Let’s Simplify Life

Let's Make Life Simple & Beautiful

Confucius once said, “Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.” This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. Humans have been victims of this practice since time immemorial and the journey of rise and fall, gain and loss, and triumph and defeat of human race describes the same. Life is a string of inevitable experiences. Happy events are savoured while adversities are considered as wrongs, inflicted upon us by destiny.

Today everyone is thinking wistfully the same question whether the life will be normal or not and if yes how? The life during lockdown is somewhat similar to when there were no TVs. People would love to spend time with friends, relatives and play outside (amidst lockdown playing virtually) and were contented with what minimal resources they had. In 90s TV was introduced to the society and people glued to the idiot box for hours to watch cricket and serials. Physical work from routine and socializing for the purpose of entertainment took a back seat. Sports were lesser played in streets and more watched on screens. Then entered the world of Internet, PCs, laptops and multimedia. Though initially the services were plagued by certain issues but gradually became an indispensable part of our society. Obesity and other life style diseases were included as gift hampers in the package, indoor and outdoor games were replaced by video games. Junk foods and sedentary life became the new trends, visiting friends and relatives needed appointments or formal invitations. Eventually human relations, care and concern for neighbours and seeking or giving advice to relatives were on the verge of extinction.

Life was too fast now to devote time to value and practice gestures of kindness and generosity as the time was much needed to be spent in traffic jams and in pursuit of mundane and materialistic goals. And now enters our favorite Guest whom we want to cling to us forever, yes these are none other than androids, 3G, 4G and high speed internet services. The digital enthusiasts were so engrossed in striving hard to fulfill their dreams to become mightier than ever and became supercilious in attitude. In this race of ambitions and achievements we forgot what the very purpose of human life is. It won’t be wrong if I term this journey as Evolution of Human Intellect, yes we changed, we evolved and we grew in all dimensions with materialistic mindsets; expanding in a different milieu during the years from 1990s to 2020s.

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The feeling of having the world just a click away gives a sense of supremacy to humans, ironically the supremacy gave us rights only, not the duties-the duties towards nature and ecosystem, the duties towards lifting up humanity and our inner self, the duties to realize the very purpose of our life i. e. being altruistic to all life forms which are dependent upon us as mere philosophy of evolution without  a life imbued with love, compassion and service cannot sweeten and glorify human advancements.

Though the human mind is responsible for great advances of culture and civilizations it has grown unable to handle negativity caused by traumatic experiences. While struggling with feelings of distress and uncertainty amidst the pandemic many think as if they will hardly find their way back from such an emotional cul-de-sac as negative events have a tendency to imprison our minds. The lockdown has taught us that to live a happy life we need to be alive not to be the supreme power; we need to reinvent and revamp our life so let the life be lived at its fullest instead of dreaming for tomorrow. Let’s remove all toxins and obsessions of materialism and enjoy a serene, happy and wholesome life. Let’s take the blessing in disguise to value and appreciate the fact that life demands nothing it is we who keep demanding incessantly from life. Let's simplify life. Let’s enjoy just being alive. 

Life is simple, Simplify The Life.