... And Life goes on

It's been a year since I wrote my last blog post. It was about my friend Ashish Chawla, after he passed away in an untimely manner.

For sometime now, I have been thinking to restart my blog. So here goes.

When I heard that Ashish had passed away, I was shocked. Just 2 weeks prior to that, we had a chat and despite being in hospital, he was still cheerful. I was kind of disturbed for the initial few days. I wanted to do something in his memory. But somehow, things did not work and my initial drive slowed down.

Yes, even death meets its death at the hands of time.

Sometimes time is the healer, other times it is the killer. It makes us forget the difficult times in our lives, so that we can move on. It makes us forget our mistakes, and enables us to repeat them. Yes, the passage of time is both good and bad, depending on our circumstance. This is the best thing, it allows us to lead our lives, move on.

During the last few years, I have had a lot of time on my hands - to think, introspect and judge myself and my acts. Sometimes the result was good and I was happy that I did something good. Sometimes, I used to think that I could have done better. I also had thought of the future - the plans. I would plan for a travel, for getting back my fitness, running a marathon, visit temples. Some materialised, others remained as plans. 

But one of the things that kept coming back at me, despite me thinking of past or future is that why I am not able to live in the present. Why can't I take things as they come on that day. Live in the moment. Is it the fear of the future or of the comforting past? What makes me go back and forth in time. Why can't I be here, now. When I think of some of the teachings of our great philosophers, I keep going to the most important thing that they have said - be in the present. 

We are defined by our thoughts which translates into action. So, being in the present, a mind aware of what's happening now, gives us the best opportunity to take appropriate actions. Living for today, enjoying the small pleasures of life, understanding that problems will not remain as is, is what I think is the best way. For Life goes on, year by year, day by day and minute by minute. 

You can't stop as life goes on.