Being good is useless,
its about whether you are good enough.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Monday, July 03, 2006
And the rains are here
It has rained the entire day today (yes the bombay monsoons have arrived) and I have been wondering about the rainy day phenomena.
As a kid back at school, rains would get me an off from school on pretext of it being a 'rainy day'. Happiness is all I remember feeling on those days :)
The very simple 'rainy day' has dramatically changed since then. With varied experiences and memories in my kitty and IIT not giving in to rains as heavy as the one on 26th July 2005, the happiness has dried out and nostalgia, gloominess, lonliness, a remote sense of adventure, tinges of depression... all have crept in.
Interstingly most of the times one recalls have nothing to do with rainfall or even water! My guess is that water pouring down from the heavens above presents such a bland sight that one digs down into the the memory chest and comes up with moments that are cherished. And the realization of the fact that all these times are now history is what depresses.
Even more interesting was the realization that the right company can make the otherwise lonely and gloomy rainy day a treat. A trek, a nice little heart to heart talk, a phone call, a hug can just do the trick!
Rain or no rain, the knowledge of you being important to someone is all that you need to be really happy in life is what I concluded amidst all the report writing attempts through the day. Superficially looked at its just another manifestation of ego, but who cares, as long as I can figure out the path to happiness :-<
yes, the rains also turn on the philosophical crap mode :P :)
This pic is from a hill top on campus, the rain adventure we recently had :)
As a kid back at school, rains would get me an off from school on pretext of it being a 'rainy day'. Happiness is all I remember feeling on those days :)
The very simple 'rainy day' has dramatically changed since then. With varied experiences and memories in my kitty and IIT not giving in to rains as heavy as the one on 26th July 2005, the happiness has dried out and nostalgia, gloominess, lonliness, a remote sense of adventure, tinges of depression... all have crept in.
Interstingly most of the times one recalls have nothing to do with rainfall or even water! My guess is that water pouring down from the heavens above presents such a bland sight that one digs down into the the memory chest and comes up with moments that are cherished. And the realization of the fact that all these times are now history is what depresses.
Even more interesting was the realization that the right company can make the otherwise lonely and gloomy rainy day a treat. A trek, a nice little heart to heart talk, a phone call, a hug can just do the trick!
Rain or no rain, the knowledge of you being important to someone is all that you need to be really happy in life is what I concluded amidst all the report writing attempts through the day. Superficially looked at its just another manifestation of ego, but who cares, as long as I can figure out the path to happiness :-<
yes, the rains also turn on the philosophical crap mode :P :)
This pic is from a hill top on campus, the rain adventure we recently had :)
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