your grandchildren, still be wondering the whole cyclic sequence of events and say again, "Time flies!!!"
Most importantly, one day when your life flashes before your eyes. Make sure that, it's worth watching. ;)
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Whether we wake or we sleep,
Whether we carol or weep,
The Sun with his Planets in chime,
Marketh the going of Time.
~Edward Fitzgerald
August 14th, 2012
Very Good job Divya :)Special appreciation for this line "We often talk about killing time, the truth is that time slowly kills us.":)
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Deletenyc write up sis!! as u wrote, tym flies by sometyms and sometyms it just creeps slower dan a snail.. every day becomes a drag, a moment feels like eternity and in some other context.. it flies like a supesonic plane at the rate of knots n we dnt even have the tym to look back.. relative it is though it shud be quantifiable!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kunal! :)
DeleteGood one Divya.:-) Time always flies as you mention and so as others .. but there are people who conquered time based on achievement ,Einstein had the same 24hrs we have now and so as Abraham Lincoln had . Time management is more important these days. and based on the age factor we cannot do anything beyond time,when we sleep 6hrs will go just like that. Only adopting to situations will heal the wounds which time has caused . hope i'm right a bit.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Mr. Murali! So so true! It's all about the best we can achieve in the given time! :) :)
DeleteMost welcome divya , you can just call me murali :-)
DeleteThought provoking.. very nicely written! and why did you choose the name 'Mishti'..? I immediately liked the post as soon as I read the name! Such a 'mishti' name, for daughters! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a ton Deep! :D I'm a big admirer of the Bengali language, the culture, the people etc! Yeah! It's such a sweet name right? I love the name Mishti! :D
DeleteMishti huh? ;) I am reminded of Shakespeare's "Seven Ages". With this busy lifestyle, it is almost literally becoming the *blink* to transition from one phase to another :O Nice write-up DM! :)
ReplyDeleteHehe yeah! :) Thanks a lot DR!! :)
DeleteExcellent.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dad! <3
DeleteSo true. Time flies indeed. One who molds his/her life everyday in accordance with this fact is certainly wise.
ReplyDeleteNice write up DM :)
Yes indeed, Vamsi! Thanks! :)
Deletegood one.
ReplyDeletethank you.
DeleteA very good one Divya... People who just say, there is no time, need to read this... Look at what is important in life & balance it... At one point of life, only past remains pleasant !!!
ReplyDeleteYeah... Thanks a lot :))
DeleteA very good one Divya... People who just say, there is no time, need to read this... Look at what is important in life & balance it... At one point of life, only past remains pleasant !!!
ReplyDeleteYes that's true... Thanks a lot!! :)
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ReplyDeleteI feel there is no use living if our life will not be worth watching at the end.
Its time we start seeking who we want to be instead of discovering who we are, before its too late :)
Good work divs.. thought provoking :)
Thanks a ton hun! :*
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ReplyDeleteMishti is blogging and in fb.
Hehe....So true :) :)
Deletetempus fugit. but you do an awesome job in colligendis memorias. <3
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:) :) Thank you!!!
Deletesuper-likes for the name Mishti :)
ReplyDeleteVarun
thanks a lot! :)
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