All my life I have tried to figure out my path, but never thought that a path is not the one which we make, rather a path is the one on which we move ahead. I did not move ahead, or should I say, I could not move ahead. I do not preach to be a philosopher, but people presume me to be one. When a person can themselves not figure out their life, how can they preach about giving directions to others in life? People have a problem with this thinking of mine. My thoughts and views are my companion; I never push them on others. I do not ask people to agree with me or to accept my views. I guess sometimes silence is also taken for stubbornness rather than submission.
The more we try to pull the string the weaker it gets and ultimately it breaks one day. My relationships were also strings which I tried to pull but ultimately they broke. It did hurt. I too have a heart. I too have emotions and feelings. I felt pain. Sitting on my swing, with my bleeding heart and rolling tears, I felt pain. But then my swing taught me again. With each movement on the swing, the wind brushed my tears away. With each wind my bleeding heart was easing out. With each wind I was feeling free. It was then that I realized that nobody deserves my tears, none of my relationships were so important on which I should shed my tears and bleed my heart.
People say that human beings are social animals; we play many roles in our life. The role of daughter or son, the role of brother or sister, the role of parents, the role of a friend, the role of a life partner, the role of a companion and it goes on. With each passing moment of our life, our roles keep changing. Our elders say that it is important to respect each of our relationships and make efforts to make it work. I have a different perspective. We come in this world alone and we leave alone, none of our relations follow. Relationships are mutual and it is the responsibility of both the people to make it work. Are those relationships really worth retaining if one has to make efforts to make it work? A relationship works with mutual trust and love. A relationship should be effortless. But on my thoughts people criticize me. But they can’t give me even one reason as to why my thoughts are not correct, or in their terms socially acceptable.
In my life only one relationship has been effortless for me that is, the one between my swing and me. No demands, no expectations, and no complain simple and plain friendship and understanding. My swing has been my friend, my mentor, and my companion and my soul mate. My deepest feelings and secrets, I share with my swing. My grief and pain I share with my swing. My success and joy I shared with my swing. Do I need any more relationships now? When life can be simple then why do we want to complex it further unnecessarily.
(More to come...)
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