Note- When this post was originally planned, I was terribly bored and was over-thinking things. An idle mind is indeed a devil's workshop!
DIWALI!!! The festival of lights, the festival of holidays. Time to gorge on sweets and then gorge some more, time to make merry and celebrate the good things in life, time to meet long-lost friends and loved ones. Diwali is also the season of nostalgia, because you receive countless Happy Diwali messages from people who you have literally not spoken to or texted in a long time. And this leads me to the point of this post.
There is a famous saying on the internet which goes by: It is surprising how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, so much has changed. Truer words have never been said. Day by day our life gets so busy, we often forget where we started off from. And everybody flies off from the same point to different destinations, that the change as a whole is too large to comprehend at once. And then when we meet on such occasions as Dwali or weddings, we feel a disconnect. Today, more than ever, I can feel it right in my face. I am currently on a festive break from my extremely hectic schedule, and realise that I haven't had this much of free time, since more than a year. So much has changed in this year, I have gotten busier and there are a thousand things on my mind all the time. Which is why, this sudden free time made me visit my Whatsapp list and say a HI to many people, people who I just missed being in touch with, owing to my hectic schedule, people I feel disconnected from, thanks to the routine.
Call it the quarter-life crisis hitting you, or whatever you must, but Diwali does not feel like Diwali anymore. The crackers have reduced, the excitement has gone down, the visits to relatives have reduced, the sweets have reduced and overall, the joy has reduced. But Diwali is still reminiscent of long-lost friendships and laughter, and we must make make every effort to uphold this tradition. To avoid disconnects with people, it is necessary to stay connected all year round, and not just on Diwali. Make that phone call you have been wanting to make, wish that friend on his/her birthday and make small talk, call a friend randomly just to say HI, do not put off visiting your relatives because it is too boring, have dinner with your family with conversations and not just in front of the TV, do not be at home and shut the door of your room all the time. Open up, make small talk, converse and just connect! Open the door to happiness, and let the laughter flow.
Oh yes, Happy Diwali..
DIWALI!!! The festival of lights, the festival of holidays. Time to gorge on sweets and then gorge some more, time to make merry and celebrate the good things in life, time to meet long-lost friends and loved ones. Diwali is also the season of nostalgia, because you receive countless Happy Diwali messages from people who you have literally not spoken to or texted in a long time. And this leads me to the point of this post.
There is a famous saying on the internet which goes by: It is surprising how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, so much has changed. Truer words have never been said. Day by day our life gets so busy, we often forget where we started off from. And everybody flies off from the same point to different destinations, that the change as a whole is too large to comprehend at once. And then when we meet on such occasions as Dwali or weddings, we feel a disconnect. Today, more than ever, I can feel it right in my face. I am currently on a festive break from my extremely hectic schedule, and realise that I haven't had this much of free time, since more than a year. So much has changed in this year, I have gotten busier and there are a thousand things on my mind all the time. Which is why, this sudden free time made me visit my Whatsapp list and say a HI to many people, people who I just missed being in touch with, owing to my hectic schedule, people I feel disconnected from, thanks to the routine.
Call it the quarter-life crisis hitting you, or whatever you must, but Diwali does not feel like Diwali anymore. The crackers have reduced, the excitement has gone down, the visits to relatives have reduced, the sweets have reduced and overall, the joy has reduced. But Diwali is still reminiscent of long-lost friendships and laughter, and we must make make every effort to uphold this tradition. To avoid disconnects with people, it is necessary to stay connected all year round, and not just on Diwali. Make that phone call you have been wanting to make, wish that friend on his/her birthday and make small talk, call a friend randomly just to say HI, do not put off visiting your relatives because it is too boring, have dinner with your family with conversations and not just in front of the TV, do not be at home and shut the door of your room all the time. Open up, make small talk, converse and just connect! Open the door to happiness, and let the laughter flow.
Oh yes, Happy Diwali..
