Saturday, May 05, 2007
the simple things in life...
perhaps the holidays are getting too boring or depressing for me, but just in case you don't want anything too gloomy to spoil your own holidays, read no further.now that the disclaimer's done, we'll start.
today as i was having dinner with my family (the extended one), i was just watching my cousins (the really young ones) at play, and it just struck me that it's been such a long time since i've been so young, carefree and innocent, with nary a care in the world. not caring about anything, living for the moment, with no worries in life, their sole heartbreak being denied playtime and having an early bedtime. and it was saddening, because most of that dinner was spent lamenting to my cousin, who was the same age as me, about how boring life's become and how i'm bored half the time these days. (although, i do agree that boredom is largely a figment of one's own mindset, and life's only as boring as you want it to be..) but sometimes, i just wish that life really were that simple, where relations with friends weren't so complicated and based on mutual likes and dislikes, where we could do things because we wanted to, and not having to worry about what others would care, think or feel, where we could just live for the moment and not worry about the future. but, being adults (or so we sometimes wish), that's impossible. so we stumble, we trip and fall, we get hurt, and we learn along the way. and we get bored.
another thing that struck me (yeah a lot of things hit me when i'm bored), when i was musing through neil gaiman's latest book 'fragile things', was something he mentioned. that it's peculiar how the things we regard as most fragile, are usually the strongest and toughest, surprisingly. like how the fragility of an eggshell, if used correctly, can support great loads. or how a butterfly's delicate wings flapping in the right place at the right time can supposedly cause a hurricane on the other side of the world. or how the elegant strands of a spiderweb are amazingly resilient (watched spiderman recently?). and how hearts are so easily broken, but they're the toughest muscle in the body, able to sustain you for a lifetime. and perhaps, how the whimsical musings of a fool could have the strongest impact on your life.
wen was dreaming at 10:02 PM
