5 random thoughts...
1. 2.5 hours never seemed so many - you chase them all day and they keep receding...slowly and steadily. It is utterly wicked and cruel!
2. It is a season of relationships. As I am getting into new ones which are full of exciting possibilities, there are those couple of old ones, which threatened to break anchor and set sail - drift away. I have realized though, that beginning a voyage as they may be, with new mates, there is a string that ties us still and one of us just needs to tug at it for the other to come running by. As I was saying to C and S the other day, "My thoughts and values are evolving constantly. However, I no longer feel the need to evaluate and reassess all my relationships with new perspectives. Some relationships have now achieved the constancy that makes them independent of "points-of-views" and "perspectives on life" and they are just there - like your parents. I take them as given." Then there are those relationships that have taken a turn for the worse reminding of me of debts that I need to repay. It is a season of relationships this.
3. Rebellion is back in fashion. At least, the notion of rebelling has found its way back into my head and crept into my conversations. I look forward to these "chai for me and sutta for him" sessions with R that punctuate my working hours these days. Our conversations are irreverent and we crib unapologetically. These collegiate discussions, strewn with liberating expletives, are the high points of my working hours.
4. Rediscovering some words I had lost in the recesses of my mind. The other day, it was dark and I was fumbling around - I bumped in "ephemeral". Today, I met "visceral".
5. I found a leaf between the pages of one of my old books today. It brought back an old day from the not-so-recent-past. I ambled back from the school, on a hot and sunny afternoon, day dreaming about cricket and IIT. A violet leaf, smelling sweet, drew my attention for some reason and I plucked it, inhaled its aroma and decided to keep it - between the pages of a book. The leaf has that day written all over it. It is perhaps the best photograph of my childhood.
2. It is a season of relationships. As I am getting into new ones which are full of exciting possibilities, there are those couple of old ones, which threatened to break anchor and set sail - drift away. I have realized though, that beginning a voyage as they may be, with new mates, there is a string that ties us still and one of us just needs to tug at it for the other to come running by. As I was saying to C and S the other day, "My thoughts and values are evolving constantly. However, I no longer feel the need to evaluate and reassess all my relationships with new perspectives. Some relationships have now achieved the constancy that makes them independent of "points-of-views" and "perspectives on life" and they are just there - like your parents. I take them as given." Then there are those relationships that have taken a turn for the worse reminding of me of debts that I need to repay. It is a season of relationships this.
3. Rebellion is back in fashion. At least, the notion of rebelling has found its way back into my head and crept into my conversations. I look forward to these "chai for me and sutta for him" sessions with R that punctuate my working hours these days. Our conversations are irreverent and we crib unapologetically. These collegiate discussions, strewn with liberating expletives, are the high points of my working hours.
4. Rediscovering some words I had lost in the recesses of my mind. The other day, it was dark and I was fumbling around - I bumped in "ephemeral". Today, I met "visceral".
5. I found a leaf between the pages of one of my old books today. It brought back an old day from the not-so-recent-past. I ambled back from the school, on a hot and sunny afternoon, day dreaming about cricket and IIT. A violet leaf, smelling sweet, drew my attention for some reason and I plucked it, inhaled its aroma and decided to keep it - between the pages of a book. The leaf has that day written all over it. It is perhaps the best photograph of my childhood.
Labels: Thoughtful
posted by SK at
11:20 PM
2 Comments:
2.5 hours :)
You should switch to a watch that can display two timezones. Atleast that will save you from a +2.5 calculation all the time!!
Lost scents, old songs, sunny smiles, and the odd dried leaf. Yes, the best photos are taken without cameras - beautiful, write on.
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