What a beautiful weather! I’m sitting beside an open door,
and looking at the gloomy sky and the dull green trees listening to some oddball
bird that’s chirping instead of cozying up in its nest. A really cool breeze presents itself
occasionally. This feels like master Shifus’s
inner peace!
But, this inner peace soon becomes more like Po’s inner
peace. I tell my brain that I am enjoying
nature and don’t wish to be disturbed and at that precise moment it reminds me
of the DD that I have to take in favor of COMEDK. I tell my brain, no worries! I will take it soon.
It’s quite for a
minute then tells me about all the clothes I have to fold before placing them
neatly in the cupboard. I say so what?? There
is sooo much time left. Then my two faced brain sent down a set of instructions
that made me turn away from the door and the beauty beyond it, and forced me to
look at all the books on the table. It was torture. It hurt me really bad! I
argued with my brain. What the hell is your problem??? Can’t you let me enjoy pleasant
weather?? Why do you always have to spoil everything for me? Don’t you have a
heart? I asked my brain.
That was the question that did the damage. My brain couldn't
handle the fact that I asked about heart, my brains on and off friend. My brain
came back at me with full vengeance. It reminded me of the new shirt that dint
fit, the chicken pox that will leave scars, the application forms that I hadn't
yet filled, the tap that was not working in the loo, my friends engagement that
I missed, the fast approaching new years eve that will just be another day, the
magnum ice-cream that is playing hide and seek, the exams and their results,
and all the uncertainties of the future.
My brain won. I blamed
the gloomy sky and dull green trees ad that mental chirping bird for distracting
me, wasting my time and making me feel dull and lazy!
Whoever it was who said “stop and smell the roses” was
seriously crazy. He/she must be DE cerebrate.
Its impossible to stop and smell anything for that matter,
without having a muted conversation with our brain at every step. A thousand
thoughts occupy our little heads at any given time. The worries and joys of everyday
life , the mistakes of the past, the lies we have told, the people we dislike,
the war in Syria, the dirty politics in our country, the price of onions,
expectations, the peeling paint on our walls and that new Audi A7. We think
about anything and everything. And if we do get to smell the rose, we ask
ourselves, isn't’ this a bit too mild?, I think the other rose was better, oh crap! Its making me sneeze, Am I inhaling
pesticides!??
So forget about stopping and smelling the roses. We have our
own sweet smelling/ stinking lives to keep us occupied. Enjoy that. When you do
it will be a smell to remember!!!
