My thoughts today have travelled some distance back in time , maybe a couple of years. Back in school when an english teacher uttered these very simple words from a famous poem ,'Leisure'.
"What is this life if full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare."
As I remember these words I feel the claims made in this poem have truly been vindicated. Leisure seems to follow an inverse relationship with one's age . The older we get , leisure seems to elude us more and more .
Thats a mathematical explanation so lets leave it to that . We all know that science and mathematics cannot solve all our life problems and surely not where leisure is being spoken about .
The world glorifies speed and crucifies leisureliness. The so called business of life is being conducted in a frantic pace that we fail to see small wonders and derive pleasure out of them.
Perhaps even our action packed bollywood has also realised this and composed very apt lyrics . Sharukh sings and I quote
"Tu sabr to kar mere yaar
zara saans to le dildar
chal fikr nu goli maar
haule haule ho jaayega pyaar"
Life is like premium wine which matures with time and has to be sipped patiently . Lets fill our glasses and say "cheers" to life .....
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