A Thriller called Life…
Life.. An uncertain, complex and breathtaking adventure experience that everyone has both Love-Hate relationship with it. Life is always a mystery for everyone as no one knows what happens next. But why is it such an joyful ride for some and painful experience for others… Let’s explore the ‘Life’ as it explores us… as an conscious entity if not anything else..
For Life, life can be seen as a phase or period of time that exists in every being from its birth to death; and re-starts a new phase in another birth to death cycle of another being. What brings us to life during our birth leaves us at the time of our death searching for another life.. So, is it fair to say that… we – each one of us, are just a means for ‘Life’ to spend a brief period of time and then leave us..
In such a case, how should we see ourselves in the context of the Life’s journey…
- A Vehicle, that enables Life’s journey for that period of time, or
- Just a route on which the Life travels, or
- A travel companion, who enriches their & Life’s journey with conversations and Memories
No one knows where Life is or what life has experienced before us.. Neither we know what happens after it leaves us.. All that matters is the time in between those events..
As a Vehicle enabling Life’s Journey
Let’s look at the first scenario – Where we are just a Vehicle for Life to hop on and spend time in us until it’s time for the next!
This is a construct, where we are distancing ourselves from life thinking that we are leading Life. In fact, Life as any passenger ever going on a public transport, only cares about reaching its destination safe and on time. ( I am not sure if Life, personified would ever worry about travel safety as death is just a switchover point for it…)
As a vehicle, if we are too worried about the safety of the passengers and just go on our way too cautiously, we may take our Life to its desired destination – may be to the old age, but when it is time for the life to leave the vehicle, we as a vehicle do not has any experience of any sort with Life.
Is it right to blame ‘Life’ for not presenting an exciting experience when we are too focused on the journey and let the Life go alone…
As a Route for the Life’s Journey
Let’s look at the second scenario – Where we are just a route for Life to travel!
Do we really know where life wants to go? Where it came from before us and where it is planning to go after us? Then what are we doing here.. Directing Life here and there..
Let’s just for one sec imagine that we can do that.. we are the travel planner for our Life.. So what’s next. We plan a lot of things and we want to lead Life the way we plan, forgetting the fact that the time, Life wants to be with us, is known only to Life..
What if we plan an elaborate plans and Life leaves us in-between, or is too tired at the end of the journey to present anything worthwhile to us, is it right to blame ‘Life’ for not presenting an exciting experience when we are too focused on the itinerary and let the Life go on its own…
As a Travel companion during the Life’s Journey
Let’s look at the third scenario – Where we a travel companion for Life!
Imagine you are on a scenic journey, one that you are longing for years to go and got an opportunity just now… Next to you, sat a travel companion who looks young and charismatic, yet a stranger… Considering your seat position, you have no choice but to travel the entire way with this companion. Your years of experience might taught you how to deal with strangers.. but it is up to you on how you deal with this special stranger – Life, sitting next to you..
You could start a beautiful conversation, build a relationship and enrich you overall journey with the with the memories of a new friend or destroy the entire journey experience and years of longing with unhealthy relationship and unexpected conflicts with someone who is traveling with you- Life. Who is to blame? Will you say Life gave you bad experience.. At least, Life provided you with some experience rather than none! Isn’t it?
Conclusion
As you might have realized by now, everything living has an opportunity to travel with life. Its us who has to decide what is our relationship with Life and how we want to travel with it.
If we chose to detach with life and focus on Route or Means to lead the life, we are spending the precious time we have in our life without even experiencing it. It is.. for the lack of better words, a soul less journey and will not leave anything to look back at.
If we chose to experience life and interact it with one way or the other, I am sure Life is a thrilling companion leaving us with a lot of memories and experiences.. Good or bad, it depends on the individual’s character and interaction, but Life can ensure the journey is not lonely.
Life makes a compelling and thriller story out of everyone who interacts with it.
