I was talking to my
bestie today (only a 2 hour long talk) and we got talking about this and that
as we had a lot to catch up. We were talking on the phone after 8 long months
(we live in time zones that have barely 2-3 hours of overlap). We had been in touch
of course, but only on dispersed whatsapp chats. People who have best friends
and love talking about everything under the sun know that keeping in touch on
whatsapp in as pseudo as buying a fake Prada (There’s a reason why I chose this
illustration!).
That’s what has
become of the new generation. Globalisation, IT, hectic lifestyles – everything
is eating into our quality time. Our time with our families, with our partners,
with our friends, with our neighbours, with our community.
Why?
What happened to us?
What changed in the world? Why did our work make us unavailable to the people
we most care about? Are we so lost in the rat race that we’ve forgotten our
priorities? Is success in work the only parameter we live for? Are we truly
happy with our lives?
If we are not happy,
what can we change to make our lives better?
Tell me something –
what is it that we are working so hard for? To buy things that will make us happy? A house, car, the latest iPhone, clothes to make us look great,
showpieces to make the house look pretty.. be my guest and add on to the list!
How many of these are our needs and how many are just add-ons to give us short-term happiness?
Is buying a Prada
going to make us happy while we bust our ass at work, away from our family?
The day we realise
what’s important to us and what we can let go of will be the day we start to
live a truly “rich” life. Rich in happiness, rich in love and rich in
compassion.
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