Hmmm...a very touching narrative about a man on his deathbed, trying to help others gain whatever they can (intellectually) by sharing with them his experience of walking that final bridge between life and death.
Twelve Tuesdays are devoted to discussing topics such as death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, forgiveness, and a meaningful life. Apart from helping to gaining knowledge about these topics, the old professor is at the same time trying to bring out the emotions of the author as well.
The novel helps us realize, that we can learn to live, by accepting that we all have to die one day. A very beautiful point about life has been brought out here: "Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted. A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle."
The most beautiful part about this novel is that Mitch Albom has narrated it with such simplicity: you start feeling that Morrie is your own professor, and that he is talking to you, sharing his experience of gradually embracing death.
Life is not about letting the fear of death seize you. It is about accepting the fact that death is inevitable. You have to accept it and embrace it, instead of closing your eyes in front of it. Life is about love, care and respect for other humans.
Life is about compassion.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Faith...
Its been a long time now that I've been wanting to write about faith, what it is, and where it comes from. So here I am, finally penning down my thoughts.
The first image, which comes to about ninety percent of the people, when you randomly say the word 'faith' in front of them, is a mental image of, or relating to God. But if asked to define the word, three-fourth of the same people would not be able to.
Why?
Is it so difficult to understand? Or is it too cumbersome to implement/realize it in your own life? The answer may be a bit of both for some.
But here is the interesting part- faith is something which you do not seek, inculcate, or learn. It is something as natural to every, yes, every human being, as breathing air. Sounds surprising? Well, actually, its not.
When everything seems to have gone wrong in your life, even the most trivial things in your daily life seem to go wrong. Life starts getting worse day by day. Who is responsible for it? Nothing seems to be working. Again, who is responsible for all the unhappy things happening to you? It is you. Its our own thoughts which control our life. Think positive. Be positive. Have the faith. It may sound cliched like anything, but I can vouch for it.
Whenever any thought comes into existence (whatever be the nature of that thought), the universe's forces start acting in a manner so as to turn that particular thought into reality. From my own personal experiences, I truly feel that whatever you really desire (and by this I mean to say, without any doubt, or any negative feeling), the universe conspires to make it come true (quoting 'Alchemist' here).
The sad truth lies in the fact that only a handful of people have realized it, and are actually utilizing these powerful forces of nature. But those who have, have complete faith. So how does faith come into picture here, you must be wondering now.
Sometimes in life (I'm sure a lot of people would agree), things don't seem to be happening the way you want them to be happening. In such times, 'faith' would mean complete and absolute trust in God, that whatever happens, happens for a reason. The reason might not be clear to you at that particular moment. In fact, it might not even be clear to you for a few years. but, if you keep an open mind, and an open heart, the reason would become apparent to you when the time comes. For the moment, any unhappy event may seem cruel on the part of God, but have faith. Everything, absolutely everything, in this world happens for the best, and for a very good reason.
Just have the faith.
The first image, which comes to about ninety percent of the people, when you randomly say the word 'faith' in front of them, is a mental image of, or relating to God. But if asked to define the word, three-fourth of the same people would not be able to.
Why?
Is it so difficult to understand? Or is it too cumbersome to implement/realize it in your own life? The answer may be a bit of both for some.
But here is the interesting part- faith is something which you do not seek, inculcate, or learn. It is something as natural to every, yes, every human being, as breathing air. Sounds surprising? Well, actually, its not.
When everything seems to have gone wrong in your life, even the most trivial things in your daily life seem to go wrong. Life starts getting worse day by day. Who is responsible for it? Nothing seems to be working. Again, who is responsible for all the unhappy things happening to you? It is you. Its our own thoughts which control our life. Think positive. Be positive. Have the faith. It may sound cliched like anything, but I can vouch for it.
Whenever any thought comes into existence (whatever be the nature of that thought), the universe's forces start acting in a manner so as to turn that particular thought into reality. From my own personal experiences, I truly feel that whatever you really desire (and by this I mean to say, without any doubt, or any negative feeling), the universe conspires to make it come true (quoting 'Alchemist' here).
The sad truth lies in the fact that only a handful of people have realized it, and are actually utilizing these powerful forces of nature. But those who have, have complete faith. So how does faith come into picture here, you must be wondering now.
Sometimes in life (I'm sure a lot of people would agree), things don't seem to be happening the way you want them to be happening. In such times, 'faith' would mean complete and absolute trust in God, that whatever happens, happens for a reason. The reason might not be clear to you at that particular moment. In fact, it might not even be clear to you for a few years. but, if you keep an open mind, and an open heart, the reason would become apparent to you when the time comes. For the moment, any unhappy event may seem cruel on the part of God, but have faith. Everything, absolutely everything, in this world happens for the best, and for a very good reason.
Just have the faith.
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