Look at the OLD HOUSE…. a few years ago this house was full of laughter, people, good food and prosperity. It was regarded as the most beautiful house in the area. People came from places far, to have a glimpse of the house. The owner was the richest man in whom all looked for support. The village, the town, the country and the president were proud of the owner.
The dark green and light blue small car was a cynosure of all eyes. It was dream come true and a life’s ambition fulfilled when the proud lord of the house added both house and vehicle to his list of possession. But today, the house has grown old and is in a dilapidated condition and in fulfillment of the Natural Law, must collapse for a new house to develop. An Old House. And a car. Karma. None can escape the cycle of the Karma. Should anyone be found living inside the above building as it stands now, such a person is labelled as “insane” and must be kept at arm’s length.
There is absolutely nothing in life that is worth fighting for…including oppression, injustice, exploitation and discrimination! Your best clothes are someone’s rag. Your bank balance is someone’s donation at a function. Your girlfriend/ boyfriend/ fiancé is someone’s ex-girlfriend/ boyfriend/ fiancé. Every single kingdom you see in the history was at some point in time belonged to some other king. So, what is the squabble all about? Life is too small to feel bigger or better than anybody.
“We are all naked to death,” said Steve Jobs. We all came empty-handed and go empty-handed. Nothing can save us from it. What do we have to say about those people who brag about wealth, beauty, intelligence, level of education, fame and material possessions? Should anyone be found believing all this garbage, should we not label that person “insane” and must be kept at arm’s length? I would not have touched these types of creatures with a 10-foot pole even if they had the world in their pocket! What shall we do with all these self-centered politicians, Presidents, Prime Ministers and the bureaucrats?
There is nothing I have achieved in life that no one else has never achieved. There is only one thing that is worth bragging – see the life as life and life as God. So, be good to yourself and to your fellow man and always make friends. Remember that the people you trampled upon on your way up a ladder will be the same set of people you are likely to pass on your way down.
The problems you cause for others will become yours one day. Every green leaf will one day become yellow, dry and die. So, let our life not be driven by material possessions. They all will one day become yellow, dry and die.
About the Author
Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy is a seasoned internationally qualified Insurance professional.
What you are reading here, may not answer all the questions we have, but has the absolute power of asking unsettling questions which increase the interest in the strange world, and show the contradictory wonders lying just below the surface of the commonest things of life. Look at this disturbing but beautiful thought of Friedrich Nietzsche “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him”.
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