“Sometimes the choices we make do
not speak of the rebellion we’ve been fighting with others at the surface
level; they speak of having the knowledge we’ve always had, just that the
enlightenment seems too blinding”
When one is used to “doing” all their life,
“being” doesn’t comes so naturally. It calls for unlearning all the language
you spent hours mastering and then expecting to forget it and start afresh.
Additionally “being”, like always, never expects, it simply accepts and that is what it calls forth
from within-you. That, my friend, is the most difficult part. It’s that part of
you which whispers to you in your busiest of times and you very easily chide it
off, like a fly which just interfered at the sight of your gorgeous meal. Yet,
even as you choose to make it
invisible, it stands there, waiting, not like a fly, but like a saint, for
that’s what it knows. “Being” knows that it’s difficult for you to unlearn, to
undo all that which the society expects you to do and follow. It accepts that
unlearning shall take time, maybe even if it’s this lifetime. It accepts that
there shall be innumerable falls than wins. It also knows that it takes true
courage and determination to take a little look towards it because carving
one’s own path requires passion, patience and valour. It knows you have all
that in you, for if it was not the case, you wouldn’t have even talked about
“being” that many times today. “Being” knows how you melt your self with the
music of Piano Guys as you write this post; it knows how you saw the milk
twirling with tea leaves into that pot of tea you made for yourself; it knows
how amazed you were with the omelette you cooked for yourself which looked like
one gorgeous delight, ready to dig your teeth into. It knows all this and more.
It knows it’s not a fly to you, it’s a part of your conscious which as a matter
of fact you often hide for reasons you are certainly not responsible. It often
wonders why you embrace it and then leave it now and then. It ponders in your
presence and also your absence. It’s there. Always. It knows how overwhelming
it is for you. It’s alright. Sometimes we learn dysfunctional ways of adapting
or governing in the environments that only bring pain; what’s more
disconcerting is the knowledge of our whereabouts. It seems we cannot do
anything about them, the truth is we can.
All that we do need to do is to ‘try’ our ways out of those lessons which are
now our habits. As they say, knowing is the first step. Maybe, just maybe, it’s
okay to “let go” and simply “Be” because heavens have never fallen and neither
will they unless we allow them to!
Happy Weekend Vanilla People!:)
Aakriti
