Look around, we’ve made a glorious mess,
Where less wants more and more needs less.
As I go about my life, there are some moments when I stop
and think about how we sometimes need less of some good things we have. Yes.
Less.
Now consider these set of questions.
You feel like listening to your favorite song, which you
haven’t heard in a long time. You switch the radio and bam! It’s YOUR song
playing!! I know just how awesome it feels. Now contrast that with simply going
to your itunes and playing that song 5 times in a row. Kind of takes the fun
out of it, right?
On a nice rainy day, would you prefer walking at your merry
pace, taking in the beautiful sights and sounds and smells that nature showers
you with in so much abundance or would you rather sit in your AC car and go for
a drive, worrying about the traffic and fuel and what not?
It’s a weekend and you’ve got nothing much to do. Do you ‘vegetate’
in front of your idiot box or drop in to your friend’s house unannounced and order
him to make you a cup of chai and then chat for a loooong time?
Are you busy furiously typing away at your mobile when your wife/ husband/ siblings/ parents/ friends are sitting with you talking to you?
You want to speak to a friend after a long long time. How
about writing a nice heartfelt letter to him/ her instead of calling/ chatting/
whatsapping (if that’s a verb)? How do you think he/she will feel to know that
you took the trouble to write a letter to them? (I’m going to do this very soon :)
Is your idea of a well spent holiday a day in the park,
exercising, breathing fresh air, playing, running around or a day at the mall
(like your mandatory weekly pilgrimage) and drink expensive coffee and try on a
hundred clothes in the Central or Shoppers Stop when you intend to buy none?
Now, answer these questions to yourself and you’ll get my
drift.
The more I think, the less I seem to want and need.
