The drudgeries of life
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Stranded
And they lived happily ever after...
Oh how I loved the sound of this sentence when I was little. Be it chow-time or bedtime, a story had to be narrated by mom, else all hell would break loose! And happy endings seemed to be mandatory... hence the relevance of that line to make sure that baby Steve doesn't make a fuss!
Growing up is such a difficult experience (for some) mainly because you have to adapt yourself to so many changes... and one of the toughest phases you go through is that of letting go of certain things you had come to believe, coming to terms with reality and in a way, start all over again. Not everyone or everything is sugar candy, your life is not a fairytale, nothing comes easy, things are meant to be learnt the hard way, and Murphy's laws have been tailor-made for you.
Do I sound cynical? Maybe, but it is so unlike me. I am quite an optimist, even a romantic now and then, and even these traits can be attributed to the course my life has taken and how I've been moulded by life's gentle touch at times and harsh nudge at other instances. But like a friend was telling me, it's strange how others' lives influence you so much that you can't help but get affected... and you begin to think, maybe And they lived happily ever after... is nothing but a cliche, a dissemblance, fool's paradise:p, purporting the real fact to ease the growing up process! Maybe the flaw is the ever after part... couldn't it have been restricted to people living happily? I guess the person who penned down the line was a super optimist... and stupid though it may sound, I believe... *sighs*
Wasn't planning to post but it happened... rains might be a welcome change after the sultry summer, but when the showers ensure that you're stranded at the workplace, you just wish for a starry night! To be fickleminded is human... disabuse me if I am wrong!
Oh how I loved the sound of this sentence when I was little. Be it chow-time or bedtime, a story had to be narrated by mom, else all hell would break loose! And happy endings seemed to be mandatory... hence the relevance of that line to make sure that baby Steve doesn't make a fuss!
Growing up is such a difficult experience (for some) mainly because you have to adapt yourself to so many changes... and one of the toughest phases you go through is that of letting go of certain things you had come to believe, coming to terms with reality and in a way, start all over again. Not everyone or everything is sugar candy, your life is not a fairytale, nothing comes easy, things are meant to be learnt the hard way, and Murphy's laws have been tailor-made for you.
Do I sound cynical? Maybe, but it is so unlike me. I am quite an optimist, even a romantic now and then, and even these traits can be attributed to the course my life has taken and how I've been moulded by life's gentle touch at times and harsh nudge at other instances. But like a friend was telling me, it's strange how others' lives influence you so much that you can't help but get affected... and you begin to think, maybe And they lived happily ever after... is nothing but a cliche, a dissemblance, fool's paradise:p, purporting the real fact to ease the growing up process! Maybe the flaw is the ever after part... couldn't it have been restricted to people living happily? I guess the person who penned down the line was a super optimist... and stupid though it may sound, I believe... *sighs*
Wasn't planning to post but it happened... rains might be a welcome change after the sultry summer, but when the showers ensure that you're stranded at the workplace, you just wish for a starry night! To be fickleminded is human... disabuse me if I am wrong!
Labels: Life, Realization, Sigh
9 Comments:
So the moral of the story is-
You are no longer Baby Steve!;)
How easily v get out of this stranded situations is wht defines how mature v r...
one of the toughest phases you go through is that of letting go of certain things you had come to believe, coming to terms with reality and in a way, start all over again. Not everyone or everything is sugar candy, your life is not a fairytale, nothing comes easy, things are meant to be learnt the hard way, and Murphy's laws have been tailor-made for you. - Wow ! You have penned it pretty much to the point and very nicely :)
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Maybe And they lived happily ever after was invented to keep baby Steves from making fuss. Maybe as children we just don't understand anything else but happy endings. And maybe as adults we still want to believe in things we very well know are nothing but, figments of imagination.
hmnnn...growing up is the toughest task one has to face...agreed!
wonderful post and very true
sorry haven not been around for sometime now cuz of my exams!
will be back to read more
peace & love
Jeevy
the root of all evil is
public static void main()
get it out of you
or try to get out of it!
GET OUT OF IT BOSS...
this drug will never give u kicks!
and yea, lets accept that we take pride in our mental turbulences and insanity, which is again a industry forced cliche, agree?
let go baby steve..reality sucks!
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