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Thursday, May 14, 2009

long rides

I just realized a lot of things lately... especially when I am on those long rides. This life is indeed too short to be sad and to be angry and to allow bad experiences cripple you for life. I bumped this excerpt (Excerpt from the Speech given by Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis) from Ate Yen's blog and I love, love, love the message:

Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nurturing the spark - don’t take life seriously. Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It’s ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.

“Don’t be serious, be sincere.”

The message says it all. Before I get too emo, have to do my laundry now and empty the laundry hamper. OCness strikes!

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