hope is the only hope

Life has new lessons for us everyday. That is okay for me as I do learn few of those lessons. In fact, I teach many of those to my friends and colleagues. In past eight years of my life I have been better at giving these lessons rather than learning what I need to do as part of my job. If anybody has been silent observer of my life all these years they would call me Gyaan Baba. Jokes apart – one problem with lessons of life is that they all contradict each other. I had learnt that friends are forever hence I thought happiness is also forever. Then I realized that it means that friends are forever in that moment of life and so is happiness. After that – only nostalgia.

Check out Jug Suraiya’s editorial in today’s TOI. It is about concept of Status Quotient which has nothing to do with this post. But I mentioned it because it is witty and reminds be another important lesson of life. We live in Capitalist world. We all expect strange things in life which barely have any consequential impact on our lives.

Can anybody measure how much our lives were bad (or not so good) before the invention of iPhone. Were we deprived of anything? I guess it is only one man’s madness – or belief where he thinks or has superlatively convinced us how this invention has made human life better. Why only blame iPhone – just think of fcuking (mobile) phone. I know!! I know!! My last post has two videos that iPhone ads. But that’s what the point of this post is. Life teaches new lessons everyday. And many times new lessons contradict the old ones. I guess one lesson is always valid. Change is the only constant or I would say everything in life is temporary including life.

Friends are temporary and so is happiness. I do not mean to offend any of my friends. We all have shared great time together. Made plans and promises. Every time we all gathered and had good time; we dreamed of living that moment again. At the end of every long – chat, discussion, debate and fight we prayed for it to last forever. Craved for that very moment to come again in life. But none of that can come back in life. Only thing that will keep coming back is – Nostalgia.

I knew and understood part of this; it made my life easier. I could move on, make new friends, and we thought this was forever. It was not and we moved on. Went in a same loop. The journey so far has been interesting and almost perfect. Thanks to all the wonderful people I met.

It seems like this post has ended on sad note. I did not wish to end it this way. The reason I started writing was that I spoke to two wonderful friends today. It was very similar to all those moments of Nostalgia. Ha ha ha.. Too much of nostalgia.

P.S. – While writing this post I started feeling bored. But I did get my act together and tried to do justice. Other day my forecast said that I’ll feel like writing a book and I shall start putting my ideas on paper. I read this at the end of the day and I certainly realized that it was so true. I actually wanted to write a book that day. Also got a call from friend and she agreed to help. Wow.. Horoscope and forecast do say something right. I wish I would have started writing this post then and there. Nonetheless.